St. Margaret's Ecumenical & Retreat Center

Wednesday Lunch
2025-05-28 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-04 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-11 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-18 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-06-25 12:30 - 13:30, 2025-07-02 12:30 - 13:30 UTC
Please join us for lunch, which includes main + veggies, salad, and dessert – All Welcome!
Please make a reservation by the Friday before 315-724-2324 or info@stmargaretshouseny.org.
Suggested donation $13 per person

Coffee & Conversation | 4th Wednesdays at 1:30 PM
2025-05-28 13:30 - 14:30, 2025-06-25 13:30 - 14:30
Join The Reverend Deacon Jean Skinner for conversation and coffee in our library. Please consider bringing a few cans of food for our food pantry as a donation.

Men's Group with Father Nick
2025-06-04 10:30 - 11:45, 2025-06-18 10:30 - 11:45, 2025-07-02 10:30 - 11:45
Fr. Nick Smith will lead a new men’s group beginning on January 15th at 10:30 am. Meant to be a time of fellowship and exploration, Nick would like to begin each week by asking the question “What is saving your life today?” Is it spiritual practice? Is it coffee? Is it a random friendly smile? Is it some deep profound insight? Is it some curious enigma? Let’s find out and share our conclusions!

Holy Eucharist
2025-06-04 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-11 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-18 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-06-25 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-07-02 12:00 - 12:30, 2025-07-09 12:00 - 12:30
Holy Eucharist – Wednesdays at Noon
In-Person and Zoom Worship Services – All Welcome!
Zoom.us ID: 842 3057 0175 Passcode: SMH

Sacred Site Tours | June 2025
2025-06-05 14:00 - 17:00
We are excited to bring back our popular group tours of local area holy places this summer. We will meet at St. Margaret’s and carpool to our destinations. Please call or email to register and indicate if you are willing to drive or need a ride. Dates or locations may change due to changes in availability:
June 5th, Historic Old St. John’s, Utica (meet at 2:00PM this day)

Friends of Emmaus House
2025-06-11 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-07-09 10:00 - 11:30 | St. Margaret’s, 47 Jordan Road, New Hartford, NY, 13413, United States
Friends of Emmaus House is a group of volunteers who provide support to help meet the needs of the house & guests. We meet 2nd Wednesdays at 10 am at St. Margaret’s. New Members Welcome!

Conversations with Father John LaVoe | 2nd Wednesdays at 1:30 PM
2025-06-11 13:30 - 14:30
Join us for conversations about faith hosted by Father John LaVoe.

Emmaus House Open House | June 13th 2 - 4PM
2025-06-13 14:00 - 16:00
Join us for Emmaus House’s annual Open House at 1215 Kemble Street. Learn more about the house and its mission. There will be a raffle basket fundraiser as well.

Quiet Day with Father LaVoe | June 16th from 9 AM to 3:30 PM
2025-06-16 09:00 - 15:30
New seasons invite us along as they come and go. Christmas is most blatant, but springtime bids us to put our snow equipment away and break out the Easter baskets and gardening gloves. Religions, including ours, but certainly not limited to ours, have taken cues from the sun, moon, temperature, agricultural growth and other natural changes for millennia. Old Testament feasts and New Testament seasons, the entire church calendar, daily office, and even children’s prayers at meals and at bedtime all have roots in the natural ordering of God’s creation. What serious, lasting, beneficial adjustments do you make, now that the walruses have migrated north, and the groundhogs are returning from Capistrano?
One thing you can do is indulge yourself in a Quiet Day at St Margaret’s. Leaving aside distractions and demands, you can treat your body, mind, soul and spirit to the peaceful, prayerful atmosphere of the grounds, chapel, library and sitting areas, and the partaking of treats, beverages, and lunch provided throughout the day. Father LaVoe’s talks on little known spiritual backgrounds of Commandments, Bible, and Sacraments are bound to increase and enrich your understanding. Use reflection time between talks in any way you choose. It may be just what you need in order to be closer with God, Jesus, the Spirit, and God’s grace. A charge of $15 will be asked for lunch, but help is available if needed. For those who find silence a challenge, conversation rooms will be available. Please register by June 9th.

