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April 11, 2013 Mission & Feature
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Join us throughout 2013
for our 25th Anniversary Events.
April 26-28, from Menomonie, WI, to St. Paul, MN
BFA Annual Luncheon
with His Excellency Ebrahim Rasool
Ambassador of South Africa to the U.S.
May 15, Town & Country Club, St. Paul, MN
Doing Business in Africa Forum
and University Club Reception
also with His Excellency Ebrahim Rasool
May 15, Downtown St. Paul Athletic Club, St. Paul, MN
BFA Summit Society Donor Reception
hosted by His Excellency Elkanah Odembo
Ambassador of the Republic of Kenya to the U.S.
Honorary Chair of the BFA Summit Society
June 4, Embassy of the Republic of Kenya, Washington, D.C.
Books for Africa Silver Jubilee Gala
September 20, 2013, Crowne Plaza
St. Paul River Front Hotel, St. Paul, MN
Books for Africa Block Party
September 21, 2013 BFA St. Paul Warehouse, St. Paul, MN
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Healing Touch
Saturday
April 13th
9 - 11 am
Parish Hall |
Valley Outreach March Food/Funds Drive
Was a huge success! Ascension Church donated 122 pounds of food and $2,385.00! Combined with the buying power of Valley Outreach, that's more than $20,000 worth of food that will stock the shelves.
Thank you very much for your support and generosity.
Sue and Frank Langer
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Ascension Happenings
Sam & Sonja Brown had their 1st baby,
Arthur Alexander Brown, Artie!
He is the proud Grand-son of Rick & Mitzi Brown  Ada Gerber and Penny Corbett recently were in The Wizard of Oz, The Lower School Theater Club production at St. Croix Prep. Academy Ada played a Soldier and Penny was the Wizard!  Maddie Gerrard has received 3rd place in the Minnesota State High School Journalist of the year. She is the Editor and Chief of the Stillwater Pony Express Newspaper. |
Indian Cooking Class Dinner Fundraiser
with Udai Singh and Andy Jenks
Welcome families, children, and adults who are curious to learn about cooking and eating Indian food. Udai Singh will lead participants in cooking a variety of foods followed by dinner. Recipes and spice sets will be available. Reservations are required and limited to 50 people.
When: Sunday April 21, 2013 3-5:30 PM (participatory cooking class) with dinner at 5:30 PM
Where: Ascension Episcopal Church Kitchen 215 4th St N Stillwater MN 55082
Donations are welcome. Proceeds will go to fund a library/community center in Udai's home village in India.
RSVP by April 18 to andy@jenks.mn or call 651-387-9600 --indicate names of attendees Dr. Udai B. Singh is an Agricultural and Civil Engineer and works as Water Resources Manager for the Mississippi Watershed Management in Minneapolis. He is an adjunct faculty member in the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering Department at the University of Minnesota. Udai grew up in a small farming village in the Bharatpur District of State of Rajasthan in India. He attended elementary school with fifty to sixty students and one teacher for grades 1 to 5. Udai started a one room library and community center in his native village. He has offered cooking classes at other churches and collects donations for this project by selling stainless steel spice sets containing cumin seed, mustard seed, chile powder, turmeric, garam masala, coriander powder, and salt. If you are interested in purchasing a spice set you can contact Andy directly or purchase one at the cooking class. Andy Jenks is a Stillwater resident and member of Ascension. Andy and Udai have been colleagues and friends for twelve years. Andy and Udai traveled to India in 2009 to visit Udai's family and attend a conference among other adventures.
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Naming and Claiming Your Gifts
April 28th at 11:30
What is God calling you to do? What feeds your soul? Explore these questions and more with fellow parishoners and discover how God may be calling you to share your gifts with our Ascension community. Our very own Mary Jo Feely will lead the workshop. Lunch will be served and child care will be provided. Questions? You may contact Sally, s.giese@aechurch.org or Rev. Mary Jo, maryjo@aechurch.org.
