Welcome to St. PJ's in Wooster Square
Jazz Eucharist and Children's Sunday School, Sundays at 10:30 A.M.
The Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James
57 Olive Street, New Haven, CT
(On the corner of Chapel and Olive)
Part of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
Home to our partners at Loaves & Fishes and Sunrise Cafe
All are welcomed, wanted, affirmed, included, and loved
57 Olive Street, New Haven, CT
(On the corner of Chapel and Olive)
Part of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut
Home to our partners at Loaves & Fishes and Sunrise Cafe
All are welcomed, wanted, affirmed, included, and loved
About St. PJ's:
Loving God and Neighbor Since 1829
Welcome to St. PJ's, also known as the Episcopal Church of St. Paul and St. James! Located in historic Wooster Square just steps away from New Haven's original and most famous apizza joints, here you will find jazz, justice, and Jesus, plus coffee, community, and Communion.
All are welcome in all levels of our parish life as we seek to follow the risen Christ, regardless of sexuality, gender expression, race, income, age, family shape and size, talents, or even belief. Wherever you are on your faith journey, know that lifelong Episcopalians, ex-vangelicals, seekers, and skeptics alike have all found a loving church home together here without shame or guilt. Everyone deserves a place in this beautiful-yet-lonely world to pause, refresh, serve, be spiritually moved, and make new friends. All means all!
This is a vibrant church that takes worship and Sacraments seriously while still staying relaxed. Our annual events like the Mardi Gras party, our Blue Christmas service, and the New Orleans-style second-line Palm Sunday parade are not to be missed. St. PJ's also have a long history of launching new charities in Jesus's loving name, and of hosting valued racial and social justice partners within our walls and our hearts.
Come as you are to discover the genuine hospitality of God's table, and to experience the Christian progressive spirit of St. PJ's!
All are welcome in all levels of our parish life as we seek to follow the risen Christ, regardless of sexuality, gender expression, race, income, age, family shape and size, talents, or even belief. Wherever you are on your faith journey, know that lifelong Episcopalians, ex-vangelicals, seekers, and skeptics alike have all found a loving church home together here without shame or guilt. Everyone deserves a place in this beautiful-yet-lonely world to pause, refresh, serve, be spiritually moved, and make new friends. All means all!
This is a vibrant church that takes worship and Sacraments seriously while still staying relaxed. Our annual events like the Mardi Gras party, our Blue Christmas service, and the New Orleans-style second-line Palm Sunday parade are not to be missed. St. PJ's also have a long history of launching new charities in Jesus's loving name, and of hosting valued racial and social justice partners within our walls and our hearts.
Come as you are to discover the genuine hospitality of God's table, and to experience the Christian progressive spirit of St. PJ's!
What's Happening
Weekly Schedule
- Sundays at 10:30 AM: Jazz Eucharist and Children's Sunday School, followed by Coffee & Community
- Wednesdays at 12:30 PM: Noonday Prayer in the Chapel
- Thursdays at 8 PM: Compline on Zoom
- Monday - Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 AM: Free breakfast from our partners at Sunrise Cafe
- Tuesdays and Fridays at Noon: Narcotics Anonymous
- Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3 PM, and Saturdays, 8 - 10:30 AM: Food pantries from our partners at Loaves & Fishes
Upcoming Special Events
- Sat, October 25: "Neurodivine," a new worship service for neurodivergent families
- Tue, 10/28: "Margins and Movements" Book Club ("Queer & Christian" by Brandon Robertson)
- Sat, 12/5, time TBA: "Come and See" volunteer overview day
Also to come in 2025, details TBA
- A new sermon podcast
- December concert
- Christmas hymn sing
- New lay-leader ministry teams
- Sundays at 10:30 AM: Jazz Eucharist and Children's Sunday School, followed by Coffee & Community
- Wednesdays at 12:30 PM: Noonday Prayer in the Chapel
- Thursdays at 8 PM: Compline on Zoom
- Monday - Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 AM: Free breakfast from our partners at Sunrise Cafe
- Tuesdays and Fridays at Noon: Narcotics Anonymous
- Wednesdays, 1:30 - 3 PM, and Saturdays, 8 - 10:30 AM: Food pantries from our partners at Loaves & Fishes
Upcoming Special Events
- Sat, October 25: "Neurodivine," a new worship service for neurodivergent families
- Tue, 10/28: "Margins and Movements" Book Club ("Queer & Christian" by Brandon Robertson)
- Sat, 12/5, time TBA: "Come and See" volunteer overview day
Also to come in 2025, details TBA
- A new sermon podcast
- December concert
- Christmas hymn sing
- New lay-leader ministry teams
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What to expect on Sunday morning:
Come and worship together at 10:30 AM each Sunday, both in person and online via our Facebook and YouTube livestreams.
Everyone was created in God's image, and all are welcomed, wanted, and affirmed at St. PJ's. You are already one of us.
Everyone was created in God's image, and all are welcomed, wanted, and affirmed at St. PJ's. You are already one of us.
Most Sundays we celebrate Holy Communion with our priest-in-charge, currently the Rev. Nathan Empsall. The whole service is printed in the bulletin, making it easy to follow and participate. Approximately once each month we have Morning Prayer instead, presided by church members whose leadership reminds us that you don't need to be ordained to serve God. And every week, our worship is characterized by jazz - both jazz music and the spirit of jazz!
There is Sunday School for children ages 3-10, also at 10:30 AM. Children leave the sanctuary together at the start of the service, and return for Communion.
After church, we gather for Coffee and Community, loving one another with our fellowship just as we love God with our worship.
Adult Formation conversations frequently follow church and community hour, covering spiritual topics like the day's Scripture readings, Christian resistance to fascism, how to reject white Christian nationalism as a perversion of our religion, faith in the workplace, Episcopal Church 101, and more.
There is no formal dress code. Most here dress in what could be described as casual or business casual, but you'll see everything from tie-dye t-shirts and jeans with rainbow hair to suits and ties. Come exactly as you are - just come a little early if you're driving!
While we do have a tiny parking lot off Chapel Street, it fills up early with staff and handicapped vehicles, so most members find neighborhood street parking within a couple blocks. If you park in the lot, please use only the church-owned spots against the building or along the southern fence by Sally's. Please do not park against the playground fence on your left (the farthest spots from the church); those are residential spots only.
Need an accessible entrance? We have a ramp in our driveway off Chapel Street, leading into the chapel and Sanctuary.
Firearms and other weapons are prohibited on St. PJ's property.
There is Sunday School for children ages 3-10, also at 10:30 AM. Children leave the sanctuary together at the start of the service, and return for Communion.
After church, we gather for Coffee and Community, loving one another with our fellowship just as we love God with our worship.
Adult Formation conversations frequently follow church and community hour, covering spiritual topics like the day's Scripture readings, Christian resistance to fascism, how to reject white Christian nationalism as a perversion of our religion, faith in the workplace, Episcopal Church 101, and more.
There is no formal dress code. Most here dress in what could be described as casual or business casual, but you'll see everything from tie-dye t-shirts and jeans with rainbow hair to suits and ties. Come exactly as you are - just come a little early if you're driving!
While we do have a tiny parking lot off Chapel Street, it fills up early with staff and handicapped vehicles, so most members find neighborhood street parking within a couple blocks. If you park in the lot, please use only the church-owned spots against the building or along the southern fence by Sally's. Please do not park against the playground fence on your left (the farthest spots from the church); those are residential spots only.
Need an accessible entrance? We have a ramp in our driveway off Chapel Street, leading into the chapel and Sanctuary.
Firearms and other weapons are prohibited on St. PJ's property.
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