CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION
13216 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
www.ascension_lakewood.org
June 2015
FROM FATHER VINCENT:
In the beginning of the gospel lesson assigned for the first Sunday of
June (Mark 3:21) people were talking about Jesus. Imagine what
they were saying. Might they be saying that Jesus is so easy going,
comfortable to be around, and a person who would never rock the
boat or cause any trouble? Might they be saying he is such a nice
guy who never makes people feel uncomfortable by talking about
God or challenging the status quo? Absolutely not, that is not what
they are saying at all. Instead they are saying that he is out of his
mind. Members of his own family were saying that he is out of his
mind. What does Jesus say about his family? He says that his true
family members are those who do the will of God (Mark 3:35).
I think people might say about us at Ascension that we are out of
our minds. We are moving forward in confidence that we are here
to do God’s will. We are investing a lot of money in order to make
our facility energy efficient and inviting. We are following the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to do more and more rather than less and
less. We are inviting the children of the community to join us for
lunch throughout the summer from 11:30-12:30 Monday through
Friday from June 15-August 14. We are inviting all of the community
to join us for Frankfurter Fridays beginning on June 12 from 6-7. We
are also inviting the community to join us for our Summer Concert
series on the second Sunday of the month June through September
which includes lunch at noon and a concert from 1-2pm.
Yes, people may say we are out of our minds. Let’s hope they do.
For then we will be more like Jesus himself, striving to build the
kingdom of God by making a place where all are welcome and fed.
We will be his family expecting to encounter him in the stranger,
hoping to be challenged and changed.
Inside this issue
Father Vincent’s Message……………..…….…..1
Senior warden’s Message…………………………2
Choir, ……………………..…………………………......3
Tech Hints, Community Meal…………………….4
Outreach flier…………………………………………...5
Outreach for Parish…………………………………..6
Frankfurter Fridays, Free Lunch…………6
Afternoon Guild, Shawl Ministry………. …….5
Building & Grounds, Hospitality Roster……..7
Ascension Night Out
Buildings & Grounds,
Celebrations:……………………………………….…...8
Anniversaries
Birthdays
Planting for Tomorrow..…………………………...9
Photo Gallery……………………………………10, 11
Campaign Celebration……………………………..12
Calendar………………………………………………….13
July NEWS IS DUE BY
June 20th
News from Gil Newlands, Senior Warden:
Used to be that at churches we all took it easy during the summer months.
The choir was on recess, the Rector was away at his cottage at Chautauqua or
the Adirondacks, many parishioners were away on summer vacations or at
their summer places, and it was, in general, a slow time of year. For some of
us, who’ve been around here for a while, things slowed down at Ascension
too.
Well, I mean to tell you that isn’t happening this year. We have an active and busy summer planned.
There will be Frankfurter Fridays again on the front lawn every other week – you know the drill –
and free summer lunches for neighborhood kids during the week. I hope you’ll try to come to the
Frankfurter Fridays for hot dogs, lemonade, and games, and even better if you can volunteer to
help set-up, serve or clean-up. The summer lunch program from June through August will help to
insure that kids in the neighborhood (up through age 18) will be able to have a good lunch Mondays through Fridays. I think volunteer opportunities are still available; please contact Margie Hildebrandt for more information.
Later on during the summer – starting June 14 – there will be a series of four concerts after the
10:30 service, some of which will be on the front lawn. For those planning to attend, there will also
be a luncheon following the service. Our first concert will be with Anna Risch and a string quartet.
Anna is a very talented young lady and a graduate of Baldwin-Wallace and helps out with our Sunday School program during the year. I hope in particular you will plan to attend this concert.
Finally, I hope you’ll take a look at some of the improvements on the Ascension campus. Painting
and other long over-due repairs are being made to Ascension House, most of the new windows are
in place, on the east and west gables the wood trim on the church building itself will be painted
within the next few weeks, the west doors have been beautifully refinished, and work is well under
way on the new air conditioning system.
