Join us Sunday at 9 a.m. for Eucharist in the air-conditioned Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th St., or online at 11 a.m. for worship via Zoom: https://ascensionnyc.org/sunday.
(In-person Eucharists also take place at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays, in the church, Fifth Avenue at Tenth Street.)
In this week’s newsletter, the rector announces the return of in-person Sunday 11 a.m. Eucharists the Sunday after Labor Day. (Nine a.m. Sunday Eucharists are already taking place in the church.)
This Sunday, the Twelfth after Pentecost, join us at 9 a.m. in the air-conditioned Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th St., and online at 11 a.m. via Zoom: https://ascensionnyc.org/sunday
In this week’s newsletter: An update on our friends at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and School in Martel, Haiti. In the midst of a presidential assassination, political turmoil and rising gang violence, the church and school has become an even brighter beacon of hope for the people of Martel, but needs our prayers and support.
Join us Sunday, at 9 a.m. in the air-conditioned Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th St., and online at 11 a.m. via Zoom: https://ascensionnyc.org/sunday
The rector shares an excerpt from poet Adrienne Rich’s “Natural Resources”:
…and asks the question: “Who are those people in your life?”
Join us Sunday, at 9 a.m. in the air-conditioned Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th St., and online at 11 a.m. via Zoom: https://ascensionnyc.org/sunday
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines,
we would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.
Fishermen in the cold sea
would not harm whales
and the man gathering salt
would look at his hurt hands.
—from “Keeping Quiet,” by Pablo Neruda
Please join us for worship Sunday, July 24, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.
“As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things.”
Please join us for worship Sunday, July 18, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.
Please join us for worship Sunday, July 11, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.
In this week’s newsletter, the rector shares a prayer poem by Barbara Deming for our spiritual practice “as we ponder heatwaves and hurricanes, habitat destruction and hatred, as we seek to love and care for each other and the more than human world.”
(The image shown above is “Salome with the Head of the Baptist,” 1761, by Mariano Salvador Maella. It, like many other works of art and literature, was inspired by this week’s Gospel lesson.)
Please join us for worship Sunday, July 4, at 11 a.m. via Zoom.
The rector writes: “As Christians, we pray for our country, but we must not make an idol of it. We may love our nation as we love our families, but we must not ignore its failings. We seek to learn and tell the truth about our history and our present. We are called to contribute to our common life, care for the poor, do justice and love mercy, welcome the stranger and love our enemies.”
We are delighted to welcome The Rt. Rev. Mary Glasspool!
Join us Sunday, June 27, at 11:00 a.m. on Zoom for our Pride Sunday worship as we welcome the Rt. Rev. Mary Glasspool, Assisting Bishop of the Diocese of New York, as our guest preacher at Ascension. Bishop Glasspool will also lead a discussion about Pride and her experience as the first openly lesbian Bishop in the Episcopal Church. Don’t miss it!
On Sunday, June 20, the first Sunday in-person worship in more than 15 months will take place at the church at 9 a.m., albeit with some safety precautions, such as continuing to wear masks and maintaining social distance. (While we celebrate the recent news that 70% of adults in New York State have been vaccinated, we recognize that the actual rate varies widely between unique geographic, demographic, economic, and racial groups, and that some people with compromised immune systems are less likely to form an effective immune response even when vaccinated.) You can reserve a pew for a 9 a.m. Sunday service here.
Online at 11 a.m. on Sunday, we’ll continue to gather via Zoom to hear the Word of God, sing hymns, and pray. Please join us!