Merry Christmas

Christmas Eve, Tuesday, December 24
Family Service, 5 pm
Prelude Music for Christmas, 9:30 pm
Festival Eucharist, 10 pm

Christmas Day, Wednesday, December 25
Holy Eucharist & Hymns, 11 am

1st Sunday after Christmas, December 29
Holy Eucharist, 9 am
Lessons and Carols w/Holy Eucharist, 11 am
Meditation & Sacrament, 6 pm

2nd Sunday after Christmas, January 5 – Epiphany Eve
Holy Eucharist, 9 am
Holy Eucharist with Music, 11 am
Meditation & Sacrament, 6 pm

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On Easter Sunday, the Day of Resurrection, join us at 11 am for a Festal Eucharist with full choir, followed by a festive Easter brunch. --> Alleluia! Christ is risen!
The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Ascension is a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community of people who gather to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to give praise and thanks to God through the beauty of worship, and to love and serve God and our neighbors.

Ascension is a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community of people who gather to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to give praise and thanks to God through the beauty of worship, and to love and serve God and our neighbors. <!-- 8 am & Noon
Ash Wednesday Liturgy



7 pm
Ash Wednesday Liturgy
With Full Choir
(Also available online)



Ashes will also be imposed at the front gate throughout the day from 9 am to 6 pm -->

Ascension is a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive community of people who gather to proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ, to give praise and thanks to God through the beauty of worship, and to love and serve God and our neighbors.

Join us in the liturgies of this holy time of year as fully as you are able, walking with Jesus and our own Ascension community from the triumphal entry into Jerusalem to the footwashing and meal in the upper room on Maundy Thursday; from the horror of the crucifixion on Good Friday to the strange wonder of the empty tomb on the eve of Easter Sunday. In moving through this drama liturgically we often find that our understanding and faith are deepened and strengthened,
and we are changed.

The Ascension Advent Calendar

In-person worship on Sundays takes place at 9 am, 11 am, and  6 pm.

But if you can’t join us in person, you can watch our 11 am Eucharist services by using the following link:

During this period of high rates of COVID-19 infections in our city and the surrounding region, please bear with us as we make changes to our schedules for worship and visits by the public. Our clergy and vestry are assessing the situation as it develops and making adjustments as needed. To be added to our mailing list for the latest updates, please fill out the form at the bottom of this page.

Sunday worship

  • 9 am Eucharist (in-person)
  • 11 am Eucharist, with music (in-person and as an online webcast)
  • 6 pm Meditation & Sacrament, with music (in-person)

Weekday worship

  • 5:30 pm Evening Prayer (via Zoom;
    link available in the parish newsletter)
  • Wednesdays 6 pm Eucharist
    (in-person) at the side altar

Open doors

  • The church and front garden are open most weekdays, Monday through Friday, from noon to 3 pm for personal prayer and reflection.

*In-person worshipers and visitors are strongly encouraged to wear face masks and practice safe social distancing.

Karon Davis’s sculpture of Judith Jamison dancing Alvin Ailey’s Cry

Parish News: February 16

In this week’s newsletter, our rector reflects on a recent visit to the Whitney Museum’s Edges of Ailey exhibit, a vivid tribute to the life and work of Alvin Ailey. The experience sparked deep gratitude for the beauty of Black culture, as well as concern for the future of Black History Month amid efforts to curtail diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The rector reminds us that honoring our shared, diverse heritage is both a spiritual and societal imperative — one that calls us to celebrate the richness of all God’s people with courage, inspiration, and joy.

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Parish News: February 9

The rector writes: “I spent part of this morning at a press conference called by the New York Immigration Coalition at our neighbor parish, St. Mark’s in the Bowery. It was specifically to protest the executive order that ends the ‘sensitive site’ designation that protects houses of worship, schools and hospitals from targeting and raids by ICE. I went because I feel strongly that our church and food pantry must be open to all God’s beloved people, regardless of immigration status. Our faith calls us to welcome the stranger, care for those who come to us in need, do justice and love mercy. It does not stop at national borders.” In this week’s newsletter, learn more about what Mother Liz learned and about the fear that’s been tearing through the immigrant community and the teachers, medical professionals and others trying to serve them and their families.

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Palm Sunday Procession 2017

Worship

Sundays, weekdays, and special holy days, worship is the heart of our life together. It may be what your heart is seeking too.
Come find out! 

Pipes of the Manton Memorial Organ

Music

Be transported by the voices of our classically trained choir, the notes from our world-renowned organ, and the joys of congregational singing.

A food pantry worker

Service

Through volunteer work, advocacy, fundraising and community engagement, we find that faith with good works is a spiritually healthy combination.

Art

Every Sunday, our worship is illuminated by some of the greatest examples of 19th and 20th century American religious art. Come see for yourself.  

Architecture

Our church building is one of the earliest examples of Gothic Revival — designed by the man who probably did more than any other to create that revival. 

History

Founded in 1827 on Canal Street, by 1841 Ascension had arrived at its present home in Greenwich Village as the first church on New York’s famous Fifth Avenue.

We live out our faith in many different ways — with children, the hungry, the oppressed, and with each other. Find out more →

God is a verb