Church of the Covenant

Church of the Covenant The Church of the Covenant is part of the Presbyterian Church (USA). However, it welcomes everybody to visit and participate in church activities.

The church today known as the Church of the Covenant began as a mission Sunday school in a space above a stable on East 40th Street. It was initiated by a group of young professional members of the Church of the Covenant on 35th Street and Park Avenue, which had opened in 1865. The group was headed by J. Cleveland Cady, a young New York architect who became perhaps best known for the original Metr

opolitan Opera House (1891) and the Museum of Natural History (1890). Cleveland Dodge provided a major portion of the funding. To accommodate the rapidly growing congregation of the mission, Cady designed a country chapel with an adjourning Parish House, which opened in 1871 at 310 East 42nd Street. The mission was called Memorial Chapel to celebrate the reunion of the Presbyterian Church after the civil war. In 1893, the (original) Church of the Covenant merged with the Brick Presbyterian Church, then located at Fifth Avenue and 37th Street. The 42nd Street property was also transferred to Brick, who retained ownership until the 1960’s. In 1893 the mission became an organized, independent congregation and assumed the name Church of the Covenant. The original Parish House was replaced in 1927 with half-timbered Elizabethan style, designed to blend with the neighboring Tudor City, a residential complex built in the late 1920s. In 1950, 42nd Street was lowered by several feet, necessitating the addition of a granite and limestone base below the entry level of the building, the repositioning of the entry doors and the addition of a new flight of steps leading up to these doors.

03/07/2019

The Sanctuary is still open! We will be here for the imposition of ashes until 9 pm.

Celebrate the Advent Season with us! Events listed here:
12/07/2018

Celebrate the Advent Season with us! Events listed here:

Join us as we celebrate the Advent Season at Church of the Covenant! Sunday, December 9, 2018 2:00 pm Christmas Jazz Concert featuring acclaimed vocalist Warren Cooper Sunday, December 16, 2018 3:00 pm Blessing the Animals Service Bring your furry and other friends to church! Monday, December 17, 20...

Join us this weekend for Palm Sunday! We have the best church coffee on 42nd Street!
03/22/2018

Join us this weekend for Palm Sunday! We have the best church coffee on 42nd Street!

Come join us this Saturday, December 24, 2016 (Christmas Eve) at 3:00 PM for our Annual Service of Lessons and Carols. J...
12/20/2016

Come join us this Saturday, December 24, 2016 (Christmas Eve) at 3:00 PM for our Annual Service of Lessons and Carols. Join us for an afternoon celebration at the Church of the Covenant NYC! — at Church of the Covenant.

12/17/2016

Despite the weather our Christmas Jazz Concert is still on!!!

So brave the cold and join us for a joyous time of musical creativity as we offer a truly unique Christmas Jazz Concert at the Church of the Covenant, Saturday, December 17th at 6:00 pm, featuring acclaimed musicians:

Patrick Bartley on the Alto Sax and Clarinet
Benjamin Rosenblum on the Piano
Marty Jaffe on the Bass

The concert will feature freshly interpreted popular Christmas songs and traditional Holiday Carols that will lift your spirit into the full joy of the Advent and Christmas seasons. This dynamic trio will provide a swinging jazz touch to the beloved songs and hymns of the season and you are invited to sing along in the spirit of the Christmas season!

Only a suggested donation of $15 (less than a “denari,”) with light refreshments to follow the concert.

Special blessings to you all.

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310 E 42nd Street
New York, NY
10017

Telephone

+12126973185

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