Church of the Ascension

Church of the Ascension The Church of the Ascension is a summer Church open from July 4th to Labor Day. Come and see.

For 140 years, local residents and summer visitors have gathered in the "little log church on the hill" to witness the presence of God's grace in our lives.

Our Ascension window, originally installed in 1884, has been beautifully cleaned and restored. Come and see it this comi...
08/12/2025

Our Ascension window, originally installed in 1884, has been beautifully cleaned and restored. Come and see it this coming Sunday at 10am for Sunday worship at the Church of the Ascension at 81 County Route 46, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. Many heartfelt thanks to Nigel Johnson, our stained glass artisan, who has given us such a gift.

Come join us on the north shore of Upper Saranac Lake at the Church of the Ascension, Sundays at 10am during the summer:...
08/11/2025

Come join us on the north shore of Upper Saranac Lake at the Church of the Ascension, Sundays at 10am during the summer:

Genesis 15:1-6Luke 12:32-40In my first years of ministry in Williamsburg, Virginia, I remember being invited to the home of a parishioner who was dying. He was tight and unyielding with both his family and the hospice nurses who were trying to care for him. Over the course of a week – when I would...

Come and see: Sundays @ 10am during the summer at the Church of the Ascension on the north shore of Upper Saranac Lake. ...
08/04/2025

Come and see: Sundays @ 10am during the summer at the Church of the Ascension on the north shore of Upper Saranac Lake. Worship and fellowship to follow with coffee and donuts.

Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23Luke 12:13-21I’m going to start with two brief snapshots that reveal something deeply true about being human because it is the same truth that our scriptures point us towards this morning. The first moment happened earlier this summer when I was flying with my two-y...

Come and see us at 10am on Sunday mornings during the summer season at the Church of the Ascension. Worshipping together...
07/20/2025

Come and see us at 10am on Sunday mornings during the summer season at the Church of the Ascension. Worshipping together since 1884, we are a joyful and diverse group of summer pilgrims who turn towards God in these sacred woods:

Genesis 18:1-10aLuke 10:38-42The bible challenges us as readers. It takes time to put the pieces together, and doing so requires us to reassess where we stand in relation to it. To read the bible – and I don’t mean looking at or using it but reading it – is to open ourselves to all its possibi...

Come join us at 10am for worship during the summer season at the Church of the Ascension on the north shore of Upper Sar...
07/14/2025

Come join us at 10am for worship during the summer season at the Church of the Ascension on the north shore of Upper Saranac Lake:

Colossians 1:1-18Luke 10:25-37One of my favorite short stories is Norman McClean’s A River Runs Through It, which chronicles the relationship between two brothers, one of whom struggles with both alcoholism and gambling. And he is ultimately killed in a drunken fight related to his debts. At the e...

We celebrated three baptisms this week at the Church of the Ascension. Our summer community is blessed to welcome these ...
07/10/2025

We celebrated three baptisms this week at the Church of the Ascension. Our summer community is blessed to welcome these kiddos into the body of Christ.

July 4th weekend has been full of life at the Church of the Ascension with a potluck on Saturday and a full church this ...
07/06/2025

July 4th weekend has been full of life at the Church of the Ascension with a potluck on Saturday and a full church this morning for Holy Communion!

Come and join us on Sundays at 10am for worship during the summer season at the Church of the Ascension:
07/06/2025

Come and join us on Sundays at 10am for worship during the summer season at the Church of the Ascension:

Galatians 6:7-16Luke 10:1-11At the heart of our lessons this morning is the message of God’s peace. “Peace to this house,” was the message that Jesus instructed his seventy apostles to provide in our lesson from Luke, and, in the first lesson, Paul concludes his letter to the Galatians by writ...

Worship at 10am on Sunday mornings during the summer season. We hope to see you this summer!
06/29/2025

Worship at 10am on Sunday mornings during the summer season. We hope to see you this summer!

Galatians 5:1, 13-16Luke 9:51-62“For freedom Christ has set us free.” These are beautiful words from Paul’s letter to the Galatians. I want to spend some time with this concept of freedom this morning: both as Paul was using the term and as it applies to our context, because it will help us to...

06/28/2025

We welcomed two baby loons, hatched in Back Bay this morning. The loons are some of our most faithful summer pilgrims, returning to these north woods every year to bring new life into our world. Laus Deo!

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80 County Route 46
Saranac Lake, NY
12983

Opening Hours

9am - 11am

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