Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

The Church of the Ascension

in the City of New York

12 West 11th Street, New York, NY 10011

212-254-8620 | info@ascensionnyc.org | www.ascensionnyc.org

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Dear Ascension friends,

Lights, Camera, Action! Starting this week our live stream Sunday service goes live! It’s been a long and interesting adventure. First we had to figure out how to go from in-person to remote only, and now that we are venturing out again, we have to rediscover how to do what we did before while keeping the great stuff we’ve gained. Over the last 18 months Ascension has created a vibrant online community and we hope to maintain and incorporate that into our hybrid church.

It wasn’t easy to decide which way to go, but we settled on a company called Local Live. They got their start doing sports broadcasts for schools in the CT area, then branching out into the chapel and Sunday services for some of the parochial schools in the area. When the pandemic hit, their church customer base mushroomed, and several of our sister Episcopal churches in the diocese use them. The main advantage to using Local Live is that they provide a live (though remote) person for each service who produces the show and makes sure everything is broadcast appropriately.

Since everyone is already familiar with Zoom and we can use the chat feature to share our prayer requests with the in-person worshippers, we will continue to use Zoom as our broadcast platform. To watch our service online, log into the Sunday Zoom call like you normally would, then join your Zoom friends, sit back and watch. Check below for the Zoom information or go to our website and click the link on our main page.

Our online worship could not have happened with out the heroic efforts of so many people and I would like to single out just a few of these amazing people: John Thompson, Vin Knight, Jacob Scott, Zennie Trieu, Eve Beglarian, and Steve Hubbard.

I am excited to take this giant step in ministry with you all! If you have any reflections on the live stream experience, please let me know at apjones@ascensionnyc.org.

In Peace,

Brother Andrew, OSF

Parish Administrator

Services at Church of the Ascension

Join Us!

Click this link for this Sunday's bulletin & hymns.

A Note About Prayers - For our Zoom participants, in order for us to collect your prayer intentions, please put them in the Zoom chat after the service has started and before the end of the sermon.

Sunday Services

Holy Eucharist - in the Church - 9:00 a.m.

Holy Eucharist with Music - in the Church - 11:00 a.m.

Join us after the service in our new tent for

coffee and tea in the front garden

Livestream Service via Zoom at 11:00 a.m.

How to join the livestream service:

From your computer, laptop, pad, smart phone, or other device, click this link:

Ascensionnyc.org/Sunday or zoom.us/j/322793633

If you do not have a device with a camera, you can still join with your phone by dialing the following number: 929-205-6099, and enter the meeting ID: 322 793 633.

At anytime you can click the link on our website (ascensionnyc.org), or go directly to our Local Live portal (events.locallive.tv/worship/church-ascension) to view our services on line.

Sunday Evening Service Returns- New Time! As we start the church year on the first Sunday of Advent, November 28, we will once more begin our Meditation and Sacrament service; the new time is 6 pm. This is a contemplative service of interfaith readings, music and communion, with significant silence to pray, meditate or just sit in our sacred space. Maybe you want to try it as your Advent practice? All are welcome!

Weekday Services

Wednesday Night Service - Holy Eucharist

6:00 p.m. in the Church

Evening Prayer Every Weekday Evening via Zoom

Join us each weeknight at 5:30 for Evening Prayer & discussion. Click this link to join: ascensionnyc.org/eveningprayer. To call in (voice, no camera), dial 929-205-6099; the meeting ID is 770 597 201.

Prayer & Meditation - Every Weekday starting at Noon

The Church is open for prayer and meditation every weekday; Monday through Friday, Noon to 3:00 p.m. Open Church will begin with Noonday Prayer, led by Brother Andrew, OSF.

Announcements

Monday Evening Lectionary Bible Study -- Join us Monday evenings at 6:30 p.m. via Zoom. This is an opportunity to read and discuss the readings for the upcoming Sunday. If you are interested in joining, please contact Sibyl Piccone.

From the Vestry:

- Click here to review the draft agenda for the upcoming Vestry meeting.

- Highlights from Last Month's Vestry Meeting

The Vestry discussed working on ecumenical and humane solutions for the man who has taken residence in the garden should he return.
There is a search for a new assistant sexton and one should be hired soon (Luis Ortiz has since joined the staff; please welcome him!)
Local Live for streaming should be set up within weeks which will greatly enhance the sound quality for attendees online.

Next Racial Justice Group meeting this Thursday, November 18 at 6:30 pm. We continue to read and discuss Clint Smith's How the Word is Passed: a Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America. In a review of the book earlier this year in the NY Times, Julian Lucas writes, "Gregarious, learned and engagingly open-minded, the book meets America where it is on the subject- which is to say, all over the place. Beginning in his hometown, New Orleans, Smith visits nine places that memorialize or distort their link to the legacy of slavery, from Thomas Jefferson's Monticello to the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan. He skillfully braids interviews with scholarship and personal observation, asking, 'How different might our country look if all of us fully understood what had happened here?'" Please join us for what will surely be a lively conversation! For November 18, please read the fourth and fifth chapters (pages 118-206).

Ascension Advent Calendar- One of the pleasures of last year was our Advent calendar, featuring scripture readings for each day of the season and photographs taken by members of Ascension. If you would like to participate this year, or if you have questions, please contact Mother Liz by next Sunday, November 22. She will assign you a date and send you a Bible verse for your meditation (you need not illustrate it with your photo, just see what it sparks as you look at the world around you). As we watch and wait, we look forward to seeing this season with new eyes!

Support the Parish! Please check us out at ascensionnyc.org/give to find out how easy and secure it is. Click the envelope on the right to go the Ascension Website for more information and to give, whether a one-time donation, pledge payment, or make a new pledge.

Our parish can only continue its mission and ministry because of the generosity of parishioners, visitors, and friends of the parish and we are working hard to make our online giving as easy and seamless as possible.

(If you experience any issues with Abundant Giving, please email us at websexton@ascensionnyc.org)

A Note about Using Abundant Giving: When you donate and pledge through the Abundant Giving app or go through the website, you need to direct your donation to the correct category. There are multiple categories to choose from:

Offering Plate
Stewardship Pledge 2021
Rector's Fund
Memorial Gift

These categories change as we update categories during the year. (An example would be when we delete the Easter flowers category after Easter and add Christmas flowers for the weeks leading up to Christmas.)

To donate through your app or the website, click the link above. The next screen will prompt you: "How Much Do You Want To Give?" Next to that, is a drop-down list of categories. Offering plate is always listed first. Click on the little arrow and the list will appear. Click on which ever category you want your donation to be credited. It is important to identify which category you are donating to so that your year end statement will be correct.

This Week at Ascension

Sunday – November 14 – Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost

Holy Eucharist (Church) 9:00 a.m.

Nominating Committee (TBD) 10:15 a.m.

Holy Eucharist w/ Music (Church) 11:00 a.m.

(Live Stream: AscensionNYC.org)

Coffee & Tea (Front Garden) following the service

Monday – November 15

Church open for prayer & meditation; Noon to 3:00 p.m.