Holy Week Services
PALM SUNDAY: MARCH 24, 9 A.M.
MAUNDY THURSDAY: MARCH 28, 7 P.M.
GOOD FRIDAY: MARCH 29, 12 P.M.
EASTER SUNDAY: MARCH 31, 9 A.M.
Events at Ascension
PALM SUNDAY: MARCH 24, 9 A.M.
MAUNDY THURSDAY: MARCH 28, 7 P.M.
GOOD FRIDAY: MARCH 29, 12 P.M.
EASTER SUNDAY: MARCH 31, 9 A.M.
Radix, directed by Dr. Amy Stuart Hunn, presents “From Cloister to Back Porch,” a concert highlighting music by women.
Ensemble Boulanger presents a concert of music from Jane Austen’s life and times.
Join us on Christmas Day for a service of Scripture, prayer, and carols, with music by Dietrich Buxtehude and J.M. Bach.
All are welcome to Ascension’s Christmas Eve Service, a family-friendly Festival of Lessons and Carols followed by the Eucharist and the singing of “Silent Night” by candlelight.
Join us for a service of Lessons and Carols for Advent led by the Ascension Choir. Music by Palestrina, Willcocks, Jeanne Demessieux, and more. Coffee and light snacks offered after the service. All are welcome.
Artwork: “The Annunciation” by Henry Ossawa Tanner
Join us for an old-fashioned Christmas around the piano in our Parlor, led by our Minister of Music and local classical singers.
Please join us for our annual Harvest Dinner in Reinhart Hall. Look for sign up sheets in the parlor.
Sunday, October 8, we will celebrate the Feast of St. Francis with a Blessing of the Animals offered after our 9 A.M. service, around 10:30 A.M.
Bring your faithful or faithless animal companion, or perhaps a picture of them if you'd rather- for their sake or ours!
Blessing is outdoors, rain or shine.
The Rt. Rev. Diana Akiyama, Bishop of Oregon, will preside at our 9 A.M. service and meet with the Vestry afterwards.
Light Opera of Portland returns to the Salon Series by popular demand!
Please join us for our Summer Barbecue on the patio. All are welcome. Bring a dish or drink to share.
Choral Evensong for the Sunday after the Ascension.
Ascension Choir leads a service with Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C Major, with anthems and hymns by Thomas Tallis and Vaughan Williams.
A reception will follow the service.
A multimedia salon experience celebrating the music of Spanish-French composer Pauline Viardot, and her circle of musical, literary, and artistic friends.
Rite I Mass for Easter Sunday, led by the Ascension Choir. The service will include music by William H. Harris and Erik Routley. A reception will follow the service.
Rite I Mass for Maundy Thursday, led by the Ascension Choir. The service will include music by Herbert Howells and J.S. Bach.
In honor of Women’s History Month, a concert featuring Biblical Cantatas for voice and continuo by the French baroque composer Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.
Join us for an Episcopal Mardi Gras tradition - a Pancake Dinner served up by the gentlemen of Ascension Parish in Reinhart Hall!
This Sunday, we will offer one combined Said Mass with Hymns at 9 A.M. After the Peace, we will take a break in our service to hold our Annual Meeting.
This recital explores musical connections among family, lovers, and friends. You'll hear music and stories displaying the mutual inspiration between siblings Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn, and between Clara and Robert Schumann and their friend Johannes Brahms.
All are welcome to our Choir-led Festival of Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve. Traditional carols and beloved Anglican choral music will be interspersed with Scripture readings telling the story of the Nativity, followed by Holy Eucharist and a candlelit singing of “Silent Night.”
The service will include music by J.S. Bach, Reginald Jacques, Thomas Ravenscroft, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and David Willcocks.
Artwork: “The Annunciation to the Shepherds” by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Join us for a service of readings and carols for Advent. The Ascension Choir will sing music by Stephen Cleobury, Peter Warlock, and Elizabeth Poston.
Artwork: “The Annunciation” by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Join us for an old-fashioned Christmas around the piano in our Parlor: a singalong of beloved carols, along with seasonal art songs and piano solos.
Please join us for our annual harvest dinner in Reinhart Hall. Sign up in the parlor to bring a main dish, salad/side, dessert or drinks. Or email Kris at communications@ascensionepiscopalparish.org
Join us for a concert performance by the artists of Light Opera of Portland, our city’s Gilbert and Sullivan repertory company!
8:00 A.M.: IN-PERSON Said Worship with Rev. Jeremy Lucas
10:00 A.M.: Hybrid IN-PERSON and Livestream Sung Worship with Rev. Jeremy Lucas
11:00-11:30 A.M.: Communion and blessing offered at Ascension
12:00 P.M. Noon: IN-PERSON Worship only with Rev. Jeremy Lucas
No walk-through communion after the service
7:00 P.M.: IN-PERSON Worship only with Rev. Jeremy Lucas
No walk-through communion after the service
9:00 A.M.: Hybrid IN-PERSON and Livestream Worship with Rev. Jeremy Lucas
10:00-10:30 A.M.: Communion and blessing offered at Ascension
10:05-11:00 A.M. Easter Choir Rehearsal in Reinhart Hall
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A concert of French carols for Advent and Christmas. The program includes Michel Corrette’s charming Baroque mass for sopranos and organ on traditional French carol melodies. This free concert will be livestreamed from Ascension Episcopal Parish on our website, as well as on Facebook.
Due to COVID social distancing guidelines, a limited number of seats are available for a live audience at this concert. To attend in-person, please RSVP to music@ascensionepiscopalparish.org!
Charlotte Engler, soprano
Emma Mildred Riggle, soprano
Hannah Brewer, organ
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Il est né, le divin enfant
Noël des enfants
TRADITIONAL FRENCH CAROLS newly arranged for sopranos and organ by Emma Riggle
NOËLS d’ORGUE by Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier and others
MICHELE CORRETTE (1707-1795)
Messe pour le tems de Noël
Tips are gratefully accepted, and will be shared between the performers.
Venmo: @EmmaMRiggle
PayPal: https://paypal.me/EmmaRiggle
Sunday, October 3, we will celebrate the Feast of St. Francis with a Blessing of the Animals offered after the walk-through communion time around 10:30 A.M.
Bring your faithful or faithless animal companion, or perhaps a picture of them if you'd rather- for their sake or ours!
Blessing is outdoors, rain or shine.
We are welcoming the return of live music with "Still Waters," a hybrid livestream and in-person salon recital in our parlor at Ascension Parish. Our Minister of Music will play gentle and uplifting music by 19th and 20th century women on our antique Chickering grand piano. The program includes music by Lili Boulanger, Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Teresa Carreño, Mélanie Bonis, Amy Beach, Marion Bauer and Florence Price.
This recital is offered as part of the ministry of the music program of Ascension Episcopal Parish. It is free to view, livestreamed on Facebook.
There are also a limited number of seats available in our parlor for a live audience to attend the recital. If you would like to attend in person, please RSVP to music@ascensionepiscopalparish.org to ascertain availability. In-person attendance is also free of charge.
Tips are not required, but are gratefully accepted at paypal.me/EmmaRiggle or Venmo: @EmmaMRiggle
Read more: https://www.ascensionepiscopalparish.org/the-cecilia-page/still-waters