Ascension Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Monday through Friday - 6:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Office Hours: 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM
Phone: (256) 536-5245
DCM: Mrs. Carla Jo Peebles
October Happenings
Friday, October 11 – Muffins with Mom - All moms or maternal guardians are invited to come anytime between 7:30-8:30am to enjoy a muffin with their child for breakfast. A flyer will be posted and sent home
Monday, October 14 – School Picture Day – Lifetouch Preschool Portraits will be here to photograph all students. Please complete the picture preference background form and return before picture day. Additional forms can be found on the bulletin board in the foyer
Saturday, October 26 – Trunk or Treat @ Ascension Lutheran Church 10-12pm (front yard of church) – More information in the coming weeks
Devotions from the Director
Muffins for MOMS
By now you’ve watched enough TV cop shows to know that an officer should never go into a dangerous building alone. Always call for backup.
How can a parent ever fully relax? When your kids are little, they are vulnerable to a thousand dangers and risks, from SIDS to choking to falling down the stairs. But the risks are just as big when they are high schoolers and go out on the streets by themselves. What parent of teenagers hasn’t worried about automobile accidents, alcohol, and drugs?
Once Jesus scolded his disciples for brushing off the importance of children. In that rebuke is a marvelous comfort for every Christian parent: “See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven” (Matthew 18:10).
Did you catch the significance? You have backup! God’s powerful angels have specific personal assignments, and they know the names and whereabouts of the little ones at all times. They must report to the Father and have all of his authority and power behind them. Someday, when we’re in heaven, God may choose to tell us how many hair-raising disasters his invisible agents averted. Maybe we’ll get to meet the angels who watched our kids. I hope so—I’ve got a big load of thanks to deliver.
Dear heavenly Father, thank you for giving us children to love and rear in accordance with your Word and will. Thank you also for the protection and backup of your powerful angels, helping to keep them safe. May we be the kind of parents you want us to be and may our children grow up loving, trusting, and serving our Savior Jesus Christ. Bring us all safely to our heavenly home for all eternity. In Jesus’ name we ask this. Amen.