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YOUTH
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YOUTH
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OUR VALUES AND MISSION
Episcopal Church of the Ascension welcomes all as we strive to honor and glorify God in worship and serve one another and the community around us.
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OUR VALUES AND MISSION
Episcopal Church of the Ascension welcomes all as we strive to honor and glorify God in worship and serve one another and the community around us.
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OUR VALUES AND MISSION
Episcopal Church of the Ascension welcomes all as we strive to honor and glorify God in worship and serve one another and the community around us.
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OUR VALUES AND MISSION
Episcopal Church of the Ascension welcomes all as we strive to honor and glorify God in worship and serve one another and the community around us.
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GUEST PREACHERS THIS FALL AT ASCENSION
While Fr. Paul is on sabbatical this fall, we are blessed with an outstanding group of Sunday preachers. You'll see some new and familiar faces at the altar through the second week of November. We're grateful for Fr. Ernie's leadership and pastoral presence during this time. If you have a pastoral emergency, please get in touch with him at ernie.mcafee@ascensiondallas.org or call the pastoral hotline at 214.382.9776.
We trust that in this sabbatical time, God will be at work in the lives of Fr. Paul and his family and the lives of the people of this church, using all things for our good and God's glory. We entrust Fr. Paul and his family to God.
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Sunday, September 10
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Rev. Canon Victoria Heard
Recently retired Rector from Church of the Redeemer in Irving, TX
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Sunday, October 1
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Rev. Randy Nelson
Deacon
All Souls Episcopal Church
Arlington, TX
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Sunday, October 22
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Jane Burruss
Lay Leader and Chair of 2024 Stewardship Campaign
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Sunday, November 12
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Rev. Phil Dieke
Director of Congregational Innovation at Education Beyond the Walls at Austin Seminary
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Sunday, September 17
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Rev. Chanta Bhan
Episcopal Priest
Diocese of Massachusetts
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Sunday, October 8
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The Rt.Rev. George Sumner
Bishop
Episcopal Diocese of Dallas
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Sunday, October 29
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Chris Reed
Ascension member, M.Div Student & Benedictine Oblate
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Sunday, November 19
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Dr. Andy Stoker
Inter-Faith Leader,
Teacher and Guide
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Sunday, September 24
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Rev. Laura Warner Gilmer
Deacon
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Hurst, TX
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Sunday, October 15
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Fr. Ernie McAfee
Assisting Priest
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
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Sunday, November 5
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Fr. Ernie McAfee
Assisting Priest
Episcopal Church of the Ascension
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Sunday, November 26
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Fr. Ernie McAfee
Assisting Priest
Episcopal Church of the Ascension