UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS & DRIVES
Join Episcopal Church of the Ascension at the Reading Phillies
We are going to the ballgame for ‘Celebrate Your Faith’ night on Thursday, July 14, 2022.
The game begins at 7pm. We have reserved seating in section 8 facing the 3rd baseline. Two to four players will participate in a faith discussion after the game. It lasts about 20 minutes. The discussions are non-denominational and do not promote any specific beliefs. The tickets for the game are $9 each and may be purchased from the Church. Please contact, Fr. Steve or Matt Ryan for more information and tickets.
First Energy Stadium is located at 1900 Centre Avenue, Reading, PA 19605
2022 PCCO BACKPACK COLLECTION for THE POINT
The Episcopal Church of the Ascension will be responsible for 15 backpacks (8 have been collected. We are only in need of 7 more) and school supplies for The Point. Backpacks with side pockets for water bottles and the appropriate school supplies are due at the church by Sunday, July 31st.
Backpacks are needed for both elementary and high school students.
The following school supplies are needed for each backpack, as well: water bottle, pack of No. 2 pencils, pack of pens, one subject notebooks, 2 ounce hand sanitizer.
Items will be collected downstairs in St. Joseph’s Hall. Please consider helping our local kids with this important outreach effort. You may donate backpacks and/or supplies as works for you. Or you may donate money to this worthy cause. We are suggesting $25 donations for a backpack. However, any donation is most appreciated and will be used toward meeting our goal.
Donations may be given by check or cash in an envelope. Checks are to be made out to Church of the Ascension with a note in the memo for “Backpacks.” Likewise, envelopes should be marked, “Backpacks.” Donations may be placed in the collection, given to Beth Davis, or sent to:
Church of the Ascension
PO Box 193
406 Second Avenue
Parkesburg, PA 19365
Any donation, big or small, helps the cause! Thank you!
Please use the link to sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f4ba5ae22a2fbc16-pcco
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.
Beloved Community will meet twice this summer with the next meeting being July 21st at 5 PM on Zoom. Please note the time change. The group will record the conversations. Those interested in listening to the discussion can request the recording.
The group is going to take some time studying gun violence in our society. There will be discussions about what we can do to improve the situation.
The following articles will inform the discussion during the July Meeting:
This is an article from Lancaster General with some statistics. The hope of the group is that there will be ongoing sharing of readings and discussion during the month.
Journal of Lancaster General Health - Journal of Lancaster General Hospital (jlgh.org)
Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine on How to End America's Gun Violence Epidemic.
magazine.jhsph.edu/2021/fall-winter
From the Diocesan Website
What can you do about gun violence? (diopa.org)
Please join us on July 21st at 5pm via Zoom as we explore how we can create the Beloved Community.
*To access this meeting:
contact Adrienne at ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com
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!
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.
Current Food Items Needed for Collection:
oatmeal, granola bars, breakfast items
ONGOING EVENTS in ST. JOSEPH'S HALL
Sundays: Adult Bible Study 9am in St. Joseph's Hall
Lead by Deacon Steve
All adults are welcome!!
Tuesdays: AA 7pm in St. Joseph's Hall
Thursdays: The Good Book Club via Zoom
This club will meet twice during the summer months. Please see above for times/dates.
Church School
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.
We are currently meeting in St. Joseph's Hall at 10:15am on Sundays. All children & staff MUST wear a mask and we will have a HEPA air filter running during our time together.
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Vestry Meetings
Vestry meetings are held the second Thursday of each month at 7pm via Zoom. All are welcome & encouraged to attend!! The next meeting will be August 11th.
EVENTS IN OUR DIOCESE
To find more events in the diocese, visit their website
www.diopa.org/events
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