Listen to the sermon preached by Seminarian Stacey Carpenter for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 8, 2021.
You can read the scriptures for this service here: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalm 34:1-8; Ephesians 4:25-5:2; John 6:35, 41-51.
Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York
In this week’s newsletter, Mother Liz reflects on the recent clergy and vestry retreat at Holy Cross Monastery, where leaders found spiritual renewal through monastic rhythms, winter walks along the frozen river, and deep conversation about the parish’s future. She invites parishioners to consider their own Lenten practices—whether through prayer, fasting, almsgiving, or acts of connection and care—as pathways to deepening awareness of God’s love and grace during the season ahead.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Joo Young Hong on the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany, February 8, 2026.