Announcements

Whether you’re a football fan or just there for the fellowship, you won’t want to miss the annual Super Bowl Party! Hot dogs, burgers, and beer will be provided. Attendees are invited to bring a big game appetizer or snack to share. See you there!

Sunday, February 8 at 3:30 P.M. (6:00 start time)
The Morrs’ Home  (see church directory for address)

All seniors of Ascension are warmly invited to gather for a time of fellowship and connection! Bring your own lunch and enjoy sharing a meal together in good company. Following the luncheon, you are encouraged to stay for Midweek Prayer at 12:15 PM. Join us for food, fellowship, and prayer as we spend time together in community. Please register on the signup sheet in the narthex. Your friends will be waiting for you!

Wednesday, February 4 at 11:00 P.M.
Church overflow room

Join us on Shrove Tuesday as we gather for a meaningful service that prepares our hearts for the season of Lent. Shrove Tuesday, observed on the day before Ash Wednesday, has been part of the Christian tradition for centuries. The word “shrive” means to confess and receive absolution. Historically, this day was set aside for self-examination, repentance, and forgiveness as believers prepared to enter the 40 days of Lent. It is also known as Pancake Day or Fat Tuesday, marking a final celebration before the more reflective season begins. Our Shrove Tuesday service will include a service of corporate confession, offering us the opportunity to come together in humility, repentance, and renewal as the body of Christ. Following the service, everyone is invited to stay for a fellowship dinner, celebrating our life together in community. A special appearance will be made by the Rev. Jeffrey Miskus, Bishop of the English District. All are welcome—come prepare your heart, share in worship, and enjoy fellowship with one another.

Tuesday, February 17 at 7:00 P.M.

You are invited to join us for our Ash Wednesday Service, marking the beginning of the season of Lent—a time of repentance, reflection, and renewal in the life of the Church. Ash Wednesday has been observed by Christians since the early centuries of the Church. On this day, ashes are placed on the forehead in the shape of a cross as a visible sign of our mortality and our need for God’s mercy, echoing the words, “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” The ashes call us to repentance and faith as we begin our Lenten journey toward the cross and the resurrection. This service will include a Mass with the Imposition of Ashes. We are also honored to welcome the Bishop of the English District, the Rev. Jeffrey Miskus, who will be preaching. All are welcome to attend as we enter this solemn and hope-filled season together.

Wednesday, February 18 at Noon & 7:00 P.M.

Throughout the season of Lent, you are invited to join us for Midweek Masses over five weeks, offering a sacred rhythm of worship, reflection, and renewal as we journey toward Easter. Lenten midweek services provide an important opportunity to slow down, repent, and refocus our hearts on Christ’s saving work. Gathered around Word and Sacrament, we are strengthened in faith and drawn more deeply into the meaning of Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection. These services help prepare us spiritually to receive the joy of Easter by walking intentionally through the season of repentance and hope.

This year’s sermon series will explore how Christ fulfills the seven days of creation through His ministry—and especially through the events of Holy Week—working faithfully to inaugurate God’s new creation. As the first creation was formed through God’s purposeful work, so Christ labors in obedience, suffering, and love to bring about restoration, redemption, and new life for all creation. All are encouraged to attend these midweek Masses and enter more fully into the Lenten journey as we prepare our hearts for the victory of Easter.

Wednesdays, February 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25 at 7:00 P.M.

All men are invited to our upcoming Men’s Bible Breakfast for a time of fellowship, food, and study in God’s Word. Breakfast items and beverages will be provided and served—no need to bring anything but your appetite and an open heart. Enjoy a relaxed meal together as we gather around the table. Our Bible study theme will focus on who we are as a “Royal Priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9) and what that identity means for our daily lives, faith, and witness. We’ll explore how God calls us to live with purpose, humility, and boldness as men set apart for His work. Come be encouraged, challenged, and strengthened alongside other men as we grow together in Christ. We look forward to seeing you there!

Saturday, February 28 at 10:00 A.M.

Memento is a new Lutheran devotional movement for men built around discipline, devotion, and brotherhood. Learn more and sign up here. Already signed up? Email Pastor Miller to let him know.

Whether on your lunchbreak or just need a break in your day, we invite you to join us for prayer and meditation on God’s Holy Word. Every Wednesday at noon, parents and teachers of Open Arms, as well as anyone from the congregation or community, are encouraged to come into God’s presence. We will hear Him speak through His Word, and we will pray for the world, our nation, and the deeper needs of the church and school communities. This service is simple and brief. But it will allow you to walk away refreshed and ready to finish out the week strong!

Every Wednesday at 12:15pm
Church sanctuary

Missed a sermon? Had to walk out halfway through? Want to hear it again? No problem! Most sermons are recorded and posted to an official Ascension YouTube channel for you to watch at your leisure.