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, December 5th from 8am-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
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.
The Good Book Club: A Journey with Genesis
Our Good Book Club will continue gathering together on Zoom on Sunday mornings at 8:30. Beginning October 11th at 8:30 on Zoom, we will study our foundational stories as recorded in the Book of Genesis. For our study, our supplemental book will be Genesis for Everyone volume 1 and 2 by John Goldingay. These books are "really great -- short, clear, nothing too heady, some nice stories/illustrative examples, written by a solid mainline scholar." (writes Rev. Jill’s colleague in ministry Byron Borger who owns a bookstore). If you'd like to order them from my colleague, you can do so here:
https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/order/ If you'd like to order the Kindle version (or just order from Amazon), here are the links: Volume 1 and Volume 2. As always, you can just use a Bible!
*To access this meeting:
contact Adrienne at ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com
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 Rev. Jill on Tuesdays from 12:30-1:30 as we explore how we can create the Beloved Community. We will use Kindred by Octavia Butler. They will meet Tuesday, November 17th & 24th from 12:30pm - 1:30pm. (purchase on Amazon at this link: https://www.amazon.com/Kindred-Octavia-Butler/dp/0807083690 )
Join our Beloved Community on Tuesdays December 1st and 8th at 12:30 when we will be discussing Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes were Watching God.
*To access this meeting:
contact Adrienne at ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Thanks to all who came out to support our last blood drive on January 2nd! Our drive that was to be held on April 22nd, 2020 had to be cancelled due to the limited space size of our St. Joseph's Hall & the precautions that need to be taken for the Corona Virus. Our hope is to host one this Fall. Please check back for updates or visit the American Red Cross website and use Sponsor Code: Parkesburg Episcopal to see future drive dates & register. You may also email our Communications Coordinator at ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com for help registering & for more information.
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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