Chelsea Community Church

August Hiatus.

Join us when we return September 8, 2024.

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Rabbi Jill Hausman, Guest Speaker & Special Music — Chelsea Community Church Jill Hausman  has been the Rabbi and Cantor of the historic Actors’ Temple, Congregation Ezrath Israel, in Manhattan since 2006, and is the Assistant Dean of the Rabbinical Seminary International (RSI).  She previously served as Cantor/Assistant Rabbi at

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Lay Led Service with Mary Sheeran — Chelsea Community Church Mary Sheeran (Episcopalian/Chelsea Community Church) has been a member of Chelsea Community Church since 1987. After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in History, Humanistic Studies, and Theater at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, she taught at the Foxhollow School in Lenox, Massachusetts

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Revd Dana Fenton with Mary Deady, Special Music — Chelsea Community Church Revd Dana Fenton (American Baptist) teaches sociology at Lehman College, where she is a tenured lecturer.  She has completed a two-year term as grievance counselor for full-time faculty at Lehman through its union, the Professional Faculty Conference.  She earned M.Div. and M.Phi

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Jul 7 Revd Joseph J. Nicholson Sunday, July 7, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Revd Joseph J. Nicholson (Non-denominational Protestant) spent the first 30 years of his career as an entrepreneur.  He founded a dozen companies,...

Diane Trinkaus will be our guest speaker June 30th.
Special Music by Jeanne MacDonald.
Pride Month, Pride March day & Afternoon Open House
1:00 PM-2:00 PM EST. Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as the zoom link if you are unable to attend in person) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Diane Trinkaus has been a non-denominational Christian minister for 15 years.

Upon graduation from high school, Diane spent 8 years a member of the Sisters of Saint Joseph order of nuns.

After leaving the order, Diane worked for 32 years as a public school educator; and she was honored with the prestigious Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award.

Following her 1989 diagnosis of breast cancer, Diane turned to painting as a connection to her spiritual self, a spiritual practice she continues to today. Her experience as a 34-year cancer survivor has made her uniquely qualified for her work as a volunteer at the Hudson Valley Hospital infusion center. At this center, she has been able to offer emotional support and spiritual guidance to patients as they face their cancer diagnoses and chemotherapy treatment. She has also volunteered at Hudson Valley Hospital for a powerful national cancer advocacy program called No One Dies Alone, or NODA.

Diane is now on her sixth year as guest lecturer at the Utica College School of Nursing. Her course, Spirituality in Nursing, focuses on guiding future caregivers toward serving the physical and spiritual needs of their patients; while also nourishing their own spiritual well-being.

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June 23rd:
Reverend John Magisano - Pride Month, Blessing of Drag Artists
1:00 PM 2:00 PM EST.
Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as the zoom link if you are unable to attend in person) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Reverend John Magisano (Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches) served as Chelsea Community Church's Pastoral Counselor for 11 years (2004 - 2015). He has served various churches and currently serves All Souls Bethlehem Church in Brooklyn as their interim pastoral counselor. He earned his Master of Divinity Degree at New York Theological Seminary in 1999. John recently retired from NYC Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI) as Senior Coordinator for Learning & Organizational Development. He lives in Brooklyn with his husband Xris and their feline overlord, Wolverina.

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Jun 16 Lay Led Service with Scott Barbarino - Pride Month, A Celebration of Jerry Scott Sunday, June 16, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Scott Barbarino wears many hats; he has been a performer, producer and promoter. In 2007,...

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Jun 2 Rev. Linda Tarry-Chard - Pride Month Sunday, June 2, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Rev. Linda Tarry-Chard (United Church of Christ) served as Associate Minister for Membership, Care and Parish Life at The Riverside Chu...

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Jun 2 Rev. Linda Tarry-Chard - Pride Month Sunday, June 2, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Rev. Linda Tarry-Chard (United Church of Christ) served as Associate Minister for Membership, Care and Parish Life at The Riverside Chu...

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church May 19 Rev. Robert Yarnall with Special Music - Elmore James Sunday, May 19, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Rev. Robert Yarnall (Interfaith) has been the featured speaker at Unity of Montclair since 2019 and speaks regularly....

