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200 Years Later, A Reckoning With Slavery In New Haven

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  New Haven Green  |  News From The Pews  |  trinity church on the green Lucy Gellman | March 10th, 2025

On World AIDS Day, Faith Meets Art At St. Mary's

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  Newhallville  |  News From The Pews  |  Public Health Lucy Gellman | December 4th, 2023

Pastor Sampson Denny, who is a faith leader in Stratford. Lucy Gellman Photos.

"Hope On, Dixwell!" As Rev. Streets Preaches Final Sermon

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell UCC  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews Lucy Gellman | September 27th, 2023

Streets on Sunday morning. Lucy Gellman Photos.

Dixwell UCC Celebrates Two Centuries And Counting

Arts & Anti-racism  |  Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dixwell  |  Dixwell UCC  |  History  |  News From The Pews Lucy Gellman | September 26th, 2022

Tracey Twitty-Philpot and Michael Twitty. Lucy Gellman Photos.

On George Street, Ukrainian Pysanky Tell A Story Of Resilience

Arts & Culture  |  Dwight  |  News From The Pews  |  Ukraine Lucy Gellman | March 29th, 2022

Amidst Invasion, St. Michael's Prays For Peace In Ukraine

Arts & Culture  |  Culture & Community  |  Dwight  |  Music  |  News From The Pews  |  Ukraine Lucy Gellman | February 28th, 2022

Queer And Christian: Children Of God Find The Light

Arts & Culture  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  First and Summerfield United Methodist Church  |  LGBTQ  |  News From The Pews  |  Religion & Spirituality Leah Andelsmith | July 20th, 2021

Leah Andelsmith Photo.

On Epiphany Day, St. Luke's Prays For Congress

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews  |  St. Luke's Episcopal Church  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | January 6th, 2021

Friendship Baptist Church Keeps The Faith

COVID-19  |  Christmas  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  Hamden  |  News From The Pews  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Jayla Anderson | December 22nd, 2020

The Gospel Of Black Voters Comes To Goffe Street

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews  |  Presidential Election Lucy Gellman | November 10th, 2020

Jewish Leaders Welcome In A Bittersweet New Year

Arts & Culture  |  Beth El Keser Israel  |  COVID-19  |  Mending Minyan  |  News From The Pews  |  Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven Lucy Gellman | September 18th, 2020

Clergy Members Preach Universal Testing

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews  |  Public Health Lucy Gellman | May 26th, 2020

Trinity Mourns New Haven's COVID-19 Toll

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Culture & Community  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews Lucy Gellman | May 26th, 2020

At First & Summerfield, "An Easter Like No Other"

Arts & Culture  |  COVID-19  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  First and Summerfield United Methodist Church  |  News From The Pews Lucy Gellman | April 13th, 2020

Bernie Sanders Takes Concord To Church

Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews  |  Politics  |  Reporting from the road Lucy Gellman | February 8th, 2020

Trinity Read-In Honors The Memory Of Toni Morrison

Arts & Culture  |  Arts, Culture & Community  |  Books  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews Jamiah Green | February 3rd, 2020

At Bethel AME, "Black Nativity" Honors The Past, Looks To The Future

Arts & Culture  |  News From The Pews  |  Whalley/Edgewood/Beaver Hills Lucy Gellman | December 6th, 2019

“Do Not Shoot Anyone Tonight”

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Black Lives Matter  |  News From The Pews  |  violence Lucy Gellman | April 19th, 2019

New Haven Beats Guns Into Art

Arts, Culture & Community  |  Community Gardens  |  Downtown  |  News From The Pews Lucy Gellman | April 8th, 2019

A Tale Of Two Kings

Congregation Mishkan Israel  |  Hamden  |  News From The Pews Lucy Gellman | January 21st, 2019

At Beulah Heights, A Bridge to God

Arts & Culture  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  News From The Pews  |  Youth Arts Journalism Initiative Samantha Sims | May 25th, 2018

"A Flower Garden" Sings King's Praise

Culture & Community  |  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  MLK Day  |  Music  |  News From The Pews  |  West Haven  |  West Haven Black Coalition Lucy Gellman | January 15th, 2018

"I Think We'll Get Through"

Congregation Mishkan Israel  |  Culture & Community  |  Faith & Spirituality  |  Hamden  |  Immigration  |  News From The Pews  |  Refugees  |  Sanctuary congregations Lucy Gellman | January 15th, 2018

How To Survive The Storm

Faith & Spirituality  |  Kelcy Steele  |  New Haven  |  News From The Pews  |  Varick Memorial Lucy Gellman | October 17th, 2017

Faith isn’t developed on the shore, but faith is developed on the stormy seas. — Pastor Kelcy Steele, Varick Memorial AME Zion Church

“We Are That Minyan”

Congregation Mishkan Israel  |  Culture & Community  |  News From The Pews  |  Sanctuary congregations Lucy Gellman | October 6th, 2017

Rabbi Herb Brockman with Nury Chavarria earlier this year. Paul Bass for the New Haven Independent.

On Elm Street, A Leap Of Faith

Culture & Community  |  First and Summerfield United Methodist Church  |  Juhye Hahn  |  New Haven  |  News From The Pews  |  Religion & Spirituality  |  Sanctuary congregations Lucy Gellman | August 14th, 2017

Pastor Juhye Hahn at Sunday night's prayer vigil for Marco Antonio Reyes Alvarez. Lucy Gellman photo.