In this week’s newsletter: the rector discusses her decision to not reopen Ascension for in-person worship before September; you get the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Third Sunday after Pentecost; announcements about upcoming meetings and events; links to important communications from our bishops, and more.
In this week’s newsletter: the rector reflects on this very extraordinary “ordinary time,” you get the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Second Sunday after Pentecost; and announcements from the parish and across the diocese show that the life and work of the church continues and needs your financial support, now more than ever, if you are able.
News, needs, events and opportunities for worship, service, and fellowship from the Church of the Ascension. The work and witness of the church continues whether we’re in person or online, gathered near or far.
![Plaque with the Pentecost ca. 1150–75 South Netherlandish [Met Cloisters]](https://ascensionnyc.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pentecost-Met_DP102879.jpg)
In this week’s newsletter: the rector provides an update on last Thursday’s “Strive for Justice & Peace” discussion; you get the service bulletin for the 11 am Trinity Sunday service on Zoom; and announcements from the parish and across the diocese show that the life and work of the church continues and needs your financial support, now more than ever, if you are able.
Our beloved parishioner Stacey Carpenter has finished her first year at the Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas. She will spend the summer in Olympia, Washington, doing Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) as a hospital chaplain. Next Sunday June 7, after the 11 AM service, she will join us via Zoom to tell us what this past year has been like, how her sense
O God, the King of glory, you have exalted your only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph to your kingdom in heaven: Do not leave us comfortless, but send us your Holy Spirit to strengthen us, and exalt us to that place where our Savior Christ has gone before; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Bishop Allen Shin visited us on Ascension Day with art history lessons, insights into the real significance of The Ascension, and reasons for celebration and hope, even in this era of social distancing. Listen to his sermon here.
Read the weekly newsletter from the Ascension parish office, usually sent out via email each Friday morning. During our time of online worship, the newsletter includes the Sunday Order of Service bulletin, as well as instructions on how to attend services either through the Zoom app on your computer, tablet or phone, or by dialing in by telephone.
Read the weekly newsletter from the Ascension parish office, usually sent out via email each Friday morning. The newsletter includes a message from the Rector, instructions on how to attend services via Zoom login by device or telephone, a weekly calendar and the bulletin for Sunday services at 11am. Please write to info@ascensionnyc.org if you would like to be added to the email distribution list.
Here’s the complete order of service for Thursday evening’s Feast of the Ascension celebration with the Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin, Suffragan Bishop of New York. We are delighted to have Bishop Shin with us this Thursday evening to preach and share our worship together. Please stay afterwards for conversation with him and each other.