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Friday, January 15, 2010
Doors, stairs, windows, bridges, and towers
Architecture of the Imagination
Thursdays (see dates below), 7 p.m.
Architecture of the Imagination is a five-part film series that treats five elements of constructed space: the door, the staircase, the window, the bridge, and the tower. It explores the imaginative and archetypal dimensions of each element as they appear in film, psychology, religion and dreams. The films will be preceded by a look at how each element figures in the scriptural imagination.The series was created by award winning filmmaker and artist Mark Kidel and originally aired on the BBC. (Read a review from 1993.) It was most recently featured in the Lunch Matters film series at the Rubin Museum as part of their exhibit and exploration of Carl Jung's Red Book. Permission to use the films in this format has been generously granted by the artist. Facilitated by the Rev. John Merz in the Parish Hall at 7 p.m. All are welcome. Each film runs 35 minutes, with discussion to follow for those interested.
The Door Thursday, February 11
The Staircase Thursday, February 18
The Window Thursday, February 28
The Bridge Thursday, March 4
The Tower Thursday, March 25
Labels: activities, film
A film for Epiphany
River and Tides: Working with Time
Tuesday, January 26, 7 p.m., in the Parish Hall, 12 W. 11th Street
Between the celebration of Christmas, when many go all out with parties, revelry and the giving of gifts, and Lent, when we take our hair-shirts to the dry-cleaner, place tacks in our shoes and earnestly repent our sins, sits the odd season of Epiphany. This is the season of "revealing" or "manifestation" when Jesus’ identity — his life’s work and purpose — becomes clearer to the disciples (and to us). Epiphanic moments usually happen all at once. These are "Aha!" moments where the quotidian is revealed to have extraordinary depth and beauty. To assist us in our epiphanic musings, we will watch a film documenting the creative process of the renowned contemporary artist Andy Goldsworthy. Mr. Goldsworthy utilizes natural elements: ice, clay, cast off branches, to craft works that draw the mind to the extraordinary processes of nature and the ephemeral beauty of our world.
Popcorn and drinks provided. Discussion will follow if people want to talk about it.
Labels: activities, film
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!
