TABLE OF CONTENTS
From Our Executive Director:
SHOULD HETEROSEXUALS BE ORDAINED?
The Vatican recently announced that it will inspect seminaries to make sure that they are taking steps to screen out homosexuals. They will be examining many other aspects of training for the priesthood, of course, but, inevitably, it is their inquiries about sex that have grabbed our attention. Other denominations are being torn apart by their own interminable debates over homosexuality.
Jesus is not known to have ever said a word about homosexuality himself. The Bible does not even tell us anything at all about whether Jesus dated, had a girlfriend, or got married. At most, one can argue, “If he had a wife and children, I’m sure we would have heard about it,” or “Everyone else in Galilee got engaged and married as a teenager; no other rabbi remained single.” Arguments “from silence,” however, are the weakest of all arguments. I like to think that he was about 6’5” and a wee bit Scottish, since I am both of these, and the Bible never says he wasn’t, but any trust I might put in my projection would be unfounded.
The experience of my own denomination, the United Methodist Church, hardly provides any definitive answers about how Christians should deal with homosexuality, but it should provide a host of caveats, including:
- I May Know It When I See It, But I Cannot Define It,
- “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Don’t Work,
- Those Who Condemn Others Have Something To Hide,
- No One Knows What Goes on Behind Closed Doors,
- Almost Nobody Under 50 Cares Much About All This,
- Fighting Incessantly About Sex Alienates People,
and, last but certainly not least,
- We Are Worrying About the Wrong People.
The love life of our founder John Wesley was, to put it charitably, a train wreck. (I know: the train had not been invented yet. But when the first locomotive derailed, the debris field looked a lot like his inappropriate relationship with a parishioner in Georgia, his faltering courtship of another woman, and his short-lived marriage.)
You’d think that we might have concluded that only asexual candidates should be ordained, but by some strange leap of logic we ended up preferring straight married guys instead. Wesley supported women as preachers 250 years ago, but only in my lifetime has our church ordained many women.
As a straight married guy, I must warn you that we are the people your parents warned you about—or should have. We are the group that is most likely to:
- commit rape, murder, or assault (I know--we can never be certain about the orientation of a felon, but that only proves No One Knows),
- seduce teenage girls,
- commit adultery that tears apart the congregation,
- become ensnarled in a bitter divorce or custody battle that scandalizes the community,
- give our partner a sexually transmitted disease,
- molest young girls (although some therapists think pedophilia is its own sexual orientation, albeit a warped one, that is neither heterosexual nor homosexual),
- cause unintended pregnancies (okay, it takes two to tango or to do certain other things, but gays aren’t responsible for any of these, except maybe the tango), or
- run off with the church organist or secretary--who is usually much harder to replace than the pastor.
Straight women and gay men can also commit these offenses, of course, but let’s be honest: we straight guys are the ones doing most of this sinning. I am not speaking personally here, but you get my point: if I had been judged on the basis of my gender and sexual identity, the church would have chosen someone else. Jesus cautioned that we should remove the timber from our own eyes before trying to pluck a splinter out of our neighbor.
Perhaps someday the ecumenical movement will enable us to share across theological and denominational lines what we have learned in trying to deal with the passion and hypocrisy, joy and chaos that is human sexuality. Such ecumenical learning will require, as does our salvation, some recognition of our own shortcomings. As the Apostle Paul reminded the young church in Rome, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” How lucky we are that God has not only justice and judgment for us but also mercy and grace.
Shalom/Salaam/Shanti/Pax,
Tom
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A WORD OR TWO OF THANKS
Development Department – Sara Weiss, Director
We thank the following for their gifts of $500 or more in September:
| Bank of America | $2,500 predatory lending education seminars |
| Garden City Community Church | $3,000 Hurricane Katrina evacuees;
$2,000 New Building for Nassau food center |
| United Way of Long Island | $1,491 Monthly allocation |
| Wantagh Mem. Congr. Church | $5,000 emergency food |
| Manhasset Congregational Church | $ 500 to be used where needed most |
We are also grateful to the institutions that gave less, and to the individuals who gave but have asked us not to publish their names.
PLEASE DON’T FORGET US
Many of you have generously given to help Hurricane Katrina victims and refugees. However, as often happens in a disaster, people of good will shift their giving from local needs to those that are far away. This leaves local charities without the resources they require to continue caring for our neighbors in need.
From the moment Hurricane Katrina struck, the Long Island Council of Churches experienced a precipitous drop in funding, seriously jeopardizing our ability to continue helping those we’ve been helping all along.
Please don’t forget us and the people your contributions enable us to help. We urgently need your donations so we can continue to serve Long Islanders in need.
Most Urgent Social Services Client Needs
Because our clients are poor, many depend on public transportation to get to the grocery store, the doctor, to work and to job interviews. At $2 to $4/round trip depending on how long they are on the road, public transportation is beyond the means of many of our clients.
Most are unemployed single female heads of households looking for work. One is a former inmate for whom a condition of parole is to attend weekly mental health counseling sessions at the Nassau University Medical Center. For others, searching for employment requires multiple trips to complete the job application process. All have to travel to locations considerably beyond walking distance, but cannot afford the transportation costs. We need funds to purchase MetroCards for these clients so they can meet the obligations that will enable them to move forward with their lives to achieve self-sufficiency. $500 would help us to purchase MetroCards for more than 100 needy clients.
A Happy Ending
We hear so much bad news from the media, so we look for positive stories to tell about angels who come to our aid. Here’s a story of a recent encounter:
On a rainy day in September, Carolyn Gumbs, our Riverhead office manager, went to a local Radio Shack to pick up batteries for the office’s cordless phone. She chose the batteries, the cashier rang up the sale, and Carolyn prepared to write an agency check to pay the bill.
The cashier exclaimed, “I’m sorry. We don’t accept checks from people who don’t have an account with us.”
Astonished, Carolyn said, “This is not my personal check. It’s a check from the Long Island Council of Churches.”
The cashier persisted in her refusal.
Jeffrey Mullins, a realtor from Eastern Realty Enterprise in Riverhead, overheard the conversation and asked Carolyn, “Are you from the Long Island Council of Churches on Osborne Avenue, that organization that does such wonderful work?”
“I am.”
“I’ll buy the batteries for you,” he said, and paid the bill on our behalf.
