This week: Online worship Sunday 11 a.m., in-person worship Sunday 6 p.m. at the Meditation & Sacrament service. And Wednesday 6 p.m., an in-person midweek Eucharist. The church will also be open from noon to 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for personal prayer and meditation. Please note: Masks are required for all in-person worshipers and visitors!
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Posey Krakowsky on the First Sunday after Epiphany. The lessons for this day: Isaiah 43:1-7; Psalm 29; Acts 8:14-17; Luke 3:15-17, 21-22.
The rector asks: “As we mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s 93rd birthday this year, what part of his work calls to you, to us at Ascension?” Join us for Sunday worship, January 16, at 11 a.m. online: ascensionnyc.org/webcasts. (Here’s your bulletin; hymn texts are on the last two pages.)
Worship for the First Sunday after the Epiphany will be online-only, at 11 a.m. Use the link ascensionnyc.org/webcasts to join us! (And ascensionnyc.org/todaysservice for the bulletin.) Read this week’s newsletter for more information about the adjustments to our service schedule, plans for annual meeting, and other activities still going on in our parish and diocese.
With the rise in Covid infections, the 11 a.m. Sunday service will be live-streamed (only) through Sunday, January 29. We will resume the 6 p.m. Sunday service of Meditation and Sacrament in person on January 23. The church will reopen for weekday prayer and meditation during the week of January 16. For more information, read this message from our rector.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on the Second Sunday after Christmas. The lessons for this day: Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Luke 2:41-52.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Ed Chinery on Christmas Day. The lessons for this day: Isaiah 52:7-10; Psalm 98; Hebrews 1:1-4; John 1:1-14.
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Liz Maxwell on Christmas Eve. The lessons for this day: Isaiah 9:2-7; Titus 2:11-14; Luke 2:1-20.
Worship on the Second Sunday after Christmas will be online-only at 11 a.m. (The 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Eucharists have been canceled.) Use the link ascensionnyc.org/webcasts to join us! (And ascensionnyc.org/todaysservice for the bulletin.) Early in the week, we will assess the situation and make a decision about upcoming services currently listed in the newsletter.
Our worship services for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, the First Sunday after Christmas and the Second Sunday after Christmas have all become online-only, due to the recent surge of COVID infections in New York City. But do please join us at ascensionnyc.org/webcasts as we welcome the Christ child into our hearts and celebrate the birth of Emmanuel, “God with Us.”