On Saturday, February 8, 2020 at 10:30am we will celebrate the feast day of Blessed Absalom Jones at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine. Rev. Charles A. Wynder, Jr. Staff Officer for Social Justice, Advocacy Engagement, Reconciliation and Creation Care, will be the preacher. For more information or if you would like to sing in the choir for this event, go to
Come join your fellow parishioners to see “Just Mercy” at the AMC theatre at 234 W. 42nd St. on Thursday evening, January 16, 2020. The film begins at 7:15, and afterwards we will visit a nearby diner for coffee and conversation about our experience. Based on the book of the same name, Just Mercy tells the powerful true story of Bryan Stevenson, founder and
This Sunday following the 11 o’clock service we will have a Parish Forum with Cynthia Copeland, PhD., on Exploring the Impact of Slavery on Ascension’s history. Please join us for this conversation with Dr. Copeland, co-chair of the Diocesan Reparations Task Force, about how we can deepen our exploration of this dimension of our parish history.
The Three Kings are making their way to the manger to arrive on Epiphany. The second Sunday of Christmas and Epiphany Eve services will be held at 9am and 11am on Sunday, January 5, 2020. The service on Epiphany Monday, January 6th, is at 6pm.
December 29, 2019, the First Sunday after Christmas, at 11 o’clock we will have a Service of Lessons & Carols. The New Year’s Day service with Holy Eucharist is at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, January 1, 2020.
This year’s 12th Night celebration will take place on Friday, January 3, 2020, (10th Night) from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Come enjoy live circus performers, face painting, balloon twisting, music and refreshments. It’s a great time to invite your friends and neighbors; fun for everyone!
We will have a very special Ascension Forum on Sunday, December 15th following the 11:00 Service. For many of us, the hymns of Advent and Christmas speak to a deep and tender place in our souls. They sing of longing for Christ’s coming and for a world made new and whole again. They tell of Mary and Joseph and the precious babe, born in
Our annual Advent Quiet Day will take place on Saturday, December 7, 2019. The Rev. Dr. Mark Bozzuti-Jones will be leading our Advent retreat this year from 10am- 3 pm, starting in the parish hall and also using the church. Please bring a brown bag lunch, and RSVP to the parish office: 212-254-8620 or apjones@ascensionnyc.org. Suggested donation: $10.
Each year Ascension parishioners participate in the The Children’s Aid Toy Drive at the New York Marriott Marquis. Toys are being collected from Wednesday, 12/ 4, through Wednesday 12/18. Children’s Aid will distribute the toys to each of the children on an individual basis. The Church of the Ascension will also be making toy donations to this worthy cause. A basket will be set
Resistance Cinema Presents: Power to Heal on Tuesday, December 2, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Hall at 12 West 11th Street. Power to Heal is an hour-long documentary that offers a compelling chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal access to healthcare for all Americans. Central is the tale of how a new national program, Medicare, became a powerful force in