We are grateful to Mr. Mullins, an angel who came to our rescue!
You can now contribute to the Long Island Council of Churches using your Visa or MasterCard. Please call the Hempstead office at 516-565-0290 and our staff will assist you.
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IDEAS YOU CAN USE: Taizé Worship
The recent, tragic death of Brother Roger, founder of the Taizé Community in France, has focused renewed attention on his remarkable efforts to heal the divisions within the Body of Christ. The quiet, meditative, ecumenical worship of the Taizé Community in France grew out of both efforts to shelter refugees during World War II and the care of children orphaned by the war. Since Taizé worship is intended to renew the church ecumenically, it would be good to see how other churches are experimenting with these services. The Rev. Elaine Kirkland, the Minister of Music at Mt. Sinai Congregational Church (UCC), who has led Taizé services for many years both in California and on Long Island, would be happy to train others to lead Taizé worship. You can reach her at 631-473-1582 or ebkdore@optonline.net.
Here are some other Taizé service you might visit:
- Grace Lutheran Church in North Bellmore had one for first time on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
- Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Huntington Station has a Taizé service on the first Friday of each month and every Wednesday in Lent.
- 1st Presbyterian Church in Southold, 7 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month
- 1st Congregational Church in Riverhead has one on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m.
- St. Peter the Apostle in Islip Terrace has theirs on the third Monday of each month.
- First Friday of each month at Our Lady of Grace in West Babylon and at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Centerport
- the 2nd Friday at Holy Cross in Nesconsett at 8 p.m.
- 3rd Friday at St. Martin of Tours in Amityville and Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal in Wyandanch
- Taizé services are held monthly at the Church of the Holy Spirit in New Hyde Park.
- St. Mary’s Catholic Church in East Islip has them at 7:30 p.m. on the second Thursday of every odd numbered month (i.e., the next one will be Nov. 17).
- Little Portion Friary in Mount Sinai has one each month on the evening of the full moon.
- Bellmore Presbyterian has taken an interesting approach to alternative services. Rather than hoping that folks can remember which weeks they will offer them, they have a brief (30 minute) worship service every Tuesday evening. Once a month, usually on the last Tuesday, this is a Taizé service.
Do you know any additions or corrections we should make to this list? Do you know anyone who has tried these services every week?
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WORTH QUOTING
On Taize Worship
“. . . hosting a weekly Taize prayer service is an important part of my own spiritual renewal. . . .
“Along with the Taize songs that are sung each week, each service also includes readings from scripture. Followed by a long time of silence for prayer and reflection. Those who come to pray may also kneel and light a candle at the prayer station that includes a meditation cross and hand labyrinth. . . .
“I always stress that this is an ecumenical prayer service without any expectations that participants will want to become Lutherans. Or join our congregation.”
--Jan Ruud, Pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church by the Narrows, Tacoma
The Channel (Associated Ministries) September 2005
“We were reluctant at first to take on this ministry (which was begun here by Fr. Jack Moore and Barbara Grace, our music minister), but it has truly become a labor of love and a source of great spiritual enrichment for us.”
--Jean & Jerry Holwell, St. Mary’s Catholic Church, East Islip
Sexuality and Christian Creeds
“Ethical questions of sexuality have never been listed in the creeds that have kept us together for centuries.”
--Bishop Richard Sklba, Archdiocese of Milwaukee
National Workshop on Christian Unity, New Orleans, April 5, 2005
Skepticism
“As a Christian Realist, I honor my inner skeptic. . . . . I have traveled a great distance from my home, but I have never left the Ground of my Being.”
--Bill Moyers,
accepting the Union Medal, Union Theological Seminary, Sept. 7, 2005
Religious Tolerance & Religious Liberty
“The Land of the free has become the land of the easily offended. And these days, expression of faith in the workplace is labeled proselytizing and treated as offensive speech.
“Sharing one’s faith is not hate speech or harassment. It is protected speech, as long as it doesn’t interfere with one’s duties or the mission of the business one is working in.”
--Charles Hynes, First Amendment Center, Nashville
quoted in The Interpreter (United Methodist) September 2005
Science & Creation
“The inspired writer of Genesis. . . addressed the message to people whose view of creation was that of a dome over a flat earth. . . . I do not think that our belief in a trustworthy Bible is at all diminished when we accept this insight. I believe that today the same writer (or rather the same Holy Spirit) would deliver the divine truth in the context of a modern view of the cosmos.”
--John C. Melin, retired Lutheran pastor
Ministry (Seventh-Day Adventist) September 2005
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CHURCH WOMEN UNITED WORLD COMMUNITY DAY NOV. 4
Church Women United will celebrate World Community Day on Friday, November 4.
This year’s theme is “A Light to the Nations.” Memorial Presbyterian Church in Roosevelt (189 Babylon Turnpike) will host the Baldwin-Freeport-Roosevelt CWU gathering at 1:00. For further information contact the Rev. Yvonne Collie-Pendleton at 516-623-2849.
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GOOD TV: “Paper Clips” on HBO Nov. 9
A friend of the LICC recommends “Paper Clips” on HBO on Nov. 9. It tells how school children in a small Tennessee town studied the Holocaust and decided to do something to remember and honor the victims of the Shoah, even though none of them had ever met a Jew.
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DID YOU KNOW?
- 94 walkers from eleven congregations took part in the 15th Annual Western Nassau CROP Walk on Oct. 16. Together, they raised more than $4,200 for the disaster relief work of Church World Service and the LICC’s Emergency Food Program. The walkers came from Community Presbyterian Church in Malverne (whose pastor, Fritz Nelson, even managed to get sponsors for his dog, who completed the five miles as easily as any of the rest of us), the Congregational Church of South Hempstead, St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Rockville Centre, the United Church of Rockville Centre, Bethany Congregational Church in East Rockaway, First Presbyterian of Oceanside, First Presbyterian of Baldwin, Christ Episcopal Church in Lynbrook, Garden City Presbyterian Church, and the LICC staff. Many thanks to all the walkers, to their sponsors, and to Don Neugebauer, who did a great job of organizing this event!
- Chocoholics can now consume their favorite vice and contribute to economic justice at the same time. Catholic Relief Services is now distributing “Divine,” a Fair Trade chocolate bar produced by a cocoa farmers association in southern Ghana. It is available in both milk chocolate and dark chocolate. For more information, call 888-294-9665 or visit www.crsfairtrade.org. There is some evidence that eating the dark chocolate bars might even be good for you. . .
