Welcome to Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and Neighborhood House

You were welcome here long before you arrived!

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church & Neighborhood House 351 East 74th Street (Bet 1st & 2nd Ave.) New York, New York 10021-3701 (212) 288-6743 Phone; (212) 879-0929 Fax; greetings@janhus.org	We are a welcoming and affirming congregation and church, members of Presbyterian Welcome and More Light Presbyterians
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Please Join Us for Worship Welcome to You & Your Pets!

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and Neighborhood House - Sunday Worship at 11 A.M.

Followed by Fellowship Lunch; Communion Sunday is the First Sunday of each month.

Indonesian Presbyterian Church Sunday Worship at 3:00 P.M.
The Rev. Alice Hermanus-Rampengan

We took some pictures! Click above to see the Album! Click here to download original photos.

Mission Statement for the

Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Program (HOAP)

The mission of our outreach is two-fold. The first part is to be committed to our faith tradition and teachings as a Christian community and church that calls us to our greatest practices of love, hospitality, and justice, in welcoming the stranger among us. We are called to feed those who are hungry, clothe those who are poor, and see all as sisters and brothers.

The second dimension of our mission reflects the first, without any requirement of our guests: it is to provide a genuine welcome, followed by the services we offer, among them: access to our food pantry, clothing center, dinner meals, office equipment, and general assessment services for referrals, including support for shelter, employment, medical care, and other needs to assist our guests in moving forward in their lives.

WE NEED MENS & WOMENS CLOTHING

for our Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Program. We serve dozens of people each week with clothing for back-to-work and general use. All services are free of charge. Your help is greatly needed at this time! Please drop off your clean and used clothing at 351 E. 74th (through the double-street doors)

Monday - Saturday: 7 AM - 8 PM;
Sundays 8:30 AM - 7:30 PM

Letters for tax deductions available.
More information call:
212-288-6743.

Thanks! Without your help our help misses the mark!

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The Czech Vocal Choir "7 Rays in New York"
Thank you for an amazing performance!

Friday, September 9, 2011
Listen to the Music

We invite you to show your support now for marriage equality at the 220th General Assembly with this online petition. Please click here and say, "I Do" showing your support for marriage equality in the PC(USA). You can sign as a pastor, elder, or church member with or without your name. We hope you will prayerfully consider helping us demonstrate to the Presbyterian Church (USA) that we are ready to move forward in faith in service to all in the many and wonderful ways God has created us.

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Sunday Open Mic Comedy Night at the the Jan Hus Playhouse Theater.
Come with or without your jokes and join us at 6:30 P.M. on Sundays.

A Letter from Archbisop Desmond Tutu

Open Letter from Desmond Tutu (pdf)

To Rev. Grayde Parsons, Stated Clerk, Presbyterian Church (USA)

Dear Brother in Christ,

I am writing you with the request that you share these thoughts with my brothers and sisters in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.):

It is incumbent upon all of God�s children to speak out against injustice. It is sometimes equally important to speak in solidarity when justice has been done. For that reason I am writing to affirm my belief that in making room in your constitution for gay and lesbian Christians to be ordained as church leaders, you have accomplished an act of justice.

I realize that among your ecumenical partners, some voices are claiming that you have done the wrong thing, and I know that you rightly value your relationship with Christians in other parts of the world. Sadly, it is not always popular to do justice, but it is always right. People will say that the ones you are now willing to ordain are sinners. I have come to believe, through the reality shared with me by my scientist and medical friends, and confirmed to me by many who are gay, that being gay is not a choice. Like skin color or left-handedness, sexual orientation is just another feature of our diversity as a human family. How wonderful that God has made us with so much diversity, yet all in God�s image! Salvation means being called out of our narrow bonds into a broad place of welcome to all.

You are undoubtedly aware that in some countries the church has been complicit in the legal persecution of lesbians and gays. Individuals are being arrested and jailed simply because they are different in one respect from the majority. By making it possible for those in same-gender relationships to be ordained as pastors, preachers, elders, and deacons, you are being a witness to your ecumenical partners that you believe in the wideness of God�s merciful love.

For freedom Christ has set us free. In Christ we are not bound by old, narrow prejudice, but free to embrace the full humanity of our brothers and sisters in all our glorious differences. May God bless you as you live into this reality, and may you know that there are many Christians in the world who continue to stand by your side.

God bless you.

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu (Cape Town, South Africa

Take a look...

Jan Hus Presbyterian Church and Neighborhood House
highlighted in Presbyterian News Service

Church: it�s not just for Sunday mornings anymore; NYC church follows gospel example of hospitality, generosity by hosting neighborhood programs during week. Presbyterian News Service, JUNE 16, 2011

"If you use the model of judging a church�s health by how full the sanctuary is on a Sunday morning, you might think that the small gathering of worshippers is a sign of a church in trouble.�

But that... is not the entire story.
Full Article

"The weak can never forgive; forgiveness is an attribute of the strong." - Mahatma Gandhi

"If you've really made a decision to turn your life and will over to the care of God,
a you understand God, you have nothing to worry about." - Jim McManus

"We call upon the church to reexamine our own fear and ignorance that continues to reject the inclusiveness
of the Gospel of Jesus Christ," panel members wrote while finding Spahr guilty in Napa last August.
"We as a church need to be able to respond to � reality as Dr. Jane Spahr has done
with faithfulness and compassion."