At what would become known as the Last Supper, Jesus gathered with his disciples, washed their feet, celebrated Passover with them, and prayed for them. Jesus prayed that his disciples would be one and that they would be known by their love. As we near the end of Rev. Crawford's ministry, we reflect on Jesus' departing wisdom to his disciples. We will also celebrate the baptism of Anderson Kramer and recognize our graduating seniors. 

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

On June 14th, please plan to stay after our worship service for a special Church Picnic, as we celebrate and honor Rev. Blaine Crawford before his move. Come enjoy food, fellowship, and an opportunity to share memories and well wishes as we thank Rev. Crawford for his faithful service to our church family. We hope everyone will join us for this meaningful farewell gathering!

A few years ago, it was popular on social media to post #blessed. People would tag their posts in this way while staring out from a mountain or in a picture with friends. Imagine God posting that about you, imprinting blessedness and belovedness on each and every human being. In the sacrament of baptism, we recall this primary identity that gets covered by sin and guilt and shame. Before there was original sin, there was original blessing, a blessing given to us by God.

This Sunday, we celebrate three baptisms. Come, be washed in the waters of God's grace!

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

The Session calls for a special congregational meeting following worship on Sunday, June 7th, for the purpose of dissolving the pastoral relationship with Rev. Blaine Crawford. All members are invited to attend. Guests are welcome to observe. Per Presbyterian governance, the dissolution of the pastoral call must be voted upon by the congregation. The meeting will take place in the sanctuary. Rev. Crawford's ministry at Irvington Presbyterian will conclude on June 28th. 

Once upon a time, the world existed in blessing and curses. To be blessed was to flourish and experience peace; it was a way of feeling at home in one's skin and at home in God's world. To be cursed was the opposite. To be cursed was to be without home and without kin. Life was absent of flourishing and one was at war with oneself and others. The world of blessing and curse seems so distant to our world driven by success, progress, and advancement. What if, in the midst of all the innovation, we have lost something fundamental about being human? What if we have lost the state of being blessed by God?

This week in worship, we will re-inhabit a world of God's blessing and share in the feast of Jesus together. 

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

The musicians of IPC will be performing a gorgeous program of Vivaldi, Humperdinck, Copland, Händel, and other modern classical and popular works, in the sanctuary of Irvington Presbyterian on Saturday, June 6th, beginning at 12pm. This concert is part of the amazing annual RiverArts Music Tour, which our church is so proud to be a part of again. Please come, show your support, and hear some great music!

This Sunday is Children's Sunday. There will be no Sunday school; children are invited to worship in the sanctuary for the entirety of the worship service. Worship this week will include several children's messages exploring the lectionary readings, led by Rev. Crawford, Adam McAllister and other Sunday school teachers.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

This Sunday, we celebrate Pentecost, commemorating the giving of God's Spirit to the people of God. Pentecost is a foundational moment in the life of the early church and the beginning of its spread through different cultures, languages, and geographies. For Christians today, Pentecost renews our vision of the global church, lifting us out of our church echo chambers, and into the vast cacophony of the church praising God in every language. 

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

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From this Sunday's guest preacher, Adam McAllister: "When reading over the Scripture passage for this week, two things stuck out to me: the first of which is the idea of oneness, but the other is that Jesus specifically references the name of God as the name, not only the name that both God and Jesus share, but also the name that God has given to Christ. There is so much power in a name. I am not big on Contemporary Christian music these days, but when I was younger, I discovered a singer-songwriter by the name of Nichole Nordeman. As a teenager, I had difficulty being able to vocalize my feelings about things. I had found that Nichole Nordeman was able to somehow put words to emotions that I was feeling in her music. One particular song, that still stays with me today from her album, Woven and Spun, is the song entitled "I Am." In the song, she speaks to different parts of her life and how the names of God changed based on the circumstances in her life. As a child, she references God as "Elbow Healer and Superhero." As a teenager... "Heartache Healer and Secret Keeper." As a young mother, "Shepherd, Savior, Pasture Maker" and then at the end of her life, she sings all the traditional ways in which we name God/Christ. Names such as: Creator, Maker, Life Sustainer, Comforter, Healer, Redeemer, Beginning and the End, and finally I Am. I must admit, even as an adult it sometimes can be easier to see God as an elbow healer. I wonder what it would be like for us, as adults to reframe our ideas of God through names of God with childlike imagination. Perhaps such ideas of God would reset a new framework around our own theology and thus how we carry out our faith in the world."

