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This Sunday at 11 a.m., via Zoom: a homily from one of our favorite guest preachers, our own Shana Kaplanov! Followed by the beautiful anthem “O Sing Joyfully” by Adrian Batten, sung by the Ascension Choir. The choir will also lead us in singing “O Worship the King, All Glorious Above” and that great Protestant hymn (with Scottish words to a Welsh tune) “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise.”

 
And remember: after a long pandemic hiatus of 18 months, in-person Sunday Eucharists at 11 a.m. in the church resume in two weeks, on September 12! (You’re also welcome to join us for In-person Eucharists already taking place at 9 a.m. Sundays in the Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th St., and on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the church, Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street.)

In this week’s newsletter, the rector announces the return of in-person Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharists the Sunday after Labor Day. (Nine a.m. Sunday Eucharists are already taking place in the church.)
 
This Sunday, the Twelfth after Pentecost, join us at 9 a.m. in the air-conditioned Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th St., and online at 11 a.m. via Zoom: https://ascensionnyc.org/sunday

In this week’s newsletter: An update on our friends at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and School in Martel, Haiti. In the midst of a presidential assassination, political turmoil and rising gang violence, the church and school has become an even brighter beacon of hope for the people of Martel, but needs our prayers and support.
 
Join us Sunday, at 9 a.m. in the air-conditioned Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th St., and online at 11 a.m. via Zoom: https://ascensionnyc.org/sunday

It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
 

Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
—from “Keeping Quiet,” by Pablo Neruda

Please join us for worship Sunday, July 24, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.

“As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.”
 
Please join us for worship Sunday, July 18, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.

Please join us for worship Sunday, July 11, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.
 
In this week’s newsletter, the rector shares a prayer poem by Barbara Deming for our spiritual practice “as we ponder heatwaves and hurricanes, habitat destruction and hatred, as we seek to love and care for each other and the more than human world.”
 
(The image shown above is “Salome with the Head of the Baptist,” 1761, by Mariano Salvador Maella. It, like many other works of art and literature, was inspired by this week’s Gospel lesson.)

Please join us for worship Sunday, July 4, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.
 
The rector writes: “As Christians, we pray for our country, but we must not make an idol of it. We may love our nation as we love our families, but we must not ignore its failings. We seek to learn and tell the truth about our history and our present. We are called to contribute to our common life, care for the poor, do justice and love mercy, welcome the stranger and love our enemies.”