- Last January more than 11,000 congregations from 50 denominations asked for $1 to feed the hungry from each worshiper on Super Bowl Sunday, raising more than $3 million dollars for soup kitchens and emergency food pantries, plus substantial donations of canned goods, in the Souper Bowl of Caring. Will your congregation take part this coming January? If so, please consider collecting food and money for the LICC’s pantries. Information on the Souper Bowl is available at 1-800-358-SOUP or www.souperbowl.org.
- For the first time on the East End, a Lutheran pastor is serving as priest in an Episcopal Church. The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church entered into “full communion” in 2001. As a result, the Rev. Ron Wickey can now serve as Pastoral Associate and Minister of Music at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Westhampton Beach. Earlier, the Rev. Barbara Hosmer, an ELCA clergywoman and member of the LICC’s Western Area Steering Committee, served as an interim priest at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity in Mineola.
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WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH USED CLOTHES?
In the wake of Hurricane Rita, countless people called the LICC to ask if used clothing was needed by the evacuees. The impulse to clean the old stuff out of our closets and send it to those who need it is a good one, but it is often difficult to ship such donations to an area devastated by a storm, and those aided the survivors often receive so many truckloads of old clothes that they sometime call their arrival the Second Catastrophe.
It is far better to send such donations to a local agency, such as your church or community hospitals thrift shop or the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. SVP runs resale shops that allow those of limited incomes to shop for clothing at minimal cost in an atmosphere which respects their dignity. The LICC works closely with St. Vincent de Paul in a number of ways, one of which is encouraging non-Catholic congregations to place collection boxes around the Island. SVP’s bins are cleverly designed to keep out rain and pests and the Society has found a way to turn any unusable rags they receive (you might be surprised what sort of stuff people donate sometimes) into paper.
Does your community have collection box for SVP already? If not, would you be willing to put one in your congregation’s parking lot? If so, call us at 516-565-0290, ext. 206.
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2005 Lord’s Day Alliance Sermon Competition
The LICC and the Long Island Labor-Religion Alliance have been exploring ways to encourage ourselves and our neighbor’s to take some Sabbath time for faith and family. (To see our Executive Director’s September column on this topic, click here.)
The Lord's Day Alliance, an organization that promotes our taking time of to worship God - together with its partner the Boston Theological Institute - is pleased to announce the theme and scripture reference for this year's annual competition seeking sermons from practicing parish ministers.
Theme: Seeking Sabbath: To Set the Mind on the Spirit is Life and Peace
Scripture: Romans 8:6-11
The submission deadline is November 30, 2005.
For additional information including submission guidelines and awards, visit http://www.ldausa.org/index.cfm?PAGE_ID=201 or www.bostontheological.org, or call 770-936-5376, or email to lnowell@ldausa.org.
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NEEDED/OFFERED
Offered:
- New in the LICC’s Video Lending Library at the Presbytery Center in Commack (42 Hauppauge Road, west of Commack Rd.):
- DESTINATION AMERICA: the recent PBS series on why people have come to America across the years and are still coming today. A review can be found in the October emailed Prelude.
- Help Matching Older Long Islanders with Younger Renters:
- Older Long Island homeowners needing rental income or companionship and single adults needing affordable rental housing now have a new alternative. HomeShare Long Island brings together older people living in single-family homes with younger working people needing affordable housing. Home sharing requires no change in zoning since all Long Island’s Towns and cities permit two or more unrelated parties to live in a single-family dwelling as long as there is only one kitchen and one utility box. The two parties are introduced to one another by a nonprofit agency after thorough criminal background checks, employee references, and interviews. The parties define specific living arrangements in a written agreement that usually includes rent and sometimes the bartering of services such as chores, babysitting, companionship, cooking, and transportation. The nonprofits are also available to find another match in the event a match doesn’t work out. A fee is charged for the nonprofits' services to both parties. For further information, homeowners and home seekers can call Family and Children’s Association in Nassau County at 516-292-1300, Family Service League in Suffolk County at 631-647-3100, or the Glen Cove Senior Center at 516-759-9610.
- Seminars on Reverse Mortgages:
- You may have seen Newsday’s extensive—and excellent—coverage of the plight of an older couple in Amityville who face losing their home due to an unpaid tax bill. The LICC has been working with their neighbors to help the family explore a Home Equity Conversion—also called a “Reverse Mortgage”—that allows senior citizens to borrow money against the equity they have built up in their home, so that they can afford to remain in the house and maintain it well. This sort of a loan is not for everyone but can bring real relief to many who are “house rich and cash poor.” Reverse Mortgages are one of the topics the LICC would be glad to cover in a personal finance seminar for your congregation, senior center, or community organization. Our presentations usually run an hour to 90 minutes, and we will tailor it to the needs of your audience—we even did one finance seminar recently at the Islamic Center of Long Island that focused on how Muslims can manage their money in accordance with the unique principles of Islam—and how banks and other financial institutions can better understand the needs of this important “emerging market” of potential customers. The LICC will arrange speakers, educational materials, and other freebies. All you need to supply is a room and refreshments. To request such a seminar, call 516-565-0290, ext. 206, fax 516-565-0291, or e-mail licchemp@aol.com.
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JOB OPENING AT THE LI COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
Hugh Watts is retiring soon as the manager of our emergency food center in Freeport.
The LICC is now receiving applications for this part-time position, which requires overseeing staff and volunteers and preparing monthly reports. To apply or receive further information, contact Alric Kennedy at 516-565-0290.
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NEED A GUEST PREACHER OR SPEAKER?
- Our Executive Director, the Rev. Tom Goodhue, is available for guest preaching and speaking engagements. You can reach him at tomgoodhue@optonline.net or 516-565-0290, ext. 206.
- Alric Kennedy, our Director of Community Resources, also does guest speaking and preaching. You can reach him at 516-565-0290, ext. 204, or alrickennedy@optonline.net.
- The Rev. Lillian Frier Webb, an African Methodist Episcopal clergywoman, therapist, and LICC chaplain, is available occasionally for guest preaching and would be glad to tell congregations about our Women at the Well project that helps women avoid incarceration. You can reach her at 516-764-8728.
