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! | 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
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