Posts from Pastor Daniel
1/22/17 – God’s Work, Our Hands
Pastor Daniel’s Sermon for January 22, 2017 on Luke 5:1-11 We know all too well the mess we live in. The sin. The brokenness. We’ve seen the empty nets to prove it. But there is a word of good news, a word of life, a word of grace. And today you are called to not […]
Posted on January 23, 2017 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
He’s One of Our Own
He’s One of Our Own – by Daniel Smith There was a day when he was a baby And water was poured on his head As a Lutheran pastor read from the old green book And called him “child of God.” He’s one of our own. There was a day when he was part of […]
Posted on January 12, 2017 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Reformation Roots
2017 marks the 500th Anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation! As part of our year-long commemoration, we’ll be taking a look at the history of the Reformation on Sunday mornings in January and February at 9:15am. Come learn about the Reformation and kick-off the celebration!
Posted on January 12, 2017 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
1/8/17 – Jesus is coming, look busy?
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for January 8, 2017 on Luke 3:2b-14, 21-22 “So be emboldened. Be brought down. But whatever else, let your eyes be opened to see this God coming among us. This God coming among us determined not just to change our hearts or change our ways, but change the world.”
Posted on January 9, 2017 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Free Pantry at Ascension
Many thanks to Sylvia Holt, Bob Kelly and a Thrivent Action Team grant for Ascension’s Free Pantry that has been built and installed outside of the Children’s Learning Center. The pantry is the same concept as Little Free Libraries. Anyone can donate or take food/toiletry items from the pantry. With freezing temps be mindful of […]
Posted on January 5, 2017 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
We are the Magi – A Christmas Day Sermon
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for Christmas Day. “The first magi brought gold and frankincense and myrrh. We’re bringing all that we are and placing it there before the baby because we need to. Because we get to. Because that’s why the baby came. To jump right into this messy world with us. To bear the unbearable.”
Posted on December 25, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Advent and Christmas Worship
Join us for Worship this Advent and Christmas Sunday School Christmas Program and Worship Sunday, December 11th – 8am and 10:30am Christmas Cantata and Worship Sunday, December 18th – 8am and 10:30am Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Saturday, December 24th – 4pm, 6pm, 8pm Nursery available at the 4pm and 6pm services Christmas […]
Posted on December 6, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
11/27/16 – Daniel 6:6-23 – Resistive, Life-giving Faith
“On this first Sunday of Advent, when our faith calls us to look for Christ in a world that so often would rather see just about anything else, hear this promise from Daniel and from Jesus: This faith will change your life. It will make it harder. This faith may even take your life from […]
Posted on November 29, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
11/24/16 – Deuteronomy 26:1-11 – A Life of Thanks
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for Thanksgiving, 2016, on Deuteronomy 26:1-11 “To live life thankful is to seize life back from the exhaustion of preparation and the anxiety of the unknown. To live life thankful is to see how the past has made you, while still hopeful for a future ahead of you. To live life thankful […]
Posted on November 24, 2016 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Thanksgiving Worship and Food Drive
Join us for a Thanksgiving Worship service on November 24th at 9am. And when you come, consider bringing food for Mercy’s Gate. All this month the food closet here at church has been bursting – thanks for the donations! (Picture: One of many hauls to Mercy’s Gate from Ascension’s food closet this November.)
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