We invite a different
guest speaker every week.
They come from a wide range
of backgrounds:
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We meet at historic St. Peter's
346 West 20th Street
(between 8th and 9th Avenues)
New York City
A non-denominational
lay-led Christian Church
welcoming people of
all faiths and
of uncertain faith.
UPCOMING GUEST SPEAKERS
January 15
Rasheed Hart
(Nondenominational) works with Back in Stride, a re-entry program for ex-offenders founded by Rev. Loren Russell. Released from prison in 2010, he is the author of Play Your Position, published by Author House in 2005. While in prison he earned a certificate in theology and human services from the Rising Hope program. He is starting a company,
Pet Life Assurance, to offer life insurance policies for pets.
Special Music: Rob Mosher
January 22
Sheryl Sohn
(Nondenominational) was until recently an academic counselor at College Initiative working with at-risk youth. Previously she worked in various capacities at Exodus Transitional Community, including being the director of its Mentoring Project. A graduate of Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, she participated in the first clinical pastoral education program offered in a prison and has begun work toward an M.Div. degree from Trinity Bible College and Seminary, Newburgh, Ind.
January 29
The Venerable T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki
(Buddhist), a Pure Land Buddhist priest, is a teacher of his faith and also a counselor. A native of Osaka, Japan, he is a graduate of Ryukoku University in Kyoto, an area with 3,000 Buddhist temples. He came to the United States in 1985, settling first in Seattle and later in California, where he earned a master’s degree in linguistics at California State University in Fresno. He has lived in New York since 1994 and is currently working toward a Doctor of Ministry degree at New York Theological Seminary in a program of interfaith study.
Special Music: William Safkow
February 5
Rabbi Jill Hausman
(Jewish) is the spiritual leader of Congregation Ezrath Israel, also known as the Actors Temple. Before coming to the 47th Street shul in 2006, she was with the Boro Park Progressive Synagogue in Brooklyn, first as a cantor and then as assistant rabbi. She was ordained at the Rabbinical Seminary International in Manhattan.
Special Music: Rabbi Jill Hausman
February 12
Rev. James Campbell
(United Church of Christ) is pastor of Broadway United Church of Christ. He earned his M.Div. degree at Ashland Theological Seminary in Ohio and was ordained in the United Methodist Church in 1991. He served congregations in that denomination in Ohio and New Jersey for eight years before working in the private sector for several years and transferring to the United Church of Christ.
Special Music: Pamela Palmieri
February 19
Lay-Led Service
February 26
Rev. Addie Banks
(Mennonite) is associate minister at King of Glory Tabernacle in the Bronx, where she has worked as a co-pastor with her husband for about 25 years. A spiritual director, she is executive director of the congregation’s Groundswell Research Center, which provides mediation and conflict resolution and works with community organizations. She is co-chair of the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition, an interfaith organization, and is a member of the executive committee of the national governing board of her denomination, Mennonite Church USA. She holds two master’s degrees from the Metropolitan College of New York, one in public administration and one in public affairs., saxophone
March 4
Rev. John Magisano
(Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches) is Chelsea Community Church's pastoral counselor. He also works as a consultant to nonprofit organizations in the New York area. He earned his M.Div. degree at New York Theological Seminary and previously served as assistant pastor for development at the Metropolitan Community Church of Hartford.
WE'VE BEEN HOST TO MANY
OTHER SPEAKERS.
See a list of past guests.
