Announcements

Office Hours

Mondays: 9:00 a.m. – noon

Wednesdays: 12:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

If you plan to stop by the office, please call first to make sure someone is present. The office number is: 717-464-5683.

Joseph’s Table Community Meal

Joseph’s Table is Ascension’s monthly take-out only community meal.

The next take-out only meal will be held on Thursday, November 19th from 5:30-6:00 p.m. Menu: Roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetable, roll, and dessert. (Please note: Menu is subject to change!)

Sign up sheets are posted two weeks prior to the meal for preparation and distribution volunteers; parking lot attendants; and congregational donations (if needed).

Blood Drive

Ascension will be host its next blood drive on Wednesday, November 11 (Veterans’ Day) from 2:00-7:00. Walk ins are welcome, but you may also sign up for an appointment time. Click here to make an appointment.

Organ Dedication Events

November 3rd (Tuesday) – At 7:00 p.m., the Lydia Circle will host a presentation led by Ascension’s Minister of Music entitled “What does that button do?” This event will be held in the sactuary and is open to the whole congregation and community.

March 2026 – John Zienskil alongwith members of the Lancaster Chapter of the American Guild of Organist will perform the “Keys to the Kingdom” concert. More details to come!

Men’s Group

The next gathering of the Men’s Group is scheduled for Saturday, November 7th. Cooking begins at 7:45 a.m. with breakfast to follow at 8:30 a.m.

Lydia Circle

The next gathering of Lydia Circle will be Tuesday, November 3rd. The group will hold their busieness meeting at 6:30 p.m. in the confernce room.

At 7:00 p.m., the congregation is welcome to attend a presentation by John Z on the organ entitled “What Does This Button Do?”

Tenfold Collections (October): Gift cards for veterans. Please donate increments of $10 to Sheetz, Weis, Giant, or Walmart. Or you can make your donation through your offering envelope. The goal is to give $35.00 to each of Tenfold’s 17 veterans in resident.

WASS Group

The Widows and Senior Singles Group meets on the THIRD Wednesday of each month.

The group will gather on Wednesday, October 21st at noon. The group will gather at TJ Rockwells (800 Mount Gretna Road, Elizabethtown). Please sign up on the bulletin board if you plan to attend. We will meet at the church around 11:00 a.m. to carpool to the restaurant.

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 will continue to meet every 1st and 3rd Monday at 1:00 p.m. in the conference room.

Harvest Home Weekend

Every year, Ascension celebrates Harvest Home. This year, it will fall on the weekend of November 7th and 8th. As we celebrate the bounty God provides, let us remember the scarcity and the need that remains in the world.

The congregation will be collecting special items to donate to Solanco Neighborhood Ministries for the Thanksgiving Meal Box giveaway. You may bring these items between now and Sunday, November 8th.

Items:

Frozen Turkeys (10-12 poudns) or $25.00 Giant Gift cards (Turkeys may be placed in the church freezer; gift cards may be placed in the offering plate)

Gravy Packets (2) or Turkey gravy (1 jar)

Fresh White Potatoes

Canned or Fresh Sweet Potatoes

Box of Cornmeal Mix

Creamed Corn or Whole Corn (cans)

Stuffing Mix

Cranberry Sauce (canned)

Yellow Cake Mix

Pumpkin Puree (1-29 oz can; 2-15oz cans)

Evaporated Milk (12 oz cans)

First Sunday Fellowship

The next First Sunday Fellowship will held on Sunday, November 1st following worship.

Would you consider being a host/hostess for one of our upcoming Fellowship Hours? The 2027 sign up will be posted to the bulletin board soon! Contact Julie S, the Fellowship Hour Coordinator, for more information.

We need worship for our spirit and fellowship for our soul.

Youth Ministry

Sunday, October 26th – Meet at the church at 5:00 p.m. for dinner and to make care packages for college kids.

Solanco Food Bank Donations

Food items: Tuna (canned); Seafood soup/chowder (canned); Soups (canned); Refried beans (canned); Triscuits/Wheat Thins; Fruit cups; SPAM; Cheerios (yellow box/original); Mustard; Granola Bars

Non-Food Items: Toothpaste, Diapers (size 5, 6, and 3T, 4T, 5T)

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. Sending a check directly to Solanco Neighborhood Ministries (write “Food Bank” on the memo link), 14 S. Church St., Quarryville, PA 17566.

3. Visiting their website and making an online donation (click here).

Devotional Materials

Copies of the Upper Room devotionals for November/December are available at the Church Office or on the Welcome Center.

Devotions for Lent will be available on the weekend of February 7 and 8.

USPS Mailing Address

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

Adventurer Newsleter

Thenext issue of the Adventurer will be a November/December edition. Please email your articles to the church office by Monday, October 12th.

Fostering Hope – Lancaster

Ascension Lutheran Church hosts Fostering Hope, a ministry which serves the needs of foster children in the foster care system and their caregivers.

For more information, visit their website by clicking on Fostering Hope.

Lutheran World Relief

Please keep in your prayers for all people impacted by natural disasters.

If you would like to make a financial contribution to support the work of LWF, you may click here. Your gifts will be used to deliver urgent support and care, like: food, shelter, and other critically needed items; mission quilts and kits for families who have fled their homes; and medicine and supplies for clinics.

Water Street Mission

If you would like to make an in-kind donations to the “Needs List” at WSM, Ascension will be collecting the following items for October (please place items in the designated box): Hairbrushes, Disposable razors, Sharving Cream, and Small toiletry bags.

You may also make a donation to Water Street Mission by clicking here.

Bridge of Hope

Churches Respond. Homelessness Ends. Hope Begins.

Ascenion is now neigboring its third family since 2020. The Neighboring Group will be planning events and offering their time/talents to the family.

You may smake gifts for rental assistance – they will be donated to the family through BOH for rental assistance fund. Please label your offering “BOH Rental Assistance.”

Email Blast

If you would like to be placed on our weekly email blast, please contact the church office via telephone or email.

Ascension Lutheran Church

Willow Street, PA

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