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Services will be held this Sunday at 8:00 am and 10:00 am. The Rev. Matthew Farr is preaching
. We will honor Megan Alden during the 10:00 am service. A reception for Byron Proaps will be held in the parish hall after the 10:00 am service.
Children's Church and Junior Children's Church will continue through the summer.
Summer Quire will continue through the summer beginning at 9:00 am in the choir room each Sunday.
Centering Prayer will be offered in the Library beginning at 9:15 am each Sunday during summer.
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Let's Rally and Rise Against Hunger
Sunday, September 8
This year’s Rally Day will see a different focus and intentionality. In sharing our gratitude, we are partnering with Rise Against Hunger to package over 10,000 meals in under 2 hours.
Following the Rally Day lunch, parishioners ages 5-105 are invited to participate in the Rise Against Hunger meal packing event. Younger volunteers can serve as runners. Adults and teens will serve at funnel stations, unloading food, boxing food, and weighing packages. There are even sit-down jobs at the sealing stations for those who cannot stand for long periods of time. Childcare is available for kids under age 5.
Volunteering for Rally Day and Rise Against Hunger
To sign up to volunteer, click on the button below!
Rally Day Lunch Tickets
Rally Day lunch tickets and t-shirt orders will be available in the foyer. See the next announcement for details about the t-shirts. Tickets are $5/person with a $20/immediate family maximum. For individual ticket sales or for orders of four boxes or fewer, you can go online to
www.knoxvilleascension.org/rallyday to place ticket orders (there’s no surcharge!). For five or more boxes, see the table in the foyer or call Bro. Andrew in the parish office.
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Deadline Extended to This Sunday!
As a fundraiser for our Rally Day mission project, the youth group will be selling Rally Day T-shirts in a choice of colors: Coal gray, Peacock green, Walnut, and Neon Coral. Adult and children’s sizes are available (sorry, the Walnut color is not available in children’s sizes). We have set a goal of selling 300 t-shirts! Shirts will be $15 each. The profit from any shirts sold above the fundraising need of our Rise Against Hunger Meal Packing Event will benefit the Youth Mission Fund.
Deadline to order a shirt is THIS SUNDAY. If you wish to support our fundraiser without the purchase of a t-shirt, we will of course welcome your donation. Email GiGi at
gigi@knoxvilleascension.org.
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Megan, Sabra, and Rebekah helped with sharing the VBS decorations!
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Food, Fun, and Frolic!
This Sunday, 4:00-5:30 pm
The Tweens kick-off event will be a time for food, games, and fun! RSVP to
megan@knoxvilleascension.org to let us know your 3-5 grader will be there or to ask any questions.
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Fun for the Whole Family
Friday, September 6, 6:00 pm
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Date Night will be September 6
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from 6:00-9:00 pm. Come let us watch the kiddos while you attend the young families social or a night on the town with your spouse! RSVP
nursery16@knoxvilleascension.org.
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Recruiting Prayer Partners
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Prayer Partners is a ministry that pairs an Ascension teen with an adult parishioner in the church who will pray for that teen and exchange monthly letters, hopefully building relationships between our teens and the wider church. Last year we had three pairings of Prayer Partners and teens. This year we hope to double that! This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with a young person and support our youth one-on-one. To sign up an adult or teen, a written sign-up will be on the reception desk of the church office, or you can contact GiGi (
gigi@knoxvilleascension.org) with any questions.
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Dinner Angels is a program in which parents and other parishioners are invited to serve dinners to our youth as a fellowship and service opportunity. Want to try out a new recipe? Have a flair in the kitchen? Just willing to feed a small crowd? We welcome home-cooked meals and catered meals. We welcome and encourage our dinner angels to attend youth group with us after serving. Our Fall 2019 schedule is live! Check out our sign-ups, details, and schedule:
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The TEA with GiGi and Andrew!
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The TEA with GiGi and Andrew is a show about the weekly happenings at Ascension with little inspirational moments thrown in.
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Foyer Groups are one of Ascension’s long-standing fellowship ministries. Groups of about 8 people meet in each other’s homes about once a month for six months, share a simple meal, and just get to know each other in a comfortable setting. The Spring/Summer rotation is coming to an end and the Fall/Winter groups will be formed in September. To that end, please see the following:
- If you have participated in this current (Spring/Summer) rotation and would like to be assigned to a new group for Fall/Winter, you do not have to do anything. You will be included in a new group automatically.
- If you have participated in this current rotation but do not wish to be included in the Fall/Winter one, please notify Bettie Corey at bcorey41@comcast.net by September 9. If she does not hear from you, you will be assigned to a new group.
- If you have never been in a foyer group or if you have not been active in this current rotation and would like to rejoin, please notify Bettie at bcorey41@comcast.net by September 9. Please include your name (and, if a couple, both names), a telephone number, and your e-mail address.
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September Outings
On Wednesday, September 4, join the Trekkers on a nearly 8-mile hike on the Twenty Mile Loop. This trail is rated as moderate mostly because of the length and the possible maneuvering around downed trees. Otherwise, there is a “mellow” climb that is not considered difficult. Because there is a 2 hr drive to the trailhead, we will leave the church at 8:30 am. Contact Emily Vreeland to RSVP or for questions (
emilyvree@aol.com).
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Pasta and Bluegrass Festival
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A team helps prepare a, hopefully, prize winning pasta recipe!
