Dear Friends, September 27, 2010
Yesterday, Rev. Denise preached on the theme that money is the root of evil, and that its selfish use causes a great chasm between generosity and greed, from Jesus' parable of the Rich Man and the poor man Lazarus. But God is the bridge over troubled water for us - to give us direction for our souls and to point us toward the healthy discipline of tithing and the contentment found in sharing.
For those who want to serve God, every Sunday is Homecoming Sunday. Please make it a point this fall to be in church regularly; or if you are weighing whether to make God's community important in your life, try coming for several Sundays in a row...And next Sunday will feature the Annual Blessing of the Animals, which falls on the Sunday nearest to St. Francis Day. Please bring your pet [leashed or otherwise contained] or a picture of your pet to partake of the Blessing. Call a friend and ask her or him to bring a pet!
We give thanks for the wedding on Saturday, September 25, of Meredith Lennox and Steven Fries. Many were on hand in the church to add their blessings to the service of Holy Matrimony. We wish them love and health and great happiness!
Keep in your prayers all those in need of healing, and those who serve in our military forces. Please pray that we may have a successful clergy search. Kindly also pray for the Wardens and their work in this time of search. To assist in your spiritual life, Forward Day by Day booklets are $.85 each in the back of the Church [Tower Room].
A congregation grows like a seed, starting in the heart of each faithful person. If we want to grow, we must love God, love our friends and then speak openly to them. God will help us share the Bread of Life.....We never know how ready a friend may be to hear a word of encouragement in faith. We never know when God will bring someone to speak to us, and enrich our own life.
We seek a new and strong clergy leader, and our strength in numbers at worship speaks volumes of our true intentions. Please see yourself in community with others and prepared to greet and share. All are needed, all are important!
Next year will be the 125th Anniversary of the founding and of the ministry of Ascension. In preparation, let us draw closer to God's Spirit in the Season of Pentecost - to remind us of the power and blessing of the Holy Spirit to counsel, energize and sustain us all.. We honor our long history, but it is our future that must command our attention and energy.
To prepare our beautiful church for the future, the Wardens and Vestry have plans to point the masonry of the Bell Tower. To help get this under way, the Ascension Piecemakers Quilt Group is offering chances on a gorgeous queen-size quilt - a chance for every donation to the Bell Tower Restoration Project. The quilt would be a handsome addition to any decor! Coupons are $2 or 3 for $5. All proceeds will go to the BTRP. You can see the quilt and get more details each Sunday at Coffee Hour..
LAST CALL!! Want to help a child stay warm this winter? The Salvation Army seeks volunteers for Sat, Oct 2, 7:30-9:30 AM to shop with a child at a JC Penney store, seeking a winter coat for the child, paid for by a Salvation Army Fund. If you can help, call Sherry Andrus, 987-9500 ext 2324 or Tracy Dalykas, 987-9540 ext 2231. As Christians, we are called to help clothe those in need. Please call ASAP.
The Ascension Women's Group
*is invited to the Sacred Heart Cathedral Community on Oct 5 at 6 PM for vespers and dinner, to discuss a tutoring program for the neighborhood - Mary's Place, and
* asks you to save time on Oct 7, for an Ascension lunch program on Osteoporosis/Women's Bone Health
All women and friends are always most welcome - call Jan Wills 621-3900 for details.
Thanks to our teams of Chefs and Planners, we have several dinners and other parties to look forward to. The first scheduled parish dinner with be the Roast Beef Dinner on November 6th. Please mark your diary!! The other Dinners will be as follows:
Sat. March 5th, 2011 SPAGHETTI
Sat. April 30th, 2011 CHICKEN & BISCUIT
Fri. June 3rd, 2011 LOBSTER
PLEASE MAKE NOTE!!!
Here is how to recycle all those spare calendars that come in the mail! - calendars are needed, and also Christmas cards, for our friends at Aaron Manor. Give them to Ellie Swarts or leave in Office. Thanks!
Coffee Hour is a wonderful opportunity to greet friends, old and new, and catch up on news. There are opportunities to host Coffee Hour in the weeks ahead. Won't you help this ministry? If not sure how to host the Coffee Hour, you may call Nancy Lennox at 663-5805 or Stu or Gene Denison at 663-0988. To sign up - see list in the back of the church or call 458-5423.
Please visit or call a friend who is not able to get out or whom you've been meaning to contact. There are many who would love a call and an invitation to church or an inquiry as to when you might pay a visit. With good weather, we can invite friends to accompany us to church - and take them out for brunch afterward!
Altar flowers are an outstanding ministry of beauty and love. Will you take up this ministry to the glory of God and to our spirits? To donate altar flowers, please contact Laurie Phillips, 865-2802 or email LBP@rochester.rr.com There are openings on several Sundays upcoming.
Thursday Bible Study is in the Library at 9 AM. Please 'Come and See'. In this season, the lessons confirm what we are to do as disciples. There is food for thought and often refreshments to share. The study is of the Gospel Lesson for next Sunday, found below. If we wish to grow as Christians and share our love of God, we need to know the stories of the Bible. Here is a good way to begin.
The Rochester Interfaith Jail Ministry asks your ongoing help - by donating through United Way or directly by check to R I J M, 2 Riverside St., Rochester, NY 14613. This will bring books of healing and group sessions to those needing to start lives anew. Remember the Good Samaritan... Please answer this call. To volunteer, call 254-6790. The invitation to help is ongoing, so you are not late to the party! Someone recently made and ongoing United Way designation for R I J M. Many Thanks!