- Our chaplain Nancy Schaffer, ordained in the United Church of Christ, is available for guest preaching and would be glad to speak to church groups at other times about Women at the Well. She can be reached at 631-586-9667.
- The Rev. Barbara Hosmer, a clergywoman in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America who has pastured ELCA, Presbyterian, and Episcopal congregations, is available for guest-preaching, supplying preaching, and interim pastorates. You can reach her at 516-355-0264 or barbarahosmer@aol.com.
- The Rev. Dick Ploth, a member of the LICC Board and the Presbytery of Long Island, is available for guest-preaching, supply-preaching, and interim pastorates. You can reach him at 631-734-2587 or lyndik@optonline.net.
- Dr. Eugene Purvis, a Conference Evangelist for the AME Zion Church and a member of our Public Issues Committee, is available for guest preaching. He can be reached at 516-623-0716.
- The Rev. Cathy Schuyler, a campus minister at Stony Brook University, is available for guest preaching, supply preaching, and interim pastorates. You can reach her at cathschuy@aol.com or 631-689-2986.
- Sue Terry is a graduate of New Brunswick Seminary and is a licensed preacher in the United Church of Christ (and can celebrate communion in Suffolk County). She can be reached at gterrys@aol.com or 631-751-1170.
- Jesse Glick and Kathy Burton from Church World Service, our partners in disaster response, would be glad to preach or speak about the work of CWS. Call 888—297-2767 or email jglick@churchworldservice.org.
- Tom Lyons, a member of Mt. Sinai Congregational Church (UCC) and the LICC’s Public Issues Committee who is active in the Heifer Project, and who returns in mid-July from a Heifer trip to Honduras, would be happy to speak or preach in local churches. He can be contacted a 631-928-4317 or lyonheifer@aol.com.
- The Rev. Randall Broger, a member of the Presbytery of Long Island who trained in interim ministry at Princeton Seminary, is available for guest preaching, supply preaching, and interim pastorates. You can reach him at randallb1@usa.net or 631-589-2923.
- The Rev. Elsa Callender, a United Church of Christ clergywoman, is available for guest and supply preaching. You can reach her at 917-836-8524.
- Dr. Jud Newborn is available for speaking engagements on the White Rose Christian Anti-Nazi Resistance and the Holocaust's lessons for confronting terrorism today. Author of a book on the White Rose, Newborn asks “Who exemplifies the White Rose today. To receive his complete lecture flier, call 516-931-7796 or email jnewbo@aol.com.
- The Rev. Gary Gerth, a retired pastor living in Wantagh, is available for guest preaching. You can reach him at 516-785-8013.
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SAVE A LIFE—DONATE BLOOD
If your congregation is having a blood drive, the LICC would be glad to help publicize it! Here are some collection dates in November. If you would like to sign up to donate blood elsewhere or to host a blood drive, call 1-800-933-BLOOD.
| 11/1 | New Life Community Church | 380 Lakeland Ave | Sayville | 4:00 PM | 9:30 PM |
| 11/6 | Cross of Christ Church | 576 Deer Park Ave. | Babylon | 8:00 AM | 1:30 PM |
| 11/7 | Trinity Lutheran Church-Hicksville | 40 West Nicholai St. | Hicksville | 3:30 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 11/14 | Brookville Reformed Church | Brookville Reformed Church | Brookville | 3:00 PM | 8:30 PM |
| 11/14 | Congregational Church of Manhasset | Congregational Church | Manhasset | 3:00 PM | 8:30 PM |
| 11/14 | Abiding Presence Lutheran Church | 4 Trescott Path | Fort Salonga | 3:30 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 11/14 | St. Paul's United Methodist | 270 Main St. | Northport | 3:15 PM | 8:45 PM |
| 11/20 | Christ Lutheran Church | 189 Burr Rd. | E. Northport | 8:30 AM | 2:00 PM |
| 11/20 | United Methodist Church | 792 Hawkins Avenue | Lake Grove | 12:00 PM | 5:30 PM |
| 11/21 | United Methodist Church of Bellport | 185 South Country Rd | Bellport | 3:00 PM | 8:30 PM |
| 11/25 | Community Presbyterian
Church | 1843 Lake Ave. | Deer Park | 2:00 PM | 7:30 PM |
| 11/27 | L.I. Mar Thoma Church | 2350 Merrick Ave | Merrick | 10:00 AM | 3:30 PM |
| 11/28 | Hope Lutheran Church | 46 Dare Rd. | Selden | 3:30 PM | 9:00 PM |
| 11/30 | Garden City Community
Church | 245 Stewart Ave. | Garden City | 3:00 PM | 8:30 PM |
The LICC drive at the United Methodist Church of Floral Park this year will be Dec. 5 from 3:30 to 8:45. To sign up, call 516-354-4969.
