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 the service.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, 2026.
This week, the rector reflects on the road to Emmaus, where two grief-stricken disciples walk with a stranger who listens to their trauma, reframes their despair, and reminds them that God works even in brokenness. Only when he breaks bread with them do their eyes open and they recognize the risen Christ. Mother Liz asks when we have encountered the Risen One—in deep listening, unexpected hope amid trauma, familiar liturgy, or the faces gathered around the table—inviting us to notice where Easter life continues spreading among and through us.