Please plan to participate in the Annual Parish Meeting on Sunday, January 29 at 9:00 am in the Parish Hall. We will thank the outgoing Vestry members for completing their terms, elect new Vestry members and Delegates for Diocesan Convention, see a video recapping 2011 at Ascension, and receive ministry reports, financial reports and the budget for 2012.
Mark February 3 on your calendar to attend the Second Annual Ascension Chili Cook-Off and Bread Making Competition! This event was a blast last year, so be sure to come this year and bring your friends. There is no admission fee, and the whole family is welcome! Anyone can enter a pot of chili or a loaf or two of bread in the competition. If you are not a chili or bread chef, come and eat and vote on who is crowned Chili Chef of the Year and who is crowned Bread Chef of the Year! The event starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. Bring your family and friends and join in the fun!
2012 Ascension Men's Retreat
The theme for the 2012 Men's Retreat is "Wrestling With the Desert Fathers." Participants will search for insight into living as a man before God and find strength to carry back into our daily lives. All the men of Ascension are invited, as well as friends. This is a great opportunity for those who are newer to the parish to get to know some of the 'old-timers' and build relationships.
We will seek by study and sharing, looking at the wisdom of a group of ancient men (the Desert Fathers) who moved into the Egyptian desert to radically minimize their relationship with the world and maximize their relationship with God. In so doing, their lives threw into sharp relief many of the challenges men experience before God. We will also seek by practice, moving (for a night) into a remote location, a place removed from the cares that regularly demand our time and energy. We will pray, worship, and study. There will also be space for quality time in fellowship with one another.