May 26th: Trinity Sunday


This Sunday we will celebrate Trinity Sunday. Please join us for the 9 or 11 o’clock service. Last Sunday, May 19th, we celebrated the Feast of Pentecost with the Baptisms and Mother Shelley’s vows of new ministry to our parish. On Wednesday, May 29th, we will have our first summer Parish Barbeque following the 6:00 …  [ More → ]

News

Associate Rector’s Easter Letter

Dear Family and Friends of Ascension, As I write this Easter letter to you our faith is actually transitioning into the fourth week of Lent. A little past the mid-way point of our journeys of reflection, self-discovery and hope toward a renewed and closer relationship with God. Generally, it is a time for solemn thought. …  [ More → ]

Tailer Memorial Stained Glass Window

This month, the Tailer Memorial, the last large stained glass window in the church awaiting restoration, began its journey to the studio of Jack Cushen in East Marion, Long Island. It will return following restoration later this spring. The window, on the subject “The Child Jesus Found by His Mother in the Temple,” was executed …  [ More → ]

Fall Series on Book of Common Prayer

Thursday nights (through October 25th) will bring a special five-week series in honor of the 350 year anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, “Our Anglican Heritage: The English and American BCP.” Each week we will explore the continuing history of the BCP tradition and how they have affected our sacramental life today. Our …  [ More → ]

Events

First Summer Parish Barbecue

Save the date for our first summer 2013 Parish BBQ on Wednesday, May 29th, at 7 p.m. Hamburgers, hot dogs and lemonade will be provided. A sign up sheet will be posted in the Parish Hall to bring a salad, side dish or dessert. Come and enjoy the fellowship of the parish. All are welcome!

World Premier & Great Choruses Concert

On Thursday, April 18th at 8 pm Voices of Ascension will perform some of the most beloved of all choral works (such as the Mendelssohn and Ireland works), performed with the polish, care and interpretive depth that can only come from one of the world’s preeminent choral ensembles. Two of the other pieces share the …  [ More → ]

Holy Week Services: Tenebrae, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Vigil

March 29 – Good Friday 12 Noon to 3 p.m. (with choir) The Three-Hour Liturgy for Good Friday with the reading of the Passion Gospel according to St. John, Solemn Collects, Veneration of the Cross, and Meditations. March 30 – Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil at 8 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter with the …  [ More → ]

Blog Posts

by Lisa Dunn

On Tuesday, May 21st at 8 pm Voices of Ascension will perform Tickets can be purchased online at Voices of Ascension or call the box office at (212) 358-7060.

Easter
by George Herbert, 1593-1633

I got me flowers to strew thy way; I got me boughs off many a tree: But thou wast up by break of day, And brought’st thy sweets along with thee. The Sunne arising in the East. Though he give light, and th’East perfume; If they should offer to contest With thy arising, they presume. …  [ More → ]

Holy Saturday
by Lydia Montgomery

Oh, how these words grasp you and leave a chilling sensation throughout your body. Here it is, written so matter-of-factly: “Then they took the body of Jesus and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews to bury.” It brings an odd feeling because here is our Lord, our Jesus, being treated like any other person who dies. [ More → ]