Why are we meeting in a comedy club?
OK, fair question. It's a strange place to gather on Sunday mornings to worship, connect with others, learn and explore. We needed to find new space in a good location on the UWS, and it turns out Stand Up NY doesn't host comedy shows on Sunday morning! Plus, they have a little theater room upstairs that can be used for our kids program and nursery.
During the fall, we shared space with St. Matthew & St. Timothy's Church on W. 84th. They met in the mornings and we met in the evening. But we wanted to find space so we could gather earlier on Sundays.
We are tremendously grateful for our continuing friendship with SMST. In fact, we're partnering with them in two ministries - in their Sunday afternoon lunch program and in our Community Supported Agriculture Project ramping up this Spring.
We also find our new space kind of fitting . . . there is profound spiritual wisdom in learning to laugh at ourselves. We take God seriously. Ourselves -- not so much.