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Episcopal Church Women of Minnesota
A Long over due Gathering will be
Saturday, May 4, 2013
At St. David's, Minnetonka 13000 St. David's Rd, in Minnetonka Mills
10:00 - 2:00
 We would like to know what is going on with the women in the diocese. Bring samples of your work or your educational materials. Let's share our talents. We will have a Eucharist, meeting, lunch and listen to our inspirational speaker: Lindsay Hardin-Freeman. Ms. Hardin-Freeman's book " The Scarlet Cord:  Conversations with God's Chosen Women" offers health, healing, and the knowledge that other women have also trod broken and jagged paths in their search for wholeness. By taking this step, the reader will discover that challenges experienced by biblical women are not so different from her own.
We have money to give out in scholarships, offices to fill, reports to listen to. Plus a greeting from our Bishop, Province President and we also will have with us the ECW National President.
Spread the word and make this a great time!
Lunch reservations and more information
ECW 16520 30th Ave. No., Plymouth, MN 55447
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Become A Shareholder!! The 2013 Guatemala Mission Team is looking for investors to purchase shares for their Guatemala Mission Trip in July. The shares are available at the low price of $30.00 per share. The money generated from these shares will go directly towards our 2013 trip. During the time we are in Antigua, Guatemala we will be serving the community by assisting in building houses, visiting a malnutrition center, serving at a homeless shelter and much more. Your investment will include: - A certificate marking your donation
- An invitation to our Shareholder's Dessert following the trip
- A personalized postcard sent from Guatemala
- A partnership with the mission while they travel
- A new look at mission thru the eyes, ears and hearts of the team
- A great reason to pray for 10 days
- The knowledge that your investment will be used for the work of Christ in Antigua, Guatemala
The Share Market will be open for the month of April. You may mail or drop off your form with your donation to 215 4th Street N. Stillwater, Mn 55082. Please have all shares turned in by May 1st.
Thank You So Much for Your Support!
Please see Mindy or any member of the
2013 Guatemala Team for a Shareholder Form
in the Parish Hall after church through April.
*Please make checks payable to:
Ascension Episcopal Church.
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Ascension Volunteers needed at Valley Outreach Food Shelf.
Valley Outreach relies heavily upon generous and dedicated volunteers (like you) to sort and stock donations and serve clients at the Food Shelf. Ascension Church will be providing volunteers April 22 Monday, April 24 Wednesday and April 26 Friday from 9:30 - 12:30. Help one day, or all three. Stay for the whole shift or just an hour or two. Bring a friend! Please consider this very important and rewarding opportunity. New volunteers are encouraged and welcome.
Thank You for your help. It is appreciated by many!
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Ascension O'Green
Thank you for taking part in making our faith community more green!
On Easter Sunday green sheets were handed out that had a listing of the top 'green' activities that were listed on our Shamrocks from St. Patrick's Day. Use the form to record your efforts in these activities for the month of April. You can add additional actions under "other". At the end of each week, record your totals and on the bulletin board in the Parish Hall. Feel free to pick up a form next week at church. Questions? Contact Brenda Hoffman at bgrhoffman@hotmail.com or 651-342-1271 or Sally Giese at sally.giese@att.net or 715-386-3024.
We'll announce our results in May!
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Last Sunday Supper February 24, 2013
Bethany Evangelical Covenant Church provided the Last Sunday Supper in February. Parishioners provided our 16 guests a "comfort" meal of vegies with dip, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, corn niblets, rolls. Dessert was apple pie with whipped cream topping. THANKS to the Bethany helpers! They are our newest members of the LSS team, joining us in 2013, and this was their first time making the meal. Welcome aboard!
Last Sunday Supper March 24, 2013
Trinity Lutheran Church provided a Palm Sunday supper to our guests, 10 adults and one child. They enjoyed home-smoked barbequed beef brisket on bun, baked beans, cole slaw, potato chips, pickles. Dessert was home-made lemon pound cake and variety of cookies.
Our number of guests has been low these past 3 months, so I'm hoping warmer weather and more publicity will bring a return of many past diners and new ones.
Ascension will be providing the May 26 meal, under the expertise of our Vestry!
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Update From Cindy:
Many thanks for the many furniture donations this month. Our Family Resource Center families have been very appreciative. Special thanks to the Ascension member who donated cash for a gift card so that the little girl needing size 7 clothing was able to purchase new clothing.
I have a few specific requests from some of our families for the following: a kitchen table and chairs, a small desk, a DVD player, converter boxes for older televisions, full and queen size beds, and dressers.
