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Friday, January 15, 2010
Upcoming Activities at Ascension
The Revised Common Lectionary (RCL): What is it, and why do we now use it?
Wednesday, January 13th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the ground floor of the Rectory
The RCL is the sequence of lessons that we use at Ascension in our Sunday worship, and in Advent, 2010 will be the only Lectionary permissible in worship in the Diocese of New York and throughout the Episcopal Church USA. The RCL is a work of The Consultation on Common Texts, an ecumenical consultation of liturgical scholars and denominational representatives from the United States and Canada who produce liturgical texts for use in common by North American Christian Churches. Find out more about how the RCL enriches our worship.
The Social Concerns and Action Committee meeting originally scheduled for the third Sunday of the month has been postponed until Sunday, January 24th at 12:45 p.m.
The Annual Meeting of the Parish will take place Sunday, January 31, following the 11 a.m. service. This is the time when we hear more about the status of the parish, where we have been in the past year and where we would like to go in 2010. We will also elect four new members to the vestry. Mark your calendars now, and plan to join us.
Ascension's Recovery Eucharist focuses specifically on the brokenness that comes from addiction, both for the afflicted and the affected and the significance of God's gift of love, grace and understanding in the midst of it. Join us for music, prayers and communion.
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Our preacher is Father Mark Collins from Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
Preparing yourself for a Holy Lent
"The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting" (The Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pp. 264-265). Lent is sometimes referred to as a pilgrimage or a journey. Very few people set out on any kind of journey without packing a bag. What are the things that we need to include in our Lenten luggage? Both the Eastern and Western Churches have long traditions of a pre-Lenten season that is designed to set the stage for keeping a productive and holy Lent. Wednesday, February 10th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the ground floor of the Rectory.
In honor of the recognition of Absalom Jones, the first African-American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in February 1804, the Social Concerns and Action Committee offers a Reparations Workshop on February 14th at 12:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall The New York Diocesan Reparations Committee was created by Diocesan Convention in response to three 2006 General Convention resolutions calling on dioceses to respond to the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its aftermath of segregation and discrimination. The Reparations Committee of the Diocese of New York will be conducting this workshop that will include the showing of a DVD and discussion. A light lunch will be served.
The parish's Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper — a tradition for many Anglican churches on the day before Ash Wednesday, also known as Mardi Gras — will be in the Parish Hall on February 16 at 7 p.m. Bring your appetite — we have to use up all that rich food in the pantry before our Lenten fasts begin the next day!
Wednesday, January 13th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the ground floor of the Rectory
The RCL is the sequence of lessons that we use at Ascension in our Sunday worship, and in Advent, 2010 will be the only Lectionary permissible in worship in the Diocese of New York and throughout the Episcopal Church USA. The RCL is a work of The Consultation on Common Texts, an ecumenical consultation of liturgical scholars and denominational representatives from the United States and Canada who produce liturgical texts for use in common by North American Christian Churches. Find out more about how the RCL enriches our worship.
The Social Concerns and Action Committee meeting originally scheduled for the third Sunday of the month has been postponed until Sunday, January 24th at 12:45 p.m.
The Annual Meeting of the Parish will take place Sunday, January 31, following the 11 a.m. service. This is the time when we hear more about the status of the parish, where we have been in the past year and where we would like to go in 2010. We will also elect four new members to the vestry. Mark your calendars now, and plan to join us.
Ascension's Recovery Eucharist focuses specifically on the brokenness that comes from addiction, both for the afflicted and the affected and the significance of God's gift of love, grace and understanding in the midst of it. Join us for music, prayers and communion.
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 4 p.m.
Our preacher is Father Mark Collins from Christ and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
Preparing yourself for a Holy Lent
"The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord's passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church to prepare for them by a season of penitence and fasting" (The Book of Common Prayer, 1979, pp. 264-265). Lent is sometimes referred to as a pilgrimage or a journey. Very few people set out on any kind of journey without packing a bag. What are the things that we need to include in our Lenten luggage? Both the Eastern and Western Churches have long traditions of a pre-Lenten season that is designed to set the stage for keeping a productive and holy Lent. Wednesday, February 10th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the ground floor of the Rectory.
In honor of the recognition of Absalom Jones, the first African-American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church in February 1804, the Social Concerns and Action Committee offers a Reparations Workshop on February 14th at 12:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall The New York Diocesan Reparations Committee was created by Diocesan Convention in response to three 2006 General Convention resolutions calling on dioceses to respond to the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its aftermath of segregation and discrimination. The Reparations Committee of the Diocese of New York will be conducting this workshop that will include the showing of a DVD and discussion. A light lunch will be served.
The parish's Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper — a tradition for many Anglican churches on the day before Ash Wednesday, also known as Mardi Gras — will be in the Parish Hall on February 16 at 7 p.m. Bring your appetite — we have to use up all that rich food in the pantry before our Lenten fasts begin the next day!
