Posts from Mary Stoneback
Live from San Luis April 22, 12-1pm, JOIN ON ZOOM
On Thursday April 22, 12-1pm, you are invited to a zoom gathering, broadcast live from San Luis, Colorado. Natural Healing from plants? According to Teresa de Jesus Berlinda Vigil, a rural herbal practitioner in the San Luis Valley, plants are a gift from God in nature, “las donas.” Teresa, a licensed practical nurse, is well […]
Posted on April 12, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
20 Years of Seeds of Faith
Each week, Ascension’s Children’s Learning Center staff cares for 70+ children from Pre-K to 5th grade. Multiply that by 20 and you start to understand the size of the impact the Center has had in and around our community. This year, we want to invite all to celebrate the Center’s 20th Year Anniversary, Friday Mary […]
Posted on April 11, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
Provide Meals for Families Experiencing Homelessness, IHN (Family Promise)
Please help Colorado Springs Homeless families. Click on the link to sign up to provide a meal. We are providing mealS from April 12-23.https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090f4aaaad2ba7f49-ihnaprilIf you have any questions please contact Ruth at the church office AT 719-634-1694. Thank you for your continued support of this needed organization.
Posted on April 7, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
A CAREGIVING PUZZLE?
Are you caring for a loved one? Come learn from professional, Kent Matthews the medical, legal, financial, housing and emotional issues involved in caregiving for loved ones. The presentation will take place on zoom, Thursday March 18, 12 – 1 PM at at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88471811223 Kent Matthews is the Family Caregiver Support Center Lead for the Pikes Peak […]
Posted on March 11, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
HEAR THE STORIES OF OTHERS, AND HONOR THEM
My story begins in mid-September 1954, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. My mother’s sister and her husband worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where he taught elementary kids in a one room school and she cooked lunches, helped clean the school, and milk goats to supplement the kid’s diet. While eating […]
Posted on March 4, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
The COVID Vaccine? A Lunchtime Conversation
February’s SUP – The COVID VaccineOn Thursday February 25, 12pm- 1pm we will welcome Penrose St. Francis Chaplain, Roger Butts, to talk about COVID and the vaccine from his perspective working in the hospital. Let Karen Rubinow you’re coming at nodak@sidkar.com. Join us on zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84304616098
Posted on February 12, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
Lent Bag – In It Together…At Home
This Lent we want to connect with one another from home. So, we’ll be sending home a Lent Bag with a candle, a mix for your own soup supper, a bulletin for our Wednesday night services, and some aids to help with your own Lenten spiritual practices. Our Wednesday evening services will focus on Resilience – […]
Posted on February 5, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
LENT 2021
The first day of Lent 2021 begins with Ash Wednesday, February 17th. Come by the church from noon-1 pm or 5-6 pm to receive ashes in a COVID-safe manner (please wear a mask). And then join us for worship at 7pm on our website and YouTube channel. Midweek Lent Services Midweek worship services using Holden Evening […]
Posted on January 28, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
CONGREGATION MEETING, 2/7, 10:15 AM
Join us after worship on February 7th for our annual meeting where we’llhear about Ascension’s mission and ministries over the past year and look ahead to the next. We’ll meet via zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81225176585 2020 Annual Congregation Meeting Agenda Call to OrderOpening DevotionsDecember 2020 Congregation Meeting Minutes ApprovalELCA Rocky Mountain Synod Assembly Delegates ApprovalAmended Budget Approval (2020 […]
Posted on January 28, 2021 | Posted by Mary Stoneback
An Inauguration Reflection
“This book is dedicated to you. You are braver than you know and mightier than you can ever imagine. Be bold.” That’s the note at the end of Sofia Valdez, Future Prez. Each week I read a Bible story and picture bookwith the preschool students at our Children’s Learning Center. With the inauguration this week, […]
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