I also have a couple requests of my own! I would like to have a few volunteers that would be willing to occasionally help with pick-up and delivery of furniture items.  I would also like a couple volunteers to occasionally help with some office and computer tasks (making new forms, data collection, mailings...). Please call Cindy at 439-2641 if you have items to donate or would like to volunteer with tasks as needed.
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The 2nd Event
You are cordially invited to the 2nd Annual Jon Francis Foundation (JFF) Event. Experience an evening of good food and story telling.
 Meet our guest of honor - Boyd HuppertBoyd Huppert recently marked his 28th year as a reporter, including 16 years at KARE-TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul where he produces KARE's weekly "Land of 10,000 Stories" segment. Boyd's work has earned some of broadcast journalism's top honors, including a national Emmy for feature reporting, the National Headliner Grand Award, three national Sigma Delta Chi awards and eight national Edward R. Murrow Awards. Boyd is also a five-time recipient of the Photojournalism Award for Reporting, presented by the National Press Photographers Association. Learn how the work of the Jon Francis Foundation
helps others and makes a positive impact in our community.
Hear from families who have been supported our efforts.
Help sustain the mission of the Jon Francis Foundation.
Receive a complimentary author signed copy of Bringing Jon Home, the award winning, inspirational, memoir about the life, loss and legacy of Jon Francis.The Event will be held at the Chilkoot Café
826 4th Street South, Stillwater, Minnesota 55082
7 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday May 4, 2013.
Tickets are $50 each. Limited to 50 guests.
Or via mail at Jon Francis Foundation, Post Office Box 2235, Stillwater, MN 55082. (612) 963-6772.
All proceeds from The Event will be dedicated to the mission of the Jon Francis Foundation. Your support will keep JFF in the forefront of
"leave no trace" wilderness safety.
Jon Francis Foundation is an approved Minnesota, nonprofit, IRS tax exempt, 501(c) (3) corporation.
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Global Citizens Trip Opportunity!
Jim and I (Parents of Darcy Rodriguez and Grandparents to Owen and Emmett in the Youth Choir) are leading a trip for Global Citizens ( globalcitizens.org) to Tanzania, January 5-19, 2014. It will include staying at a Catholic economic development/parish/school setting. Sleeping and eating with the nuns, and priests, with potential home visits. The project is rebuilding the grade school.
There will be visits to a Massai village, a girls private high school, a cattle market, and a 4 night safari and/ or visit to Zanzabar, or climb Kilamanjaro are possibilities for personal travel after the project. We fly into Kilimanjaro airport.
Global Citizens Network works to promote peace, justice and
 respect through cross-cultural understanding and global cooperation. We are committed to enhancing quality of life around the world while preserving indigenous cultures, traditions and ecologies.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me, Janet Smith at janetbutlersmith@gmail.com or call 651-481-8103.
We have a few more spaces left...we are excited for this trip!
Jan Butler Smith
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Come and enjoy A Delicious Breakfast prepared and served by Our Community Kitchen on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8-10 am.
Meet new friends and join the Community!
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Scientist and Military Chaplain, 1955
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (May 1, 1881 - April 10, 1955) was a French philosopher and Jesuit priest who trained as a paleontologist and geologist and took part in the discovery of Peking Man. His theological and philosophical works came into conflict with the Catholic Church and several of his books were censured.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born in Orcines, close to Clermont-Ferrand, in France on May 1, 1881. When he was 12, he went to the Jesuit college of Mongré, in Villefranche-sur-Saône, where he completed baccalaureates of philosophy and mathematics. Then, in 1899, he entered the Jesuit novitiate at Aix-en-Provence where he began a philosophical, theological and spiritual career. Teilhard studied theology in Hastings, in Sussex (UK), from 1908 to 1912. There he synthesized his scientific, philosophical and theological knowledge in the light of evolution. From 1912 to 1914, Teilhard worked in the paleontology laboratory of the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle, in Paris, studying the mammals of the middle Tertiary period.
To read more about this fascinating man and learn about his philosophy of existence.
He also wrote several books, The Phenomenon of Man being his most well known.
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E-Newsletter CommunicationsLynn Raarup To submit an article or question please e-mail me at: enews@aechurch.org 651-439-2609 |
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