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Saturday, August 24, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Sacred Heart Gym
Tickets: $10/adult and $5/child
Come support Family Promise of Knoxville in the annual Pasta and Bluegrass Festival. There will be 15 tastings of competition level pastas with gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan options. A children’s carnival and Italian market will also be featured in the festivities. Live bluegrass music by
The Foothills Quartet and
Rescued. You can go online to Eventbrite to purchase tickets or
visit Ann O'Connor in the foyer this Sunday to purchase tickets.
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Ellen and David Lovett have shared their wonderful Pesto Pasta recipe, which will be our entry. Each congregation is asked to provide the following:
- 2 desserts for the silent auction. They should be homemade and can include breakfast rolls, pies, cakes, or a dozen specialty cupcakes.
- 3 dozen cookies or brownies bagged into individual servings sizes. We will sell these for $1.00 each. Carefully label if they have nuts of any kind.
- 4 people to serve our pasta. I am not sure which shift we will have but you will serve for about 45 minutes.
- 2 people to help me with the judges.
Please contact me if you can do any of these jobs - bring a dessert, bring a dozen cookies, serve or help with the judges. Email me,
aoconnor1309@gmail.com, or call at 865-567-1469. This event is always so special as we experience a diverse community working together for a common goal, Ann O’Connor.
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Thank You Ascension!
Ascension recently held the annual Family Promise Sunday service. We gathered $4,145 in offerings and $6,590 in Pasta and Bluegrass Support, totaling
$10,735. Thank you, Ascension, for all your support for Family Promise. We'll see you at the Pasta Cook-Off!
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Brotherhood Smoked Tenderloins
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Yep, Your Favorite is Back!
Saturday, August 31, and Sunday, September 1
The Brotherhood of Saint Andrew will be smoking pork tenderloins for the Labor Day holiday weekend. They will be available for pick-up on Saturday, August 31, from noon to 2:00 pm and then after services on Sunday, September 1st. The price is $15 per tenderloin and proceeds will go to support the mission work of the Brotherhood.
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Engaging Art
Tuesday, September 10, 11:30 am
We are excited to announce that the September meeting for Episcopal Church Women will be at the Knoxville Museum of Art on September 10, at 11:30 am. Please park at the museum parking lot and meet in the entrance of the museum. A lunch will be provided for $10.00. We will have our meeting at the museum after our museum tour. All Ascension women are invited! Please RSVP to Karen McKinney:
karen.mckinney7@icloud.com or 865-548-7429.
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Young Families Mark Your Calendars
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A Date Night Outing
Friday, September 6, 6:00-9:00 pm, Bravo Cucina Italiano
Please join us for a gathering of new and established young families on Date Night. Plan on dropping off the kids at church and meeting us at Bravo for a great meal and conversation. This is a perfect time to get to know other families with children at church. Please RSVP by September 2. Let Drew Stock know you’re coming to dinner at 865-765-2151. Let the nursery know you’re dropping the kids off at nursery16@knoxvilleascension.org.
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First FOMA Event of the Year
Thursday, Sept. 12, and Friday, Sept. 13 | 8:00 pm | Nave
The 2019-2020 season of Friends of Music and the Arts opens at 8 pm on 12 and 13 September with a spectacular new production by Marble City Opera: the North American Premiere of
City of Ashes, a sixty-minute chamber opera set in war-torn Berlin in 1945.
The libretto for this opera was written by Ascension's very own Emily Anderson. Dual themes of love and redemption propel this poignant story, as the lives of German girlfriends Lotte and Lili and Lotte’s Welsh lover, Owen, intertwine in unexpected and unexpectedly human ways.
Make sure to get your tickets from Marble City Opera by clicking on the button below:
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Endowment Grant Proposals
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Deadline Approaching
Sunday, September 15
The Ascension
Endowment Fund seeks to enable the congregation to fulfill its mission more completely by developing its ministries beyond what is possible through the annual operating budget. Distributions from the
Endowment Fund are used for a variety of purposes such as: outreach ministries and grants; seed money for new ministries and special one-time projects; and capital improvements of the church. The upcoming proposal deadline is September 15, 2019. Proposal request forms are available in print in the church office or on the church website at
www.knoxvilleascension.org/endowment. Please complete and return proposals on or before the deadline by mail (ATTN:
Endowment Committee, 800 S. Northshore Dr. Knoxville, TN, 37919) or email,
abusby@andersonbusby.com. All mailed proposals need to be postmarked by the deadline.
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Behind the Scenes with a Real Disney Expert
Tuesday, September 17, 11:30 am, Parish Hall
The Lunch Bunch will kick-off its 2019-2020 season with a presentation by Bill Elliott, entertainer, speaker, and singer with a distinguished 25-year career at Disney University. Bill Elliott taught hospitality and leadership development and was the recipient of the Walt Disney Legacy Award. Make sure to sign-up in the parish office at the reception counter and bring $2 along with an appetizer, side dish, or dessert to share. The mouth-watering main dish, prepared by Carole Lundin, is provided. You can also email your RSVP to
announcements@knoxvilleascension.org.
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Sign-up to Help
Saturday, September 21
The sign-up table for Ascension Workday is in the foyer. Drop by to sign-up to help with indoor and outdoor activities. Bring your gloves, pitch forks, shovels, and a good joke to this season's workday. Sandwiches from Steamboat Sandwiches will be provided for all volunteers.
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Important "Save-the-Dates"
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A number of important save-the-dates are coming up. Please mark your calendars for the following:
- Reception for Byron Proaps - Sunday, August 25
- Rally Day - Sunday, September 8
- Service Time Change - Sunday, September 15 (8 and 10:30)
- Deadline for Endowment Proposals - Sunday, September 15
- Ascension Workday - Saturday, September 21
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