Keeping the best of Welsh religious traditions alive and relevant for today's complex times.
Come and join us at 3:00 PM EST the second Sunday of every month
CROESO!
Dewch i ymuno a ni, Eglwys y Cymry Efrog Newydd, ac estynwn gwahoddiad cynnes a chatrefol i’r Cymry a phawb sydd a diddordeb yn ein gwlad ac yn ein ddiwylliant. Unwaith pob mis cynhelir cyfarfod yn Eglwys Rutgers, ar orllewin Manhattan i addoli, i ganu ac i gysylltu.
Mae ein hoedfaon yn dwyiethog peidiwch ag ofni os nad yw eich Cymraeg yn berfaith.
Heblaw oedfaon misol, rydym yn cynnal oedfaon arbennig ar gyfer y Nadolig, Dydd Gwyl Dewi gyda cinio arbennig o oen wedi rostio a cennin; hefyd Cymanfa Ganu blynydddol gyda Cor Cymraeg Rehoboth.
Mae Te Bach ar ol pob oedfa - Dewch a fe gewch croeso cynnes a ddiffuant a cyfle i adnabod ein cymdeithas.
Our Mission
About The Welsh Church of New York: We are a nondenominational Christian community that meets once a month either live or on Zoom to celebrate the language, the music, and the culture of Wales.
Services are held on the Second Sunday of the Month (except during the summer hiatus) at 3:00 p.m EST. hosted at the Rutgers Presbyterian Church, 236 West 73rd Street (just west of Broadway), New York City.
The church is very close to the 72nd Street subway station on Broadway. More information about how to find us is available here.
The church service is followed by a tê bach to which all are welcome for a good Welsh tea and fellowship.
In addition to the Christmas Service of Carols, the Church has two great celebrations during the year: The Annual St. David's Service and Dinner in March, and the Cymanfa Ganu, Festival of Song, in April.
We encourage you to join us for these events.
Reverend Kevin Adams
He was born in Wales, is a Welsh speaker and is currently Senior Pastor at the East Baptist Church of Lynn, MA.
Education: Bala Bangor Theological College, University of North Wales, Bangor. BD 2.1. 1978.
2024 - 2025 interim Church Council Cyngor yr eglwys
Pastor Kevin Adams
Claire Bruten, Treasurer
Cynthia Davies
Tom Eley
Xian Eley, Media coordinator
Colleen Kennedy
Lauranne Jones
Martha Taylor
James Thomas
Some History from the late Rev. Cyril Jenkins
"It was not long after our arrival in the USA in 1957 that the Rev. Lewis Jones of Jersey City made contact with me and I soon found out about the existence of the Welsh churches in the megalopolis and beyond. In 1964 a call from Rutgers Church in Manhattan led to many contacts with some of the Cymry of Efrog Newydd, and participation in the Presbytery of New York City introduced me to a little of the history of the growth of the Welsh Church in America over the years.
"I led a weekly Welsh class in the early 70's, and among those who I met were Robert Fowkes, Thomas Bird, Robert Evans and a Margot Adler, staff member of one of the many radio stations of NYC whose interest in Wales came from a reading translation of the Mabinogi. Then in 1979 Olwen Roderick and her brother-in-law Clifford Roderick, together with David Allen requested a meeting with me at Rutgers Church to discuss reviving the Welsh Church in NYC. It was then I had a marvelous lesson on the Welsh in New York City. There had been a Welsh Church on St. Nicholas Avenue in the Bronx and the representatives informed me that there was a sum of money held in escrow which would enable them to pay a rental fee for use of the facilities at Rutgers and to pay an honorarium to both minister and organist.
"The proposition was made to the session of Rutgers about the use of the space and me being asked to officiate as Gweinidog Eglwys y Cymry and that Organist Marshall Williamson would be asked to provide the music. It was approved.
"Things have changed considerably since the beginning of the Welsh Church in Nov. 1979. The current Eglwys y Cymry (Eglwys y Cymry Efrog Newydd) will be 30 years old in November 2009. May all those who are currently members or friends of the Capel be participants in the joyous occasion.