WORSHIP SERVICES

STREET EUCHARIST & EVENSONG AT PRIDE IN NYC

Sunday, June 29th is the Heritage of Pride March in New York City.

This year, the OASIS has been invited to participate with the Diocese of New York. Please read the blog post for full details of the day's events.

We will be participating in two worship services:

• Street Eucharist - Sponsored by Integrity NY
  • WHEN: 12:45 p.m.
  • WHERE: 53rd Street between 5th & Madison Avenues
  • CELEBRANT: The Most Reverend Carlos Touché-Porter,
    Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of Mexico
• Festive Choral Evensong
  • WHEN: 630 p.m.
  • WHERE: St. Luke-in-the-Fields, 487 Hudson Street
  • PREACHER: The Most Reverend Carlos Touché-Porter,
    Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church of Mexico
    

SO FAR THIS YEAR

You are cordially invited to attend the OASIS 19th Anniversary Mass and Pot Luck Supper, to be held Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. Due to the forecast of hot and humid weather, we have elected to forego our hike.

Instead, Eucharist will be held at St. David's Church in Kinnelon at 4:30 p.m., the Rector of St. David's, David DeSmith, presiding. A pot-luck supper will follow immediately after the service.

St. David's is located at 91 Kinnelon Road in Kinnelon. Please click here for directions.

All are welcome!

2007 Services :

The Oasis and the HIV/AIDS Committee of the Justice Ministries

of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark

and Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship

Present

A World AIDS Day Eucharist

Featuring the Amazing
Gospel Choir of
Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship

Celebrant:

The Very Rev. C. David Williams

Preacher:

The Rev. Joseph Harmon

December 1, 2007

11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

at

Trinity and St. Philip’s Cathedral

Lunch to Follow
at 24 Rector Street, Newark

To Benefit
Loving in Truth, The HIV/AIDS Ministry
of Liberation in Truth

Heritage of Pride NYC

Sunday, June 24th, 2007

Street Eucharist at approximately 11:00 a.m. - 56th St between 5th & Madison Avenues

March with The OASIS - Stepoff at approximately 12 noon

Evensong at 6:30 p.m. at St. Luke-in-the-Fields

The Rev. Joseph Harmon (Incarnation, Jersey City), Preacher

OASIS 18TH ANNIVERSARY SERVICE

2006 SeRvices

Celebrating Committed Relationships

Wednesday, Feb. 15th, 2006, at 7:30 p.m.

Church of the Redeemer
36 South Street, Morristown, N.J.

Celebrant: Rev'd. Phillip D. Wilson (Rector, Church of the Redeemer)
Preacher: Rev'd. Renee Hill (NJ Coordinator, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund)

In 2005...

On Tuesday, February 15th at 7:30 p.m., the OASIS celebrated a Eucharist at St. Paul's church in Chatham, honoring and giving thanks for committed partnerships of all kinds. The Rev'd. Elizabeth Kaeton, Rector of St. Paul's celebrated and Cindy Meneghin & Maureen Kilian preached. In a committed relationship high school and now the mothers of two children, Cindy and Maureen are one of the seven couples who are plaintiffs in the case to have same-sex marriage legalized in New Jersey.

Sakia Gunn Rally & Service

On Wednesday, May 11th, the OASIS and the Mission to Dismantle Racism participated in the events marking the anniversary of the murder of Sakia Gunn in Newark, participating in a public anti-violence rally, followed by a Eucharist at the Cathedral.

Sakia was a 15-year-old Newark resident who, early on the morning of May 11th, 2003, was stabbed to death at a bus stop in Newark by an older man after she refused his advances by telling him she was a lesbian.

At 4:00 p.m., the public gathered at the corner of Broad & Market streets in downtown Newark. From there they marched to Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, located at 608 Broad Street, at which point there was a rally from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The Right Reverend John P. Croneberger, Bishop of Newark, participated in the march and spoke briefly.

At 7:30 p.m., we moved inside Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral for a worship service entitled Celebrating the Lives of Hate-Crime Martyrs. The Very Rev. Dr. C. David Williams, Dean of the Cathedral, celebrated the Eucharist and the Rev'd. Jacquelyn Holland, founder of the Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship Church, preached. Rev'd. Holland was instrumental in caring for the city's LGBT youth in the tumultuous days following Sakia's death.

16th Anniversary Service

Date: Wed., Jun. 1st

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: All Saints' Church, 707 Washington Street, Hoboken

Celebrant: The Right Rev'd. John P. Croneberger, Bishop of Newark

Preacher: The Right Rev'd. Paul V. Marshall, Bishop of Bethlehem

PRIDE DAY STREET EUCHARIST

As has become tradition, the OASIS hosted a street Eucharist before the Pride Parade in New York City. The Right Rev'd. John Palmer Croneberger, Bishop of Newark, was the celebrant and preacher. Marchers from a number of congregations and denominations took part.

Celebrating the Life of Pauli Murray

On Sunday, September 18th at 5:00 p.m., the OASIS participated in a service celebrating the life of Pauli Murray, who -- among her many accomplishments -- was the first black female priest ordained in the Episcopal Church.

The service was held at Trinity & St. Philip's Cathedral, celebrated by the Very Rev'd. David C. Williams, Dean of the Cathedral. The Rev'd. Sandra R. Wilson, the Rector of St. Andrew's & Holy Communion in South Orange and past president of the Union of Black Episcopalians, preached.

The service was co-sponsored by the OASIS, the Mission to Dismantle Racism, Episcopal Church Women, the Women's Commission, and the Union of Black Episcopalians.

World AIDS Day

This year's World AIDS Day Eucharist was held December 1st at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Teaneck, N.J. The Rev'd. Randall C.K. Day, Rector of St. Mark's, was the celebrant and The Rev'd. Cooper Conway, Rector of St. John's Church in Union City, N.J., was the preacher.