Our guest preacher on May 16 — the last Sunday of Easter before Pentecost — will be the Rev. Sam Owen, who will also lead our discussion forum following the service. Father Sam is the Priest-in-Charge of the Haitian Congregation of the Good Samaritan in the Bronx, and we are delighted to welcome him back to Ascension this coming Sunday. He will preach and update us on the situation in Haiti, as well as the New York Haiti Project in which we participate, and the church and school in Martel. We’ll be worshiping online via Zoom at 11 a.m. Don’t miss it!

The feast of the Ascension, our “name day,” is traditionally celebrated 40 days after Easter Sunday. (Which means we always know it will be a Thursday!) This year, as last, we’ll be celebrating online, via Zoom. Please join us at 6pm on May 13 for the readings, hymns, anthem and sermon marking this special day for our parish and the Christian faith.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.” — John 15:12

Join us Sunday at 11 a.m. via Zoom to hear the Gospel read (according to John), proclaimed (by the Rev. Meredith Ward), and sung (by the Ascension Choir, through the music of John Ireland).

During the Sunday Forum that follows the service, we’ll be discussing the introduction and first two chapters of the new book The Church Cracked Open: Disruption, Decline and New Hope for Beloved Community, by the Rev. Canon Stephanie Spellers.

Worship online with us Sunday at 11 a.m. via Zoom, followed by fellowship and catching up during our virtual coffee hour. Plus, you can now reserve a pew for in-person Eucharists on Wednesdays; just go to ascensionnyc.org/reservations to sign up to receive an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.