Christmastide at Ascension

Christmastide at Ascension
Our worship services for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, the First Sunday after Christmas and the Second Sunday after Christmas have all become online-only, due to the recent surge of COVID infections in New York City. But do please join us at ascensionnyc.org/webcasts as we welcome the Christ child into our hearts and celebrate the birth of Emmanuel, "God with Us."

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Christmas Eve

Family Service, 5:00 p.m.
 
Prelude Music for Christmas, 9:30 p.m.
& Worship Service, 10:00 p.m.

Christmas Day

Worship Service & Hymns, 11:00 a.m.

(For more information about the change in our worship from in-person to online only, please read this message from our rector.)

1st Sunday after Christmas, Dec. 26

Holy Eucharist, 9:00 a.m.
Lessons and Carols, 11:00 a.m.

2nd Sunday after Christmas, Jan. 2

Worship Service & Hymns, 11:00 a.m.

How to view our Christmas and Christmastide services:

Go to ascensionnyc,org/webcasts to view our 9:30 p.m. Christmas Eve music and 10 p.m. service, as well as the 11 a.m. services on Christmas Day, the First Sunday after Christmas, and the Second Sunday after Christmas.

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Parish News: December 21

This week, the rector reflects on Advent’s invitation to hope when circumstances feel bleak or overwhelming. Drawing on Isaiah’s story of King Ahaz and Matthew’s account of Joseph, she explores the tension between realism and trust—between protecting ourselves from disappointment and daring to imagine what God might do. These texts challenge us to notice where cynicism or caution keeps us from hope, and to consider the risks of faithful dreaming. Advent asks whether we can trust that God is truly with us, even in the messiness and brokenness of our world.

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