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1 ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH 95 Allen Road South Burlington, VT (802) Website: Facebook: E-News for Week of October 13, 2013 Participants in This Sunday s Worship Service Pastor: Pr. Nancy Wright Altar Guild: Jo White Communion Asst: Matt Henson Lector: Cheryl Couillard Liturgical Assistant: Leah Burke Organist: Charles Child Coffee Hour: The Brunos Ushers Team : Marcia Gustafson and Doug Dreibelbis Greeters: Kay and John Antos and Marilyn Johnson Upcoming Week at Ascension Today, 10/9 6:00 p.m./ Choir Practice 7:00 p.m./ Bells Thursday, 10/10 Please note Worship and Music Committee Meeting postponed until Nov.7 th Saturday, 10/12 9:00 a.m. Noon/ VT Choral Union practice Sunday, 10/ 13 9:00 a.m./ Sunday School 10:00 a.m./holy Communion Tuesday, 10/15 5:00 p.m./ripple Current 6:30 p.m./ Shared Meal 7:00 p.m./ripple Immersion Wednesday, 10/16 6:00p.m./Choir Practice 7:00 p.m./contemporary

2 STEWARDSHIP Last week was stewardship Sunday Harvest Blessings. If you have not returned your pledge card to Ascension, please do so as soon as possible and by Sunday, Oct. 20 at the latest. We look forward to a full harvest for God s ministry through the church to the world. EDUCATION The Sunday Morning Adult Bible Study is reading the book of Luke this fall and invites everyone in the congregation to join us in a "virtual class" by following along with our reading schedule and participating as possible. Participation may be that you can do the weekly readings and privately meditate on one or several passages that are meaningful for you, by yourself or with your family. It may mean that you read and attend the Adult Class on the Sundays that you are able. However you choose, we hope that you can share in this intent to grow our collective mindfulness of what the Holy Spirit is revealing to us in the Book of Luke. The study will end before Advent so this in effect will be preparing us for a significant time in our congregational life. Our schedule is three chapters of Luke each Sunday. This week we will be discussing Chapters 7-9. Pastoral Care Please pray for Jeri Bergdahl, whose mother, JoAnn Hubbard, died last week. Please pray for healing for Bob Furst s sister, Christine Bingler, and the Furst s friend, Herman Hauschildt OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ARCHIVIST Ascension needs the help of someone who would enjoy going through old files and helping us to archive what is important. The ELCA has a guide, A Brief Guide for Archives of Congregations, which can help us. Work could be done at home, because we could bring files to your home or office. Please let Pr. Nancy know if you are interested in helping. Thank you!

3 Mission BREAD FOR THE WORLD SUNDAY IS OCTOBER 20TH.1 IN 24! Although many of us faithfully support the ELCA World Hunger Appeal, Lutheran World Relief, JUMP, and other food charities, all of that combined accounts for only 1 in 24 bags of food assistance. The remaining 23 out of 24 bags are provided by federal nutrition programs. Government budget cutting has the potential to completely overwhelm our charitable efforts with newly impoverished people trying to completely feed their families. If we are willing, we can make a difference: On October 20, Bread for the World Sunday, Ascension will be participating with an Offering of Letters to Congress urging support for the reduction of hunger and poverty at home and around the world. Contact Richard or Gail Butz to learn more. JUMP S FALL NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE ONLINE ON NOV. 2, JUMP WILL BE HOSTING THE 4TH BEST JUMP DINNER EVER! We ll gather at 1st United Methodist Church in Burlington, and our church will again provide the Brats and Sauerkraut (and mashed potatoes) for the dinner. If you would like to donate this year please let Beth Dreibelbis know She will be calling the usual chefs also. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Seatings are 5:00 and 6:30. More information will follow. See you there!!... Every week JUMP distributes about 50 bottles of shampoo. We are one of two "shampoo churches". Families are so thankful to be able to have clean hair. Shampoo is often on sale for less than a dollar please bring shampoo to church and Beth will take it weekly to be distributed. Thanks for helping...jump is again making that wonderful Friendship Soup for the holidays. If you have any Mason - type jars please bring them to church and put them in the JUMP basket in the narthex. The jars must be QUART jars, smaller jars are not able to be used. Lids are not necessary. We had a terrific response to the JUMP food bag project. Jake Hansen was given receipts for $1, worth of food bags. Wow! If you were involved and haven t done so already-- would you please write your name on a piece of paper and put it in Jake s box in the office or him at oranic343@hotmail.com.. Thrivent requests the names of those who were involved in the project. We don t need to match names with amounts given, just asked to list those who helped.

4 We are ONE Coming together over 9 days in November, ONE members from all over the country will mobilize their local communities to defend life-changing programs that battle extreme poverty and preventable disease. Programs that provide vaccines, life-saving medicine, assistance to farmers and boost opportunities in Africa are under threat in Congress unless ONE members make their voices heard. In the lead up to World AIDS Day, we want to let our elected officials know that we have made great strides, but there is more work to be done. We will stand united to end AIDS and other preventable disease and to end extreme poverty by 2030! Please join Bill Valliere for a ONE Campaign event at noon on Sunday, November 10th at Ascension Lutheran Church, 95 Allen Road, South Burlington, VT. We will write letters to Congress, learn up to date techniques for campaigning with Social Media, plan a 10th Anniversary Kickoff event for January and of course, have a bit of fun. Food and prizes will be provided. Bring a friend. Care for Creation Mark your Calendars and tell your friends: The Care for Creation Committee is hosting a public showing and discussion of the film: Journey of the Universe Thursday, October 24 th 6:00-9:30 p.m. Ascension in the news about water, with quote from Bill Valliere!... In a recent issue of Religion News: Bill Valliere, a member of Ascension Lutheran Church in South Burlington, Vt., hopes his church s work to restore its neighboring stream will help bring it back to God s original intention and, in turn, inspire others to care for creation. If we can do it on a small scale, that gives me hope that we can do it on a larger scale as well, said Valliere, a researcher at the University of Vermont s School of Natural Resources. TO READ THE ARTICLE IN ITS ENTIRETY:

5 Facing Climate Chaos with Hope and Action: Empowering People of Faith and Spirit Vermont Interfaith Power and Light Conference Saturday, November 16, 2013, 10:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephanie Kaza, UVM Environmental Studies Program Director Workshops: tapping solar energy; mobilizing for advocacy; building congregation Earth care groups; and developing green liturgies. Exhibits and resource materials from sponsors, music, catered lunch Optional pre-conference workshop on confronting hope and despair Location: First Congregational Church, 38 South Winooski Avenue, Burlington To register contact Vermont Interfaith Power and Light Registration forms also available in church office. Registration Fees Standard registration: $55 per person ($65 after Oct. 31) Seniors (65 and up) and Students: $45 per person ($55 after Oct. 31) Registration deadline: Nov. 7 th Living Waters Pilgrimage 2014: The Biblical, Spiritual and Ecological Streams of the Holy Land May 12-26, Travel with the Revs. Michael and Susan Thomas, Our Savior Lutheran Church, Hanover, NH and The Rev. Dr. Anja Stuckenberger, Zion Spies Lutheran Church, Reading, PA to the Holy Land and Jordan. Cost: $3980 This trip builds on Pr. Nancy s sabbatical with Prs. Susan and Michael Thomas. It should be wonderful experience. For more information go to

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T h e C h u r c h M o u s e Ascension Lutheran Church Newsletter June/July 2014 Dear Friends, I enjoyed Synod Assembly, Mission and Worship in the Age of the Spirit, which offered much food for thought