Cathedral member Jeanisha Prysock-Gonzalez will be visting Puerto Rico on a missions trip with her school, where she and her classmates will pray together, serve the hungry, help repair houses damaged in Hurricane Maria, and more.

She will be collecting items at the cathedral to give to those in need on Sunday, January 12 and Sunday, January 19. Items requested include school supplies (black and white notebooks or spirals, binders, loose-leaf paper, folders, crayons, markers, colored pencils, pens, pencils, non-electric pencil sharpeners, small scissors, glue sticks). Health items needed include bars of soap, shampoo, body wash, toothbrushes, toothpaste, brushes, combs, sanitary napkins (no tampons), lip balm, lotion, washcloths, baby wipes, and towels. Small toys, coloring books, and gently used clothing would also be welcome.

There will be bins for the collection at the Welcome Table for the next two Sundays.

In honor of the life and work of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., St. John's Cold Spring Harbor in collaboration with the Diocese of Long Island is planning a Day of Service to address urgent preservation needs at the Harbor Road Burying Ground in Cold Spring Harbor.

The Burying Ground is a historic long-neglected cemetery used by generations of Cold Spring Harbor’s diverse milling and whaling community and owned by St. John's Church.

The event is limited to 25 participants and a sign up is required. To sign up, see visit Saint John's Cold Spring Harbor website: https://www.stjcsh.org/blog/mlk

We are collecting used prescription and non-prescription eyeglasses for distribution to the Honduran community through Global Brigades-Medical Brigades. They work alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems, working on intake, triage, dental, optometry, gynecology, and pharmacy stations in a clinic that provides healthcare to hundreds of people from rural Honduran communities.

Look for the donation box inside the cathedral.

At the heart of our choir program are the Cathedral Choristers, comprised of boy and girl trebles. Choristers who grow up singing in a program such as ours develop the ability to sing the finest choral music with confidence, skill, and good vocal technique. Our chorister program is made up of two groups of young singers, the Junior Choristers and the Senior Choristers.

The Senior Choristers are a group of singers in fifth grade and above. They rehearse twice per week, on Tuesdays from 6:30pm to 8pm and Thursdays from 7:00 to 9:00pm. They sing weekly at the 11:15 Mass as part of the Cathedral Chamber Choir, as well as for all Evensongs and special occasions. The training the Senior Choristers receive as part of rehearsal gives them the ability to sing difficult music of all eras confidently. Many of our choristers participate in NYSSMA festivals, and we are always proud to have a number of choristers represented in All-County Ensembles, as well as All-State and All-Eastern Choirs.

Do you know a young person who loves to sing and could value a free musical education? Contact our Music Director Larry Tremsky at ltremsky@incarnationgc.org to learn more about the process of joining the Choristers.