Ascension Outreach & Resistance Cinema will present Shadows of Liberty (2012 – 93 minutes) in the Parish Hall on April 4, 2017, at 7pm. The address is 12 West 11th Street; film screening is free – donations gladly accepted. Shadows of Liberty reveals the extraordinary truth behind the news media: censorship, cover-ups and corporate control. “Shadows of Liberty offers a brilliant and deeply disturbing insight
Everyone is invited on February 14, 2017 at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall at 12 West 11th Street to hear soprano Sarah Chalfy and pianist Natalie Tenenbaum perform in a festive Valentine’s Day music program. Bring your valentine, friends, family, and neighbors! You have probably already heard Sarah in our choir on Sunday mornings. Sarah has been praised for her “rich and resonant
This Sunday, January 29, 2017, in accordance with the Religious Corporations Law of the State of New York, we will hold the Annual Meeting of The Church of the Ascension in the City of New York. The meeting will take place immediately following the 11 a.m. service for the purpose of electing a Warden for a term of two years, four Vestry members to
This Sunday, January 29, 2017, in accordance with the Religious Corporations Law of the State of New York, we will hold the Annual Meeting of The Church of the Ascension in the City of New York. The meeting will take place immediately following the 11 a.m. service for the purpose of electing a Warden for a term of two years, four Vestry members to
On Thursday, January 26, 2017 at 6:30pm join us for our next Capital Campaign event. The Rev. Canon David Lee Carlson, Canon Missioner, The Delaware Catskill Episcopal Ministry and the Revs. Mark Collins, Stephen Hagerty, Paul Kahn, Jennifer Landis Owen and Jane Rockman, all sponsored from The Church of the Ascension, will lead a conversation about how their vocations were formed at our parish
On the evening of January 6, 2017 the entrance to The Church of the Ascension was highlighted by costumed and lighted stilt walkers, jugglers, the Rector, the welcome committee of the capital campaign and many others. Here is a link to our parish Flickr page with photos of the evening. Neighbors, passers-by, curious New Yorkers and parishioners were entertained by performers inside and outside
Greenwich Village Candlelight Concerts Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20 & 21, 2016 at 8pm Voices of Ascension will perform traditional carols and festive works in an intimate, candlelit setting. Joyous, gorgeous, and exuberant, this is music that was written for everyone to enjoy. VoA is joined by guest artists Jared Bybee and Kevin Cobb. A few tickets may still be available online at http://www.voicesofascension.org/concerts-2017/
The theme on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 11, 2016, will be Ministering with Refugees in Baghdad. Last fall, Ascension joined several other parishes in the Diocese of New York in helping to build a community center in a refugee camp in Baghdad, Iraq. This ecumenical work is sponsored in part by the Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf in the Episcopal
This Sunday, November 27, 2016, is the first Sunday in Advent. We will have an Advent Quiet Day on Saturday, December 3rd from 10am to 3 pm. Father Ed and Valerie Coates (Ascension Chorister and bread baking expert) will co-lead the group in an exploration of our relationship with the Divine in this season of waiting, hope and expectation, while making bread as both
