Join us for the Fourth Sunday of Easter: 9am Holy Eucharist at Side Altar; 11am Holy Eucharist in the church with sermon, music & choir; 7pm Service of Meditations and Sacrament including chant, interfaith readings and communion. Special music by the Ascension choir and prelude (10:45am) and postlude on The Manton Memorial organ. In addition to being Mother’s Day, this Sunday is Episcopal Charities
Masters of the Renaissance: England will be performed by Voices of Ascension on Wednesday, May 14, 8pm at Fifth Avenue & 10th Street. Voices of Ascension will perform selections by Thomas Tallis, Thomas Weelkes, Richard Nicolson, Peter Phillips, Orlando Gibbons and William Byrd and others. Tickets can be purchased online at Voices of Ascension or call the box office at (212) 358-7060.
Join us for the Third Sunday of Easter: 9am Holy Eucharist at Side Altar; 11am Holy Eucharist in the church with sermon, music & choir; 7pm Service of Meditations and Sacrament including chant, interfaith readings and communion. Special music by the Ascension choir including Ralph Vaughn Williams Communion Service in D and prelude (10:45am) and postlude on The Manton Memorial organ.
Join us for the Second Sunday of Easter: 9am Holy Eucharist at Side Altar; 11am Holy Eucharist in the church with sermon, music & choir; 7pm Service of Meditations and Sacrament including chant, interfaith readings and communion. Special music by the Ascension choir including chorus from Handel’s Messiah and prelude (10:45am) and postlude on The Manton Memorial organ.
The New York Times featured our own soprano Bora Yoon in the Metro section on April 18, 2014. The article notes “Bora Yoon writes and performs music that combines ancient and modern elements, including 12th-century liturgical chants and abstract electronic ‘sound architecture’.” The article also mentions she sings at our church and has a new album, Sunken Cathedral, which “explores the structural parallels between
Here is a link to download and read a copy of the Church of the Ascension 2016 Capital Campaign Case Study.
Monday & Tuesday, April 14th and 15th 6 p.m. Penitential Office with Holy Eucharist. Wednesday, April 16 – The Service of Tenebrae 6 p.m. Prayers, Psalms and Readings in the shadows. April 17 – Maundy Thursday 6 p.m. The Maundy Thursday Liturgy (with Full Choir), with Washing of Feet, Stripping of the Altar, and Setting of the Altar of Repose. After the evening service,
The Spring Inquirer’s class will begin on Tuesday, April 22, at 6:45pm in the Parish Hall. Each class will take a look at a different aspect of the Christian Faith and what it means to be a member of The Church of the Ascension. Classes will go for six consecutive weeks ending in a hands-on Blessing by the Bishop at the 11 a.m. service
This Sunday, March 9th, is the first Sunday in Lent. Lent is a season to slowly prepare our souls. It is a time to open ourselves up to the presence of God in our lives and let the angels feed us. It is a time to sit among the ashes, confident that love will abound in due time. It is a time to be
Ash Wednesday is just around the corner. If you have dried palms from last year’s Palm Sunday service please bring them to the church on Sunday, March 2. As we celebrate the Shrovetide season we will burn the palms and make ashes for Wednesday’s services. On this celebratory day we will also enjoy gathering as a community. Please bring a side dish or desert