Yes, it’s going to be a busy summer at Ascension. I hope you’ll be part of this exciting time in the life
of our parish.
Sincerely,,
Gil Newlands, Senior Warden
TIMES FOR SERVICES!
Services are at 8:00 and 10:30 am unless noted
Help us Grow!
Be joyful in the Lord, All you lands;
Serve the Lord with gladness,And come before his
presence with a song.
(Psalm 100)
The Choir’s last service to sing for this season was May 24th. I would like to thank all
the members of the choir who so diligently came to rehearsals and services. They
worked as a team to make the best music possible.
Our choir has many years of participation between them:
Margie Hildebrandt 27 years
Chris Deibel 17 years
John Mohlar 12 years
Rincy Isaacs 9 years
Fran Richardson 3 years
Steve Schlagheck 3 years
Jenny Christ 2 years
Steve Asbury 1 year
We have also been blessed to have Jose Gotera join us on occasion.
Thank you for sharing your talent with us, Jose!
When you sing you pray twice!
Come join the fun!
I would be remiss to leave out our fabulous organist!
Thank you so much Linda, for the blessing you give us
all every Sunday morning with your beautiful organ
Music!
Tech Hints
Have you checked out our website lately??????? Pretty cool!
http://ascension-lakewood.org
If you see a picture in our photo gallery that you like, right click the
mouse and click save picture as….. And then put it in a picture folder.
Outreach at Ascension
Community Meal
The community meal this month will be on Thursday, May 8th.
Our dessert will be Chocolate cake with white icing. Let Margie
know if you would be willing to help out by baking! I will need 3
bakers. Thanks.
Now that we are getting free fruit/veggies from the Foodbank to
distribute to our clients, I will need help sorting and bagging the
food from 1:30 till we’re done @3:30ish
Thank you! The clients are so appreciative of the food bags!
As we know, many hands make work light! Margie
Needed:
If you get plastic grocery bags, our Community Meal is going to begin passing
out free food from the Foodbank. Therefore we will need bags to put it in. Look
for the recycling box that says COMMUNITY MEAL in the undercroft.. We could
also use extra hands to pass out the food!
If you would like to help fill those bags let Margie know. They will be filled
right before the community meal around 3:00.
News for the Parish
Would you like to help?
There are many opportunities for you to do so!!
FRANKFURTER FRIDAYS begin on June 12th and continue every other Friday during the
summer. Help is needed to set up, cook and clean up. We also could use help with activities for
the kids. Let Gil know if you can help in any way.
Our free Lunch for kids begins on June 15th and continues through August 14th. Helpers to set
up tables, pass out lunches, keep records, clean up or organize crafts are needed. You can sign
up for a day, a week, a month :-)…. down in the Undercroft.
Help is also needed on the first Saturday of the month to tidy up our grounds. Building and
Grounds would love to see you!
CHURCH
TO
LUNCH
TO A
CONCERT!
There will be one service at 10:30, no 8am service on these days
Join us for lunch at 12 and concert 1-2pm.
Forest Park String Quartet - June 14
Organ Recital by Buck McDaniel - July 12
Kasper and the Friendly Ghosts Jazz - August 9th
Baldwin Wallace Alumni Brass Collective - September 13
We would like
To take the month of JUNE
And spend our gardening efforts
to cleaning up the growth along the west fence (backing
up along Paul’s Garden Center).
This area needs a complet clean-up between the trees, then
trimming the trees, followed by the mulching.
Any amount of time you have available and could spend on this
project would be great.
Building and grounds will be working on the yeard on the first
Saturday in June to get started (a worthy church effort)
Thanks, BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Bring:
Tools
Yard bags
Help needed!
Hospitality Roster
June – Ascension House
July – Vestry
August – Music
The second Monday of this month, June 8th our "Ascension Night
Out" dining group will meet at 6:00 at Mahle’s, 24945 Center Ridge
Road, in Westlake. This is one of our favorite restaurants and all
are welcome to join us. A sign-up sheet will be in the church
office for a reservation or if you have any questions. Please sign in
by the Friday before the dinner.
