The Church Club of New York

Listen to the Church Club Lecture Series

The Church Club's annual Lecture Series focused on the leadership of the laity in the Diocese of New York.  See below for the audio files.

Dr. Mary Donovan (shown with Church Club president Bruce Mullin) spoke about "Building Networks of Social Service: Laywomen in the Diocese of New York." (listen)

Ronald Young's talk was called "Amid the Tumult and the Shouting: The Laity, 1950 to the Present." (listen)

The Rev. Canon James Elliott Lindsley talked about "Serving the Church: The Laity in the Story of the Church in New York." (listen)

Organ Concert at St. John the Divine

The Church Club is hosting a special event:

A Private Concert & Demonstration of the New Organ at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine

by Bruce Neswick
Director of Cathedral Music & Organist

" Getting to Know the Cathedral’s Organ and its New Director of Music"

March 30, 2009

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street

6:30 Recital   7:30 Reception in the Crossing

The cost is $100.  RSVP by phone (212-828-7418) or email.

The Organ
The Cathedral’s famous eight-second reverberation is also home to one of the world’s most renowned instruments.  Built in 1911 by Earnest M. Skinner, and enlarged and rebuilt in 1954 by G. Donald Harrison of the Aeolian Skinner Organ Company, the Great Organ brings together in one instrument the very best from two of America’s foremost organ builders. When the Cathedral experienced a devastating fire in the unfinished portion of the North Transept on December 18, 2001, the Great Organ and the other two Skinner organs in the side chapels suffered from heavy smoke damage. The Great Organ is now fully restored and playing.

Your Participation
Director of Cathedral Music and Organist Bruce Neswick will perform the Fanfare by Alec Wyton, which he wrote for the Cathedral organ, and then improvise on themes you submit from the hymnal right on the spot.  This is a great opportunity to hear variations on your favorite pieces of music performed on one of the world’s finest instruments.

Lecture by Elliott Lindsley Moved to March 23

Serving the Church: The Laity in the Story of the Church in New York, a talk by the Rev. Canon James Elliott Lindsley will take place on March 23 at Church of the Transfiguration, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

The talk had been scheduled for March 9 but was postponed due to snow.

Club members who have signed up for the lecture series are already registered for the March 23 event.  Anyone who did not sign up for the series but who wishes to come should RSVP (212-828-7418, email) .  The cost is $20 for members ($25 for non-members) and includes a light supper and wine reception.