From Our Minister of Music

Emma Mildred Cowell, M.M.

music@ascensionepiscopalparish.org

Dear Parish family,

I am very much looking forward to spending Holy Week with you! Singing and worshipping with you all during this precious time of year is always a great blessing to me.

Some of the musical moments I'm looking forward to this week are a postlude by Bach on the tune of "All Glory, Laud, and Honor" on Palm Sunday, a choral anthem by Amy Beach on Maundy Thursday, and two different settings of "O filii et filiae" (O Sons and Daughters) on Easter Sunday! 

Though there will be seasonal music at each of our Holy Week services (including a prelude and postlude at the Good Friday service) I hope you will especially try to join us for Maundy Thursday and Easter Sunday to support our hard-working choir and hear the encouraging anthems they’ve been preparing.

Soli Deo gloria,

Holy Week Schedule

March 24, 2024: Palm Sunday

9:00 A.M.: Sung Mass with The Rev. Jeremy Lucas

10:15 A.M.: Choir Rehearsal in the Sanctuary

March 28, 2024: Maundy Thursday

7:00 P.M.: Sung Mass with The Rev. Jeremy Lucas

March 29, 2024: Good Friday

12 P.M.: Said Mass with The Rev. Jeremy Lucas

March 31, 2024: Easter

9:00 A.M.: Sung Mass with The Rev. Jeremy Lucas

10:00 A.M.: Brunch in Reinhart Hall

Easter Brunch

All are invited to a catered brunch in Reinhart Hall after our 9 A.M. service on Easter Sunday. Please sign up in the parlor with the number in your party. Jeff and Laura Krum have generously planned to set up. We do need a few hands to help clean up, so if you are available, please note that on the sign-up sheet.

Sunday Service Schedule

9:00 A.M. Sung Mass with Hymns every Sunday

8:00 A.M. Said Mass on the first Sunday of the month

Join Us for Bible Study

Every Thursday morning, we will read the Book of Mark together at 10:00-11:30 A.M. in the parlor. What to bring: any Bible. Contact Emily Guimaraes with questions.

N.B. Bible Study will be on hiatus until April 4.

Thank You, Rev. SuEllen Pommier

The Rev. SuEllen Pommier, formerly our deacon, presided at Ascension on March 10 for the first time as an ordained priest. Rod and SuEllen generously hosted a reception following the service to celebrate her ordination with our parish family and to express her thanks for the support of the parish in her journey.

SuEllen is currently serving as a curate at St. Michael & All Angels in Portland. We are so grateful she could lead us in worship and we hope she will be with us again as her schedule allows.

Thank you, Rev. SuEllen!

Thank you for your donations to our bin in the foyer. Please note the current wish list.

Gently used clothing and shoes (yes, including underwear and socks) and household items that can be distributed to the houseless or resold at the thrift store are always welcome.

All non-perishable items are also welcome.

Current Wish List

Most-needed items listed in bold.

Baby wipes**

Household cleaning products (dish soap, laundry detergent, all-purpose cleaner)

Sleeping bags, tents, blankets, tarps*

Clothing for adults* (socks, underwear, bras, t-shirts, shoes, belts)

Toilet paper

Medical supplies and first aid kits** (Ace bandages, eye drops, etc.)

Hygiene products, full- or travel-size (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, lotion, mouthwash, denture cream, etc.**

Small- to medium-sized screw-top containers, to hold laundry and dish soaps we get in bulk (kombucha bottles, pill bottles, drinkable yogurt containers, etc.)

Paper grocery bags

Can openers

Paper towels

*In new or gently-used condition

**packaged, unopened, and sealed

ATTENDE DOMINE:

A Lenten Journey

PALM SUNDAY, March 24th, 7 P.M.

Cantores in Ecclesia, Blake Applegate, director, presents its annual Palm Sunday concert on March 24, 2024 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in NW Portland. The program will journey through each week of Lent, reflecting on themes of prayer and penitence through music spanning five centuries.

Tickets available HERE.

In Our Prayers

• David
• Adriana Claro
• Ian G.
• Bishop Michael Curry
• The people of Ukraine, Israel and Gaza
• All who travel this spring

If you would like to add a loved one or concern to our prayer list, please contact Kris Vanberg in the office.

The Collect for Palm Sunday: March 24, 2024

Almighty and everliving God, in your tender love for the human race you sent your Son our Savior Jesus Christ to take upon him our nature, and to suffer death upon the cross, giving us the example of his great humility: Mercifully grant that we may walk in the way of his suffering, and also share in his resurrection; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

The Lectionary Readings for Palm Sunday: March 24, 2024

• Isaiah 50:4-9a
• Philippians 2:5-11
• Mark 14:1-15:47
• or Mark 15:1-39, [40-47]
• Psalm 31:9-16

Final Smile