There are two services on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016. The family service is at 5 p.m. and children are invited to help arrange the nativity with the reading of the Christmas story. The music will include familiar hymns for all to sing and a solo by Bora Yoon, soprano. Festal Prelude Music is at 9:30 p.m. followed by Festal Eucharist with the full
Greenwich Village Candlelight Concerts Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20 & 21, 2016 at 8pm Voices of Ascension will perform traditional carols and festive works in an intimate, candlelit setting. Joyous, gorgeous, and exuberant, this is music that was written for everyone to enjoy. VoA is joined by guest artists Jared Bybee and Kevin Cobb. A few tickets may still be available online at http://www.voicesofascension.org/concerts-2017/
The theme on the Third Sunday of Advent, December 11, 2016, will be Ministering with Refugees in Baghdad. Last fall, Ascension joined several other parishes in the Diocese of New York in helping to build a community center in a refugee camp in Baghdad, Iraq. This ecumenical work is sponsored in part by the Anglican Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf in the Episcopal
This Sunday, November 27, 2016, is the first Sunday in Advent. We will have an Advent Quiet Day on Saturday, December 3rd from 10am to 3 pm. Father Ed and Valerie Coates (Ascension Chorister and bread baking expert) will co-lead the group in an exploration of our relationship with the Divine in this season of waiting, hope and expectation, while making bread as both
World AIDS day is observed worldwide on December 1st since 1998. On this day millions of people come together across the globe to commemorate people who have lost their lives to HIV, acknowledge progress made responding to the epidemic and recommit to ending the AIDS epidemic. The United Nations has a webpage with information and updates from around the world at http://www.unaids.org/. As part
Following the way of Jesus: Statement from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry November 14, 2016 Last week I shared what I pray was a reconciling post-election message to our church, reminding us that ‘we will all live together as fellow Americans, as citizens.’ Today I want to remind us that during moments of transition, during moments of tension, it is important to affirm our core
For centuries, Christians have commemorated those who, having professed faith in the living Christ in days past, now have entered into the nearer presence of our Lord. This year we will celebrate the Feast of All Saints on November 6th. Following the 11 am service we will have our next Intergenerational Educational Event, open to children and adults of all ages. We’ll sing, read
Dear Friends and Fellow Parishioners, Stewardship season is upon us and by now you should have received your pledge packets in the mail. In the coming weeks, you will be receiving a phone call from one of our canvass callers to talk about Ascension and how your pledge supports parish ministries. We hope you will take a few minutes to speak with them. In
We have two special events the end of this month: Newcomers’ Brunch and Haunted Church Halloween! Parishioners are invited to brunch on October 30th following the 11am service. Whether this is your first time visiting with us, or you’ve been coming for years, you are invited. This is a great opportunity to welcome, be welcomed and learn about the Church of the Ascension. Please
We will celebrate St. Francis Day this Sunday with the Blessing of the Animals after the 11 o’clock service in the front garden on Fifth Avenue at 10th Street (around 12:30 pm). This is a special celebration of all creatures great and small so please join us. You are also welcome to bring well-behaved pets to church that day. Less well-behaved pets are welcome