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April 18, 2013 Worship & Music
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Worship
The dictionary tells us that the word "worship" derives from the Old English use of "worth" and "ship" together. In our day, it's often used as a description of a religious service, such as "contemporary" or "traditional," and we tend to make choices by what style we prefer. True worship, however, is not about us and our preferences, but about the One we worship. I'm pretty certain that God doesn't care what style we use, but is most glorified when we are in communication and community with others. Worship is where we come together as God's people, to be fed and sent into the world to continue God's mission.
Marilyn +
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Lobby Day 2013
Join us for a day of action and show
your support for the freedom to marry!
Take the day off work and come to St. Paul to organize and talk with your legislators about why marriage matters. Bring your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers and members of your faith community.
to find out when the prep times and meetings are scheduled with your legislators!
Rally at noon
Featuring Governor Mark Dayton 
Musical Guest: Mason Jennings
Food trucks: Tot Boss, Nate Dogs, Fork In The Road, Potter's Pastie's, GastroTruck, Sassy Spoon & more!
State Capitol
75 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, St. Paul
Make an appointment to meet with your legislator
Share your story about why marriage matters to you and your family.
Lobby Day Institute 9am - Noon
State Office Building, Room 300S & 300N
(just west of the Capitol)
A series of workshops offered at 9, 10 and 11.
MN. United website with all the info on Rally Day
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Celtic Sunday on April 21st!
 Come celebrate Celtic Style
this Sunday at the 10 am service.
Laura MacKenzie will play,
along with our Ascension Highlanders.
Erin Dickie will grace us
with a bit of Scottish dance as well!
Laura MacKenzie has learned Irish and Scottish music from many noted tradition bearers on both sides of the Atlantic, and has herself been recognized as a master folk artist. She has received numerous honors and performing arts awards for her participation and dedication in this realm of music. Most recently, Laura was awarded a Bush Foundation Fellowship in Traditional and Ethnic Performing Arts, one of the nation's most prestigious artists awards. Laura performs and teaches on an array of wind-powered instruments, including wooden flutes, whistles, concertina, Scottish smallpipes, border greatpipes, cornemuse, medieval greatpipes, gemshorn and voice. Enjoying a richly varied career in traditional music, Laura has performed and recorded with diverse ensembles, worked with theatrical productions and for public radio, and has performed at festivals across the United States. She currently performs solo, with Gary Rue, Ross & MacKenzie, Willow Brae (harp and winds) and with Dáithí Sproule. "High Priestess of Celtic music" - Minnesota Public Radio "Celtic music wizard" - Minneapolis StarTribune www.lauramackenzie.com |
Gospel Sunday coming on May 19th!
Mary Jo Vene, an awesome gospel singer will be joined this year by gospel piano player extraordinaire Karl Kornowski. This will be amazing!
May 19th will also be the day the beautiful Senior Quilts are given out to graduating High School Seniors during the 10 am service.
Our Community Kitchen will be serving 2 breakfasts on May 19th as a Fundraiser for their program. One at 9 am and the other after the 2nd service at 11 am.
You won't want to miss this Sunday!
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Ascension Happenings
 Liz with her students in Costa Rica Elizabeth Mohan, Andrea Tipple's daughter, is volunteering the entire year of 2013 to teach Spanish to Costa Rican elementary students. In Costa Rica, individuals who speak English are more employable and have a greater chance of career advancement. The Costa Rican Ministry of Education is striving to improve literacy in Spanish and English and has contracted with World Teach to provide volunteer English teachers for schools in need.
Liz lives and teaches in San Joaquin de Tuis, a mountain village of 200 people. Kate and I were fortunate to be able to travel for a visit and help in the classroom. The school has 3 classrooms: one for kindergarten, one for all elementary grades for general studies, and an English classroom. These photos show Kate and I with the first grade students, Liz with the second through sixth grade students, and the countryside surrounding San Joaquin de Tuis.
Liz is one of the workers we pray for during Sunday services
in the section of humanitarian workers.
  Kate Mohan and Andrea Tipple in Liz's classroom with her students. |
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Nancy, director of the Adult Choir, extends an invitation to anyone interested in joining the choir for this spring season. Now would be a good time to sing with us before the summer break - see if you enjoy the experience and if it could fit into your schedule next year. Also a good time to talk about possible child care, options for attendance, etc.
Give me a ring at 651-439-8774.
Thanks! Nancy Whipkey
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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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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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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 O'Green
Thank you for taking part in making our faith community more green!
