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Sunday Services
8:00 A.M.
Offering quiet meditation and music from the Hymnal 1982
 
10:00 A.M.
A rich blend of traditional and contemporary music; nursery care and Sunday school for children
 
Wednesday Service
12:15 P.M.
This short service held in the chapel includes scripture reading, a homily and the traditional Rite I Holy Eucharist.
 
 
 
 
About Us
 

The Church of the Ascension is located about 2-1/2 miles from downtown Denver. The Denver Country Club is five blocks south of the church, and Colfax Avenue is 10 blocks to the north. In between the sedate Country Club and jazzy Colfax, there are older homes that are increasing in value, and young people with children are moving in. Ascension itself is in the Seventh Avenue Historic District.

Ascension is a community that loves worship and is always seeking new ways to serve God in the world. Worship and music, children and youth ministries, and outreach efforts to care for those in need here and abroad are the core of our parish life.

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Our History
In 2004, The Church of the Ascension celebrated its 100th anniversary.

In April 1904, in a tent about six blocks from where the church is now, Mrs. Thomas Ward started a little mission called Arlington Mission because she felt the need for a neighborhood Sunday School. Denver was rich and rowdy. Arlington Mission outgrew its space by 1909 and the property at Sixth and Gilpin, the current site of the church, was purchased.

In 105 years, Ascension has had only had nine rectors. We are a church of continuity.

We are also a church of commitment:
Almost 50 years ago, we started a mission in Castle Rock that is now the thriving Christ's Church.
   
One of our rectors, Fr. Edwin Thayer, was called to be Bishop of Colorado in 1960.
   
Twenty-four years ago, we trained the first girl acolytes in the Diocese of Colorado.
   
We mentored two women who became ordained Deacons in the Diocese.
   
In 1999, we perceived the need for quality childcare and started Bright Star Early Learning Center. Bright Star has served Social Services children, children from the neighborhood, and some refugee children..
   
In recent years, several parishioners have made mission trips to St. Paul's Episcopal Church and School in Petit Trou de Nippes, Haiti. Our youth group has served the church in Rosebud, South Dakota. In years past, two parishioners went to Africa to work with the Kenyan Children Foundation, a Denver-based organization committed to helping the most needy children in Kenya and others have gone to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
   
Current Programs Over the past five years, attendance has increased to an average of 150 each Sunday. Our Sunday School enrollment has grown to 65 this year. Our music programs continue to develop and improve. Ascension is a parish with deep roots and an exciting future.
   
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