Please join us in welcoming The Rev. Edwin Chinery to our Ascension family as Assisting Priest. Father Ed will be preaching this Sunday, July 14, and looks forward to meeting everyone at coffee hour after the service. Please save the date, Sunday, September 22nd as we receive his formal “Vows of Ministry” to our parish. Ordained to the priesthood in June 2010, Fr. Ed
For the 3rd Sunday in Pentecost, the Day1 radio program and podcast invited the Rev. Shelley McDade, Ascension’s interim pastor, to its Atlanta, Georgia, studios. Visit the Day1 web site to hear Mother Shelley interviewed by Day1’s host and executive producer, Peter Wallace, and her sermon: “Love in Transformation,” a reflection on Paul’s Letter to the Galatians 1:11-24. (In addition to an audio file of the broadcast, the transcript of her sermon is also available on the Day1 web site.)
Join the festivities at the Ascension Water Table to celebrate LGBT pride and mark the occasion of the 44th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots as we hand out water to marchers. If you wish to RSVP contact Steve Hubbard or join us to help set up after the 11 am service.
This Sunday, June 30th, we welcome The Rev. Mark Hummell from New York University’s new campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates where Fr. Mark provides counseling and crisis management to college students and also consults with faculty and staff. Fr. Mark was instrumental in the development of the spiritual life at NYU Abu Dhabi helping the students create Christian, Muslim, Hindu and Jewish
This Sunday, June 23rd, we welcome The Reverend Patrick Malloy from General Theological Seminary as Celebrant. Reverend Malloy is the Associate Dean and professor of Liturgics of GTS. He has taught at St. John’s University, Collegeville; the University of Santa Clara, California; and Duquesne University, where he was the director of the ecumenical graduate program in pastoral ministry.During his doctoral work, he was on
This Sunday we welcome The Rev. Masud Ibn Syedullah, TSSF, as our guest celebrant and preacher at both the 9 and 11 a.m. services. Fr. Syedullah is the Director of Roots & Branches:Programs for Spiritual Growth, a ministry of Christian faith formation resources for the Church. As an Episcopal priest, musician and educator, Masud Ibn Syedullah TSSF, integrates resources of Christian spirituality, the arts,
Dear Family and Friends of Ascension, As I write this Easter letter to you our faith is actually transitioning into the fourth week of Lent. A little past the mid-way point of our journeys of reflection, self-discovery and hope toward a renewed and closer relationship with God. Generally, it is a time for solemn thought. But I find myself elated. Joyful. Filled with anticipation
This month, the Tailer Memorial, the last large stained glass window in the church awaiting restoration, began its journey to the studio of Jack Cushen in East Marion, Long Island. It will return following restoration later this spring. The window, on the subject “The Child Jesus Found by His Mother in the Temple,” was executed by David Maitland Armstrong in 1895. Armstrong produced glass
Thursday nights (through October 25th) will bring a special five-week series in honor of the 350 year anniversary of the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, “Our Anglican Heritage: The English and American BCP.” Each week we will explore the continuing history of the BCP tradition and how they have affected our sacramental life today. Our guest lecturer will be The Rev. Dr. Sean M.
Deirdre Good and Katherine Shaner, Professors of New Testament at The General Theological Seminary, will lead the webinar “A Conversation about the Gospel of Jesus’ Wife” on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 from 7:30 – 9:00 PM. The webinar will be an informal presentation about a newly-unveiled papyrus fragment that includes an electrifying sentence suggesting that Christians in the late second century believed Jesus had