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A new structure for St. Margaret's Church
Beginning June 1, 2024, St. Margaret's (Plainview, N.Y.) and Trinity Church, (Hicksville, N.Y.) will be sharing a new ministry structure envisioned by the Diocese of Long Island.
This plan enables both churches to have full-time clergy, with both churches contributing toward clergy salaries. Fr. Jeffrey Samuel will remain at Holy Trinity in Hicksville as Priest-in-Charge and also will take on the position of Priest-in-Charge at St. Margaret’s. Fr. Jeff will oversee the full-time work of Deacon Jae Wan Chung, our Curate. God willing, Deacon Jae will be ordained a priest on Sept. 14, 2024.
Until Deacon Jae's ordination to the priesthood, Fr. Jeff and Deacon Jae will alternate the celebration of Eucharist and Morning Prayer at the two churches. Beginning September 15, 2024, they will set up a new schedule allowing both parishes to have Holy Eucharist on a weekly basis.
Branching Out to Meet and Serve Our Increasingly Diverse Communities
The good news continues, as both St. Margaret's and Holy Trinity focus on developing and expanding new mission congregations to serve the spiritual needs of members of our communities.
Fr. Jeff is already building an Urdu/Hindi-speaking Episcopal congregation at Holy Trinity. Their 1 p.m. Sunday service began with one person a year ago and now includes 40 worshippers. If you know a Hindi- or Urdu-speaking Episcopalian, be sure to let them know about this mission congregation. Holy Trinity is located at 130 Jerusalem Ave., Hicksville, NY. (516) 931-1920. Email: . Their website is holytrinityhicksvilleny.org
Here at St. Margaret’s, Deacon Jae (soon to be Fr. Jae) looks forward to building a Korean-speaking Episcopal congregation on Sundays at 1 p.m.
Worship schedules at both churches will remain the same for English-speaking congregations. We expect many opportunities for everyone to come together for celebrations and special events.
As Canon Claire Woodley wrote, "separate language services will be bridges into, and enliveners of, our regular services and ultimately build ways forward together. We don’t yet know what it will all look like, but it will bear a resemblance to Pentecost, where everyone hears the Gospel in their own language and is loved by God.
