Ascension Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
May
Sundays
May 5, 12, 19 & 26 - 8:00 & 10:45 AM
Mondays
May 6, 13, 20 & 27 - 6:00 PM
During the Season of Easter and Beyond. . .
The parament color for the last two Sunday of Easter is white, which is the color of purity and completeness. The theme for the “great fifty days” of Easter is supported by the use of white. This color, used primarily during these Sundays, assists in bearing the message that “though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow.”
Beyond the first two Sundays of May, which are the final Sundays of Easter (7 in all), the church year progresses to Pentecost on May 19 (Red paraments) and Trinity Sunday on May 26 (White paraments).
About Pentecost. . .
The Church celebrates the Festival of Pentecost as the fulfillment and conclusion of the Easter season. The name Pentecost, meaning “the fiftieth day,” originally referred to the Jewish Festival of Weeks, the time of thanksgiving for first-fruits and the ingathering of the harvest (cf. Ex. 34:22). The Christian Church retained the name to mark the completion of the 50-day period after Easter—and the first in-gathering of believers into the Church.
On Pentecost, Christians commemorate the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. We recall how a humble fisherman, filled with the Spirit, boldly proclaimed Jesus Christ crucified and risen from the dead. We give thanks that a multitude of hearers repented and believed. Three thousand people, from all over the world, were baptized and received the gift of the Spirit. Sent by God the Father, and by His Son, Jesus Christ, the Spirit came to continue the Father’s work on earth.
Excerpts from a blog by Dr. Gerhard Bode. See full blog https://witness.lcms.org/2008/the-gift-of-the-holy-spirit-5-2008/
About Holy Trinity. . .
https://witness.lcms.org/2011/the-holy-trinity-and-life-together-6-2011/
May Worship
The LCMS follows a set series of readings for each Sunday of the Church Year. The readings for this month, May, are as follows:
6th Sunday of Easter (May 5) Acts 10:34-48; 1 John 5:1-8; John 15:9-17
7th Sunday of Easter (May 12) Acts 1:12-26; 1 John 5:9-15; John 17:11b-19
The Day of Pentecost (May 19) Ezekiel 37:1-14; Acts 2:1-21; John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
The Holy Trinity (May 26) Isaiah 6:1-8; Acts 2:14a, 22-36; John 3:1-17
Sunday Worship
8:00 & 10:45 AM, Traditional with Communion
9:30 AM - Bible classes for ALL ages
Monday Worship
6:00 PM - Traditional with Communion
Zoom
All Sunday Services
are available as a Zoom event. The link to use this service is https://tinyurl.com/58pzvs3x
Missional Outreach
Sundays - 9:45 AM - Regency
Wednesday - 10:15 AM - HHR
5/1, 5/15, 5/29 - HHR
Thursday - 10:45 AM - Regency
5/9, 5/23
Welcome to Ascension!
We are located at 3801 Oakwood Avenue NW in Huntsville, Alabama. Not only do we have a building that is visible from the street, but we also have a preschool and child development center (Ascension Lutheran CDC) that is behind the main church building.
We have two worship services on Sunday morning with Bible study for children, youth and adults between the two services. We also conduct a Monday evening service. Special services are held during the seasons of Advent (four weeks before Christmas) and Lent (six weeks before Easter). Our schedules are posted for these services as the special seasons approach.
"Drive-In" services on Sunday mornings are available at both 8:00 and 10:45 AM. Come to the parking lot and tune your vehicle radio to FM 88.7. Listen to the service in your vehicle.
The church's office hours are from 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday. Our phone number is (256) 536-9987.
Ascension's preschool and child development center has openings for infants through preschool, this year. We are licensed by the state of Alabama. The hours for the the CDC are from 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM Monday through Friday. For more information, please call (256) 536-5245 or check out the CDC website.
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Worship Times
Sunday Morning
8:00 AM - Worship Service
9:30 AM - Sunday School
10:45 AM - Worship Service
10:45 AM - Zoom Service
Monday Evening
6:00 PM - Worship Service
ALL Services
In parking lot on FM 88.7