Celebrate Earth Day this year at a wonderful, inspiration-filled day that will remind us that this beautiful planet is worth fighting for. Be the first to visit and worship under the Cathedral of the Incarnation’s new Gaia exhibit, “This Fragile Earth Our Island Home” featuring a 20 ft. diameter scale model of Earth, and enjoy many more activities!
Event Schedule
11:00am: Celebration Service & Rogation
Praying for the Earth -- Morning Prayer
PREACHER: The Rev. Lester Mackenzie, Chief of Mission Program, The Episcopal Church
MUSIC: St. Luke & St. Matthew Choir School; Achievement First Brooklyn High School Steel Band; Kurleigh Lowe, organist
Rogation Procession: Introducing the Practice of Rogation
Tree Planting: We will plant a native tree to mark Bishop Provenzano's 17 years of service to the Diocese of Long Island
12:30–3:30pm: Spring Festival
- Panel: ‘Gaia: Exploring the Possibilities of Peace’ (with Adelphi University)
- Tour of Gaia exhibit
- Tour of pollinator gardens
- Presentation & seed giveaway by ReWild Long Island
- Crafts and poster-making for kids
- Health fair
- Visit to cathedral bees
- Poster making
- Tree planting
- Book giveaway
- Rogation & blessing procession
...and more!
About our Guest Speaker
The Rev. Lester V. Mackenzie AHC is Chief of Mission Program in the Office of the Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church. He helps lead churchwide mission on church planting and redevelopment, racial justice and healing, gender justice, creation care and climate justice, ethnic and multicultural ministries, evangelism, and young adult and campus ministries. Lester is a native of South Africa and a third-generation Anglican priest.
From April 25 to May 31, 2026, the Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City will be hosting “This Fragile Earth our Island Home”, an exhibition of Gaia, a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Measuring over 20 feet in diameter and created from 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface the artwork provides the opportunity to see our planet, floating in three dimensions. This will be the first exhibition of Gaia in a US house of worship.