Posts from Annie Saunders
The Power To Speak
Do not lose heart. For today, the Spirit is in this place, giving you the courage and faith and hope needed for the next week or two. More courage and faith and hope than you know. In this place the Spirit is giving you words. The Spirit is giving you the courage and faith and hope the world needs. Drink […]
Posted on May 21, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Serving Together in Love
St. Paul was trying to encourage and inspire the church in Philippi to live out their faith. In our calls to serve together in love, we can get weary and discouraged as there is no end to it. What can help us? Listen in to hear what Paul has to say to encourage and inspire. […]
Posted on May 14, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
“Voices of Grief” Comes to Ascension
The Documentary Film – Voices of Grief, Honoring The Sacred Journey – shares a fresh perspective on the many ways we navigate successfully through grief or companion others along their journey. Wisdom from contemporary authors, grief experts and spiritual teachers is woven through personal stories of loss to explore the roles of community, compassion and […]
Posted on May 5, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Final Days in Punta Arenas
Ryana Holt sends a hug and update from her mission’s work in Punta Arenas, Chile: Reflection is vulnerable. It is a beautiful, complicated and terrifying place that demands honesty about what went well, about what could have gone better, how and why. As I close up my accompaniment period here in Punta Arenas, I’ve […]
Posted on May 1, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
In God Alone, We Live, Move and Have Our Being
As believers we all face significant challenges to our faith. This is not a new struggle. It has been the case from the beginning. Paul was trying to win over the Greeks in Athens who had deep roots in philosophies and their own religion. He took their own poets words and applied them to God: […]
Posted on April 30, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
A Night of Storytelling
Engage with the Ascension Lutheran community by spending an evening listening to stories! These are true-life tales told by our very own Ascension members and are sure to captivate. This will be a free-will offering event, and all proceeds will go to the Ascension Food Pantry. There will be food, wine, hors d’oeuvres, and fellowship […]
Posted on April 27, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Adam’s Easter
A few weeks ago, my sister and her family drove down to the Springs for Easter weekend. With them, of course, was my nephew Adam. Since the last child in our family was myself, to say that Adam is precious to us all would be an understatement. He’s a happy, well-behaved, vastly intelligent child…and he’s […]
Posted on April 14, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Faith Isn’t a Contest
“A few years back Kristen got me this nice journal. Inscribed on the front page are the final words from our story, the note from the author: ‘These are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that through believing you may have life in his […]
Posted on April 9, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Save the Date for DayCamp 2018
Save the Date for Rainbow Trail Lutheran Day Camp! The Board of Parish Education is hosting RTLC Day Camp Monday June 18 – Thursday June 21, 9 AM – 12 PM. Day Camp will wrap up with an ice cream social on June 21 at noon. Please join us for an exciting week of arts […]
Posted on April 2, 2018 | Posted by Annie Saunders
Chilean Anniversary
We’ve received an update from Ryana Holt, an ALC member actively working for ELCA Global Missions in Chile. On February 27th she achieved her one year anniversary in the field: Every once in awhile I return to wondering what this is all about, this missionary thing, this church thing, this faith thing. But lately […]
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