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church May 12 Gary Ryan, ThM Sunday, May 12, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Gary Ryan ThM (Episcopalian) Gary studied basic Clinical Pastoral Education while a chaplain at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and did his advanc...

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church May 5 Rev. Joe Nicholson with Special Music - Lucille Carr-Kaffashan Sunday, May 5, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Reverend Joseph J. Nicholson (Non-denominational Protestant) spent the first 30 years of his career as an entr...

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Apr 28 Lay Led Service with David Williams Sunday, April 28, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS David Williams is a non-denominational Christian and technology investor who currently manages a fund investing in blockchain and dig...

Sunday's guest speaker will be Vi Lynk.1:00 PM-2:00 PM EST. Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend the service in person) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Vi Lynk (Episcopalian) is interested in the intimate details of the intentional life understood and articulated in relationships. Drawing from her training and experience as an installation and performance artist, she has worked to facilitate community within and across multiple fields and facets of life: in elementary classrooms, through technology driven storytelling, at tables, to name a few. She completed a Masters of Divinity degree at Berkeley Episcopal Divinity School and just finished a Masters of Sacred Theology degree at Yale Divinity School. Vi continues to discern how to practice the call to love as an artist, a theologian and a spiritual leader as she pursues ordination in the Episcopal Church.

Sunday's guest speaker will be Rev. Gloria Jean Skeete. 1:00 PM-2:00 PM EST. Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend the service in person) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Rev. Gloria Jean Skeete (National Association of Congregational Christian Churches) is on the ministerial staff of the Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church in Brooklyn, where she has served since 2015. She occasionally fills in as Pastor while Flatbush-Tompkins conducts their current pastor search. She was previously a pastor at the New York Congregational Nursing Center in Brooklyn. She graduated from New York Theological Seminary in 2012 with an Masters of Divinity degree. Her seminary education included internships at Salem Missionary Baptist Church in Brooklyn and Jan Hus Presbyterian Church in Manhattan. Before going to seminary she worked in the fashion industry.

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Apr 7 Maribelle Vazquez Sunday, April 7, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Maribelle Vazquez (Metropolitan Community Church) is a native New Yorker Puerto Rican aka Nuyorican, raised in the South Bronx during the tumultuous eve...

EASTER SUNDAY SERVICE.

SPECIAL MUSIC BY CCC EASTER CHOIR.

Rev. Joe Nicholson will be our speaker.
1:00 PM-2:00 PM EST
Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend the service in person) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Rev. Michelle Odinma will be our guest speaker this Sunday. 1:00PM -2:00PM
Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend in person) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Rev. Michelle Odinma is a Seventh-day Adventist Christian minister and contemporary singer/songwriter. After completing her Master of Divinity Degree from the Andrews Theological Seminary in 2020, she began serving as the Pastor for Community Life at Church of the Advent Hope where she currently ministers. Along with being a cat mom of two, she enjoys filling her life with good food, good people, and good music.

Special Music:
Carolyn Montgomery.

Marisa Hulstine will be our guest speaker this Sunday. 1:00-2:00 PM EST. Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/
Marisa Hulstine (Interdenominational) BA ’20, MA ’23, is a graduate student at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York focused on Social Ethics. Her area of interest lies in embodiment ethics as a path forward in confronting the harm caused by Purity Culture. As someone who grew up in a conservative evangelical town, she holds close to those who have been silenced and rejected by the church. Recently, she completed her Master’s thesis entitled “Embodiment Ethics In The Face Of Purity Culture: An Examination Through The Lens of Womanist and Feminist Theologies.” This work is only a starting point in holding accountable the church’s behavior in enabling oppressive systems, and centers the voices of those who are reclaiming their bodies outside the walls built by Purity.

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Mar 3 Rev. Joe Nicholson - Third Sunday of Lent Sunday, March 3, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Reverend Joseph J Nicholson (Non-denominational Protestant) spent the first 30 years of his career as an entrepreneur.  He found...

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Feb 25 Mel Lehman - Second Sunday of Lent Sunday, February 25, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Mel Lehman (Mennonite) grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  He received a Master of Arts in theology from Union Theological...

