Ascension Lutheran Church and School
December 1, 2024 First Sunday of Advent
Church
Regular Sunday Services
Divine Service - 8:00 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Holy Communion is offered at both services.
Adult Discipleship Class / Children's Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Wednesdays in Lent and Advent
6:30 p.m. Vespers
Family
Ascension Lutheran Church is a place for families. Ascension offers many opportunities to study God's Word. Access our Family page on this website for more information.
YOUR FAMILY VOCATION
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School
Providing a traditional, Christian education to students in Preschool through 8th grade
Access our School page on this website for more information about Ascension Lutheran School.
Schedule a school visit
Call our school administrative office, 260 486-2226
8:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each school day
And He [Jesus] told them a parable:
“Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.
As soon as they come out in leaf, you see
for yourselves and know that the summer is already
near. So also, when you see these things taking place,
you know that the kingdom of God is near.”
Luke 21: 29-31 ESV
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Welcome to Ascension!
And the third day He rose again according to the Scriptures and ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of the Father. ~ The Nicene Creed
In the Gospel of St. John (14:6) Jesus said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Jesus is our way back to our Father in heaven. He is the Gospel (Good News) of God to the world. As Evangelical Lutherans, we are loyal to the Gospel of Christ, "for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).
This Gospel ministry and mission of the Christian Church is to seek, make, and mature disciples for God's eternal kingdom through preaching, baptizing, teaching and communing. This work of the Holy Spirit of God among mankind is centered in the Divine Service in which the Word of God is first proclaimed and administered through sermons and sacraments. Through this Word and these means God saves us from our captivity to sin, death, and the devil, and so works in us a new and everlasting life.
At Ascension, this new life finds its expression in a three-fold fellowship and ministry of Church, Family, and School. Here, you will encounter and know the Lord Jesus Christ for your forgiveness, life, and salvation!
... just as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity!
~ Luther's Small Catechism