Category: Newsletter

This week: The rector shares a poem, “testify,” by Eve L. Ewing. Our 9 a.m., 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday Eucharists will be held in person at Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street; the 11 a.m. will also be available to attend online. Also in this newsletter: News about the Sunday afternoon service (at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and online) to honor and remember the Most Rev. Desmond Tutu; an update about the next meeting of our parish’s Racial Justice Group; and other parish, diocesan and community events.

The rector writes: “I am delighted to confirm that this Sunday we will return to in person worship at all three services: 9am, 11am and 6 pm. The 11 am service will continue to be offered in a hybrid format via livestream. We hope you will join us as you are able! I especially look forward to seeing, praying and singing with many of you in our beloved church building.”

Join us Sunday for worship online at 11 a.m., either by watching via your browser or by joining a group of other worshipers via Zoom. (Or join for in-person worship at the Sunday 6 p.m. Meditation & Sacrament service; masks and social distancing required.) Following the 11 a.m. service, at 12:30 p.m., Ascension will hold its annual meeting via Zoom. The agenda for the meeting can be found in the parish’s Annual Report for 2021.

This week: Online worship Sunday 11 a.m., in-person worship Sunday 6 p.m. at the Meditation & Sacrament service. And Wednesday 6 p.m., an in-person midweek Eucharist. The church will also be open from noon to 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for personal prayer and meditation. Please note: Masks are required for all in-person worshipers and visitors!

The rector asks: “As we mark Martin Luther King Jr.’s 93rd birthday this year, what part of his work calls to you, to us at Ascension?” Join us for Sunday worship, January 16, at 11 a.m. online: ascensionnyc.org/webcasts. (Here’s your bulletin; hymn texts are on the last two pages.)

Worship for the First Sunday after the Epiphany will be online-only, at 11 a.m. Use the link ascensionnyc.org/webcasts to join us! (And ascensionnyc.org/todaysservice for the bulletin.) Read this week’s newsletter for more information about the adjustments to our service schedule, plans for annual meeting, and other activities still going on in our parish and diocese.

Worship on the Second Sunday after Christmas will be online-only at 11 a.m. (The 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Eucharists have been canceled.) Use the link ascensionnyc.org/webcasts to join us! (And ascensionnyc.org/todaysservice for the bulletin.) Early in the week, we will assess the situation and make a decision about upcoming services currently listed in the newsletter.

The Fourth Sunday of Advent

The Third Sunday of Advent

The rector writes: “In the very middle of the Psalm 39’s fifteen verses is this affirmation: ‘My hope is in you.’ Where does such hope, such trusting hope despite doubt, even despite so much that is wrong in the world, come from?”

 
Reminder: Due to health safety protocols, pew reservations are required for both the 5 PM Family Eucharist and the 9:30 PM Preludial Music and Festal Eucharist on Christmas Eve this year. You can reserve a pew for you and the people you feel comfortable sitting with at ascensionnyc.org/ChristmasEve.

The Second Sunday of Advent

The rector writes: “What call to gritty, hopeful action is stirring in you this Advent? Where do you sense God in it?” Also in this newsletter: Information about in-person worship, how to worship online with us, news of a new “Women’s Spirituality” group, and the first announcement of our scheduled Christmas Eve services. (Note: due to health safety protocols, pew reservations are required for both the 5 PM Family Eucharist and the 9:30 PM Preludial Music and Festal Eucharist on Christmas Eve.)