Get To Know Us
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
- Sunday 9am: Holy Eucharist at Side Altar
- Sunday 11am: Holy Eucharist in the Church with sermon, hymns & Ascension choir
- Sunday 7pm: Service of Meditations and Sacrament, including chant, interfaith readings and communion
- Monday–Friday: 6pm at Side Altar. Church open for prayer and meditation 12–3pm.
We'd like to hear from you!Ongoing Events
- Mondays: Weekly Lectionary Bible Study
7 p.m. in the Parish Office, 12 W. 11th Street, 2nd Flr. For more information, contact Sibyl Piccone. - Wednesdays: Centering Prayer
7:30-8:15 a.m. in the Chapel, Fifth Avenue at 10th Street. For more information, please contact the parish office. 8:30-8:50 a.m. Morning Prayer in the Chapel.
See all scheduled events- Mondays: Weekly Lectionary Bible Study
Stewardship Ingathering November 24th
Next Sunday, November 24, 2019 we will have our Stewardship Ingathering. Have you made a pledge for 2020? Next Sunday we will bless all the financial commitments made for next year, giving thanks to God for the abundant gifts we have been given and the generosity of the Ascension community. Although we will accept your …
Special Film Event: POSI+IVE: Life with HIV
Ascension Outreach and Resistance Cinema present a Special Film Event: POSI+IVE: Life with HIV on November 19 & 21 (Tuesday & Thursday) at 7pm. The film will be shown in the church, enter on Fifth Avenue at 10th Street. We are proud to host this powerful film event with panel discussion celebrating the exciting advancements …
Parish Retreat at Holy Cross Monastery
Our annual fall retreat will take place at Holy Cross Monastery on November 15—17, 2109, from Friday afternoon November 15th until Sunday afternoon the 17th. Four meeting times together will be structured similarly to Ascension’s Sunday evening service – devotional readings, silence and reflection exploring Advent themes and growing awareness of God’s presence as found …
News
Newcomers Brunch December 8th
Our Newcomers Brunch will take place on Sunday, December 8, 2019 after the 11 a.m. service beginning at 12:30 p.m. Please join the celebration in honor of those who have come to Ascension in the last year (however defined!). Our newcomers are our honored guests, but everyone is welcome- whether you have been in the …
Climate Strike NYC: Call to Action
September 20th, Friday at noon: Join parishioners and friends in the Climate Strike NYC: A Call to Action at Foley Square, 31-51 Center Street, NYC. On September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike globally, to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. …
Events
Advent Quiet Day December 7th
Our annual Advent Quiet Day will take place on Saturday, December 7, 2019. The Rev. Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones will be leading our Advent retreat this year from 10am- 3 pm, starting in the parish hall and also using the church. Please bring a brown bag lunch, and RSVP to the parish office: 212-254-8620 or apjones@ascensionnyc.org. …
Help Send a Kid to Camp
As in years past, Ascension will again help send a kid to camp, giving $1400 from the Lapsley Fund, which is designated to give urban children a summer experience in the country at Incarnation Camp. But this year… We are challenging the congregation to match this amount for the Summer Overnight Leadership Camp of Rural …
Thoughts
Sermon – October 6, 2019
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Sermon – September 29, 2019
O God, you declare your almighty power chiefly in showing mercy and pity: Grant us the fullness of your grace, that we, running to obtain your promises, may become partakers of your heavenly treasure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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