Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2025.
You can read the scriptures for this service here: Acts 16:9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5; John 14:23-29.
The picture above is a tile from the Peace Wall mural in Hamilton, New Zealand.
Sermons and audio content from the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in the City of New York
In this week’s newsletter, the rector tells us about the diocese’s “Season of Freedom” from Juneteenth through July 5, marking the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary. She describes celebrations of Juneteenth, LGBTQ+ Pride Sunday with guest preacher Br. Brandon Barnes, OSF, and the feast of Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray—civil rights activist, women’s rights pioneer, and first Black woman ordained in the Episcopal Church—inviting us to reflect on freedom, democracy, and our calling to justice.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on the Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 14, 2026.