Join us this Sunday when we celebrate the Feast of Pentecost and hear the children’s choir at the 11 0’clock service. At Pentecost we draw on our various cultural backgrounds as we “hear in our own tongue, etc.,” aloud in sundry languages during the Scripture reading. Sunday Services include: 9am Holy Eucharist in All Saints Chapel; 11am Holy Eucharist in the church with sermon,
Mark your calendars! Bishop Andrew Dietsche will join us this year as we celebrate our feast day on Thursday, May 5th, at 7:00 p.m. Special music by the Ascension Choir is posted below on the sidebar at right. Please join us for the service and a very festive reception afterward in honor of Bishop Dietsche and our confirmand and receptee.
In 2011 we inaugurated The Manton Memorial Organ. Built by Pascal Quoirin of St. Didier, France, it is the first French-built organ ever installed in New York City, and is already widely considered one of the most significant organs of our time. Full-length recitals are given throughout the year by some of the greatest organist in the world. In addition to the concerts, we
Located in the church on the west end of the south wall is a memorial plaque for David Lapsley, whose family were members of the parish. David died in 1909 and left the the church “the sum of ten thousand dollars, to be known as the David Lapsley Fresh Air Fund… for the purpose of sending into the country children resident in New York
Our next Forum on Science & Theology: Technos, takes place Sunday, April 10, 2016 after the 11 o’clock service. This is the fifth of six forums led by Dr. Clay Williams, and focuses on the meaning of human tool-making, and especially the impact on the brain and society coming from rapid technological change. Clay is a computer scientist and theologian, with a PhD in
When I have had the privilege of spending time with someone who is dying, it has brought me to what the Celts call “a thin place.” It’s an intense time of heightened everything. It’s painful, but also puts me in touch with what is most important, and also with the sense that the veil between the worlds, however we imagine that, is porous. There
“All under the leaves and the leaves of life / I met with virgins seven / And one of them was Mary mild / Our Lord’s Mother of Heaven.” This is the first verse of a beautiful carol introduced to me by a devout musician friend in Holy Week. It seemed appropriate to include this with today’s readings not only because of its contrast with Isaiah’s stark prophesy and Psalm 22 but also…
As Jesus prepares for his death, his death which he knows is coming, his death which he knows is the fulfilling of scripture, his death which he knows will seal the covenant of God’s unending bond with us as his beloved, Jesus spends his last evening with those he loves. Over the course of the evening, Jesus establishes through his words and actions traditions
Odd John just can’t play well with the synoptic kids. He describes Jesus as the bread of life in Capernaum, several chapters before this Passover meal. Here, bread (consecrated?) is primarily used to implicate Judas … by intinction, no less. So for Judas, the first Eucharist becomes a Black Mass. He takes the bread from Jesus, an outward and visible sign…
The cross makes no practical sense. Part of my purpose is to survive, which requires some mastery of time, space and matter. And yet, successful methods in the physical world don’t always apply when it comes to God’s purpose – to matters spiritual. The cross symbolizes the outlandish reality that our all-powerful, all-loving God chose to submit to this world, which led to mistreatment beyond our ability to comprehend…