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Holy Week in the Hudson River Presbytery

Posted on April 3, 2020 by facilitiesApril 17, 2020

Thanks to our friends at HudRivPres, all Holy Week services will be made available on the HRP Facebook Page on the following days/times. Palm Sunday 10 am Maundy Thursday 6:30 pm Good Friday 6:30 pm Easter Sunday 10 am Communion will be celebrated during the Maundy Thursday service. You are invited to prepare your own elements and to celebrate virtually as the elements will be blessed during the service. YouTube: All services will be posted … Continue reading →

Holy Week and Easter are coming!

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Lori Knight-WhitehouseApril 3, 2020

It is going to be a very different Holy Week and Easter this year, but worship will go on. Currently, services are being put together from many different churches in Hudson River Presbytery (including New Hempstead!) There will be what I think of as “patchwork worship”: different parts of the service read, performed, or preached by different folks in the presbytery. There will be a service for Maundy Thursday, Good … Continue reading →

Coronavirus and your church

Posted on March 12, 2020 by BobMarch 23, 2020

Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, We know that our God is good and faithful—all the time. We also are all aware of the potential dangers posed by the novel corona virus-19. In the interest of the health of the congregation, and the communities we live in, the Session of New Hempstead Presbyterian Church decided in a called meeting last night, March 12, 2020, that our worship would be … Continue reading →

Ash Wednesday Service – 2/26/20 at 7:30pm

Begin your Lenten journey by joining us at 7:30pm in the Sanctuary for a Worship Service with Communion and Imposition of Ashes. We are a diverse and inclusive church. All are welcome!

Congregational Meeting 12/29/19

We will have a brief congregational meeting on December 29th at the conclusion of service for the purpose of electing elders and deacons for the upcoming classes of 2020. Please plan to attend.

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 8pm

Join us as we celebrate the beauty of the season and God’s perfect gift to the world–Jesus is born! We are a diverse and inclusive congregation. All are welcome!

Advent Schedule

Posted on November 29, 2019 by BobNovember 29, 2019

On the first Sunday of Advent, we celebrate the start of the season by decorating our Worship space. All hands are needed—from hands that put up the tree to hands that fold prayer cards. If you can, please bring cut greens and clippers. There will be a light lunch at coffee hour. According to our tradition, we will write prayer cards for the Advent season on the second Sunday of … Continue reading →

Celebrate Easter 2019!

New Hempstead Presbyterian Church celebrates with two Easter services:

8:00AM Sunrise Service in Murchison Hall, followed by Pancake Breakfast;
11:00AM Worship in Sanctuary, followed by our Annual Easter Egg Hunt for children.

Join us for one, or both, services. All are welcome!

Holy Week 2019

Posted on April 7, 2019 by BobApril 8, 2019

New Hempstead will be celebrating Holy week with a Palm Sunday luncheon following worship, a service on Maundy Thursday, a joint worship service with Germonds church on Good Friday and two services on Easter Sunday with a pancake breakfast in between.

Palm Sunday	Worship at 11 AM Fellowship luncheon after Worship
Maundy Thursday	Worship at 8 PM in the Sanctuary with Eucharist
Good Friday	Worship at 7:30 PM at Germonds Presbyterian 39 Germonds Road, New City
Easter Sunday	Sunrise service, 8 AM Murchison Hall Pancake breakfast around 9 AM in Murchison Hall Worship Service 11 AM in the Sanctuary
Holy Humor Sunday	During the Easter season, we rejoice that Christ is risen and laugh because he has conquered death. Join us at 11 AM for a joyous funny time of Worship.

Lenten Series

Posted on March 2, 2019 by BobMarch 2, 2019

From Pastor Knight-Whitehouse: Lent is often a time of “giving something up”: candy, alcohol, etc. Or it is a time of “taking up”: practicing kindness, spending more time in prayer. Perhaps this Lent you might want to think about letting go of things that are unnecessary: worry, fear, short temper, procrastination. Once you spend 6 weeks letting go of these things, you may find that life is better without them. … Continue reading →