Today's guest speaker will be Rev. Nindyo Sasongko, with special music by Ginger Ray. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM EST.
Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Rev. Nindyo Sasongko (Mennonite) is pursuing a Ph.D. in systematic theology at Fordham University. He is a teaching fellow at Fordham and a theologian in residence at Manhattan Mennonite Fellowship. He served as a pastor in his native Indonesia from 2005-2013, with time out as a youth minister in Ethiopia for nearly a year. After receiving an M.A. from Seattle University’s School of Theology and Ministry in 2015, he became the Elias Pohan visiting research fellow at Jakarta Theological Seminary in Indonesia. In 2019 he was selected to participate in a climate change task force sponsored by Mennonite World Conference.

Mary Sheeran will be our guest speaker tomorrow, with Special Music by Tony Perry. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM EST.
Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend) visit https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Mary Sheeran (Episcopalian/Chelsea Community Church) has been a member of Chelsea Community Church since 1987.

After earning her Bachelor of Arts degree in History, Humanistic Studies, and Theater at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, she taught at the Foxhollow School in Lenox, Massachusetts. She performed leading roles in regional theater productions, off-Broadway plays, and in operas in New York City. She also was a theater critic for the trade papers Show Business and Backstage.

Mary also has had a career as a medical editor, which was how she met Hilda Regier, who invited her to join an Easter choir for Chelsea Community Church. Mary became a member shortly thereafter and served on the church's board for several years.

As board Chair, she was invited to audit a class at Union Theological Seminary; and inspired,she enrolled at nondenominational New York Theological Seminary, earning her Master of Divinity degree. She did field service at St. Peter's Chelsea, where she was active in their liturgy and education committees and served on the vestry, the altar, and in the choir.

In 2006, her first novel, Who Have the Power, was published about the effects of silver mining in the west on the Native peoples. She has since had three other novels published, two of which have won awards; and she is working on number five.

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Feb 4 Rev. John Magisano Sunday, February 4, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Rev. John Magisano (Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches)  served as Chelsea Community Church's Pastoral Counselor for 11 years ...

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CCC Speaker Schedule — Chelsea Community Church Jan 21 Rev. Joe Nicholson & Mary Sheeran, Special Music Sunday, January 21, 2024 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Coffee and Conversation following the service. We meet at: (map) Google Calendar ICS Reverend Joseph J Nicholson (Non-denominational Protestant) spent the first 30 years of his career as an entrepreneur....

Our guest speaker tomorrow will be Rev. Dr. Valerie Holly. 1:00 PM 2:00 PM EST. Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Rev. Dr. Valerie H. Holly (American Baptist/United Church of Christ) has worked in various ministerial positions at Judson Memorial Church in the West Village. Previously she was Senior Pastor at Unity Fellowship Church of Christ New York City in Brooklyn. Dr. Holly has also held managerial social work positions in substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and Employee Assistance Programs.

Dr. Holly received both a Master of Divinity degree and a Doctorate in Ministry degree from New York Theological Seminary. She also holds a Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) from Columbia University.

January 7th:
Rev. Christine Lee -
Epiphany
1:00 PM 2:00 PM EST.
Coffee and Conversation following the service. For directions to the church (as well as our Zoom link if you are unable to attend) head to https://www.chelseacommunitychurch.org/

Rev. Christine Lee (Episcopalian) came to St. Peter’s, Chelsea, in October 2019 with a team of 20 members from All Angels' Church and Church of the Heavenly Rest to join the existing St. Peter's congregation in an experiment in revitalization, part of the Diocese of New York’s larger vision for church renewal. She previously served as Vicar at All Angels' Church on the Upper West Side and Interim Minister at St. Mary's in Harlem.

Rev. Christine has worked as professionally as a community organizer and a campus minister. She completed a year of Anglican Studies at the General Theological Seminary and is currently a Doctor of Ministry student at Fuller Theological Seminary, focusing on leading congregational and organizational change. She is married to Jimmy and recently became a dog mom to Baxter, an adorable rescue.