In a recent article for the New York Times titled Dear People of 2022: What Would You Ask Your Future Self?, author Matthew Thompson wrote about the work of doctor and public speaker Hans Rosling. During his life, Dr. Rosling gave a series of TED talks in which he...
This summer, our team surveyed our Soup Kitchen and Pantry guests to better understand who visits us and how Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen can serve our community. Through interviews with our guests, we gained a deeper understanding of the needs and the background of...
On Sunday, September 12, members of our community visited Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen for the first in-person meal service since March 2020 and the first Sunday Supper event since February 2020. We were thrilled to gather together again and share a meal with our...
As you know, for most of the pandemic, the Church of the Holy Apostles shifted to doing church online via Zoom, and since we were not able to share the Eucharist, we prayed Morning Prayer together instead. Some of you might already have been familiar with this service, while for others of you, especially if you are newer to the Episcopal Church, it was strange and new. But the practice of praying in the morning as a way of giving thanks and preparing for the day to come has very deep roots….
In the midst of our most recent heatwave, even my quick walk to the train on my evening commute felt like a daunting task. Too hot, too humid, to even think straight, let alone walk one mile. And I was headed back to my air-conditioned apartment! On one particularly...
Perhaps it would be good for each of us to pause for a moment and look deeply into our own hearts and ask ourselves just what is the most impossible challenge we face in our Christian life today. Is it possibly the pandemic we have been experiencing, could it be financial, perhaps concern about our own health, family, those who refuse to take the vaccine? As we seriously consider the matter, would it be possible to place the value of that impossibility up against God’s power, and find a real and lasting solution that is pleasing to God?…
As the largest soup kitchen in New York City, we are so grateful to our volunteers, supporters, and friends who have kept us open throughout this pandemic. We would not be able to serve our community without the dedication of our volunteers and supporters, and the...
Last week, our Mother’s Day Bake Sale culminated with the distribution of cookies. Some of our supporters picked up their cookies from the Soup Kitchen, while others took advantage of our service through DoorDash and United Way of New York City and had their cookies...
Last week, our team at Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen joined Derrick, our Meal Outreach specialist, on one of his runs to deliver sandwiches to those in need. Derrick brings breakfast and lunch sandwiches to New Yorkers on the streets and in Penn Station every...
Our friends at Avenues: The World School are committed members of our community and in 2021, they were determined to find unique ways to give back. While their students are unable to volunteer in person due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, they found a new way to...