Screening: Tuesday, Oct 5, at 6:30 pm via Zoom.
Filmed over a two-year period, the new half-hour documentary “Restorative Justice: Changing Hearts and Minds” follows the local restorative justice movement as it takes root in Santa Rosa schools, the Sonoma County judicial and probation system, and in the lives of victims, offenders, teachers, students, volunteers and parents.
In this week’s newsletter: a poem to commemorate St. Francis of Assisi and the blessing of the animals, which we’ll be celebrating immediately following the 11 a.m. service. Also: Updates on upcoming changes for our online worshippers and the move from Zoom to Local Live for our streaming services.
Listen to the sermon preached by Mother Posey Krakowsky at our worship service on September 19, 2021. The lessons for this day: Jeremiah 11:18-20; Psalm 54; James 3:13-4:3, 7-8a; Mark 9:30-37.
In this week’s newsletter: Blessing of the Animals is next week, October 3! Also: Congratulations to parishioner Stanley Weinberg for a new article published in The Episcopal New Yorker. And information about how to help those affected by Hurricane Ida and the refugees affected by the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Listen to the sermon preached by Mother Liz Maxwell at our worship service on September 5, 2021. The lessons for this day: Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17; Mark 7:24-37.
In this week’s newsletter: Updates on our return to in-person 11 a.m. Eucharists (with continued access for online worshipers). Also: an introduction to Ascension’s new sexton, a preview of the next Racial Justice Discussion Group (September 23, via Zoom), and more news and updates about our parish life.
Listen to the sermon preached by Mother Liz Maxwell at our worship service on September 5, 2021. The lessons for this day: Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-10, [11-13], 14-17; Mark 7:24-37.
This Sunday, the 11 a.m. Eucharist will be celebrated in the church — for the first time in a year and a half! Learn more about it (including our health and safety precautions) and how you can still participate online if you are unable to join in person.
Listen to the sermon preached by Shana Kaplanov at our worship service on August 29, 2021. The lessons for this day: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9; Psalm 15; James 1:17-27; Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23.
From the rector: “This Sunday, September 5, marks the last of our 11 am services to be fully online. As we transition away from Zoom church as our primary liturgical expression, I give thanks for the amazing gift of presence that I discovered there: the intimacy, simplicity and directness we have shared. I have come to know some of you much better because our faithful community has sojourned through the many phases of the pandemic together.”