Podcast
Sermon: 1st Sunday after Epiphany
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.
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Newsletter
Newsletter for January 16
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.)
Newsletter
Newsletter for January 9
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.
Our plans for January services and events
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.
Podcast
Sermon: 2nd Sunday after Christmas
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.
Podcast
Sermon: Christmas Day
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.
Podcast
Sermon: Christmas Eve
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.
Newsletter
Newsletter for January 2
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.
Events
Christmastide at Ascension
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.”
Podcast
Sermon: The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Listen to the sermon preached by the Rev. Edwin Chinery on the Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 19, 2021. The lessons for this day: Micah 5:2-5a; Canticle: The Song of Mary (Luke 1:46-55); Hebrews 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45.