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WORSHIP NOTES September 4 & 5, 2010
ACOLYTES: 5:00 Maura Rabun; 8:15 Mitchell Hendon; 11:00 Olivia Lopez NEXT WEEK: 5:00; 8:15 Erika Lettner; 11:00 Emily Jones
MINISTRY OF MUSIC: 5:00 & 8:15 Carol Benninghoff, music director & organist;
Bee Danback & Ruth Ann Edwards, handbells
11:00 Worship Team: Diana Robinson, leader; Wanda Kuntz, keyboard; Debbie Schmidt, soloist; Mark Maxfield, guitar; Gary Crockrell, soundboard technician
ALTAR FLOWERS: The flowers on the altar this week are given by:
The Gibbs Family in loving memory of Ruth & John Good;
Adele Hilgeman in loving memory of her parents, Pastor & Mrs. A. P. Fedderson;
Charlene & John Cook in honor of their daughter, Carla’s birthday and their parents and grandparents
ALTAR GUILD: 5:00 Sharon Agne; 8:15 Elizabeth Nease; 11:00 Nancy Pfitzinger
NEXT WEEK: 5:00 Sharon Agne; 8:15 Mara Springer; 11:00 Nancy Pfitzinger
ELDERS: 5:00 Randy Agne, Rich Schaefer; 8:15 Jack Pendleton; 11:00 John Cook, Jim Fox
NEXT WEEK: 5:00 Rich Schaefer; 8:00 Jack Pendleton 11:00 John Cook, Jim Fox
HOSTS: 5:00 Ed & Lisa Holderle; 8:15 Afton Richardson; 11:00 The Thies Family
NEXT WEEK: 5:00 Carl & Millie Wiederhold; 8:15 Jerry & Arleen Kassing;
11:00 Helen Henny
LAY READERS: 5:00 Dwight Meyr; 8:15 Ruth Ann Edwards; 11:00 Doug Pfitzinger
NEXT WEEK: 5:00 John & Peggy Rabun; 8:15 Youth; 11:00 Youth
SCRIP: Saturday: Rhonda Nocito; Sunday: Donna Bedwell
NEXT WEEK: Saturday: Debbie Hofmann; Sunday: Sherry Elliott
USHERS: 5:00 Gary Bischoff, Al Pfeuffer, Jo Enders, Lee Enders; 8:15 Mark Shaffer, Gene Bockelmann, Carl Bartz, Jeff Brown; 11:00 Bill Bauer, Kurt Koerner, Fred Remmert, Tom Renfrew, Roger Jensen
NEXT WEEK: 5:00 Ed Holderle, Karl Hofmann, John Rabun; 8:15 Rob Bremer, Brian Hendon, Jack Pendleton, Jonathan Gibbs; 11:00 Ralph Simon, Ken Kinkade, Carlos Lopez, J. Schulz, Gary Freer
NEWS & NOTES FOR THE WEEK September 5, 2010
THIS WEEK AT ASCENSION
Today Worship with Communion 8:15 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.
Bible Classes 9:45 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Monday Church Office Closed
Tuesday Bible Class-Gospel of Matthew 9:30 a.m.
Worship Team 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday Quilters 9:00 a.m.
Women’s Bible Class-Isaiah 9:30 a.m.
Thursday Men’s Bible Class-Isaiah 6:15 a.m.
Adult Class 1 7:00 p.m.
Choir 7:00 p.m.
Saturday Men’s Club 8:00 a.m.
Worship with Communion 5:00 p.m.
SUNDAY 9:45 a.m.
Adult Bible Class
Gospel of the Day Church Basement Led by Pastor Spomer
Lutheran Confessions Concordia Room Led by Roland Lettner
Women’s Bible Study Berea Room Led by Laura Brink
Bible Study with Nepalese Brad Aldrich’s Office
OUR VISION: ASCENSION WILL BE THE PRIME GOSPEL OUTREACH AGENT TO THE LOST 40% OF OUR COMMUNITY
Health Hints from Bev . . .
“Everyone tried to touch him, because healing power went out from him, and he healed everyone." Luke 6:19
Treatment options for mental illness include medication, talk therapy, or a combination of various treatment modalities. Because of the options, each person must receive an individual treatment plan to address his/her diagnosis and personal needs. Starting with your family physician, find a hospital or psychiatrist that can treat the entire family. The plan should include interventions to educate the family, treat the person medically, and address the spiritual and interpersonal components of the illness. Mental illness affects more than just the patient so make sure everyone that is physically and emotionally connected to the patient seeks assistance for the ramifications of the illness. Source: mayoclinic.com
Bev
Stewardship Report Week of 8/28/10 & 8/29/10
General Fund $6,821 Needed each week: $12,670 Surplus/(Deficit): ($5,849)
If all 175 of our family units increased their contribution by $9.00 per week WE WOULD NOT HAVE A DEFICIT!
