UPCOMING PARISH EVENTS & DRIVES
Organ Concert
On Sunday, May 21st at 3:30pm Gordon Turk, a critically acclaimed concert organist, will be returning to play Ascension's organ. Turk has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia. He was the winner of the John Cerevalo Prize for "Excellence in the performance of the music of J.S. Bach" and has been a prize winner in the national improvisation competition of the American Guild of Organists. He has performed in Carnegie Hall in NYC, the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, and other landmark halls in the US. Admission to his concert at Ascension will be a food donation to the Octorara Food Cupboard.
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Ascension will be hosting an American Red Cross Blood Drive on Friday, July 28th from 1-6pm. Sign up information will be coming soon.
Octorara Food Cupboard Outreach
We will be collecting non-perishable food items for the Octorara Food Cupboard. Please continue to bring these items in. Current Food Items Needed for Collection: Rice & Toilet Paper
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.
*To access this meeting:
contact Adrienne at ascensionparkesburg@gmail.com
ONGOING EVENTS in ST. JOSEPH'S HALL
Sundays
Adult Bible Study 9am in St. Joseph's Hall
Lead by Father Steve, all adults are welcome!!
Youth Christian Education 10:30am in St. Joseph's Hall
Tuesdays
Women's Bible Study 10am in St. Joseph's Hall
sessions held every other Tuesday. Next session: May 23rd
AA 7pm in St. Joseph's Hall
Wednesday & Thursdays
Girl Scouts 6-8pm
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 10:30am on Sundays.
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Vestry Meetings
Vestry meetings are held monthly. All are welcome & encouraged to attend!! The next Vestry meeting will be held Wednesday, May 24th at Fr. Steve's home.
EVENTS IN OUR DIOCESE
To find more events in the diocese, visit their website
www.diopa.org/events
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