Join us for the 9 or 11 o’clock service this Sunday when we celebrate Trinity Sunday and welcome back Father Patrick Malloy who will be preaching. 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
Our information gathering for the Parish Profile is almost completed, including a questionnaire, two round table sessions, and individual interviews. We will be publishing the results of the survey, as well as a detailed summary of the round tables, so please look for those announcements in the next few weeks. We are happy to report that we are right on schedule according to our
The Rev. Canon Deborah G. Tammearu from the Transitional Ministry Office of the New York Diocese will be our guest preacher at the 11 a.m. service and will also join us at coffee hour. Originally a junior high school science teacher, The Rev. Canon Deborah G. Tammearu is a graduate of the General Theological Seminary in New York City, and has been an Episcopal
The following are three meditations given by The Rev. Shelley D. McDade on Good Friday at The Church of the Ascension. Each of the meditations is introduced by the text of a spiritual leader. The first is Richard Rohr, a Roman Catholic monk and priest. The second meditation is introduced by a reading from Hildegard of Bingen and inspired by The Dalai Lama; the
Dear Parishioners, With great joy and excitement we announce that Mtr. Shelley McDade is the Interim Pastor of the Church of the Ascension. We thank the members of the Interim Search Committee for their patience and seriousness of purpose in discerning this choice. This decision was made by the Vestry after a great deal of thought and prayer, and with the blessing of the
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 same text (Psalm 90) and are among the most