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This Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist with choir 10:00 a.m. Annual Parish Meeting 11:00 a.m. Potluck Lunch in the Parish Hall The Annual Meeting is not just for longtime members, but for everyone. Come celebrate the parish highlights of 2011. Give thanks for the outgoing vestry members and wardens. Meet and greet the five new members who will join our vestry to help guide Ascension in the coming years. See the budget and what it buys us. Learn about Mission, Ministry, and Management. Hear from the Rector about plans for 2012. During the meeting, children will enjoy a session of drumming with guest musicians. Afterwards we'll gather for a pot-luck lunch. Please bring a dish to pass. |
Vestry Nominations:
On Sunday January 29, at our Annual Meeting, we will elect five new positions to our vestry to fill expiring terms. The vestry is the governing board of the parish which, in partnership with the Rector, guides the mission and ministry of the parish and manages its resources.
Following are the names of the candidates who have been nominated for the positions and agreed to serve.
Senior Warden Position: Katie Keller
Junior Warden Position: Mark Schwantes
Treasurer Position (1 year) Christina Arndt
Vestry Member Position (3 year) Lori Allaire
Vestry Member Position (3 year) Bob Gerhard
Vestry Member Position (3 year) Frank Langer
In Accordance with Canon Law and church Bylaws, nominations for positions are also accepted from the floor at the Annual Parish Meeting, January 29, 2012.
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Annual Meeting Potluck
January 29, 2012
in the Parish Hall
Following the Annual Meeting
Come celebrate our community,
our work and our ministries
this past year by sharing a meal together.
Please bring a main dish, side dish, a salad or a dessert.
There will be a gluten free table, so if you are able, please bring a dish that all can eat.
For information or easy recipe ideas, please contact:
Julie Luna 651-275-3900 or julieluna@hotmail.com
Anne Gerber 651-439-9614 or amartens74@yahoo.com
If you are willing to set up, serve or clean up, please
contact Julie or Anne.
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 Updated January, 2012
Sunday School Parent Letter
Jan. 29th: No Sunday school as we will have one church service that day at 9:00 am and then the Annual Meeting at 10:00am.
All children are invited downstairs during the Annual Meeting for a youth program of learning about drum circles. This group will have a chance to learn about and play various drums and percussion instruments. The music focus is mostly from Africa, the Caribbean, Brazil and some contemporary rhythms. No pressure to memorize parts, just come and enjoy the rhythms and the learning that happens in the moment. We will allow time for improvisation too. All levels welcome.
There is a pot-luck luncheon following the meeting around 11:30am.
February 5th:
Sunday school rotation from 9:00-9:50am.
This unit is on The Creation and is the foundation of every religion. It is located in the first book of the Bible and includes the story of the beginning of the world. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." (Genesis 1:1). This rotation we will have art with music, drama and cooking.
Last Sunday Supper: The Tweeners (5th & 6th Graders) and their families will be cooking, serving and cleaning up for the Last Sunday Supper next Sunday on Jan. 29th, following the Annual Meeting and Luncheon. If you would like to volunteer or contribute to the dinner, please see Mindy.
Confirmation: Next one is Feb. 5th, 11:30 - 1:30.
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Many Youth from around the Diocese attended the last
Youth Blast on January 22 at St. Mark's Cathedral
with Bishop Brian. |
 The Episcopal Church in Minnesota
East Metro Mission Area Gathering January 28 - 31, 2012 A full schedule of events are planned for this time period |
Sunday February Health Talks, Parish Hall, 11 a.m.
Come and listen to a different featured speaker on the first 3 Sundays in February. Feburary 5th: National Alliance on Mental HealthCome and hear from individuals who live well with mental illness. Mental illness impacts the lives of at least 1 in 4 adults and 1 in 10 children: bipolar, depression, post-traumatic stress, personality disorder, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, and others. NAMI helps individuals with mental illness lead productive lives.
February 12th: Addictions
Bill Alexander is an author and public speaker on addiction and recovery. His engaging and simple presentations have been said to "cut to the heart of addiction". His presentation will include understanding the roots of addiction and finding, within, the tools to destroy those roots. He calls this process 'radical sobriety'.
February 19th: Women's Health at Midlife
Andrea L. Tipple, MD is a member of Ascension Episcopal Church and a specialist in Family Medicine and Obstetrics/Gynecology with Stillwater Medical Group. She will talk about the challenges women face at midlife and the research-based medical, complementary and lifestyle practices that help women navigate this transition.
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 We now have a Twitter account, @aechurchmn. If you would like to keep visitors to our website informed on what you are doing at Church, use hashtag #aechurchmn and your tweet will show on the new homepage. |
High Speed Internet Access for Low Income FamiliesHigh speed Internet access is available to low income families for an affordable rate of $9.95 per month. Program participants may also qualify to purchase a low cost ($150) computer and receive free Internet training. According to Comcast, this is permanent pricing (it is not introductory rate pricing) and there are no activation fees, rental fees, or the like. Read the MPR story about this offer. |
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Altar Flowers
If you are interested in sponsoring altar flowers for 2012, please contact Barb Smolik at 651-275-3533 or the office at 651-439-2609 for sign-up. Get your names on the dates you wish before they fill up.
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Thomas Aquinas Priest, Friar, And Theologian (28 Jan. 1274)
In the thirteenth century, when Thomas Aquinas lived, the works of Aristotle, largely forgotten in Western Europe, began to be available again, partly from Eastern European sources and partly from Moslem Arab sources in Africa and Spain. These works offered a new and exciting way of looking at the world. Many enthusiastic students of Aristotle adopted him quite frankly as as an alternative to Christianity. The response of many Christians was to denounce Aristotle as an enemy of the Christian Faith. A third approach was that of those who tried to hold both Christian and Aristotelian views side by side with no attempt to reconcile the two. Aquinas had a fourth approach. While remaining a Christian, he immersed himself in the ideas of Aristotle, and then undertook to explain Christian ideas and beliefs in language that would make sense to disciples of Aristotle. At the time, this seemed like a very dangerous and radical idea, and Aquinas spent much of his life living on the edge of ecclesiastical approval. His success can be measured by the prevalence today of the notion that of course all Christian scholars in the Middle Ages were followers of Aristotle. |
Ongoing Events
 Our Community KitchenTuesday and Thursday mornings 7 - 10 am @ Ascension's Kitchen and Fellowship Hall.
Come and meet your community and have a delicious breakfast!
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Ascension Episcopal Church
E-Newsletter Communications Lynn Raarup 651-439-2609 |
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