This Sunday we will hear a sermon by Dr. Deirdre Good. She will also speak at a forum on “Hospitality and Jesus in Luke’s Gospel: Then and Now” in the Parish Hall after the 11 a.m. service and a second Sunday forum on December 13, 2015. Deirdre Good is presently Theologian in Residence at Trinity Wall Street. She was professor of New Testament at
“We are what we eat!” Some of us have the luxury of choice in what, and how much, we eat. We have so much choice about food in our society that we rarely think about scarcity, and most of us have no concept of what it means to go to bed hungry. The US Department of Agriculture estimates that 40 million Americans struggle daily to get enough to eat. Half of those are children, and many are elderly. Yet in the US alone we throw away about 263 million pounds of food EVERY SINGLE DAY.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Ascension parishioner, composer and performer Eve Beglarian “is a humane, idealistic rebel and a musical sensualist.” She was awarded the 2015 Robert Rauschenberg Prize from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts for her “innovation, risk-taking, and experimentation.” Eve’s current projects include Descent, an immersive music-theater piece about a downed female aviator; the long-term undertaking A Book of Days, text/music/visuals, one for each day of the year; and Brim, the ensemble and repertoire she has created in response to her 2009 journey down the Mississippi River by kayak and bicycle.
Photos by parishioner Hunter Clark and others from the installation of Ascension’s 12th rector, the Rev. Elizabeth Maxwell, by the 16th bishop of the diocese of New York, the Rt. Rev. Andrew Dietsche, are available here and as part of our Flickr galleries. [flickr_set id=”72157651542233017″]
While I have observed many Ascension Days in my life, I honestly don’t think that I’ve ever preached on Ascension Day. Being a lover of liturgical history, it was rather fun boning up on some of the church customs around the feast day. Traditionally, it was on Ascension Day that there was a blessing of the first fruits — usually grapes and beans. In
Tai Chi classes will be held Thursdays at noon, beginning May 7, in the Parish Hall (12 W. Eleventh Street). Classes are instructed by Dan Baum of Eastern Village Arts; cost is $25 for one class or $75 per month. Call the parish office (212-254-8620) if you are interested or just come to a class on Thursday.
We are very glad to learn from our Assistant Sexton, Dawa Sherpa, that his family in Nepal are all OK after the devastating earthquake that has left more than 5,000 dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Please remember the injured, the lost and frightened, the dead and all offering aid in your prayers. If you would like to donate to relief for Nepal, one
We are studying the Parables of Jesus, using the following text: Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi by Amy-Jill Levine. Please join us! In order to have a better idea of space needs, please let Fr. Ed know if you are planning to attend. You can email him directly or call the church office at 212-254-8620.
You are invited to join us as we observe the first day of Lent with the liturgies of the Holy Eucharist and the Imposition of Ashes at three services throughout the day: 8am and 12 noon at the Side Altar; 7pm in the Church with choir. Ashes will also be available for one hour after the 8am and noon services, and between 5 and
This Sunday, January 18th, we welcome The Reverend Elizabeth G. Maxwell to her first Sunday services as Rector of The Church of the Ascension. We invite everyone to join us for this momentous occasion as we express our great joy and gratitude. A festive coffee hour will follow the 11 o’clock service. Mtr. Liz has lived and worked in Manhattan for 25 years, first