{"title": "Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery", "start": "2026-11-01T09:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "Fire Lotus Temple", "address": "State Street 500, 11217", "price": "Suggested donation – $5.00 - $20.00", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/buddhist/zen", "wellness/meditation"], "description": "Sunday Mornings at Zen Mountain Monastery is a morning of Zen practice beginning with a liturgy chanting service at 9am, followed by zazen, walking meditation (kinhin) and a talk by a teacher or senior student, concluding around 12:00pm, with a community lunch at the end. It is for returning visitors who have already received beginning instruction in meditation at the Monastery or at Fire Lotus Temple in Brooklyn. First-time visitors are instead asked to register for Beginning Instruction/Orientation to the Monastery, offered every other Sunday morning and on the 2nd Wednesday evening of each month. 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Attendees enter by the door between the ramp and the entrance to St. Christopher's Mission House, west of the main church entrance. 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It is organized by Madison Avenue Baptist Church, whose congregation invites everyone to attend; those who cannot come in person can watch the service live on the church's YouTube channel. The service is recorded and livestreamed, so attendees may appear in the recording, and a coffee happy hour after the service is open to all. Hearing assistance is available on request, and Bibles and hymnals are provided in the pews.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sunday-worship-53690/", "official_url": "https://mabcnyc.org/event/sunday-worship-2026-11-1/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a7cc6226c68108502e77557f7ecb06ab5423480c5bb116b2ba3a74952e5dd8b4-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Fall Art Practice Series – Returning to the Elements", "start": "2026-09-04T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-11-13T00:00:00-05:00", "place": "Fire Lotus Temple", "address": "State Street 500, 11217", "price": "$25.00 - $150.00 (Suggested Donation $25 per class, $150 for the series)", "price_from": "25.00", "price_to": "150.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["religion/buddhist/zen", "art"], "description": "Fall Art Practice Series – Returning to the Elements is an online art practice series held on Friday mornings, in which participants work in any medium from their home studios over Zoom. 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Newcomers are welcome and no likeness-making is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/fall-art-practice-series-returning-to-the-elements-71212/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sunday Worship", "start": "2026-11-01T11:00:00-05:00", "end": null, "place": "John Street Methodist Church", "address": "John Street 44, 10038 New York", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "worship", "tags": ["religion/christian"], "description": "Sunday Worship is a one-hour church service with a sermon by the pastor and singing, held each Sunday. It is offered by John Street United Methodist Church, whose congregation welcomes visitors to join. People can attend in person at the church or take part online via a Zoom livestream or YouTube Live. The order of worship and readings are posted online, and past services can be watched on YouTube.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/sunday-worship-53327/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a2da03d2e756391ae8a2648984659c24f86d27e104777d1b8520b064a7bcfa29-2000.webp"}]}