Join us for the 9 or 11 o’clock service this Sunday. Our Interim Pastor, The Rev. Shelley D. McDade, will preach at the 11 a.m. service. On June 9th Mother Shelley will be a featured preacher on Day 1 Radio, a national weekly ecumenical radio program with host Peter Wallace. It has been broadcast every week for 68 years, formerly as The Protestant Hour.
On Thursday, April 18th at 8 pm Voices of Ascension will perform some of the most beloved of all choral works (such as the Mendelssohn and Ireland works), performed with the polish, care and interpretive depth that can only come from one of the world’s preeminent choral ensembles. Two of the other pieces share the same text (Psalm 90) and are among the most
March 29 – Good Friday 12 Noon to 3 p.m. (with choir) The Three-Hour Liturgy for Good Friday with the reading of the Passion Gospel according to St. John, Solemn Collects, Veneration of the Cross, and Meditations. March 30 – Holy Saturday: The Easter Vigil at 8 p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter with the Lighting of New Fire, the Paschal Candle, and Renewal
Dear Family and Friends of Ascension, As I write this Easter letter to you our faith is actually transitioning into the fourth week of Lent. A little past the mid-way point of our journeys of reflection, self-discovery and hope toward a renewed and closer relationship with God. Generally, it is a time for solemn thought. But I find myself elated. Joyful. Filled with anticipation
Come join The Rev. Dr. Clair McPherson, Professor of Ascetical Theology and Patristics at General Seminary, who will lead us in our annual Lenten Quiet Day on Saturday, March 16 from 10 AM – 2 PM. Frank Griswold once said that Spirituality is “intentional discipleship,” and that echoes what St. Paul said almost two thousand years before: real Christian living, living in the Spirit,
As part of this parish’s Lenten observance, we are presenting Jon Gillock’s performance of Olivier Messiaen’s Book of the Holy Sacrament on Tuesday, March 5. This was Messiaen’s final work for organ, and is without question one of the most important works of music composed in the 20th Century. Some of the movements are meditations on Christ’s life, others on the Eucharist. Attending a
The Church of the Ascension will hold Ash Wednesday services at 8 am, noon and 7 pm. All services include Holy Eucharist with imposition of ashes and our choir will sing at the 7 pm evening service. This historic Episcopal church is located on Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street in New York City. Whether you are drawn to our church for worship, music, art
This month, the Tailer Memorial, the last large stained glass window in the church awaiting restoration, began its journey to the studio of Jack Cushen in East Marion, Long Island. It will return following restoration later this spring. The window, on the subject “The Child Jesus Found by His Mother in the Temple,” was executed by David Maitland Armstrong in 1895. Armstrong produced glass
Sunday, January 27, 2013 In accordance with the Religious Corporations Law of the State of New York, the Annual Meeting of The Church of the Ascension in the City of New York will be held on Sunday, January 27, 2013, immediately following the 11 a.m. service, for the purpose of electing a Warden for a term of two years, four Vestry members to the
John Scott, Organist and Director of Music at St. Thomas Church, is perhaps the most distinguished British organist of his generation, having served as Organist and Director of Music at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for many years and having played in virtually every important organ venue in Europe and the United States. Scott is also one of the few major organists equally at