Prayer is our foundation.
Jesus is our guide.
Love is our true name.

We were originally founded as two Episcopal parishes: Ascension Church, West Park (1842) and Holy Trinity Church, Highland (1873). We fully merged into one parish in 2011. We now worship at Ascension Church and have our Mission Center at Holy Trinity Church.

The story goes that in the mid-nineteenth century, the west side of the Hudson was where the servants of the wealthy folks lived. Every Sunday they would cross the river to attend St. James’ Church, Hyde Park. One summer the boat capsized, killing three people. The wealthy folks took up a collection and built Ascension Church so that their servants wouldn’t have to risk their lives to reach church on Sunday mornings.

This story may be apocryphal, but we have been the servants’ church ever since. As servants of Jesus Christ, we seek to heal this broken world. As the world gets darker, more violent, and more chaotic and as we grow ever more divided as a society and world, we seek to embody the reconciling love of God in our community. Worship and Christian formation are the heart of what we do at AHT. Receiving the Body and Blood of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, we are nourished body and soul. We strengthen the bonds of love first with God and then with one another in fellowship.

These bonds form us to be God’s hands and heart in the world through our Mission Center that feeds more than 300 people every month.

We hope you’ll get to know us!