NYU Back to School Opening Day

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NYU sealPlease join us this Sunday, August 25th, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to welcome students at New York University as they return to school. We will be giving out bottled water and providing information as families move students into the Fifth Avenue dormitory across from the church. Services are held in the chapel and parish hall that day, but the sanctuary will be open for visitors. If you would like to participate please contact Father Ed at fatherchinery@ascensionnyc.org.

NOTE: The 11 a.m. summer services are held in the Parish Hall through Labor Day, September 1st. Please be sure to enter at 12 West 11th Street. The 9 a.m. service will continue to be held in the Chapel.

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In this week’s newsletter, Mother Liz celebrates Earth Month alongside Eastertide, noting how resurrection speaks not only to humanity but to “the groaning of the whole creation” and God’s determination to make all things new. She observes that when Mary Magdalene mistakes the risen Christ for a gardener, we glimpse the deep interconnection of all beings—and when we touch creation’s wounds with reverence and compassion, we meet God. Quoting Robin Wall Kimmerer, the rector reminds us that “when we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us,” and invites us to deepen our love and commitment to our fragile, beautiful planet.

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