Buzzing about Candlemas! | St. John's Episcopal Church

Thanks to the families who came out last Friday on a VERY cold night to celebrate Candlemas. We made candles using beeswax, constructed hives and got psyched about starting our beekeeping program in the spring! You can see more photos HERE.

Candlemas is the day when Jesus was presented at the temple 40 days after his birth. On that day we met Simeon and Anna who had waited their whole lives for that light to come into the world. We celebrated that and celebrated how light is coming back into our world. If you'd like to have a candle blessed, come talk to us.

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Sermons

Dec 15 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
Angels with Dirty Wings
Dec 8 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
Click: From chicken coops to cathedrals
Dec 6 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
Funeral Homily for Mary Gay Townsend
Dec 1 | The Rev. Dr. Douglas C. Mohrmann
Advent: A time to pause and reflect
Nov 24 | The Very Rev. Gideon L. K. Pollach
A Brief homily on Citizenship in the Kingdom of God

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St. John's Episcopal Church was the first religious institution to be established in Cold Spring Harbor. The first Episcopalian services were held in the little 18th century school house just above the site of the present church. The very first Vestry minutes, written in fine script on September 4, 1831, lists the founders who pledged $2,000 to build a new church.

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