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WORSHIP IN MANY LANGUAGES
Does your local clergy associations include non-English language congregations in community gatherings for Thanksgiving, Epiphany, Martin Luther King Day, Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, or Easter? Having Scripture reading in Spanish, an anthem in Malayalam, the sermon sign-interpreted in ASL, and a Benediction in Vietnamese might make your worship much livelier. Here are the worship services we know that are offered in languages other than English and whatever we know about those who lead them:
SPANISH WORSHIP SERVICES IN NASSAU COUNTY:
- Baldwin:
- Iglesia Cristiana Casa de Benediction, 884 Merrick Rd., Pastors Jose & Luchi Pichardo, 623-5995
- Centro Christiano Renacer, 806 Merrick Rd., Sunday, 10 a.m. Pastor Carlos Sorto, 223-6240
- Elmont:
- St. Boniface, 631 Elmont Road, Sunday, 1 p.m. Rev. George Punti & Angelo Resulto, 354-0715
- Farmingdale:
- St. Killian's, 285 Conklin Avenue, Saturday, 6:15 pm, Rev. Ivan Gonzalez & Rev. Gerard Gentleman, 249-0127
- Freeport:
- Iglesia Luterana de Cristo, 61 N. Grove Street, Sunday, 10:00 a.m. 378-1258
- United Methodist Church, 46 Pine St. 546-3745
- Our Holy Redeemer, 37 South Ocean Avenue, Sunday, 1 pm; Thursday, 7:30 pm, Saturday, 7 p.m. Rev. Anthony DiBello, 378-0665
- Church of the Nazarene Alexander & Amanda Madrigal, 867-3351
- Centro Biblico/Freeport Bible Center, 50 N. Main Street, Bilingual worship, Sunday 10 a.m. Pastor David Silva, 546-2020
- Glen Cove:
- St. Patrick's, 235 Glen Street, Sunday, 9 a.m. Deacon Juan Guilfu 676-8430
- Iglesia Apostolica--at 1st Presbyterian--Rev. Christinos Fuentes
- Seventh-Day Adventist--at 1st Presbyterian, Saturday Rev Samuel Orozco 294-0745
- Glenwood Landing:
- Iglesia Pentecostal Nueva Vida Assemblia de Dios (at Glenwood Presbyterian Church, 71 Grove Street) Sunday, 2 p.m. & Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
- Great Neck:
- St. Aloysius, 592 Middle Neck Road, Saturday, 7:30 pm, Rev. Basil Colasito, 482-2770
- Hempstead:
- Hispanic United Methodist Pastor Victoria Luna, 486-8495
- Iglesia Presbiteriana, 1644 Denton Green, Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Pastor Gustavo Sanchez, 564-0201
- Iglesia Lutherana Resurrrection, 536 South Franklin, 3 p.m. Pastor Heriberto Prudencio, 486-3287
- Our Lady of Loretto, 104 Greenwich Street, Sat, 9 am; Sun, 9 am & 12:30 pm; Mon-Wed-Fri, 7:30 p.m., 489-3675 Rev. Fruto Rosales & Rev. Gerardo Bengoachea, 489-3675
- 1st Baptist Church, 267 Jackson Ave., Sunday 1 p.m., 483-6330
- Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist, 280 Main Street, Sat., 10 a.m. Pastor Jose Perez, 516-292-8807
- Hicksville:
- St. Ignatius Loyola, 129 Broadway, Sunday, 7:15 pm, 931-0056
- El Tabernaculo de Gozo, 17 Herzog Place, Sunday, 2 p.m. Pastor Salvador Garcia, 935-0166
- Inwood:
- Our Lady of Good Counsel, Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Sr. Virginia Down, CSJ, 239-0953
- Island Park:
- At United Methodist Church, Pastor Domingo Moro
- Long Beach:
- People’s Church, 111 Delaware Avenue, Sunday, 9 a.m.
- St. Mary of the Isle, 315 E. Walnut St., Sunday, 10 a.m. Rev. Tom Donahoe, 432-0157
- Manorhaven:
- Our Lady of Fatima, Saturday, 7 p.m. Rev. Joseph Granata, 767-0781
- Mineola:
- Church of the Nativity, 172 Willis Avenue, Sunday, 8 a.m. 741-0554
- Corpus Christi, 155 Garfield Ave., Saturday, 8 p.m. Rev. Tomaz Gomide, 746-1223
- New Hyde Park:
- Notre Dame, 45 Mayfair Rd., Sunday, 7 p.m. 352-7203
- Oceanside:
- St. Anthony, 110 Anchor Avenue, Sunday, 12:30 p.m. Rev. Hernan Paredes, S.J. & Rev. Claudio Burgaleta, S.J. 764-0048
- Oyster Bay:
- St. Dominic, 93 Anstice Street, Saturday, 7 p.m., Rev. Arturo Kolinsky, 922-4488
- Port Washington:
- St. Peter of Alcantara, 1327 Port Washington Blvd., Sr. Connie Kelly, S.C., 883-6675
- Rockville Centre:
- St. Agnes Cathedral, 29 Quealey Place, Saturdays, 7:30 p.m. Rev. German Villabon, 766-0205
- Seventh Day Adventist Church, 280 Lakeview Ave., Sat. 9:30 a.m., Wed. 7:30 p.m., Carlos Aragones
- Roosevelt:
- Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, 196 W. Centennial Ave., Sunday, 1:15, Rev. Francis Peluso, 378-1315
- Iglesia Cristiana Bautista Getsemani, 30 Union Place, Sunday, 4:00, Pastor Jose Rodriguez, 238-8929
- Iglesia Pentecostal de Jesucristo Refugio Eterno, 184 Nassau Rd. Sunday, 3 & 6 p.m., Rev. Jose Arnoldo Munoz, 379-0658
- Iglesia Pentecostal Restoracion, 482 Nassau Rd., Sunday, 3:30, 413-5809
- Iglesia de Cristo, 24 Woods Avenue, Sunday, 3:30 378-0380
- Roslyn:
- St. Mary’s, 32 Jane St., Deacon Jorge Coyoy, 625-4228
- Uniondale:
- St. Martha's, 546 Greengrove Avenue, 481-2550, Sunday, 8:45 am, Rev. Edward Sullivan
- Iglesia Cristiana Unida, 221 Jerusalem Ave., Sunday, 10:30 Rev. Leslie Gomez, 489-2516
- Jesus El Buen Pastor, 429 Jerusalem Ave., Rev. Daniel Ruiz, 538-1674
- Valley Stream:
- Church of the Blessed Sacrament, 201 N. Central Ave., Saturday, 7 p.m.
