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From the Parish Administrator
Sally LeBaron
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After a long hiatus, Karen Albaugh has generously offered to take items to donate to the William Temple House periodically, meaning, when our blue tub, conveniently located under the guest book table, is full. I was under the impression that they need non-perishables (they do!) but they also have a "wish list," found at http://www.williamtemple.org/donate-items/ , which includes:
- Books in new or gently-used condition for our free library
- Blankets (new or like new)
- Cleaning supplies
- Clothing (new only, all sizes)
- For kids and teens: shirts, pants, dresses, shoes, socks, underwear, outerwear
- For adults: men's and women's socks, underwear, bras
- Dish soap, liquid
- Grocery bags (paper, plastic, reusable)
- Hand warmers
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- Laundry detergent, powdered
- Medical supplies/first aid kits
- Pet food, especially wet food for cats and dogs
- Rain ponchos
- Razors
- Small leakproof containers for redistributing liquid cleaning supplies
- Spices, packaged and unopened
- Tarps (new and gently used)
- Travel size hygiene items, unopened and sealed (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, etc.)
- Vitamins, unopened
So, please, give the peanut butter jars that are very lonely at the bottom of the tub some company and bring something with you this Sunday. And next. And the one after that...
A simple way to help meet others where they are.
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Dear Parish Family,
I'm very excited that my recital with Hannah Brewer is coming up next weekend! Please join us at Ascension on Friday, Sept. 28 at 7 pm, or at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church on Saturday, Sept. 29 at 3 pm. At both events, we'll be performing works for voice and organ by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell and his contemporaries!
Our little tracker organ is just wonderful for English Baroque organ music. And at Hannah's church, we're going to use a beautiful harpsichord instead of a pipe organ, so both performances will be a special chance to hear Baroque music with the kind of instruments it was intended for!
Please join us for a performance (or both!), bring your friends, and stay afterward for a special reception at each! (The afternoon reception on Saturday at St. Michael and All Angels' might just be an English Tea in honor of our English composers ...)
If you'd like to invite your friends via Facebook, here are the event pages:
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Soli Deo gloria,
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| The Blessing of the Backpacks |
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On September 9, right before the start of our 10:00 Mass, we had the privilege of offering a special prayer and blessing upon our students returning to school this Fall. Our students are entering educational levels from "the Rose Room" in Preschool to the Freshman year of college, and we are grateful for the good work God is doing in each of them.
A Prayer for Young Persons (Book of Common Prayer, p. 829)
God our Father, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing after selfish goals. Help them to take failure, not as a measure of their worth, but as a chance for a new start. Give them strength to hold their faith in you, and to keep alive their joy in your creation; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Art Class Rescheduled to Next Sunday, September 30
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Our next Youth Art Class will take place on September 30, not this upcoming Sunday as originally planned, because our dear art teacher Andrea Rosselle is recovering from a cold.
We send our best wishes to Andrea and we look forward to more Sunday School art adventures on Sept. 30 at 10:00 A.M.! |
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Episcopal Relief and Development: Hurricane Relief
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Greetings, Sisters and Brothers in Christ.
Episcopal Relief & Development is now supporting dioceses along the coast as they prepare to respond to Hurricane Florence.
Please continue to pray for all those impacted by hurricanes, for the first responders who will initiate any needed rescue phase, and for church communities as they reach out to their most vulnerable members and neighbors.
Contributions to the
Hurricane Relief Fund
will help Episcopal Relief & Development support Church and other local partners as they provide critical emergency assistance to those most in need.
Wishing you peace,
Sean McConnell
Senior Director, Engagement
Episcopal Relief & Development
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Lifting Spirits at the William Temple House
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Coming up on October 6, the
William Temple House is holding their annual Lifting Spirits Benefit Dinner and Auction. This promises to be both a fun event and a great opportunity to support one of our Diocese's most important charitable endeavors.
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Introducing Ascension's Instagram!
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You can now follow Ascension on Instagram! We have a beautiful church and we're excited to share about it on a visually-driven venue like Instagram!
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In this edition of Parish Life, we'd like to acknowledge the beautiful work of parishioner Nan Bode, who creates the gorgeous seasonal wreaths that adorn our doors. Here's a photo of of her current Autumn-themed offering. Thank you, Nan, for this lovely work of hospitality, which makes our doors so welcoming.
If you have photos of Ascension you'd like to share, or photos of Parishioner adventures out in the world, send them to Emma at
music@ascensionepiscopalparish.org to be featured in
The View!
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| September 27, 10:00 A.M. |
"Divine Musick:" Voice & Organ Recital |
| September 30, 7:00 P.M. |
Art Class (Rescheduled from 09/23) |
| October 7, 9:00 A.M. |
Weekly Choir Rehearsals Begin |
| October 7, 10:00 A.M. |
Youth Art Class |
| October 7, 11:00 A.M. |
Vestry Meeting |
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Serving This Week: Sunday, September 23, 2018
Pentecost XVIII
| 8:00 A.M. LEM & Lector |
SuEllen Pommier |
| 10:00 A.M. LEM |
Gary Hecht |
| 10:00 A.M. Lectors |
Peter Baker, Willem Abassi |
| 10:00 A.M. Usher |
Peter Baker |
| Sacristans |
Janet Baker, Lucy Lloyd, Jan Stuermer |
| Refreshments |
Diane Hussey, Kris Vanberg |
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Serving Next Week: Sunday, September 30, 2018
Pentecost XIX
| 8:00 A.M. LEM & Lector |
SuEllen Pommier |
| 10:00 A.M. LEM |
Fritz Hummelt |
| 10:00 A.M. Lectors |
Ian Miller, Suzan Berry |
| 10:00 A.M. Usher |
Becky Dimond |
| Sacristans |
Kathleen Barrett, Jennifer Craig |
| Refreshments |
Janet Duffie, Ibby Brooke |
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by Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676), Lutheran minister and hymnodist
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Commit thou all that grieves thee and fills thy heart with care
to him whose faithful mercy the skies above declare,
who gives the winds their courses, who points the clouds their way;
'tis he will guide thy footsteps and be thy staff and stay.
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O trust the Lord then wholly, if thou wouldst be secure
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is work must thou consider for thy work to endure.
What profit doth it bring thee to pine in grief and care?
God ever sends his blessing in answer to thy prayer.
Thy lasting truth and mercy, O Father, see aright
the needs of all thy children, their anguish or delight:
what loving wisdom chooseth, redeeming might will do,
and bring to sure fulfillment thy counsel good and true.
Hope on, then, broken spirit; hope on, be not afraid:
fear not the griefs that plague thee
and keep thy heart dismayed:
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thy God, in his great mercy,
will save thee, hold thee fast,
and in his own time grant thee the sun of joy at last.
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In Our Prayers
Janet Mersereau
Quinland Porter
Our students and teachers returning to school
Today in the Diocesan Cycle of Prayer
Silverton: St. Edward.
Shana McCauley, vicar.
Springfield: St. John the Divine.
Nancy Gallagher, priest-in-charge
PRAY for us in a time of seeking God's will for our future.
Collect for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Grant us, Lord, not to be anxious about earthly things, but to love things heavenly; and even now, while we are placed among things that are passing away, to hold fast to those that shall endure; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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