Church of the Ascension

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.

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...

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...

07/30/2025

Please join us for a free Loon Lake Live concert this Friday at 5pm. RSVP on our website so that you receive updates on the location - if the weather is nice we will host it lakeside by the Rectory, and if it is damp or rainy we will move into the sanctuary: https://www.saranacascension.org/event-info/summer-concert-series-reception-loon-lake-live-4

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...

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...

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.

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!

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...

07/04/2025

Please join us and RSVP to our church potluck this Saturday at the Rectory from 5-8pm: https://www.saranacascension.org/event-info/july-church-potluck

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!