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Ascension Day Service May 20th, 11:00 am

Posted on May 4, 2012 by websexton

Join us for our traditional name-day event when we will receive and confirm new members. This year our Ascension Day celebration takes on an additional dimension as Bishop Mark Sisk makes a farewell visit to The Church of the Ascension and consecrates the newly commissioned portrait of Father Andrew. Cake and champagne toasts will follow …  [ More → ]

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Join Ascension!

Posted on April 26, 2012

If you are interested in joining the Church of the Ascension, please consider coming to our Inquirers’ Class. The classes will begin Tuesday, April 10 (from 6:45 to 8 p.m.) and will run for six weeks through Tuesday, May 15. Each week we will look at a different aspect of the Episcopal Church and our …  [ More → ]

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Holy Saturday

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Carol Conway

In this reading from the Letter to the Hebrews, intimacy jumped out. “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.” But why would we? What are we afraid of? To begin with.. [ More → ]

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Good Friday

Posted on April 6, 2012

When I survey the wondrous cross /
On which the Prince of glory died, /
My richest gain I count but loss, /
And pour contempt on all my pride.
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Music for Easter Sunday, 11 am

Posted on April 5, 2012

Prelude:  Fugue in E-flat Major, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Choir Introit:  Gregorian Chant, Surrexit Dominus vere. Alleluia! Gloria in excelsis in B-flat Major, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Offertory Anthem:  Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem, Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Sanctus (sung in Latin) from Lord Nelson Mass, Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Communion Music:  O Taste and See, …  [ More → ]

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Music for Good Friday

Posted on April 5, 2012

Prelude:  O man, bewail thy grievous sin, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Anthems:  O vos omnes, Tomás Luis de Victoria (ca. 1549-1611) It is a Thing Most Wonderful, Richard Busch (1998) Tenebrae factae sunt, Marc Antonio Ingegneri (ca. 1545-1594) Communion Motet:  Ave verum corpus, Josquin Desprez (ca. 1440–1521)

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Music for Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 5, 2012

Prelude:  Tierce en taille (Pange lingua), Nicolas de Grigny (1672-1703) The Heavenly Banquet, Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992) Anthems at the Foot Washing: Dominus Jesus, Pax vobis, In hoc cognoscent omnes, Ubi caritas, Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986) Offertory Anthem:  O sacrum convivium, Thomas Tallis (ca. 1505-1585) Communion Motet:  Tantum ergo, Maurice Duruflé

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Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Meredith Ward

Let’s imagine that we are at the Last Supper. The disciples are gathered around Jesus, quietly conversing. They reach across the table to dip their bread, their hands brushing against each other’s hands, sharing the same bowl with him. The mood is solemn, yet comfortable and familiar. It is the holy ritual of the Passover feast that they have celebrated all their lives. Then, into this sacred space…  [ More → ]

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Wednesday in Holy Week

Posted on April 4, 2012

Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach thy hand, /
For I am drowning in a stormier sea /
Than Simon on thy lake of Galilee: /
The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, /
My heart is as some famine-murdered land, /
Whence all good things have perished utterly, /
And well I know my soul in Hell must lie /
If I this night before God’s throne should stand.  [ More → ]

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Tuesday in Holy Week

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Carol Conway

In today’s gospel, the chief priests, scribes, and elders ask Jesus by what authority he is doing these things. Jesus says He will tell them if they will answer one question, did the baptism of John come from heaven or human origin? It is a no-win situation… [ More → ]

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