Mark The Date – We’re getting ready for the fall at Ascension! On Sunday, September 25th, the Ascension Choir returns and we’ll enjoy a special coffee hour after the 11 am service. We’ll also have a chance to learn more about what’s planned for the fall and everyone is invited to participate in our first Intergenerational Christian Education event for kids and adults, focusing
Celebrated in the early fall, from September 1st to Saint Francis Day, October 4th, the Season of Creation is an opportunity to focus our prayer, reflection and action on our relationship with all of creation – waters, animals, the cosmos and more. This year, the hottest ever recorded, the Archbishop of Canterbury has joined with Pope Francis, leaders of the Orthodox Churches and members
Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting diocesan leaders along the Gulf Coast who are coordinating flood response efforts after several days of heavy rainfall across the region. To contribute to this import ministry and work with any major credit card go to http://www.episcopalrelief.org/us-disaster-fund, or use the attached ERD form regarding responding to the Gulf Coast floods. You can read more at .
We invite you to participate in the Stewardship Committee’s Time & Talent Survey if you have not already done so. The purpose of the survey is to poll members of Ascension’s congregation about their professional backgrounds and other gifts, experiences and interests. You can download the PDF version of the survey here and either mail, email or bring to church with you. Please take
Volunteers Needed for Ascension Outreach Food Pantry! We need a little more help during the summer months; the dates are 2nd & 4th Saturdays, July 23, August 13 & 27. We gather around 7:30-8:00 am and finish around 10am, depending on the number of volunteers to pack food bags. If you can assist on one or more Saturdays, contact Fr. Ed at fatherchinery@ascensionnyc.org or
The shock and horror of this assault has covered our nation in mourning. Yet this was actually the 15th mass shooting in America so far in June, and the 133rd in 2016. Almost as horrifying as the killings themselves is the regularity with which we awaken to such reports …
I am writing to you to invite your encouragement of our United States Senators to support the “No Fly, No Buy” legislation that will likely be before them this coming Monday.
Forum this Sunday: After Orlando – In the aftermath of the mass shooting and murder of 49 people at Pulse last Saturday in Orlando, Florida, many of us are filled with intense feelings of grief, anger and fear. We struggle too with intersecting issues: LGBTQ rights and vulnerability, gun violence, domestic terror and the fear of retaliatory scapegoating of the Muslim community. This Sunday,
On June 26th we celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender pride and are delighted to welcome The Right Reverend Andrew St. John as our guest preacher. After the service, around noon, we will set up our water table to give water (with our signature lemon!) to the marchers on Fifth Avenue and commemorate the 47th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. Please join us! For
This Sunday, May 22nd, we will celebrate Trinity Sunday. Also on this day we will launch the Legacy Society of the Church of the Ascension! Please join us for a festive brunch in place of the regular coffee hour. Liz Hill will conduct a tour of all of the angels depicted in the church after brunch. Be an angel and help celebrate the legacy