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UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS

​Upcoming Food Drive
Thank you for all who donated food and volunteered during our Food Drives in September, October & November. We donated 1696 pounds of food!! Our next drive will be Saturday, February 6th from 10am-12pm!!
*All volunteers will be abiding by COVID-19 guidelines with regards to mask wearing & proper hand sanitization.

Octorara Food Cupboard Outreach
We will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Octorara Food Cupboard. Please continue to bring these items in. Our goal this year is to donate 3,500 pounds of food!! Help us reach our goal!

*The Cupboard has begun taking donations of food again. You can drop it off during their hours Tuesday & Wednesday or donations of non-perishable food items can be dropped off at Hershey Motors in Parkesburg during their normal business hours.
If you would like to donate money, please send it to: P.O. Box 424, Parkesburg, PA 19365 
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Current Food Cupboard Hours are: 
Tuesdays 10am-3pm
Wednesdays 9am-2pm
*If you are in need of food, please call (610) 857-4000 prior to showing up. Also, they ask that to reduce contact, you stay in your car and pull up to the side of the building to receive your food. 



How to Create the Beloved Community
In our Baptismal Covenant (Prayer Book page 304), we vow to "respect the dignity of every human being" and to "seek and serve Christ, loving our neighbor as ourselves." These vows are not a one-time pledge, but a daily evaluation we should do with our actions, looking to see how the ways we interact with those around us both helps to create as well as hinders the formation of the Beloved Community that Jesus sought to build here on earth.

Please join us on February 8th from 1:30-2:30pm as we explore how we can create the Beloved Community. We will use Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine. 


*To access this meeting:
contact Adrienne at ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com
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ONGOING EVENTS in ST. JOSEPH'S HALL

Tuesdays-AA 7pm
 

Wednesdays- Girl Scouts 6pm


​Sundays-Adult Bible Study*  9:00-9:30am
*for the month of March: The Good Book Club will be held from 9:15am-10am

Church School* 10:15am

*The Bible Study Class & Church School meet every Sunday morning  in St. Joseph’s Hall.

Church School
Chrck back for more information on the 2020/2021 Church School year. If you would like more information or are interested in registering your child(ren), please email our Communications Coordinator at ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com and she will email/mail you a registration form & informative letter. 
*The Church School is currently meeting on Zoom. Parents, please check your email for meeting dates & Zoom information. Email ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com if you have questions.


​Vestry Meetings
Vestry meetings are held the second Thursday of each month at 7pm in St. Joseph's Hall. All are welcome & encouraged to attend!! *due to the current restrictions in our area, this meetings will be held via Zoom. 



EVENTS IN OUR DIOCESE


To find more events in the diocese, visit their website
www.diopa.org/events

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