United Methodist Church of New City

05/23/2026

Join us for our celebration of AAPI Sunday! We’ll hear from and celebrate our members and friends of Asian American & Pacific Islander descent. Sunday, May 24, at 10:30am. 76 Congers Rd, New City, NY.

05/10/2026

04/01/2026

Holy Week Services:
Maundy Thursday 7pm @ Congers UMC
Good Friday 7pm @ Pearl River UMC
Easter Sunrise 6:30am @ New City UMC
Easter Celebration Worship 10:30am @ New City UMC
Join Us!

03/14/2026

Our amazing music director and her family!

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Join us for our next concert followed by a reception!

02/28/2026

An update from our thrift shop, Angel’s Attic. We’re open today until 2pm.

01/23/2026

Due to the impending snow, worship will be on ZOOM ONLY this Sunday. Stay safe and warm out there!

01/18/2026

Due to the snow, worship today is on Zoom only.
Stay warm and stay safe.

12/25/2025

Blessed Christmas from New City and Congers UMC ❤️🙏🏼

12/25/2025

🎁 Unwrapped Without Borders

The paradox of Christmas is that the most sacred gift came wrapped not in exclusivity, but in vulnerability. Not in triumph, but in tenderness. Not to crown a religion, but to cradle humanity. The incarnation was not a gated event—it was a cosmic unveiling. A divine yes to flesh, to soil, to breath, to every aching corner of creation. If Christ is the Word made flesh, then everybody bears the echo. Every tradition holds a thread. Every silence hums with possibility.

Imagine Christ not as a brand, but as a bridge. Not a possession, but a presence. The manger was not a throne—it was a threshold. And thresholds do not ask for credentials. They ask for courage.

Scripture tells us that “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Not among the worthy. Not among the doctrinally correct. Among us. All of us.

Today’s quote, from Howard Thurman, reminds us what happens after the angels go quiet:

“The work of Christmas begins: to find the lost, to heal the broken… to make music in the heart.”
— Howard Thurman, The Mood of Christmas & Other Celebrations (1973)

As we move through this Christmas season, I invite you to join me in sitting with Thurman’s words—this poem, this prayer, this charge. Let it work on us slowly. Let it unsettle and awaken. Pray for an epiphany that stretches our imagination of Christ beyond sentiment and into solidarity, beyond nostalgia and into renewal. May these lines become a compass for the year ahead, guiding us toward the kind of love that rebuilds, restores, and makes music in the heart.

Howard Thurman (1899–1981) was a theologian, mystic, and civil rights leader whose writings shaped generations of spiritual seekers. As a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr. and co-founder of the first in*******al, interfaith church in the U.S., Thurman’s work bridges contemplation and justice, silence and solidarity.

What if the true miracle of Christmas is not that God became human—but that God refused to become exclusive?

Merry Christmas Everyone!
🤟 Royce

12/22/2025

Christmas Eve @ the UMC of New City
5:00pm
Join us for the Christmas story, carols, and candlelight @

12/14/2025

SNOW DAY!
Due to the weather there will be NO IN-PERSON WORSHIP TODAY. See you on Zoom at 10:30am!