📍 Update on The Collegiate Church & Call to Congregational Meeting Pray Gather Engage Give Think again Authors We see things around us through the lens of faith, making connections from ancient wisdom to daily life. Rev. William Critzman 30 Rev. Bridget Anthony 10 Guest preacher 1 View all 11/22/21 Rev. William Critzman Update on The Collegiate Church & Call to Congregational Meeting As you know, the Collegiate Church of the City of New York is a very different church today than it was even one year ago. Read More 10/4/21 Rev. William Critzman Staying Home with Scripture Looking for Lay Leaders! Read More 9/27/21 Rev. William Critzman Returning to the Building I am so looking forward to seeing some of you here at church this coming Sunday! Read More 9/20/21 Rev. William Critzman Update from Reopening Taskforce The Reopening Taskforce is hard at work designing protocols for keeping us all safe as we return to our church building in the coming weeks. Read More 9/13/21 Rev. William Critzman We missed you! The Reopening Task Force met yesterday after church to continue detailing protocols for how we will return to using our sanctuary and campus this fall. Read More 7/19/21 Rev. William Critzman Summer rest I have been preaching on themes of preparation and how we welcome God. We've been looking at the story of God's arrival in the City of David, and how God lives, travels, and provides among us. Read More 7/12/21 Rev. William Critzman Time to rest & time to get things done Church life in July always appear to be quiet, and to an extent it is. The number of us tuning in for worship has dipped as warm weather, family trips, and baseball games lure us out of doors and away from screens. Read More 7/6/21 Rev. William Critzman Thank you to our Elders and Deacons Thank you to all of our leaders and each of you who contribute and lead us in your own way. Each of you are a blessing, and what a blessing it is to be the church together. Read More 6/28/21 Rev. William Critzman An update from your Musician Search Team The Musician Search Team has been hard at work distilling what they have heard from each of you about the future of music and arts at West End Church. Read More 5/31/21 Rev. William Critzman Pride in the Puplit West End Church is excited to be continuing in our long-held commitment to the LGBTQI community and celebrating Pride Month this June. Read More 5/31/21 Rev. William Critzman Memorial Day Happy Memorial Day, a day when our nation memorializes the brave souls who gave their life for our freedom. Read More 5/24/21 Rev. William Critzman Lend your voice and join the song of Creation There’s a new song calling your name. Can you hear it? Will you lend your voice and join the song of Creation for this day? I certainly hope so. Read More 5/3/21 Rev. William Critzman Resurrection comes again and again For our friends in Orthodox traditions, this is Easter Monday. That in global Christendom Easter comes not once but twice feels a good metaphor for resurrection itself. Read More 4/26/21 Rev. William Critzman Join our Musician Search Team As you know, we’re forming a Musician Search Team to work with our Interim Music Director, Paul Vasile, and me to discern the future of West End’s music and arts programming. Read More 4/12/21 Rev. William Critzman Meet Interim Music Director, Paul Vasile I am excited to introduce you to Paul Vasile, who has graciously agreed to be our Interim Music Director. Read More 3/29/21 Rev. William Critzman Holy Week The time from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday can be one of the holiest weeks of the year, if you let it. Read More 3/22/21 Rev. William Critzman Springing Forward My, how time is moving differently these days. The clocks have sprung forward, the days are lengthening, and the daffodil sprouts are peeping out in Central Park. It is officially Spring, and I venture all of us have noticed the change of season and look forward to what is to come. Read More 2/22/21 Rev. William Critzman Mindfulness is a discipline This week we begin our 40-day journey from ash to cross to life everlasting. The season of Lent this year comes to us when we are hopefully somewhere just passed the midpoint of our pandemic; it is also midway through this year’s Lent when we will mark the first anniversary of our quarantine. The journey from ash to cross to life everlasting is one each of us know deep in our bones these days. This journey is one we have walked together. Read More 2/15/21 Rev. William Critzman Ash Wednesday blessings This week we begin our 40-day journey from ash to cross to life everlasting. The season of Lent this year comes to us when we are hopefully somewhere just passed the midpoint of our pandemic; it is also midway through this year’s Lent when we will mark the first anniversary of our quarantine. The journey from ash to cross to life everlasting is one each of us know deep in our bones these days. This journey is one we have walked together. Read More 2/8/21 Rev. William Critzman Celebrating Black History This Black History Month, we lift up two distinct traditions of Black excellence: Black church and sacred music, and Black women leaders. Read More Older Posts Join Newsletter 245 West 77th Street, New York, New York 10024 — (212) 787-1566 Website (em)powered by Vandersall Collective