PRAYERS REQUESTED FOR:
*THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR HOSPITALIZED: Monica Campbell; Dorothy Carlon (Diane Olive’s mother); Rick Holm (Arne Brown’s friend); Orlyn Johnson; Manley Kirby; Roger Klinghagen (Lorraine Kracke’s brother-in-law); Dick Lee; Ron Olson; Amy Pedersen; Bonnie (Mary Fiedler’s sister-in-law)
*THOSE WHO ARE HOMEBOUND: Ruth Lindsey; Bruce & Donna Neyhart; Harold Widvey
*THOSE ACTIVATED FOR MILITARY SERVICE: Cyrus Beckwith and Erik Beckwith (Lois Bellows’s grandsons)
*THOSE WHO ARE ILL OR HOSPITALIZED: Monica Campbell; Dorothy Carlon (Diane Olive’s mother); Rick Holm (Arne Brown’s friend); Orlyn Johnson; Manley Kirby; Roger Klinghagen (Lorraine Kracke’s brother-in-law); Dick Lee; Ron Olson; Amy Pedersen; Bonnie (Mary Fiedler’s sister-in-law)
*THOSE WHO ARE HOMEBOUND: Ruth Lindsey; Bruce & Donna Neyhart; Harold Widvey
*THOSE ACTIVATED FOR MILITARY SERVICE: Cyrus Beckwith and Erik Beckwith (Lois Bellows’s grandsons)
Weekly Announcements from the UPDATE
Worship times change: Beginning May 27, we will have one service on Sundays at 9:30am. Saturday worship remains at 5:30pm.
Fred Bartelt has accepted our call to be our associate pastor. Fred’s first day at Ascension will be Monday, July 16th. Please continue to pray for Ascension and Fred during this time of transition.
SUMMER WORSHIP - We will be having outdoor worship again this summer on June 17th, July 22nd and August 19th. You are invited to bring your lawn chairs or blankets to sit out on the north lawn for worship. Outdoor worship will primarily be from the purple Worship and Praise book which includes such songs as Awesome God, Step by Step, Lord I Lift Your Name on High. Communion will be celebrated. In case of bad weather, we will have worship in the sanctuary.
For the summer we will celebrate communion every week. On the first weekend of the month we will have risen bread and individual cup for the wine. The rest of the weekends we will have wafers for bread and practice intinction for the wine. As always we will have gluten free options for those who need it.
Noisy Offering: The noisy offerings in June will support Ascension’s Member & Community Assistance Fund.
Quilting Women & Girls: Middle school & high school girls are invited to join the Quilters on Thursdays at 9:00am during the summer. Bring a friend and learn a new skill - and get to know some wonderful women in the process! This is part of the Ascension WELCA’s “Healthy Women & Girls” initiative. The quilters look forward to meeting and quilting with younger friends!
VBS at Ascension will be July 29-August 2, 6-8 pm. VBS is FREE and is open to children age 4 (as of September 1) through those who will be in 6th grade this fall. Middle school & High school youth are encouraged to help! Registration forms and a volunteer signup are on the table in the Gathering Area!
Camp Sending & Blessing June 24: Calling all campers! All those attending Lutherans Outdoors Bible Camps, Christikon, and the National Youth Gathering this summer are invited to attend the June 24, 9:30am worship service and be included in a special send-off and blessing.
Diane & Les Olive invite you to please join them to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday, June 10th at Ascension Lutheran Church.
Party from 2 pm to 6 pm; Program at 2:15 pm. Please let your presence be a gift to them.
Ascension serves Meals on Wheels July 2-13. We have three routes to cover. Please sign up on the kiosk if you can help!
Fred Bartelt has accepted our call to be our associate pastor. Fred’s first day at Ascension will be Monday, July 16th. Please continue to pray for Ascension and Fred during this time of transition.
SUMMER WORSHIP - We will be having outdoor worship again this summer on June 17th, July 22nd and August 19th. You are invited to bring your lawn chairs or blankets to sit out on the north lawn for worship. Outdoor worship will primarily be from the purple Worship and Praise book which includes such songs as Awesome God, Step by Step, Lord I Lift Your Name on High. Communion will be celebrated. In case of bad weather, we will have worship in the sanctuary.
For the summer we will celebrate communion every week. On the first weekend of the month we will have risen bread and individual cup for the wine. The rest of the weekends we will have wafers for bread and practice intinction for the wine. As always we will have gluten free options for those who need it.
Noisy Offering: The noisy offerings in June will support Ascension’s Member & Community Assistance Fund.
Quilting Women & Girls: Middle school & high school girls are invited to join the Quilters on Thursdays at 9:00am during the summer. Bring a friend and learn a new skill - and get to know some wonderful women in the process! This is part of the Ascension WELCA’s “Healthy Women & Girls” initiative. The quilters look forward to meeting and quilting with younger friends!
VBS at Ascension will be July 29-August 2, 6-8 pm. VBS is FREE and is open to children age 4 (as of September 1) through those who will be in 6th grade this fall. Middle school & High school youth are encouraged to help! Registration forms and a volunteer signup are on the table in the Gathering Area!
Camp Sending & Blessing June 24: Calling all campers! All those attending Lutherans Outdoors Bible Camps, Christikon, and the National Youth Gathering this summer are invited to attend the June 24, 9:30am worship service and be included in a special send-off and blessing.
Diane & Les Olive invite you to please join them to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary Sunday, June 10th at Ascension Lutheran Church.
Party from 2 pm to 6 pm; Program at 2:15 pm. Please let your presence be a gift to them.
Ascension serves Meals on Wheels July 2-13. We have three routes to cover. Please sign up on the kiosk if you can help!