In this week’s newsletter: the rector reflects on the legacy and final words of John Lewis; you get the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost; ways to stay connected through worship and the book discussion group; and links to other communications and resources.
O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy; that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we lose not the things eternal; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
In this week’s newsletter: the rector shares a new favorite collect from the New Zealand Prayer Book; you get the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost; exciting news about new ways you can help support Ascension and its ongoing ministry; links to other communications about our parish and diocese, and more.
Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and our ignorance in asking: Have compassion on our weakness, and mercifully give us those things which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we cannot ask; through the worthiness of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
In this week’s newsletter: some reflections on Jacob’s Ladder, part of this Sunday’s scripture lessons; the rector discusses the work of the Task Force on Re-opening Ascension, meeting this summer; you get the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost; links to other communications about our parish and diocese, and more.
O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that they may know and understand what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to accomplish them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
For the rest of the summer, we at Ascension will join others in the Diocese of New York in reading and discussing How To Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi. (The book is widely available in print, as an ebook and as an audiobook.) Our next and final meeting will be at 6:30 on Thursday, August 27, and we ask that you come
In this week’s newsletter: the rector shares some thoughts from Franciscan teacher Richard Rohr; you get the service bulletin for the 11 am service (via Zoom) for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost; an invitation to discuss Ibram X. Kendi’s “How To Be an Antiracist”; announcements about upcoming meetings and events; links to other communications, and more.
O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our neighbor: Grant us the grace of your Holy Spirit, that we may be devoted to you with our whole heart, and united to one another with pure affection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
We will have the second in the series of Ascension artists forums next Sunday. Three of our talented parishioners have offered to share some of their artwork with us in small groups during coffee hour. The artworks they present may have been done during this time of quarantine — or may not. After a general coffee hour time, we will be sorted into three