CONGREGATION ASSEMBLY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2010 12:15 CHURCH BASEMENT
AGENDA: PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS
UPCOMING AT ASCENSION
LOWER LEVEL LENNY’S IS BACK, 50'S STYLE DINER
Sunday, September 12, 2010, after 11 a.m. service in the church basement
Menu includes: burgers, hot dogs, fries, onion rings, cup of chili, grilled cheese, vanilla, chocolate and strawberry milkshakes, “Blue Plate Special”-meat loaf, mashed potatoes, green beans & applesauce; Drinks: bottle of Coke, lemonade, and tea; Dessert: apple or cherry pie
Free will offering to benefit Ascension youth activities
ASCENSION PICTORIAL DIRECTORY SCHEDULED FOR FALL!
Pictures taken October 6-9 and October 20-23, 2010
Sign up in he church lobby TODAY for your photo session
Special “Baby Gallery”. Contact church office to include your child
THRIVENT SPONSORED COFFEE HOUR AT ASCENSION
Weekend of October 2-3, 2010
Meet Andrew Bolin, Thrivent Financial Associate and learn about Thrivent or ask questions about your Thrivent investments.
For info call Andrew Bolin at (314) 961-2882 or email andrew.bolin@thrivent.com
ASCENSION . . .
FAMILIES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS
Addresses needed for care packages
Contact the church office with your students address TODAY
READ THROUGH THE BIBLE IN 2 YEARS
Begins September 13, 2010
Pledge cards and “Today’s Light” Bibles, with commentary by Jane Fryar available TODAY, 9/4-9/5 for $23.00 each
KIDS DAY OUT TO RETURN!
Wednesdays beginning September 8, 2010 through May 18, 2010
Call Kathy Thies for more info (314) 580-2074
COMMUNITY HOME GROUPS
Gather together once or twice a month for Bible study, prayer and pot luck meal
Contact Brad Aldrich for more info at cell (214) 733-9582 or church (314) 832-5600
NEPALESE DANCE
Dahn Gurung in Fellowship Hall(church basement) Sunday, September 5, from 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
Evidence Nepali culture & meet new friends
Contact Brad Aldrich for more info at cell (214) 733-9582 or church (314) 832-5600
T.V.s & COMPUTERS NEEDED
Television helps people new to America learn the English language
Computers help new Americans communicate. (must be wiorking & have ability to process streaming video)
Contact Brad Aldrich for more info at cell (214) 733-9582 or church (314) 832-5600
A simple way to help our school
Are you retired or have a flexable schedule and want to help a child in her Christian
education? Here is a simple way. The school has a single parent family that needs
rides for the two kids. Five volunteer drivers will make the volunteer service a once a
week commitment. Getting the kids to school will help them learn more of Jesus and
his love for them. For more information and to sign up, please talk with or call Brad
Aldrich at (214) 733-9582 or the church office at (314) 832-5600
Working together, sharing the light of salvation seen through the cross of Jesus
ABI offers four courses this fall.
Foreign Missions 101 (9/22, 9/29 & 10/6)
Marriage Mentoring (10/13 & 10/20)
Domestic Missions 102 (10/27, 11/3, 11/10)
Understanding MRI (11/17)
Mission courses consist of 3 classes and include a field trip
and are led by Brad Aldrich
Foreign Missions 101 Domestic Missions 102
9/22 Africa 10/27 Nepalese Refugees
9/29 Latin America 11/3 Blind Missions
10/6 Field Trip 11/10 Field Trip
Marriage Mentoring
Led by Bill & Wanda Kuntz
Understanding MRI (Mission Revitalization Initiative)
LEARN NEPALI & CHINESE
Learn to count to 10 in Nepali (ayk, dwoi, teen) and Chinese ( nehow). Call Brad Aldrich at (214) 733-9582 (or the church office) for details.
