Weekly Worship Services
Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. - Facebook Live Stream
Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. - In-person
Sundays at 9:30 a.m. - In-person
Church Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
Please call ahead before you make your visit: 717-464-5683.
Office hours are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. However, during the summer months, they may vary and change due to vacation schedules.
Church Picnic
The annual church picnic will be held on Sunday, August 4 following worship. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and drinks will be provided. Please bring side dishes to share and games to play. A sign-up sheet is posted on the bulletin board; please sign up if you plan to attend!
Blood Drive
The next quarterly blood drive will be held on Wednesday, August 7 from 2:00-7:00 p.m. Walk-ins welcome or visit the LGH Blood drive site (click here).
Joseph's Table Community Meal
The next take-out only meal will be held on Thursday, August15 from 5:30-6:00 p.m.
Sign-up sheets will be posted two weeks before the dinner for preparation, distribution volunteers, parking lot attendants, and dishwashers!
WASS Luncheon
The next Widows and Senior Singles gathering will be held Wednesday, August 21 at noon. The group will gather at Shaefer's Canal House (208 Bank St., Chesapeake City, MD). Please sign up on the sheet posted on the bulletin board. The group will meet at 10:45 a.m. at the church to carpool!
First Sunday Fellowship
First Sunday Fellowship is held on the First Sunday of each month immediately following worship. You are welcome to join us for light refreshments and fellowship!
Would you consider being a host/hostess for one of our upcoming Fellowship Hours? We are looking for persons to host in 2025! Thank you to everyone who signed up for 2024. Please sign up in the narthex and see the bulletin board for details to contact Julie S, the Fellowship Hour Coordinator.
We need worship for our spirit and fellowship for our soul.
Casting our Nets Prayer Shawl Ministry
Casting Our Nets, Ascension's Prayer Shawl Ministry, provides beautifully knitted and crocheted prayer shawls to members, family, and friends of the congregation. If you would like a prayer shawl to give to someone experiencing illness, loss, or another need, please stop by the church. Prayer shawls can be found in the closet located in the church library. Casting our Nets meets every 1st and 3rd Monday at 7:00 p.m. in the conference room.
CASTING OUR NETS WILL NOT MEET DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
Ascension Greening Project
Phase 1: This part of the greening project has been completed. THANK YOU to all persons who helped during the work days on March 20 and 21!
Phase 2: Is planned for sometime in September or October. We will plant herbaceous plugs/pilot holes; and watering.
Phase 3 will follow: Ongoing stewardship of plantings/gardens.
Water Street Mission Collection
If you would like to make an in-kind donations to the "Needs List" at WSM, Ascension will be collecting the following items for July (please place items in the designated box): Diapers (all sizes); Baby wipes; Baby powder
Solanco Food Bank Donations
Non-perishable Food Items: Soups (canned chicken noodle, tomato, other flavors); pudding cups; granola bars; cereal; macaroni and cheese boxes; fruit cups; canned fruits; baked beans; canned pasta (like Spaghetti O's); family sized bags of potato chips or pretzels; Ketchup; Mustard; Mayo.
Non-Food Items: Baby wipes; diapers (sizes: 5, 6, and pull ups)
You may also make monetary donations to the food bank by: 1) Making a donation through your giving envelope (Please write "Solanco Food Bank" on the envelope); 2) Send a check directly to Solanco Neighborhood Ministries (write "Food Bank" on the memo link), 355 Buck Road, Quarryville, PA 17566.
Bridge of Hope
Churches Respond. Homelessness Ends. Hope Begins.
Ascension will continue to support BOH families with rental assistance. If you would like to make a donation, please label your offering envelope "BOH rental assistance." Thank you to everyone who continues to make a gift!
Ascension has a family and is currently neighboring them! All donations made for rental assistance will be donated to our family. Please keep our family and group in your prayers!
USPS Update
The postal service has asked that all correspondences sent to Ascension should use the P.O. Box address: Ascension Lutheran Church, P.O. Box 635 ,Willow Street, PA 17584.
Upper Room Devotional
Copies of the July/August devotionals are available at the Church Office or on the Welcome Center.