Sim Shalom and Broadway United Church of Christ are coming together for an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 29, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. at Grace and St. Paul’s Church, 123 West 71st Street, on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The service will be led by Rabbi Steven Blane of Sim Shalom and Pastor Rebecca Pridmore of Broadway UCC, and it is open to people of every faith, and of no particular faith at all.
It will be an afternoon of music, songs and community readings, with a choral performance of a selection from Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, the much-loved 1965 work that sets the Hebrew psalms to music. Together, the two congregations will give thanks for the blessings of freedom here in the United States and renew their promise to keep working toward justice and peace in the years ahead.
“Thanksgiving is the one holiday that really belongs to all of us,” said Rabbi Steven Blane. “We don’t have to agree on everything to sit in the same room, sing together and say thank you. We’re grateful for the freedom we have in this country, and we know that freedom comes with work still to do. This service is our way of saying we’ll do that work together.”
“Broadway UCC has long been a community of inclusive and authentic welcome, and we are delighted to gather in gratitude with our neighbors from Sim Shalom,” said Pastor Rebecca Pridmore. “Together we set a table with room for all — to sing together, learn from each other, and work side by side for justice and peace.”
Can’t be there in person? You can watch a live stream of this Interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, November 29, starting at 5:00 p.m., right here: watch the Interfaith Thanksgiving service live. This stream is just for the Thanksgiving service. For everything else through the week, our home is on Zoom with Sim Shalom.
Event details
- What: Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
- When: Sunday, November 29, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.
- Where: Grace and St. Paul’s Church, 123 West 71st Street, New York, NY 10023
- Led by: Rabbi Steven Blane, Sim Shalom Jewish Universalist Synagogue, and Pastor Rebecca Pridmore, Broadway United Church of Christ
- Featuring: Music, songs, community readings and a choral selection from Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms
- Admission: Open to all
- Live stream (this service only): broadwayucc.org/online-worship
Broadway United Church of Christ is a progressive Christian community that has been a force for peace, justice and inclusion in New York City since 1840. If you’d like to get to know Sim Shalom before the 29th, come join us any Friday night on Zoom. We start at 6:30 p.m. Eastern, and everyone is welcome.