What images have challenged you to form new ideas of what it would mean to work for and live into a more just society? How did they shape you and call you to help make that world become real? This Sunday, Lent 2, we ask you to bring in an image — a photograph or copy of an artwork, or a still image from a film or live performance — that you remember having an impact on how you imagined the possibilities of what the world could be.
There are three services on March 6, 2019 with Ash Wednesday liturgy at 8:00 a.m., noon. and 7:00 p.m. with full choir. Ashes will be imposed at the front gate of the church on Fifth Avenue at 10th Street from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Join us for a Sunday forum series exploring the power of images (including language) to shape our self-understanding, our faith and worship, our commitment to justice, our vision of wholeness, our relationship with God and more. The series will be led by the Ascension clergy, with some possible guests as well. Lent 1 (Sunday, March 10)- “Sound, Light and Movement” (Fr. Ed) Lent 2
On February 10, 2019, distinguished author and teacher, the Rev. Barbara Crafton will be our guest preacher at the 11:00 a.m. service at Ascension and afterward lead a forum on her book, Jesus Wept: When Faith and Depression Meet. In preparation for the forum, those who wish to read the book ahead of time can attend reading sessions with Mother Liz on Thursdays, January
On the 12th Night of Christmas…There is a celebration at Ascension! Please join us for the last festivities and a wonderful winter holiday celebration, the Twelfth Night of Christmas at the Church of the Ascension on Saturday, January 5, 2019 from 5:00-7:30pm in the church. Twelfth Night is a traditional time for mirth and revelry, and we will have circus performers, wandering musicians, face
Family Holiday Concert on December 15, 2018 at 5 PM This year Voices of Ascension has added a Family Holiday Concert on December 15, 2018, Saturday afternoon, at 5 PM. Shorter in length than our regular Christmas concerts but every bit as glorious, this family-friendly program will feature Voices of Ascension, a guest Youth Chorus, organ and trumpet, and an audience sing-along, all amidst
This Saturday, December 1st – Join us from 6-8 pm in the Parish Hall with Byline Bible writers Lisa Daniels, Richard Dodd, Gail Eisenberg, India Garcia, Alex Miller, Susan Shapiro, Lavanya Sunkara, Darnell McGee Saba Ali, Sybil Sage & Gigi Blanchard. Suggested donation is $10 to benefit Gigi’s nonprofit The Kite, which teaches creative writing to inmates of Riker’s Island and homeless youth at
Ascension Outreach & Resistance Cinema Present BURKINABÈ BOUNTY: Agroecology in Burkina Faso on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 7:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Burkinabè Bounty, a documentary from Cultures of Resistance Films, chronicles agricultural resistance and the fight for food sovereignty in Burkina Faso—a small, landlocked country in West Africa. Showcasing activist farmers, students, artists, and leaders in the local Slow Food movement,
Flower Memorial for All Saints Sunday. 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. We will celebrate the Feast of All Saints on Sunday, November 4 this year. To include the names of loved ones in the All Saints Memorial List this year, please email
Plans are underway to fill eight rooms for our annual Fall Retreat at Holy Cross. We will being our time together the afternoon/evening of November 9, 2018, and return the following Sunday afternoon. Come away for quiet and refreshment! For more information, contact Father Ed.