Church of the Ascension Episcopal Church

Service Schedule

8am Rite I Quiet Contemplative Eucharist

10:30am Festive Rite II Eucharists with music

Church School is held at 10:30am
in St. Joseph's Hall


Compline Services held Monday through Friday at 8:30pm* 

*this service continues to be provided via livestream  at www.facebook.com/ascensionparkesburg
(you do not need a Facebook account)

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​Group Study Classes

Sunday Adult Education Class at 9am
Father Steve leads an adult Bible study. This group meets every Sunday between services at 9am. The next session begins September 24th. All adults are welcome! 
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Sunday Youth Education Classes at 10:30am
Youth Classes held in St. Joseph's Hall.

Women's Bible Study
Come join the women of Ascension as they join together to discuss and study various lessons in the Bible. Currently they are reading Psalms 65-68. They meet every other Tuesday at 10am in St. Joseph's Hall. The next meeting will be October 3rd. 
Parish Updates
See the calendar on the "Events & Activities" page for more information about the following activities happening at Ascension:

Women's Bible Study
Every 1st & 3rd Tuesday at 10am in St. Joseph's Hall. Meeting next on October 3rd. 


Blood Drive
Thank you to all who came to donate blood on Friday, July 28th! We provided 23 donations to the American Red Cross!
Our next drive will be on 
Friday, September 29th from 1-6pm
​Sign up here
​https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=parkesburg%20episcopal

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PCCO Coat Drive
PCCO is asking for new or gently used coats, boots, gloves, mittens, scarves, and hats.  We will gather them downstairs in the church, and they are due by Sunday, October 15th.

Donations & Pledge Information
Donations* & Pledges can be mailed into the church:
P.O. Box 193
Parkesburg, PA 19365
OR
can be made online by following this link
http://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1591959
*If it is a donation for something specific (like the PCCO), please note in this within your mailing or in a comment with your online donation. 
Our Mission:
To be a loving community in relationship to God,
serving Christ and respecting the dignity of every human being.
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Church of the Ascension,
 which sits contentedly on the corner of Second Avenue and West Street in Parkesburg, lovely as it is, is only a well-ordered pile of stone. 

 It is not the church.  
The church is created, its body fed, nourished, and strengthened each time people gather for Worship, Education, Meetings, Activities and Fun.

Thus sustained and renewed,
the “church” returns to the larger community as Christ’s body here on earth, with eyes able to see with compassion, feet upon which to go about doing good, and hands capable of holding, healing,
and blessing.

This rhythm of receiving,
of being loved without condition,
 and of giving to the world,
one person at a time,
 is the rhythm of life
and is the heartbeat of Ascension.