Only a few more weeks to record your 'top green activities'...looking forward to our results!! 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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It's proven. 100% of us will die.
Did you know you can have surprising control
about how you die?
If you plan well.
There are forms available in the Parish Hall
(on the buffet under the Last Supper needlepoint)
that will help you with end of life planning.
You can also attend a free workshop on
Sunday, May 5 (11:30 am)
that will help you complete the forms and learn more.
Please come and listen to the Rev. Joanie Delamater and enjoy a soup and salad luncheon.
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Day Retreats  Many Voices, One Song
NEW! May 4:
The Wisdom Way of Tao
Join us for a day spent steeped in the beautiful, flowing wisdom of Taoism.
We'll immerse ourselves in meditation and in the subtle and gentle texts of Chuang-tzu and Lao-tsu. These Chinese wisdom texts are over 2300 years old, but their teachings on the "Three Treasures" (compassion, moderation, and humility) are alive and vital for us today.
Don't miss this latest offering in the "Many Voices, One Song" retreat series, and join us for more mindfulness practices, silent meditation, lectio divina, and group discussion of some fascinating passages from traditional Taoist scripture. "The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao." For more information on how to sign up and directions.The House of Prayer in the City is an extension of the Episcopal House of Prayer Retreat Center in Collegeville. It is located on Oak Grove Street in Minneapolis. |
A few colorful escapes
to help with the last days of winter!
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Art
In
Bloom
 Thursday, April 25-Sunday, April 28
Join us for the 30th Art in Bloom, a four-day festival of fresh floral arrangements and fine art, presented by the Friends of the Institute. This splendid spring celebration highlights the talents of more than 150 floral artists, whose work will be on view next to the works of art that inspired them.
Come for lectures, floral demos, tours, and more. Or simply stroll the galleries, enjoying the fresh scents of spring.
On Thursday, April 25, join us for Flowers After Hours, a free night of floral activities. Better yet, bring a friend or date!
On Saturday, April 27, come for the Family Event, a free day of fun, including crafts, activities, and storytelling. There are many other activities and events that happen there as well. Check it out! |
 Sunken Gardens at Como Park in St. Paul |
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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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Damien and Marianne of Molokai
Priest and Leper, 1889; Religious 1918
In the 1800's, the Hawaiian Islands suffered a severe leprosy epidemic, which was  dealt with largely by isolating lepers on the island of Molokai. They were simply dumped there and left to fend for themselves. The crews of the boats carrying them there were afraid to land, so they simply came in close and forced the lepers to jump overboard and scramble through the surf as best they could. Ashore, they found no law and no organized society, simply desperate persons waiting for death. A Belgian missionary priest, Joseph Van Veuster (Damien of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart), born in 1840, came to Hawaii in 1863, and in 1873 was sent at his own request to Molokai to work among the lepers. He organized burial details and funeral services, so that death might have some dignity. He taught the people how to grow crops and feed themselves better. He organized a choir, and got persons to sing who had not sung in years. He gave them medical attention. (Government doctors had been making regular visits, but they were afraid of contagion, and would not come close to the patients. They inspected their sores from a distance and then left medicines on a table and fled. Damien personally washed and anointed and bandaged their sores.) There was already a small chapel on the island. It proved too small, and with the aid of patients he built a larger one, which soon overflowed every Sunday. Damien contracted leprosy himself in 1885, and continued to work there until his death on 15 April 1889.
 Mother Marianne Cope (January 23, 1838 - August 9, 1918), was a Franciscan nun of the Sisters of the Third Order of Saint Francis, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Heppenheim (Germany) and entered religious life in Syracuse, New York, she worked, lived and died for the lepers on the island of Moloka'i in Hawai'i. She was not herself afflicted by the disease, a fact arguably declared to be miraculous considering her close contact with the patients over the course of several years.
At the age of three her family moved from Germany to the United States, settling in Utica, New York. After joining the Franciscans, she spent nearly a decade as a teacher and then principal in newly established schools for German immigrants. She was also a founding member of two of the first Catholic hospitals in the United States.
In November 1883, Mother Marianne, then Provincial Mother, traveled from Syracuse to Honolulu with six other nuns to answer a call for aid to the Hansen's disease sufferers. In 1888, she moved to Kalaupapa to help the ailing Father Damien of Moloka'i. When the famed priest died, Mother Marianne Cope took over the care of the patients of Kalaupapa. She remained there until her death in 1918.
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Ascension Episcopal Church
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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