BUILDING AND GROUNDS MEETING,
TUESDAY, June 2nd. 6:30 PM
Please send corrections and additions for the Church of the
Ascension Directory to Chris Deibel at [email protected]. Thank you.
To add your birthday or anniversary to these lists, please e-mail Margie at
[email protected]. Thank you!
‘Many happy returns of the day to you!
Happy Birthday to:
Please send me your birthday if you
would like it to be remembered!
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06/05 Kenneth Ellen
06/05 June Madden
06/09 John Welfley
06/21 David Buehler
06/28 William Beyer
06/28 Ella Jane Fowerbaugh
Happy Anniversary to:
06/24/1972 Christopher & Mary Ann Deibel
06/24/1967 Ann & William Beyer
Bret & Melissa will celebrate their wedding on
06/27/2015 and begin their wedded bliss as Mr. & Mrs. Schlosser,.
Many Blessings to you as you begin life together.
****Please send me your
Anniversary if you’d like it to be included here!
Update on Planting for Tomorrow
We have had great success in our capital campaign which is called Planting for Tomorrow. Because of generous pledges to the campaign we have been able to secure a loan
to install a new energy efficient heating and cooling system throughout the building
and to put a new much needed roof on Ascension Hall. We have also been able to install twenty-five new energy efficient windows, in the offices, Guild Room and three on
the east side of the building. These are major accomplishments and we have reason to
rejoice and celebrate.
However, we have done these things only on the good faith that those who have
pledged will follow through with their pledges otherwise the parish will be in default.
Please make every effort to follow through with your pledge. If you are behind please
call and make new arrangement to catch up.
Also, if you have not made a pledge or realize that that you may be able to contribute
more than you originally thought, please do so either by contacting Father Vincent or
by making a check to Ascension indicating in the memo that it is for the capital campaign. We still need new windows in Ascension Hall and elsewhere as well as need to
address damage to the woodwork and floor in the Guild Room before it can be painted
and re-carpeted.
Thank you for your sacrificial generosity and support.
Tower
City Children’s
Choir
came and
sang for
us! Then
we played
“Always buy a Briggs and
Stratton lawn mower.”
“Do unto others as you’d have
them do unto you.”
“It’ll be much easier when
You cook if you clean up as
You go along.”
A yummy lunch for
our Mother’s Day
Afternoon Guild
Meeting. We honored our Mothers by
telling stories and
sharing their best
advice.
Do you have a picture of the church or a church event to share ?
Send it to Margie @[email protected]
Spiritual Retreat May 16th.
Lecture (above)
Discussion (to left)
GREEN (Ecco friendly), FARM, COOKING, SPIRITUAL RETREAT, GROUPS, INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY, FUN………. JUST
SOME OF THE TOPICS AT THIS MEETING!!! Ascension was a leader in supporting this project!
Katie Ong-Landini shares with us the updates regarding the
new Diocesan Retreat facility. It will be a fantastic facility
when completed in 2017. If you’d like more information, check
out the project website:
http://dohiocampandretreatfarm.com
June 2015
Sun
Mon
1
Tue
2 Building
3 Shawl
& Grounds
Ministry
6:30 pm
7 Services
11Ascension 9
8:00 & 10:30
Night
Out
6:00 pm
Thu
4
16
21 Services 22
23
Fri
5
17 Shawl
11 Comm. 12
13
Frankfurter
Friday 6:00
18
19
20
25
26
27
Ministry
9:30 am
24
8:00 & 10:30
Frankfurter
Friday 6:00
28 Services 29
6 YARD
9am
McQuiston
Service 11
9:30 am
10
Sat
CLEANUP
Meal
5:00 pm
15 free
Service 10:30 Lunch
Program
concert
lunch
begins
14 One
Wed
30
30
8:00 & 10:30
Reminder for the 14th:
Church is at 10:30
Lunch is at 12:00
Concert is at 1:00