- Holy Name of Mary, 55 E. Jamaica Ave., Sunday, 5 p.m. Sr. Margie Kelly, CSJ, 825-0177
- Church of the Nazarene, Rev. Magdiel Alvarez 718-323-1954
- Westbury:
- St. Brigid, 50 Post Ave., Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Rev. Jose Quilcate-Paz, 334-0021
- Iglesia Genesis Asambleas de Dios, Sunday, 12:30 Rev. Fernando Gomez, 334-3739
- West Hempstead:
- Vincentian House, 813 Myrna Dr., Msgr. Alfonso Cabezas & Rev. Thomas Hynes, C.M., 483-8325
SPANISH WORSHIP IN SUFFOLK:
- Aquebogue:
- Ministerios Sion (at 1st Parish Church) Pastor Enrique Carbajal Sunday, 1:30; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
- Amagansett:
- St. Michael's Lutheran Saturday, 7 p.m. 267-6351
- Babylon:
- St. Joseph's , 39 North Carll Rd., Sunday, 10 a.m., Rev. Joseph Arevalo & Rev. Thomas Maloney, 669-0068
- Bay Shore:
- Church of the Nazarene Rev. Florentino Murillo, 968-5269
- Iglesia Bautista, 33 Connecticut Ave., 665-2457
- Seventh-Day Adventist, 1721 N. 5th Ave., Saturday Pastor Efrain Pena, 631-951-4263
- Bohemia, St. John Nepmucene, 1140 Locust Ave., Sr. Phillis Esposito, CSJ, 589-0540
- Brentwood:
- Christ Episcopal Church, 155 3rd Avenue, Sunday, noon, Rev. Frank Elcock, 273-9504
- Iglesia Presbiteriana, 140 McNair Street, Sunday, 10 a.m. Mario Fernandez & Enrique Rivas, 631-273-2320
- Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Dr. Michael Bennett, 273-5444
- St. Anne's, 88 Second Ave., Saturday, 7 p.m., Sunday, 9 a.m., Thursday 7:30 p.m. Deacon Juan Diaz & Rev. James Hannon, 273-8113
- St. Luke's, 266 Wicks Rd., Wed., Thurs., Sat., 8:30 a.m.; Sat., 7 p.m. & Sun., 9:15 Sr. Teresa Geigel, CSJ, Rev. David Guzman, Rev. Carlos Prieto, OP, 273-1110
- Spanish Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 12 Caleb’s Path, Saturday, 10:30 Pastors Jose Cruz & Woilfredo Rivas, 271-1348/968-2833
- Centro Biblico, 33 Kaymac, 952-4514
- Iglesia Bautista del Valle 28 6th Avenue, Pastor Lydia Velez, 273-5563
- Iglesia Elim, 751 Suffolk Ave., 951-7159
- Primera Iglesia Pentecostal Roca de Salvaction, 65 Bradley St. Sunday, 3:00, Pastor Jose Espinal, 434-1038
- Iglesia Pentecostal, 2000 Brentwood Rd, 435-3964
- Iglesia Pentecostal del Buen Pastor, 2000 Brentwood Rd., 435-3964
- Iglesia Pentecostal Refugio de Salvacion, 168 American Blvd., 800-353-5983
- Iglesia Universal, 1018 Suffolk Ave., Sunday, 10:00 a.m. 435-3583
- Bridgehampton:
- Iglesia Cristiana Faro a las Naciones (at United Methodist Church) Sunday, 5 p.m. 537-4864
- Queen of the Most Holy Rosary, Sunday 11:30 a.m. 537-0156
- Center Moriches:
- St. John the Evangelist, Saturday, 7:30 p.m. 878-0009
- Central Islip:
- First United Methodist Church Sundays, 1 p.m. & Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. Rev. Enrique Lebron, 234-6539
- Grace Lutheran Church, Rev. Morales, 234-8514
- St. John of God, 84 Carleton Avenue, Sunday, 9:30 a.m. 5:00 pm, 12:30 p.m.; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Sr. Agnes Claudia, CSJ, Rev. Jaime Rojas, Rev. Benjamin Palacios, , 234-6535
- Iglesia Bautista Hispana, 51 Hawthorne Avenue, Pastor Jose Calderon, 234-3587
- Iglesia de Cristo de Long Island (at NYIT on Carleton Ave.) Sunday, 10:30 & noon, Pedro Gelabert, 772-2889
- Copiague:
- Our Lady of the Assumption, 1 Molloy Street, Sunday, 11:45 am, Rev. Camilo Lugo, 842-5211
- Iglesia Cristiana Monantial de Vida, 2675 Great Neck Rd., Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
- Coram:
- St. Frances Cabrini, Monday-Friday, 10:45 a.m. 732-8445
- Dix Hills:
- St. Matthew's, 35 N. Service Road, Saturday, 7:30 pm, Rev. Bonaventure Thekkeveetil, 499-8520
- East Hampton:
- Church of the Nazarene (at United Methodist Church) Sunday, Wednesday & Friday, 7:30 p.m. Pastor Hector Ocasio.
- Iglesia De Cristo, 500 Route 114, Sunday, 10:00 & noon, Ministro Emanuel Chinchilla, 728-3872
- Most Holy Trinity, 44 Meadow Way, Sunday 7 p.m. 342-0134
- East Patchogue:
- St. Joseph the Worker, 510 Narragansett Ave., Saturday, 7 p.m. Rev. Philip Bohan, OFM Cap.286-9133
- Farmingville:
- Church of the Resurrection, 50 Granny Street, Sunday, 6:30 pm, Rev. Malcolm Burns, 696-0232
- Greenport:
- St. Agnes (Front & 6th) Saturday, 8 p.m.
- Hampton Bays:
- St. Rosalie, 31 Montauk Highway East, Sunday, 4 p.m., Srs. Frances Lane, Mary Lang, & Marion Shanahan, RSHM, 728-5558
- Huntington Station:
- St. Hugh of Lincoln, 21 E. Ninth St., Sunday, 8:15 a.m. & Wed. 7:30 p.m. Rev. Christopher Nowak, 427-0638
- Casa d’Oracion/House of Prayer, 376 Broadway, Sunday 6:30 p.m. Pastor Milton Estrada, 516-639-5281
- Iglesia Centro Evangelistica Cristo el Salvador, 1799 New York Ave., Sunday 2 p.m., Pastor Benny Valentin, 631-547-1338
- Mastic Beach:
- St. Jude's, 89 Overlook Drive, Saturday, 7:30 pm, 281-5743
- Mattituck:
- Church of New Jerusalem (at Mattituck Presbyterian) Pastor Roberto Salcedo
- Montauk:
- St. Therese of Lisieux, 67 Essex, Saturday, 7 p.m., 283-4379
- Moriches:
- Fuente de Jacob Pentecostal Church Sunday, 11 a.m.; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Pastor Enrique Guadelupe 878-0566
- Patchogue:
- Iglesia Bautista Beth-El, Sunday, 11:15 & 12:15 Rev. Juan Carlos Rivera, 395-4003
- Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, 495 New N. Ocean Ave., Rev. Freddy Lozano, 475-4739
- St. Francis de Sales, Sunday, 9:15 a.m. & Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. Rev. Kevin Smith, Rev. Andrew Connolly, Sr. Joanna Ohlandt, CSJ, 475-0161
- Port Jefferson:
- Infant Jesus Church, Sunday, 10 a.m., 473-0165
- Port Jefferson Station:
- Emmanuel Church of God, Sunday at 2:30 & Wednesday at 7 p.m. Pastors Eli & Annie Turnil, 737-5303
- Riverhead:
- St. John the Evangelist, 546 St. John's Place, Sunday, 7 p.m.
