SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28th
First Sunday after Christmas
10:00am: Holy Eucharist
COMING UP AT ASCENSION
Sunday, January 4, 2009
10:00am: Holy Eucharist with Three Kings Procession
Our Annual Epiphany Luncheon follows.
4:30pm: Evensong for 2nd Sunday of Christmas
Tuesday, January 6th
The Epiphany
6:30pm: Holy Eucharist
Sunday, January 11th
Feast of Our Lord's Baptism
10:00am: Solemn Holy Eucharist
PARISH LIFE
Thank you to all who made Christmas Eve and Christmas Day very special again this year: those who decorated, those who donated to our receptions and those who assisted at the liturgies.
Fr. Rob is taking his Christmas holiday the week of December 28th. In the event of an emergency, you may reach him on his cell phone.
Annual Parish Meeting. The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 20th at 7:00pm. The 2009 budget will be presented and elections will take place for Warden and 3 Vestrypersons.
SAVE THE DATE. Our Mardi Gras celebration will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 6:30pm-11pm. More information coming soon…
Soup and Sandwich Lunch. The Food Pantry now serves a soup lunch on Tuesdays. If you are able to make sandwiches or would like to make a donation to support this parish-based outreach ministry, please speak with Diana or Fr. Rob.
Ushers Needed. If you are interested in this important ministry of welcome, please see Jason or Fr. Rob.
"What are you doing New Year's Eve?" Join St. John's in Park Slope for a New Year's Eve Watch Night Mass at 10:00pm. Followed by a champagne toast in the undercroft.
Book of Remembrance. Friends and loved ones are remembered regularly in our prayers from our Book of Remembrance (which is kept by the Lady Altar). If you would like to add a name to the Book of Remembrance, please speak with Barbara.
Holy Land Pilgrimage. Join Fathers Picken and Powers (Rector, St. John's, Park Slope) as they lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on April 20-29, 2009. The trip costs $2898 plus tax. This payment includes: airfare, hotel, private bus with tour guide, admission to sites, and breakfast and dinner in the hotel. (It does not include tips, lunch and personal shopping.) For more information or to sign-up, please email Fr. Rob at rpicken@gmail.com. All are welcome to join the tour.
Sunday, January 4, 2009
10:00am: Holy Eucharist with Three Kings Procession
Our Annual Epiphany Luncheon follows.
4:30pm: Evensong for 2nd Sunday of Christmas
Tuesday, January 6th
The Epiphany
6:30pm: Holy Eucharist
Sunday, January 11th
Feast of Our Lord's Baptism
10:00am: Solemn Holy Eucharist
PARISH LIFE
Thank you to all who made Christmas Eve and Christmas Day very special again this year: those who decorated, those who donated to our receptions and those who assisted at the liturgies.
Fr. Rob is taking his Christmas holiday the week of December 28th. In the event of an emergency, you may reach him on his cell phone.
Annual Parish Meeting. The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 20th at 7:00pm. The 2009 budget will be presented and elections will take place for Warden and 3 Vestrypersons.
SAVE THE DATE. Our Mardi Gras celebration will take place on Saturday, February 21, 2009 from 6:30pm-11pm. More information coming soon…
Soup and Sandwich Lunch. The Food Pantry now serves a soup lunch on Tuesdays. If you are able to make sandwiches or would like to make a donation to support this parish-based outreach ministry, please speak with Diana or Fr. Rob.
Ushers Needed. If you are interested in this important ministry of welcome, please see Jason or Fr. Rob.
"What are you doing New Year's Eve?" Join St. John's in Park Slope for a New Year's Eve Watch Night Mass at 10:00pm. Followed by a champagne toast in the undercroft.
Book of Remembrance. Friends and loved ones are remembered regularly in our prayers from our Book of Remembrance (which is kept by the Lady Altar). If you would like to add a name to the Book of Remembrance, please speak with Barbara.
Holy Land Pilgrimage. Join Fathers Picken and Powers (Rector, St. John's, Park Slope) as they lead a pilgrimage to the Holy Land on April 20-29, 2009. The trip costs $2898 plus tax. This payment includes: airfare, hotel, private bus with tour guide, admission to sites, and breakfast and dinner in the hotel. (It does not include tips, lunch and personal shopping.) For more information or to sign-up, please email Fr. Rob at rpicken@gmail.com. All are welcome to join the tour.
Daily Prayer on the Parish website.
Looking for an online resource for saying daily prayers. Whether at
home or work or wherever you get internet access, we can be connected
in prayer as a parish outside the normal worship schedule.Check out http://www.
DO YOU KNOW?
Can you guess what in the Church of the Ascension turned 100 years old on Christmas Day???
PLEASE PRAY FOR…
… the Church, including Orris, our Bishop; James, our Assistant Bishop; Katharine, the Presiding Bishop; in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer: St Mark's, Islip; in the Anglican Cycle of Prayer: Diocese of Lebombo in South Africa.
…our Armed Forces, including David, Kevin, Nicholas, JoAnn, Jesse, Eddie, Megan, Mark, and Jared.
…those suffering in body, mind or spirit, including Ruth, John, Eddie, Jim, Sophie, Mae, Gloria, and Charlie.
…the candidates for Bishop Coadjutor: Ron, Peter, Titus, Larry, Petero, and Caroline.
…those who have died.
BISHOP COADJUTOR SEARCH
The Candidates have been announced: http://www.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Brooklyn Meet and Greet: Sunday, February 22nd at 4:30pm at St. Luke and St. Matthew. (All are welcome to attend.)
Electing Convention: Saturday, March 21st at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City
Ordination and Consecration: Saturday, September 19th at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, Garden City
Please pray:
Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those who shall choose a bishop coadjutor for the Diocese of Long Island, that we may receive a faithful pastor, who will care for your people and equip us for our ministries, through Christ our Lord. Amen. (BCP, p. 818)