Monthly Dinner
2025-06-17 17:30 - 19:00
3rd Tuesdays – Dine In at 5:30 PM and Take Out at 6 PM – Suggested Donation $19
Please make your reservation by the preceding Friday.
May 20th | Lasagna, Bread, salad, and dessert
June 17th | London Broil, roasted salt potatoes, corn, salad, and dessert
No dinners in July and August – enjoy your summer!

Zentangle with Ann Hodgins | June 18th at 1:30 PM
2025-06-18 13:30 - 15:00
Ann is willing to bet that almost all of us have doodled in our lives. Maybe you did it while listening to a class lecture, talking on the phone, when feeling stressed, bored or fidgety. Nothing artistic may have happened but it was satisfying. Add a bit of calming breath, with prayer or meditation, and you have Zentangle. On Wednesday, June 18th at 1:30 you will have the opportunity to experience Zentangle. The few supplies needed will be provided and no artistic talent is required! After a brief demonstration of various tangle elements and how to connect them together we will all take a deep cleansing breath and will be set free to create our own experience. Ann hopes you will find it a relaxing new way to help deal with the stress that we all feel in our lives these days. Please register by June 11th.

Monthly Grief Support Group
2025-06-20 12:00 - 13:30 | St. Margaret’s, 47 Jordan Road, New Hartford, NY, 13413, United States
St. Margaret’s continues to host a facilitated grief group to support anyone experiencing loss. Beginning in January the group will meet on 3rd Fridays from Noon to 1:30 PM. Please reach out to St. Margaret’s if you have any questions or would like to attend.

Service Project for Purrs and Whiskers | June 23rd from 1 - 4 PM
2025-06-23 13:00 - 16:00
Help make fleece blankets for our adoptable felines to help provide them warmth and comfort! Did you know items with a familiar smell, like blankets, can be comforting and relaxing to felines? Each foster is given a special handmade fleece blanket to use in their foster home to help obtain familiar scents so when they take it with them to their forever homes it will provide them comfort while they adjust. This event is free and open to all ages 12 and older. The only things you need to bring are your scissors and the ability to tie knots. Please register by June 17th.

Summer Concert with Sherry Anne | June 23rd at 6 PM
2025-06-23 18:00 - 19:30
Born with a bilateral hearing and speech impairment, Billboard-charting singer-songwriter Sherry Anne has faced many challenges and shares inspiration through uplifting messages of faith and hope to encourage others to overcome whatever their life obstacles may be. Sherry Anne sings with an elegant voice and has appeared as a special guest at Bill Gaither and The Gaither Vocal Band events. Her outreach encompasses music ministry and inspirational speaking. Sherry Anne has authored two children’s books and has recently recorded her 9th CD called Hymns. Please visit https://www.sherryanne.com for more information. Sponsored by Stewart’s Holiday Match Grant.

Join us for Scrabble!
2025-06-25 09:15 - 11:30 | St. Margaret’s, 47 Jordan Road, New Hartford, NY, 13413, United States
Our scrabble crew meets Fourth Wednesdays at 9:15am. New members welcome – call 315-724-2324 or email info@stmargaretshouseny.org to sign up. Please let us know if you would like to stay for lunch by the preceding Monday.

Sacred Site Tours | May - September 2025
2025-07-03 09:00 - 12:00
We are excited to bring back our popular group tours of local area holy places this summer. We will meet at St. Margaret’s at 9 AM and carpool to our destinations, returning around Noon. Please call or email to register and indicate if you are willing to drive or need a ride. Dates or locations may change due to changes in availability:
May 1st, Sacred Heart Polish National Church, NY Mills
June 5th, Historic Old St. John’s, Utica (meet at 2:00PM this day)
July 3rd, Holy Trinity Church, Utica
August 7th, St. Joseph & St. Patrick Church of Utica
Sept. 4th, Zion Episcopal Church, Rome