- Asamblea de Dios, 941 Roanoke Ave., Sunday 5 p.m.
- Sag Harbor:
- Community Bible Church, 2837 Noyac Road, Sunday, 4:30 p.m. 897-7159
- Southampton:
- Sacred Heart, 2 Hill Street, Sunday, 12:30 p.m., 283-4379
- Centro Cristiano de Albanza, at United Methodist Church, 160 Main St., Sunday, 6 p.m., Pastor Adrian Mora
- Ecumenical Missionaries, at United Methodist Church, 160 Main St., Sunday, 8:30 p.m. Fr. Luigi Hargain
- Watermill:
- Christian & Missionary Alliace, 1225 Montauk Highway, Sunday, 10 a.m., 726-4889
- Westhampton Beach:
- Immaculate Conception, 580 West Main St., Sunday 5 p.m. Rev. Joseph Mirro, 288-1423
- Wyandanch:
- Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, 1434 Straight Path, Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Rev. Bill Brisotti, 643-7568
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
- Bay Shore:
- Bay Shore Assembly of God, 211 Bay Shore Rd. 516-665-5241 TTY
- Central Islip:
- Centerport:
- Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Sunday, 9:45 a.m.
- East Northport:
- Northport Baptist Church, 400 Elwood Road, 631-368-5023
- Greenlawn:
- St. Francis of Assisi, Sunday, 10 a.m.
- Huntington:
- St. Patrick’s, Sundays, 9:30 a.m.
- Huntington Station:
- Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church, 22 East 18th Street. First Sunday of each month, 10 a.m.
- Massapequa Park:
- St. David’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 20 Clark Blvd., Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Pastor Marianne Tomecek; Patricia McCarthy, Deaf Ministry Coordinator and interpreter 516-799-7832 (voice); 516-798-9828 (TTY)
- Mill Neck:
- Mill Neck Manor School for Deaf Ministry, Monday, 8 a.m. Rev. William Wrede, wrede@optonline.net, 516-628-4217 (voice), 516-628-4222 (tty), 516-922-3871 (fax)
- Mastic Beach:
- St. Jude’s, 89 Overlook Drive, Sunday, 11 a.m.
- Oyster Bay:
- St. Dominic’s, 93 Anstice Street, Sundays at 9 a.m.
- Selden:
- St. Margaret of Scotland, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
- Smithtown:
- St. Patrick’s, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.
CHINESE:
- Garden City:
- Garden City Community Church Chapel (Mandarin), Stewart Avenue at Kensington, Sunday, 10:30,
- Lake Grove:
- Elim Chinese Baptist Church, 163 Hallock Rd., Sunday, 11 a.m. (Cantonese & Mandarin), Pastor Timothy T. L. Wong 631-467-4507
FRENCH/HAITIAN:
- Amityville:
- Ephraim Seventh-Day Adventist, 85 Coolidge St., Sat., 9:30; Wed., 7:30 p.m., Louis Matellus, 516-997-8477
- Eglise Apocalypse de Long Island, 152 Broadway, Sun. 11 a.m. Pastor Fritz Jourdain
- Brentwood:
- St. Anne's Catholic Church, 88 Second Avenue, Sunday 1 pm. Rev. Marc Jerome 631-273-8113
- Central Islip:
- Eglise Baptiste de Siloe, 75 Caleb’s Path, Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Pasteur Thomas Titus, 631-342-9839
- Elmont:
- St. Boniface Catholic Church, 631 Elmont Road, Sunday, 10:30 am, Rev. Ricardo Patrick, 354-0715
- Greenlawn:
- 1st Presbyterian Church, 497 Pulaski Road, 10:30 a.m. 631-261-0348
- Roosevelt:
- Eglise Baptiste D’Expression Francaise, 482 Nassau Road, Sunday, 11:00, Rev. Nimrod Velcime
- Eglise de Dieu de la Prophetie, 39 Mansfield Ave., Sunday, 11:15 am Rev. Etienne Carelus, 516-379-4879
- Eglise Croisade des Pecheurs D'Hommes. 47 E. Fulton Avenue, Sunday, 10 a.m., Pastor Jean Rejouis, 516-377-8875
- Eglise du Christ, 24 Woods Avenue, Sunday, 11 am Pator Pierre Isaac Simon, 516-378-0380
- Uniondale:
- St. Martha's Church, 546 Greengrove Ave., Sun. 1:30 & Wed 7 pm, Rev. Sully Sam, 516-481-2550
- Eglise Assemblee de Dieu de la Chambre Haute, Wyandanch Sunday, 11:30, Revs. Jean & Yolande Maurice, 564-0970 436 Jerusalem Ave.
- Westbury:
- St. Brigid's Church, 75 Post Avenue Sunday, 2:30 pm
- Wyandanch:
- Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal, 1434 Straight Path, Sunday, 7:30 p.m., Rev. Moise Aime, 631-643-7568
- Westbury:
- Eglise Baptiste Hitienne Ebenezer, 859 Prospect Avenue Rev. Morales Saintilus, 516-333-3787
- Wyandanch:
- Eglise de Dieu de la Doctrine de Jesus Christ, 1525 Straight Path, Pastors, Ralph Pierre & Jacob Jean, 631-643-1064
ITALIAN:
- Elmont:
- St. Vincent de Paul Church, 1500 De Paul St., Sunday, 9 am 516-352-2127
- Glen Cove:
- St. Rocco's, 18 Third Avenue, Sunday, 8:45 am Rev. Aaron Vellaramparmpil 516-676-2482
- Mastic Beach:
- St. Jude's Church, 89 Overlook Drive, Sunday, 8 am, Rev. James Atkins, 631-281-5743
JAPANESE
- Bellmore:
- Japanese Church of the Nazarene, 2650 Wison Avenue, Rev. Brian Kido, 516-679-6848
KOREAN
- Bethpage:
- Arumdaun Presbyterian Church, 995 Stewart Ave., Sunday 8:30 & 11 a.m., Pastor Il Michael Hwang, 516-349-5559
- Commack:
- LI Korean United Methodist Church, 486 Town Line Road, Sunday, 6 a.m. & 2 p.m.; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. Rev. Soo Cheon Kim, 631-499-1260
- Dix Hills:
- Bible United Methodist Church of New York, 1201 Carl's Straight Path, ev. Chong Il Kim, 631-243-5683
- New Life Presbyterian Church, at St. Lawrence of Canterbury Church, 655 Old Country Road, Sunday at 1 pm
- Franklin Square:
- Korean Church of Long Island, 858 Roosevelt St., Sunday 10 a.m., Pastor Choong Sik Ahn, 516-775-0016
- Garden City:
- Garden City Community Church Chapel, Stewart Avenue at Kensington, Sunday, 1 p.m.
