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Summer Borrowing from the Hood Library

The Hood Library will close for the summer after Sunday, June 30. Our policy has long been to allow books borrowed during June to be borrowed for the entire summer. This year the due date for summer books, as always, will be the first Sunday after Labor Day - this year September 8.

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MAPC Kids: Central Park Zoo Trip

Celebrate summer with your church friends! Families with children of all ages are invited for an afternoon at the zoo next Saturday, June 15th!

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Upcoming Events: Rooftop Reverie

Following the worship service on June 23rd we will welcome summer with a Fellowship Hour Picnic on the Roof Garden!

Our annual Roof Garden Party is also.coming up! This is always a wonderful evening of fellowship enjoying Mexican food on the Roof Garden. Click below for more details and to register!

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A Time for Contemplative Prayer,

Some of you participated in “Quiet Prayer” on Sunday mornings this spring, led by Questa Anderson. Questa and Fred have returned north, but we will continue to offer a half-hour of “quiet prayer”, or contemplative prayer, before the monthly Deacons meeting on the 8th floor. This is for anyone interested, not just deacons!

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Sing with the Summer Choir

You are invited to sing on Sundays during the summer at MAPC! Our Summer Choir provides an opportunity for church members and friends to sing some beautiful choral music together as leaders of worship. Beginning Sunday, May 26, and continuing through…

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The Hood Library at MAPC: Recent Acquisitions

Please visit the Hood Library this coming Sunday to borrow this book—or any other of our recent acquisitions. The Hood Library’s fine collection—a congregational treasure since 1931—is open on Sundays for perusal and borrowing.

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Discipleship Lunch: Three Great Hymns of the Church

May 19th at 3 pm in the Parish Hall

Our Director of Music & Organist, Dr. Andrew Henderson, will provide a brief overview of congregational songs in the Presbyterian Church and concentrate on the stories behind the words and music of three great hymns of the church…

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Organ Recital This Friday

MAPC will host a FREE organ recital on Friday, May 17 at 5 pm for doctoral candidate, Yilun Wang. The hour-long recital is in fulfillment of her doctoral degree in Organ Performance at the Manhattan School of Music where she studies with MAPC’s Director of Music and Organist, Dr. Andrew Henderson.

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Book of the Week from the Hood Library

“King: A Life”

Recently awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr., and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. Eig gives us…

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The Hood Library Presents

Make your mark--a bookmark, that is! On Sunday, May 19, during fellowship hour in the Lobby, we will be crafting a variety of quick and easy bookmarks for books of any size.

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A Little Jazz Mass

During the 10:30 am worship service this Sunday, May 12, the Church Choir and members of the Saint Andrew Chorale will be singing Bob Chilcott’s A Little Jazz Mass…

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Racial Justice Task Force Movie Night

The next RJTF movie night is Wednesday, May 15th. We’ll gather for dinner at 6:30, and at 7 we will begin showing the third episode in Ava DuVernay’s four part documentary, “When They See Us” about…

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The Hood Library’s Book of the Week

“A Booklover’s Guide to New York” by Cleo Le-Tan: Whether you are in need of an exceptionally rare edition of your favorite novel, or the most tranquil place to devour a short story on a wintry day, or if you are looking to follow in the footsteps of a beloved author or novella character, this will be your ultimate companion.

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All Church Fellowship Evening

Weather permitting, we will celebrate spring “Up on the Rooftop” on Friday, May 10th, beginning at 6 pm. Please come enjoy a time of fellowship and delicious food prepared by Chef Jim.

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The Hood Library’s Book of the Week

“The Romantic” by William Boyd: Born in 1799 in Ireland, Cashel Greville Ross is tossed into an eventful century, and he makes the most of it. He survives the Battle of Waterloo, spends quality time with Shelley and Byron, homesteads in antebellum America, and is bewitched by a beautiful Italian.

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Donations to the Hood Library

Since its founding in 1931, the Hood Library has enjoyed strong support from the MAPC congregation. The Hood Library Committee is grateful for this patronage. One of the ways it manifests itself, besides the borrowing of books, is in book donations.

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Discipleship Lunch

Elder Roy Lennox will teach on his recently published book In the Footsteps of Jesus: Exploring the World of the Gospels. Looking at the gospels through the lens of history, he will provide political, social, and cultural context to better understand the world of Jesus.

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