The Rev. Matthew H Mead

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The Rev. Matthew H Mead

Episcopal Priest, Rector of the Parish of Christ the Redeemer, Pelham, NY. Father Matt is a graduat

12/23/2025

Christmas Eve at Christ Church Pelham, 4pm & 10pm (preceeded by chamber music prelude 3:40/9:40). Christmas Day at 10am followed by brunch. Christ Church is located at 1415 Pelhamdale Avenue. Links with detailed info for Christmas Eve & Day services are below.

https://christchurchpelham.org/blog/december-24-2025-wednesday

https://christchurchpelham.org/blog/december-25-2025-thursday

Services & Preacher 3:45 pm: Prelude featuring instrumental Carols with Strings 4:00 pm: Family Eucharist with the Children's Choir, Parish Choir & Modus Operandi Chamber Orchestra (Rite II) 9:45 pm: Prelude featuring instrumental Carols with Strings 10:00 pm: Midnight Mass with the...

12/22/2025

Christmas Lessons & Carols - December 21, 2025

Bulletin here: https://christchurchpelham.org/collections/worship-at-christ-churchDonate to Christ Church here: https://christchurchpelham.org/giveNew to Chr...

12/22/2025

Coat Drive 2025 led by Christ Church Pelham. Our goal is 1000 coats by 12/31. You can help.

A message from our Outreach Chair: “Tonight we crossed 800 donated coats, after a pickup just completed. 800 people will be safer and warmer. Babies, little kids, adults, old folks. I'm seeing so many regular, ordinary people doing extraordinary things for each other this year.”

You can help. Coats can be donated until 12/31. We have set up coat donation sites at:
Obviously... Christ Church Pelham
Huguenot Memorial Church, Pelham
The Pelham Jewish Community Center
The Pelham Public Library
The Pelham Senior Center
The Pelham Country Club
Rockwells Restaurant, Pelham
Pizza Fenice, Pelham
The Sam Young American Legion Post of the Bronx
The Redwood Club, Bronx
Preston Hall High School, Bronx
Kia City Automotive Dealership, Bronx

Thank you so much to our donation site partners and to everyone who has donated a coat or coats.

If I am missing any donation sites let me know… there are more than I knew about before writing this post!

12/20/2025

Sunday, Decembet 21, at 4pm - Christmas Lessons & Carols at Christ Church Pelham (1415 Pelhamdale Avenue, Pelham NY). Join us for this beautiful, hour-long, Christmas service featuring traditional carol favorites!

Traditional Christmas Lessons & Carols with Full Choir! A Festival of Lessons and Carols was first held at King’s College Cambridge on Christmas Eve 1918. It was planned by Eric Milner-White, who had just been appointed Dean after experience as an army chaplain; this experience convinced him...

12/05/2025

Not too late to sign up for tomorrow’s Quiet Day.

A Quiet Day is a day that includes silence and directed reflection on a particular theme. We are pleased to offer this Christmas themed Quiet Day in the Season of Advent.

Father Matt Mead (Rector), Mother Meredith Hawkins (Associate Priest), Michael Moynihan (Director of Adult Christian Education), and Dr. Justin Bischof (Director of Music) will each offer reflections on the Birth Narratives of Jesus Christ found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.

Father Matt Mead will examine the unique features of each Gospel's account of the Birth of Jesus. Mother Meredith Hawkins will explore the Nativity in Visual Art. Michael Moynihan will lead participants in a prayer writing exercise around the true meaning of Christmas based on the Gospel narratives. Dr. Justin Bischof will offer an improvisational medley of Christmas Carols on our wonderful Juget-Sinclair Jack Hennigan Memorial Pipe Organ. The day will include lunch and conclude with the Holy Eucharist and Christmas Carols. Father Matt & Mother Meredith are available for confessions during the quiet portions of the day.

10/30/2024

Prayers for our departed loved ones
November 10 is "Remembrance Sunday" at Christ Church Pelham, and names of departed loved ones will be prayed for at each service. Names of those who died in the past year will be read aloud.

If you would like the names of your departed loved ones to be prayed for on Remembrance Sunday at Christ Church, please click the link below and fill out the form. Every name will be printed in the bulletin. Names must be received by noon on Wednesday, November 6, to ensure they can be added to the bulletin.

The form includes an opportunity to made a Memorial Gift in memory of your loved ones. Please note that a Memorial Gift is not required to fill out the form, it is an option.

O God, the King of saints, we praise and glorify your holy Name for all your servants who have finished their course in your faith and fear: for the blessed Virgin Mary; for the holy patriarchs, prophets, apostles, and martyrs; and for all your other righteous servants, known to us and unknown; and we pray that, encouraged by their examples, aided by their prayers, and strengthened by their fellowship, we also may be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.