Ascension
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Worship with us this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
The Third Sunday in Lent
March 7, 2010
The
warnings are plentiful and blunt on the third Sunday in Lent. Lent is a
season of repentance. Cut it out or get cut down! The warnings are
accompanied by God's invitation to attentiveness: "Incline your
ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live." The landowner's
ultimatum is forestalled by the gardener's readiness to till the ground
one more year. That is good news for all of us. Thanks be to God!
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Midweek Lenten Worship Wednesdays during the season of Lent
Join
us for midweek worship with the Morning Prayer service on Wednesdays at
11:00 a.m. throughout the season of Lent, followed by a soup lunch in
Fellowship Hall.
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Ascension to host “One Voice” on March 7th
to benefit Open Door Haiti
On Sunday, March 7th, we welcome the One Voice choir from Joy Christian
High School in Glendale, AZ, who will be augmenting our worship to benefit
Open Door Haiti, an organization which is assisting that devastated
country. In lieu of their planned tour to California, they have
opted to tour locally and give all their donations to this relief effort
instead
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Haiti Relief Fund Donations
The
ELCA Disaster Response is already working through long-standing
partnerships on the ground to provide emergency food, water, shelter,
and medical supplies to our brothers and sisters in Haiti who have
been impacted by the devastating earthquake on January 12th.
Financial gifts are urgently needed. Your gifts to the ELCA
International Disaster Response, designated for Haiti Earthquake Relief,
will be used entirely- 100 percent- for immediate relief and ongoing
recovery in Haiti. Your prayers and generous gifts will make a
life-saving difference.
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Jazz Vespers, Friday, March 19th 7:00 p.m.
Jazz Vespers will take place at Ascension Friday, March 19 at 7:00 PM.
Come experience this artistic and contemplative worship encounter for the
soul and spirit. Jazz Vespers features the musical talents of Bob
Ravenscroft on keyboards, Dwight Kilian on bass, and Rob Moore on
percussion, with the spoken word by Rev. Richard Parrish and visuals by
Mario Barnabe.
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Online Donations
You
can make one-time donations via a credit or debit card to Ascension
Lutheran Church at www.YourDonationPlace.com. Simply click the button below or visit
www.YourDonationPlace.com
and follow the onscreen instructions. Secure donation services on the
site are provided by Vanco Services, the same company that processes
electronic donations for Ascension Lutheran Church and more than 10,000
other churches and non-profit organizations.
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