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

Never alone. Jesus promises that his disciples will never be left alone. So many times, we feel as if we are living life all alone. We wonder if we are making the right decision for our family. We struggle with loneliness but do not feel like we can make it known. We feel like we're the only ones in the world experiencing the inner thoughts we are. Into our loneliness, Jesus breathes his Spirit, providing a real presence, that life is never lived alone, for life is always lived with the Spirit of Jesus.

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

Email here for more info.

The trope, "Life is a journey," is a well-trodden path, from Tom Cochrane singing about life as a highway to Frodo Baggins' quest to return the ring to Mordor. Life as journey or life as pilgrimage is also common in religious traditions. When Jesus declares that he is "the way, the truth, and the life," what is he talking about? Is Jesus the path itself? Does Jesus provide the life at the end of the way? Is Jesus a fellow pilgrim and/or the pioneer of our faith? Fresh off the CROP Walk, let's keep our walking shoes on, as we walk in the dust of our Lord.

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

Email here for more info.

On Sunday, April 26,  IPC will be hosting the 26th Annual Rivertowns CROP Hunger Walk.

No one in this world should be hungry. That's why the CROP Hunger Walk is more than just a gathering of people in a place: we’re part of a movement, taking steps and raising funds together to provide meals for those in our own community who need them - and supporting programs that create greater food security in communities all around the world.

Join us, and help ‘be the good!’ For more info, and to sign up to walk or donate, please visit: https://events.crophungerwalk.org/chw/event/rivertowns

"The Lord is my shepherd..." is one of the best-known phrases in all of Scripture. While straightforward on the surface, the phrase is developed in creative ways in the person of Jesus Christ. Jesus is the Good Shepherd and Jesus is the lamb who takes away the sins of the world. Jesus is the Good Shepherd and Jesus is the gate for the sheep. How are we to make sense of it all? Through this multi-faceted prism, we discover more of Jesus' glory revealed to us, while reminding us, that with Jesus, there's almost always more than meets the eye. 

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

This week, we continue our Easter journey on the road to Emmaus. In one of the best known stories from Luke's gospel, two disappointed and disillusioned followers of Jesus get a masterclass from a stranger on the road whom they later discover is the resurrected Jesus. We all need a masterclass in hope right now with everything swirling in the world. Let's walk with Jesus on the road to hope. 

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

Email here for more information.

"Indeed, Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see him." The angel's words to Mary and Mary at the tomb propel them into God's future in God's new creation. They carry us forward even today, animating us with hope for God goes before us. This week, Rev. Crawford will begin a sermon series entitled, "Resurrection Sightings," exploring the stories of the early disciples catching a glimpse of the resurrected Jesus who was no longer dead, but now alive, and making all things new!

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

Email here for more info.

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

Email here for more info.

Ecumenical Service with St. Barnabas Episcopal, Aldersgate United Methodist, and Ardsley United Methodist.

at Jenkins Rock

Sunday April 5th - 6:30am

Rev. Wren Hillis preaching

Ecumenical Service with St. Barnabas Episcopal, Aldersgate United Methodist, and Ardsley United Methodist.

Hosted by St. Barnabas Episcopal Church

15 N Broadway, Irvington, NY 10533

Friday, April 3rd - 7 pm

Rev. Blaine Crawford preaching

*Calling all singers—anyone who wishes to join with St. B’s for a joint musical offering on Good Friday can meet at 6pm at St. Barnabas to learn a piece before the service.*

Ecumenical Service with St. Barnabas Episcopal, Aldersgate United Methodist, and Ardsley United Methodist.

Hosted by Aldersgate United Methodist

600 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

 Thursday, April 2nd - 7 pm

Rev. Gareth Evans preaching

Palm Sunday begins Holy Week, the commemoration of Jesus' last days leading up to his crucifixion. What begins as a joyful processional on Palm Sunday ends on Friday with a belligerent and defiant crowd shouting, "Crucify him!" Through these final days, the heart of God and the mission of Jesus come into full clarity—for God so loved the world that he sent his only Son,  so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but have eternal life. Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:16-17)

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.

Email here for more info.

We will be performing during next Sunday’s worship service - March 29th - Palm Sunday.

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This Sunday, we welcome Rabbi Jay Stein from Greenburgh Hebrew Center to the pulpit! This is our second year on an interfaith pulpit swap (Rev. Crawford will preach at shabbat service on Saturday).  A great opportunity to join across faiths to learn and encourage one another as we seek and follow God. 

Sunday School takes place at 10:45am. Children should join their families in the sanctuary at 10:30; stay through Children’s Time before heading down to classes.

Nursery care available for children 4 and under.
Coffee Hour to follow worship.