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Ascension of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church

Monthly and Weekly Events

Coffee Hour

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Join Father Alex on Tuesdays after 9 a.m. Divine Liturgy for coffee hour in the Fellowship Hall.

 

Relgious Education for Children and Adults

Classes are held before Liturgy. Special class topics are listed to right. Click here for more information.

 

Bring a Friend Sunday and Birthday Celebration

1st Sunday of each month. Parishioners are encouraged to invite friends to share in the Divine Liturgy. Birthday cake is served in the Fellowship Hall following 11 a.m. Liturgy in celebration of the month's birthdays.

 

Parish Guild Meeting

1st Tuesday of every month. Meetings are held in the church office to the rear of the Fellowship Hall at 7 p.m. All parishioners are encouraged and invited to attend!

 

Food Collection for the Poor

3rd Sunday of every month. Donations of food for the local food ministry, FISH, are welcome throughout the month. Collection baskets are located in the rear of the nave. Canned meats and fruit, peanut butter, vegetables, dried beans, grains and cereals are especially needed. Click here for an expanded list of needed items.

 

Needlework Group

Meets after 11 a.m. Liturgy the last Sunday of the month.

 

Book and Magazine Sale

Ongoing. Stop by the Fellowship Hall and choose from an assortment of magazines, paperbacks, and hardcover books for adults and children. Proceeds

support church projects. Parishioners are encouraged to donate new and gently used books.

 

Farm Fresh Receipt Collection

Please bring your Farm Fresh receipts and drop them in the box in the Fellowship Hall. The receipts are donated to local schools.

Special Events

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Eastern Christian Formation (ECF) & Adult Education:

ECF classes for the children
Sunday Mornings(9:45-10:45am)

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Adult Education:

Fellowship Hall, 9:45 a.m. (prior to 11 a.m. liturgy).

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Friday January 6,
- Theophany

Divine Liturgy
with the Blessing of Water and a Baptism,
7pm

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Sunday January 8 - Sunday after Theophany
and Pot Luck Luncheon

Following Divine Liturgy.

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Other Special Events

Special events take place throughout the year and include the annual St. Nicholas Party in December when the parish celebrates the feast day of one of the world's most beloved saints. "St. Nick" visits parishioners in the Fellowship Hall and distributes golden chocolate coins to children, young and old!

Other special events and celebrations include the annual blessing of traditional Easter baskets, the children's Easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday, and the annual summer parish picinic held on the church grounds.

Other social and community events held at the church during the year include Ethnic Dinners, a weekly morning coffee hour, Storytelling Night, craft sales, and student orchestral concerts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glory to Jesus Christ! Glory forever!