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Worship
with
us in the season of Epiphany
February 12, 2012
10:00
a.m.
Worship with Holy Communion
 The
leper is confident in Jesus' power to heal. Naaman, on the other hand,
is comically hard to convince that he can be healed by such an unlikely
foreigner as Elisha, who directs him to wash in such a sorry excuse for
a river as the Jordan. Jesus' healing power is here among us in the
ordinary water of the font, in the ordinary bread, in the ordinary
people who make up the body of Christ. We would be well-advised to take
the advice of the least powerful among us (like the servant girl in
Naaman's household) if we want to find the one who will heal us.
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"Joyful Kids" Sunday School
"Joyful
Kids" is the name of our Rotational Sunday School, which is
designed to teach major Bible stories and concepts through kid-friendly
stations like Art, Drama, Music, Games, Cooking, Science, Storytelling,
Movies, and many other educational medias.
Sunday
School starts at 9:45 a.m.
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Online Donations
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can make one-time donations via a credit or debit card to Ascension
Lutheran Church by clicking the button below and following the onscreen instructions. Secure donation services on the
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electronic donations for Ascension Lutheran Church and more than 10,000
other churches and non-profit organizations.
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Listen to Ascension sermons now!
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Paradise Valley Performance Center
Ascension
Lutheran Church is the home of the Paradise Valley Performance Center,
featuring classes in the performing arts for all ages. Classes offered include voice, music theory, piano, guitar, and acting.
For more information please visit www.pvperfctr.com
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Mission Investment Fund of the ELCA
Mission
congregations, established congregations, and ELCA-related ministries
can finance capital building projects with competitively priced loans
and take advantage of comprehensive building-consulting services through
the Mission Investment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in
America. Individual members, congregations and ministries of the ELCA
can purchase investments through the fund, earning interest at
competitive rates. With these investments, the Mission
Investment Fund makes loans to help congregations purchase land,
expand their current facilities or begin new building projects that
directly benefit their members and surrounding communities. Currently, the
Mission Investment Fund has nearly 800 active loans totaling over $450
million to ELCA ministries throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands. Though the loans are for a wide range of uses, they
all have one thing in common: each is helping to grow the ELCA and
advance its mission. For more information please visit the mission
investment fund.
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