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, October 15th from 5:30-6:00 p.m. Menu: Pasta with sauce, salad, 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).

Rohrerstown Community Band

Ascension will be hosting this concert on Sunday, October 4th at 3:00 p.m. The concert is open to the community. A freewill offering will be taken during the concert.

Organ Dedication Events

October 3rd & 4th – During worship, Ascension will dedicate the new organ to the glory of God.

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, October 3rd. Cooking begins at 7:45 a.m. with breakfast to follow at 8:30 a.m.

Lydia Circle

The next gathering of Lydia Circle (a group open to all women of the parish) will be Tuesday, October 6th. Lori C will lead the group in Jeopardy Trivia Night.

Tenfold Collections (September): Non perishable food products; Microwavable items; and low sugar snack and breakfast bars, drinks.

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 Carrabba’s Italian Grille (100 N Point Blvd.). Please sign up on the bulletin board if you plan to attend.

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.

Church Directory/Offering Envelopes Updates

The new directory will be available the first weekend of October. The directory will be sent out via PDF and hard copies will be available on the Welcome Center.

Offering envelopes for 2027 will be available in late Fall.

First Sunday Fellowship

The next First Sunday Fellowship will held on Sunday, October 4th following worship.

Would you consider being a host/hostess for one of our upcoming Fellowship Hours? The 2026 sign up is posted on the bulletin board. 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.

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 September/October 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.

The Neighboring family has graduated from the program and we commend them for their hard work! Thank you for your support throughout the past year!

You may still make gifts for rental assistance – they will be donated to the general 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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