Upcoming Events

The Church Club of New York offers events throughout the year, all of which are open to members and guests.

• The Annual Dinner, where we honor a visiting member of the clergy

• The Annual Meeting, where we gather for Evensong, club business (only members may vote), and a barbecue

• Numerous educational, spiritual, and fellowship events throughout the year

Select Recent Events

• May 1, 2025: Address to the Church Club of New York, given by The Most Rev. Dr. Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Visit our 138th Annual Dinner Photo Gallery here.

• April 7, 2025: Faith and the Fight for Justice with The Rev. Senator Kim Jackson

• March 10, 2025: The History of the Diaconate with The Very Rev. Archdeacon Denise LaVetty

• February 13, 2025: Book Group: Eve Isn’t Evil facilitated by Dane Miller, Trustee

• February 5, 2025: The Gospel According to James Baldwin with Dr. Greg Garrett, in conversation with Kevin Booker-Kidd

• January 16, 2025: Eve Isn’t Evil with Dr. Julie Faith Parker

• December 12, 2024: Annual Christmas Party at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, with pianist Tina deVaron

• November 12, 2024: Seeds and Signs and presentation of Liddell Young Adult Award with Bishop Matthew Heyd

• October 17, 2024: Sisterhood of Stitchers: The Community of St. John Baptist and the Church Workroom with Marianna Garthwaite Klaiman

• April 23, 2024: Peoples of the Book: Comparing a Selection of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Manuscripts with Eric Blair-Joannou

• February 28, 2024: Equipping the Saints for Ministry: The Work of the Commission on Ministry in the Episcopal Diocese of New York with The Rev. Susan E. Hill, The Rev. Canon Charles W. Simmons, and The Rev. Jacob Andrew Smith

• January 18, 2024: Lesser-Known Key Sites in the English Church: 600-1776 AD with the Rev. Gordon Etheridge

• November 29, 2023: Courage to Thrive: Practical Steps to Find Meaning, Joy, and Hope During Challenging Times with the Rev. Dr. Robert D. Flanagan

• November 14, 2023: The Changing Landscape of Ministries in the Episcopal Diocese of New York and presentation of Liddell Young Adult Award with Bishop Allen K. Shin

• May 17, 2023: Paul’s Anti-Slavery Letter: the Letter to Philemon with Sara Winter

• April 18, 2023: Vivat Rex: The Coronation Rite - its History and Meaning with the Rev. Graeme Napier

• March 30, 2023: Explorations in the Vatican Archives with Prof. Francis X. Blouin Jr.

• February 8, 2023: Reflections of a Canterbury Volunteer at the Lambeth Conference with Yvonne O’Neal

• January 12, 2023: Queer Anglicanism: Five Centuries of LGBTQ History with the Rev. Dr. Patrick S. Cheng - view recording here

• November 2, 2022: Bishop’s Forum, with the Rt. Rev. Andrew M.L. Dietsche, Bishop of New York

• October 19, 2022: St. Francis of Assisi and the Rebuilding of the Church, by the Rev. Dr. John Beddingfield

• Sept. 6, 2022: Beginning a Local Devotion: Alexis Menominee, Fr. Petit, and the Potawatomi Trail of Courage, by the Very Rev. Dr. John Wm. Houghton

• June 1, 2022: Ghana: A Very, Very Christian Country, by Dr. John Singler

• April, 2022: 135th Annual Dinner honoring the Rt. Hon. and Rt. Rev. Dame Sarah Mullally, DBE, Lord Bishop of London, who spoke on the theme of ‘Do you see this woman?’, focusing on the opportunities of service which her role offers, particularly in challenging societal, racial and gender injustice.

• March, 2022: Trinity Wall Street Tour and Talk, with the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson

• February, 2022: East and West: Lent, Bread, Purgatory, and the Filioque, with the Rev. Stephen Morris

• January, 2022: Early Christian Women, with V.K. McCarty