As we celebrate the return to in-person worship and look forward to an exciting year ahead, rejoice with us by pledging your support of hope and renewal at Ascension!
This week: commissioning of Stewardship Campaign canvassers, iced tea and lemonade in the Fifth Avenue garden after church, our annual Harvest Dinner on Wednesday (to be held again via Zoom, which turned out to be a fun approach last year), and a special, spooky coffee hour for our neighbors next Sunday!
The rector writes: “Where our treasure is our hearts will be also, as Jesus said. Sometimes what we do with our treasure changes our hearts — and vice versa! How do we care for our hearts, our time, our resources of skill, education, health, privilege, support? How do we honor, preserve, use and give away what has been passed down to us?”
Also: a memorial concert with mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade; our upcoming communal-but-safe Harvest Dinner; and more!
In this week’s newsletter: a poem to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day; news about Ascension’s upcoming Harvest Dinner; an invitation to join weekly Bible study; and information about the Racial Justice Discussion Group’s next meeting to discuss Clint Smith’s How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America.
Screening: Tuesday, Oct 5, at 6:30 pm via Zoom.
Filmed over a two-year period, the new half-hour documentary “Restorative Justice: Changing Hearts and Minds” follows the local restorative justice movement as it takes root in Santa Rosa schools, the Sonoma County judicial and probation system, and in the lives of victims, offenders, teachers, students, volunteers and parents.
In this week’s newsletter: a poem to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi and the blessing of the animals, which we’ll be celebrating immediately following the 11 a.m. service. Also: Updates on upcoming changes for our online worshippers and the move from Zoom to Local Live for our streaming services.
In this week’s newsletter: Blessing of the Animals is next week, October 3! Also: Congratulations to parishioner Stanley Weinberg for a new article published in The Episcopal New Yorker. And information about how to help those affected by Hurricane Ida and the refugees affected by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
In this week’s newsletter: Updates on our return to in-person 11 a.m. Eucharists (with continued access for online worshipers). Also: an introduction to Ascension’s new sexton, a preview of the next Racial Justice Discussion Group (September 23, via Zoom), and more news and updates about our parish life.
This Sunday, the 11 a.m. Eucharist will be celebrated in the church — for the first time in a year and a half! Learn more about it (including our health and safety precautions) and how you can still participate online if you are unable to join in person.
Listen to the sermon preached by Shana Kaplanov at our worship service on August 29, 2021. The lessons for this day: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23.