CALLING ALL YOUTH
9TH THROUGH 12TH GRADE
A new opportunity for fun, fellowship, study and prayer is starting up this fall at Ascension. Come join us on the 1st and 3rd Sundays from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm in the Sr. Youth room. Help us spiritually renew our Sr. High Youth Ministry to reach out to all 9th through 12th graders at Ascension. Our first time together will be on September 19th so put it on your calendar now.
Are you spiritually ready for the world you live in? Are you equipped spiritually to survive when you go off to college? Can you provide “an accounting of your faith” when God provides the opportunity for you to witness? Is your communication with God through prayer a regular part of your life? Are the stresses of school, work and relationships tearing away at you instead of you placing those concerns on Christ? Those are many of the things that we will work on together.
There will be Sundays that we can stay longer to have a meal together and do some more fun things like play games on the lawn or watch a movie. In addition, some of our gatherings won’t be at church as we will instead occasionally be able to meet at member’s homes to grow our relationships with our adult brothers and sisters in Christ at Ascension.
A great way to keep up to date on things is to put “Ascension Sr High Youth Group” into the Search box on Facebook and join the group’s Facebook page.
If you have any questions call Chris Thies at (314) 267-9740 or Katlyne Thies at (314) 580-2143.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT . . .
LUTHERANS FOR LIFE “We cannot rely on worldly institutions to fight our battles for us. Christians have been called to be hope and light to a fallen generation; so let’s speak God’s truth in love and care for the most vulnerable in our churches and society. May God bless your efforts to really make a difference! Diane E. Schroeder, president of Lutherans For Life This “Life Quote” is from Lutherans For Life – www.lutheransforlife.org.
STEWARDSHIP 15th Sunday after Pentecost, Philemon 1-21: Since Philemon was indebted to Paul, he could have ordered him to do the right thing and treat his runaway slave like a brother, but Paul wanted Philemon to do the right thing from his own free will. Likewise, we are indebted to God for all the blessings He has showered upon us; God could demand that we give freely of our time, abilities and financial resources, but He loves cheerful givers!
SHARE THE JOY! [A weekly opportunity for you to share something small or great that gives or has given you Joy] The joy of 170+ brothers and sisters in Christ sharing in the congregation picnic.
WORD OF LIFE . . .
WORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN SCHOOL has been blessed with a response from an anonymous donor. Through a generous gift, Word of Life can benefit from a match opportunity. You can help this gift to grow! For every $2.00 that you are able to share with Word of Life, $1.00 will be matched up to $5,000. Through this particular match, we could produce a support for the school in the amount of $15,000 towards our budget shortfall created by the recent enrollment changes. We are BLESSED by this generous donor and would like to take full advantage of the opportunity presented to us. If you, too, would like to present a challenge match, please speak with Principal David Robinson in the school office at (314) 832-1244. Thank you for your support of Word of Life Lutheran School!
ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS AT WORD OF LIFE
Discount coupons for dining, shopping etc. Cost is $30
Purchase by September 10 & WOL receives up tp 50% proceeds
Contact a Word of Life Student to purchase
THIS WEEK AROUND TOWN September 5, 2010
Wednesday “Growing Kids” Emmaus Lutheran Church 6 p.m.
COMMUNITY EVENTS, NEEDS & SERVICES . . .
CFNA (CHRISTIAN FRIENDS OF NEW AMERICANS) LOOKING FOR DRIVERS FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS
Once a month would be a great help
Call Carol Buckman (314) 517-8513 or email buckmancal@aol.com
TIMOTHY LUTHERAN CHURCH MOTHER’S DAY OUT,
6704 FYLER
Daily from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., On-going enrollment
For more info call (314) 832-7253 or email Kathy MDO@sbcglobal.net
EMMAUS LUTHERAN CHURCH, 2617 SHENANDOAH HOSTS
“GROWING KIDS” PARENTING CLASS
Wednesdays, beginning September 8, 2010 at 6 p.m. for 18 weeks, breaking for Advent
No registration cost, workbooks available for a minimal cost
Information or to register, contact Rebecca Mayes at (314) 229-1134 or rbmayes@gmail.com
LET'S GET “PURSE-A-NOL"CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH INKIRKWOOD
Friday, September 17, 2010 from 7-9 p.m.
Benefit children served by Lutheran Association for Special Education
Silent auction of new and gently used purses and the sale of fashion themed gifts
Appetizers, wine/beverages, chocolate fountains and chocolate desserts served
Tickets are $15 per person
Contact the LASE office (314)268-1234 to register by 9/10/10
CHRIST MEMORIAL PRESENTS “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST”,
5252 S. LINDBERGH
September 17, 18, 23, 24 & 25 at 7:30 p.m. & September 19 & 26 at 2:30 p.m.
