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!

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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 → ]

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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 → ]

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Lenten Quiet Day: The Elements of Spirituality

Come join The Rev. Dr. Clair McPherson, Professor of Ascetical Theology and Patristics at General Seminary, who will lead us in our annual Lenten Quiet Day on Saturday, March 16 from 10 AM – 2 PM. Frank Griswold once said that Spirituality is “intentional discipleship,” and that echoes what St. Paul said almost two thousand …  [ More → ]

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Special Sacred Music for Lent

As part of this parish’s Lenten observance, we are presenting Jon Gillock’s performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Book of the Holy Sacrament on Tuesday, March 5. This was Messiaen’s final work for organ, and is without question one of the most important works of music composed in the 20th Century. Some of the movements are meditations …  [ More → ]

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Ash Wednesday Services, February 13th

The Church of the Ascension will hold Ash Wednesday services at 8 am, noon and 7 pm. All services include Holy Eucharist with imposition of ashes and our choir will sing at the 7 pm evening service. This historic Episcopal church is located on Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street in New York City. Whether you …  [ More → ]

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Cathedral Celebration of Absalom Jones

On Saturday, February 16, at 10:30 a.m. at The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine, the New York Chapter of the Union of Black Episcopalians and the Anti-Racism Committee of the Episcopal Diocese of New York invite you to participate in our celebration of the life and work of Blessed Absalom Jones. It will …  [ More → ]

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Parish Annual Meeting

Sunday, January 27, 2013 In accordance with the Religious Corporations Law of the State of New York, the Annual Meeting of The Church of the Ascension in the City of New York will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2013, immediately following the 11 a.m. service, for the purpose of electing a Warden for a …  [ More → ]

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Organ Recital by John Scott, January 23rd

John Scott, Organist and Director of Music at St. Thomas Church, is perhaps the most distinguished British organist of his generation, having served as Organist and Director of Music at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for many years and having played in virtually every important organ venue in Europe and the United States. Scott is …  [ More → ]

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Epiphany Proclamation 2013

While a day like Christmas is fixed in our minds and on the calendars on December 25th, many of the important feasts of the Church year move, based upon the date that Easter is set. Easter changes each year moving to the Sunday after the “Paschal Full Moon,” and can fall between March 22 and …  [ More → ]

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