Posts from Pastor Daniel
Make God Your God
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018, on the first Commandment and John 10:1-4,11-15 The question isn’t whether you believe in God. We all have a god. The question is which god you believe in. Today, we say that this God is our god.
Posted on February 14, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Light for a Broken World
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for February 11, 2018 on John 9. Without knowing our blindness, we struggle to accept new sight. Without knowing our darkness, we struggle to see light. Without knowing our brokenness, we struggle to let ourselves be made whole. So, let’s stop pretending. Today, let’s kneel at the altar. It isn’t a posture […]
Posted on February 12, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Too High a Price
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me. (Isaiah 1:2) An investigation. Shots fired. Four are wounded. Two lie dead. Families torn apart. A city mourns. All for … A stolen car. A stolen car! Lives lost, and […]
Posted on February 6, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Born into Faith
Pastor Daniel’s sermon for January 28, 2018 on John 3:1-17 It’s hard accepting that God brings faith to us. Hard accepting the falling-in-love-nature of faith. Hard to think of it as a birth. Which is why I keep coming back to the bowl of water back there. Not to be born again, and again and […]
Posted on January 29, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Quilters For new Beginnings – Quilt Tying
Join us as we tie 18 comforters on Saturday, January 27 from 9am-noon at Ascension. Our goal is 40 for the end of January and 120 for 2018. Come and join us as we help make the world a warmer place. The comforters will be sent to Lutheran World Relief and Mennonite Central Committee. We […]
Posted on January 24, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Keeping Our Houses Clean
On January 21, we welcomed guest preacher Donnie Sturgill, associate pastor at St. Paul’s United Methodist, for our annual pulpit exchange. Pastor Donnie preached on John 2:13-25.
Posted on January 22, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Shame, Grace, and Abundance
Pastor Daniel’s sermon on January 14, 2018 on John 2:1-11 In seminary, I learned a lot about food. I mean I learned about God and church and maybe preaching (we’ll see), but I also learned about food. And a bit about shame. I had a part-time job in the seminary dining hall. I was usually […]
Posted on January 15, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Learn About our Partners in Ministry
Your generosity through Ascension supports the ministry of over a dozen partner ministry organizations that care for the sick, house the homeless, feed the hungry, and spread God’s love near and far. We support the work of these organizations through finances, prayer, volunteers, and leadership. Learn more about our Partners in Ministry this January […]
Posted on January 10, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
Faith Seeking Understanding – Ascension’s Book Club
Faith Seeking Understanding will host it’s next book club discussion on February 11 at 11:30 at Ascension. We gather together to eat (potluck!), get to know one another, and discuss the book. I a world of echo chambers, partisan yelling, or small talk terrified of discussing big topics, it’s nice to engage in civil conversation […]
Posted on January 9, 2018 | Posted by Pastor Daniel
From Those Days to These
Pastor Daniel’s Sermon for Christmas Eve, 2017 on Luke 2. We sing tonight because the good news of great joy is for all people. We sing because in those days the angels broke out of heaven filled with light and sang of God’s glory – Gloria in excelsis Deo. And as this night turns dark […]
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