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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.
Regular Worship Schedule
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic all public services and programs at the Church of the Ascension have been cancelled until further notice. Contact the parish office to learn how to attend our online services via Zoom.
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Parish Newsletter & Order of Service for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
“Peter came and said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times.'”
Ascension Art Show! Sunday, September 13
Our next artists forum will be this Sunday, September 13. Three of our talented parishioners, Garrett Dangler, Jeanette Shields, and Matt Vermedahl, have offered to share some of their artwork with us in small groups during coffee hour. The artworks they present may have been done during this time of quarantine — or may not. …
Results from Parish Survey on Reopening
The parish vestry and Committee on Reopening recently conducted an online survey among parishioners and friends of the parish to learn our views on reopening our church buildings for worship — as well as to get a better sense of what people have been able to appreciate about our time of online worship together.
News
Parish Newsletter & Order of Service for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
In this week’s newsletter: A pastoral letter from Bishop Dietsche; the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost; ways to connect and help during our continued season of remote worship and fellowship; and other news from the parish and wider church.
Parish Newsletter & Order of Service for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
In this week’s newsletter: Upcoming advocacy work to help people reenter society after serving their jail sentences; the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost; news from the Rev. Sam Owen about the reopening of St. Luke’s School, Martel, Haiti; and other news from the parish and wider church.
Events
Sunday, August 16: Ascension Art Show!
Our third in the series of Ascension artists forums will be this coming Sunday. Three of our talented parishioners have offered to share some of their artwork with us in small groups during coffee hour. The artworks they present may have been done during this time of quarantine — or may not. After a general …
Summer Book Group: How To Be an Antiracist
For the rest of the summer, we at Ascension will join others in the Diocese of New York in reading and discussing How To Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi. (The book is widely available in print, as an ebook and as an audiobook.) Our next and final meeting will be at 6:30 on …
Thoughts
Sermon – Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost
Grant, O merciful God, that your Church, being gathered together in unity by your Holy Spirit, may show forth your power among all peoples, to the glory of your Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Sermon – Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost
Almighty God, you have given your only Son to be for us a sacrifice for sin, and also an example of godly life: Give us grace to receive thankfully the fruits of his redeeming work, and to follow daily in the blessed steps of his most holy life; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
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