Reserved seating $10-$20; September 23 children 10 & under are half price
Purchase tickets at the church office (314) 631-0304; will call via website wwwChristMemorialStl.org ; or email tickets@christmemorial.org.
ST. LOUIS HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOC. “RUN FOR THE HILLS” 5K RUN AND 1 MILE WALK
Saturday, September 18, 2010, begins at Donovan & Itaska St., near Francis Park, 5K begins 8 a.m. & 1 mile walk begins 8:45 a.m.
Registration $16 per entry or $40 family entry which includes T-Shirts, due 9/11
9/18/ registration $20 per individual
Questions? Mike Branahan at (314) 353-2860
BABY SHOWER AT ST. JOHNS, 3738 MORGANFORD
Sunday, September 19, 2010 after the 10:30 a.m. service in the Fellowship Hall
For 2 Nepalese mothers- Teke Ghimrey (baby girl, new born) and Hema Kami (expecting a boy)
All baby “stuff” is needed - clothes, supplies, appliances, furniture or monetary gifts
Bring or mail items to St. John’s church office.
Questions? Call Darlene Griffith at (314) 845-2068
OPEN HOUSE BOUTIQUES TO BENEFIT LHSA FANTAST FAIRE AUCTION
September 26, 2010 from 1-4 p.m. (LHSN) at Suzanne Wither’s home, 215 Olympia Dr., Ferguson, Mo 63135 or (LHSS) at Maria Yaeger’s home, 10533 Anton Place, StL, MO 63128
Enjoy holiday from various vendors
Questions, contact Cheryl Ehrhard at (314) 382-6664, ext. 323
OWLS (OLDER WISER LUTHERANS IN SERVICE)
Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 11:30 a.m. at Meramec Bluffs Sr. Service
Rev. Martin Huggins presents “Bicentennial of Rev. Freidrich Wyneken & the Beginning of the LCMS”
Call LSS office by Friday, 9/24/2010 to register, $11 per person (314) 446-2403 or email vpolk@lssliving.org.
PASTA DINNER, EPIPHANY LUTHERAN, 4045 HOLLY HILLS AT LEONA
Friday, October 1, 2010, from 4-7 p.m. Dine in or carry out
Spaghetti or Ravioli, Adults: $8, Children under 10 $3
SIBLING HARMONY BENEFIT CONCERT AT CONCORDIA LUTHERAN CHURCH IN KIRKWOOD
Saturday, October 2, 6:30 p.m. activity & reception to follow
Hosted by Family Shield Ministries and Feed My People
Family price is $35, adults are $15 each, and children 6-18 are $5.00. Under 5 years of age are free
Bring non-perishable food item to donate to Feed My People.
To register or learn more call (314) 772-6070 or (314) 631-4900.
ROAST BEEF & POTATO PANCAKE DINNER, ST. PAUL’S LUTHERAN, 12345 MANCHESTER RD.
Sunday, October 3, 2010, Noon-6 p.m.
Inc: Green Beans, Cole Slaw, Applesauce, Ice Cream Adults: $10, Children 5-12: $5
LAY BIBLE INSTITUTE, CONCORDIA SEMINARY, 801 SEMINARY PL.
Wednesdays, October 6-27, 2010 from 7-9 p.m. Seick Hall, Room 202
Program, “Living as Citizens of Heaven and Citizens of America: The Role of Christians in a Democratic Society”, especially designed for laypersons in your congregation & led by Dr. Charles Arand, professor of Systematic Theology
To register call (314) 505-7486, email ce@csl.edu or mail to Lay Bible Institute, Office of Continuing Education at th Seminary, $30 per person
LUTHERAN MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER WEEKEND
November 5-7, 2010 at Holiday Inn South Lindbergh
Husbands and wives RESTORE communication, REKINDLE romance and RENEW commitment.
Information or to register, contact Tom & Kathy Von Behren, (636) 343-9453 or vonbeh@sbcglobal.net. Check out the website at www.stlmarriage.com.
Registration are due by October 5
32nd ANNUAL FANTASY FAIRE DINNER AUCTION “BOUNTY OF BLESSINGS”
Saturday, November 20, 2010 at the Hilton Saint Louis-Frontenac
Donations accepted at Lutheran North & Lutheran South or contact LHSA office for donation forms
Proceeds benefit LHSN and LHSS
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