- Great Neck:
- Korean United Methodist Church of New York, 715 Northern Blvd. Rev. John Seongmo Park, 516-466-8063
- St. Aloysius, 590 Middle Neck Road, Sunday, 8:45 am and 3 pm, Rev. Benadictus Do Ha Bae, 516-482-2770
- Greenlawn:
- 1st Presbyterian Church, 497 Pulaski Road, noon, 631-261-0348
- Lake Grove:
- Korean Presbyterian Church of Suffolk, 163 Hallock Rd., Sun. 9 a.m. Pastor Joseph Yoon, 631-467-4507
- New Hyde Park:
- Holy Grace Church (Associated Reformed Presbyterian) 2300 East Side Drive South, Sunday, 6 a.m. & 1 p.m. Pastor Peter Lee, 516-334-9480
- Joy Fellowship Church, 2801 Hillside Avenue, Sunday, 12:30 Pastor Seong Ryong Ahn, 516-297-8989
- Old Westbury:
- Ban Suk United Methodist Church, 11 Powells Lane, Rev. Dea Hee Kim, 516-997-8620
- Oyster Bay:
- St. Dominic Church, 93 Anstice Street, Sunday, 10:30 a.m., Rev. Paul Do, 516-922-4488.
- Plainview:
- United Methodist Church, 992 Old Country Road, Rev. Kenny Yi, 516-681-1713
- Rockville Centre:
- St. Mark's Korean United Methodist Church, 200 Hempstead Avenue, Rev. Young Shik Kim, 516-678-6625
- Smithtown:
- Nanime Presbyterian Church, 175 East Main St., Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
- Syosset:
- Faith Korean Presbyterian Church, 220 Berry Hill Road, Sunday 2 p.m. Pastors Jinsuk Kim & Yoonhwan Monch Kim, 516-364-9848 Soung Young Church, 36 Church Street, Sunday, noon, Rev. Tae Kean Kim, 718-225-2990
MALAYALAM/SYRO-MALABAR:
- Floral Park:
- Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, (Syro-Malabar Catholic) Rev. Joseph Kandathikudy
- St. Gregorios Malankara Orthodox, 175 Cherry Lane, Sunday, 9 am Rev. Thomas Paul, 516-775-2281
- Franklin Square:
- St. Basil Malankara Orthodox, 17 Randolph Ave., Sunday, 8:15 am Rev. P. S. Samuel, 516-561-7377
- Hempstead:
- St. John Chrysostom Malankara Catholic, 115 Greenwich St., Rev. Jacob Varghese OIC, Rev. Saji George Mukkoot 516-825-2210
- Lynbrook:
- St. Mary's Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church, Carpenter Ave. & Union Place, Sundays 9:30 a.m., Fr. Rajan Peter 516-887-1699
- Merrick:
- Long Island Mar Thoma Church, 2350 South Merrick Ave., K. A. Abraham 516-623-1456
- Seaford:
- Church of South India, 3833 Jerusalem Ave., Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Rev. Sam Mathew
- Westbury:
- St. Peter's & St. Paul Malankara Syrian Orthodox Church 555 Advent St.-Winthrop Hall
- Williston Park:
- Jubilee Memorial Church of South India, 147 Campbell Avenue, Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Rev. Sabu Cherian
POLISH:
- Copiague:
- Our Lady of the Assumption, 1 Molloy Street, Saturday, 7:15 pm & Sunday 9 am, Rev. Leszek Wieaszek, 631-842-5211
- Cutchogue:
- Our Lady of Ostrabrama 3000 Depot Lane, Sunday, 9:15 am, Pastor Wladyslaw Rudnicki 631-734-6446
- Floral Park:
- St. Hedwig Church, 1 Depan Avenue, Sunday, 11 am; Monday-Saturday, 8 am Rev. Francis Filmanski 516-354-0042
- Hempstead:
- St. Ladislaus, 18 Richardson Place, Sunday, 9:30 am Msgr. Edward Wawerski 516-489-0368
- Lindenhurst:
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sat. 7:30 pm, 226-7725
- Riverhead:
- St. Isadore 622 Pulaski Street, Sunday, 10:30 am Fr. Joseph Walas, 727-2114
- Southampton:
- Our Lady of Poland, 35 Maple Avenue, Sunday, 8 pm Pastor Stanislaw Kondeja 631-283-0667
PORTUGESE:
- Brentwood:
- Assembly of God, at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 125 Second Avenue, Pastor Coelho, 631-968-8935.
- Farmingville:
- Church of the Resurrection, 50 Granny Street, Sunday, 10:30 am Rev. Tomaz Doming, 696-0232
- Mineola:
- Corpus Christi Church, 155 Garfield Ave., Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Rev. Tomaz Gomede, 516-746-1223
- Assemblia de Deus Emanuel, 230A Willis Avenue, Pastor Manel V. Martins, 516-666-9238
UKRANIAN
- Hempstead:
- St. Vladimir's Ukranian Catholic Church, 709 Front Street, Sunday, 9 & 11 a.m., Rev. Maxim Kobasuk, 516-481-7717
- Holy Family Ukranian Catholic Church, 471 Montauk Highway, Sundays at 10:15 a.m., Father Nicholas Popovici, 631-661-0031
And still the most multilingual:
- St. John the Theologian Orthodox Church in America, 158 West End Avenue, Shirley, Sunday, 10 a.m., blends English, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Slavonic, and Romanian. Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff 631-281-5960
If you have updates or additions for this list, please send them to the LICC via phone (516-565-0290 ext.206), fax (516-565-0291), email (licc@optonline.net), or snail mail (1644 Denton Green, Hempstead, NY 11550). Thanks!
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