When we see new people on Sunday or at an event, let's introduce ourselves and make them welcome. An invitation to chat at Coffee Hour is a great ice-breaker. So is sitting with a new person and even inviting them to brunch after church. This is a part of God's work for each and every one of us.
Do you have a pocket card to hand to a friend who asks about Ascension? Cards are on the table in the back of the church. Please take a few, and be ready to share. We have pocket crosses in the table drawer to hand to those who answer the call to "Come and See"..
In the next day or two, Paul Schwartz will post this e-letter on our blogspot. http://ascensionroch.blogspot.com/
If you have a new or better email address for yourself, or know someone who might like to receive this weekly e-letter, please email me that information.
Blessings,
Dyson
D. Dyson Gay
585-317-4039
P.S. Next Sunday, we will sing "All Creatures of our God and King", words paraphrased from St. Francis. A video is at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSb1-9i-fDA
P.P.S. Please see below for this week's recipe - delicious Raspberry Hoisin Roast Pork Loin Don't forget to feed a friend, too!
If you have a recipe you would like to share, please send it in!
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The Gospel for next Sunday is:
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Yesterday, Rev. Denise preached on the theme that money is the root of evil, and that its selfish use causes a great chasm between generosity and greed, from Jesus' parable of the Rich Man and the poor man Lazarus. But God is the bridge over troubled water for us - to give us direction for our souls and to point us toward the healthy discipline of tithing and the contentment found in sharing.
For those who want to serve God, every Sunday is Homecoming Sunday. Please make it a point this fall to be in church regularly; or if you are weighing whether to make God's community important in your life, try coming for several Sundays in a row...And next Sunday will feature the Annual Blessing of the Animals, which falls on the Sunday nearest to St. Francis Day. Please bring your pet [leashed or otherwise contained] or a picture of your pet to partake of the Blessing. Call a friend and ask her or him to bring a pet!
We give thanks for the wedding on Saturday, September 25, of Meredith Lennox and Steven Fries. Many were on hand in the church to add their blessings to the service of Holy Matrimony. We wish them love and health and great happiness!
Keep in your prayers all those in need of healing, and those who serve in our military forces. Please pray that we may have a successful clergy search. Kindly also pray for the Wardens and their work in this time of search. To assist in your spiritual life, Forward Day by Day booklets are $.85 each in the back of the Church [Tower Room].
A congregation grows like a seed, starting in the heart of each faithful person. If we want to grow, we must love God, love our friends and then speak openly to them. God will help us share the Bread of Life.....We never know how ready a friend may be to hear a word of encouragement in faith. We never know when God will bring someone to speak to us, and enrich our own life.
We seek a new and strong clergy leader, and our strength in numbers at worship speaks volumes of our true intentions. Please see yourself in community with others and prepared to greet and share. All are needed, all are important!
Next year will be the 125th Anniversary of the founding and of the ministry of Ascension. In preparation, let us draw closer to God's Spirit in the Season of Pentecost - to remind us of the power and blessing of the Holy Spirit to counsel, energize and sustain us all.. We honor our long history, but it is our future that must command our attention and energy.
To prepare our beautiful church for the future, the Wardens and Vestry have plans to point the masonry of the Bell Tower. To help get this under way, the Ascension Piecemakers Quilt Group is offering chances on a gorgeous queen-size quilt - a chance for every donation to the Bell Tower Restoration Project. The quilt would be a handsome addition to any decor! Coupons are $2 or 3 for $5. All proceeds will go to the BTRP. You can see the quilt and get more details each Sunday at Coffee Hour..
LAST CALL!! Want to help a child stay warm this winter? The Salvation Army seeks volunteers for Sat, Oct 2, 7:30-9:30 AM to shop with a child at a JC Penney store, seeking a winter coat for the child, paid for by a Salvation Army Fund. If you can help, call Sherry Andrus, 987-9500 ext 2324 or Tracy Dalykas, 987-9540 ext 2231. As Christians, we are called to help clothe those in need. Please call ASAP.
The Ascension Women's Group
*is invited to the Sacred Heart Cathedral Community on Oct 5 at 6 PM for vespers and dinner, to discuss a tutoring program for the neighborhood - Mary's Place, and
* asks you to save time on Oct 7, for an Ascension lunch program on Osteoporosis/Women's Bone Health
All women and friends are always most welcome - call Jan Wills 621-3900 for details.
Thanks to our teams of Chefs and Planners, we have several dinners and other parties to look forward to. The first scheduled parish dinner with be the Roast Beef Dinner on November 6th. Please mark your diary!! The other Dinners will be as follows:
Sat. March 5th, 2011 SPAGHETTI
Sat. April 30th, 2011 CHICKEN & BISCUIT
Fri. June 3rd, 2011 LOBSTER
PLEASE MAKE NOTE!!!
Here is how to recycle all those spare calendars that come in the mail! - calendars are needed, and also Christmas cards, for our friends at Aaron Manor. Give them to Ellie Swarts or leave in Office. Thanks!
Coffee Hour is a wonderful opportunity to greet friends, old and new, and catch up on news. There are opportunities to host Coffee Hour in the weeks ahead. Won't you help this ministry? If not sure how to host the Coffee Hour, you may call Nancy Lennox at 663-5805 or Stu or Gene Denison at 663-0988. To sign up - see list in the back of the church or call 458-5423.
Please visit or call a friend who is not able to get out or whom you've been meaning to contact. There are many who would love a call and an invitation to church or an inquiry as to when you might pay a visit. With good weather, we can invite friends to accompany us to church - and take them out for brunch afterward!
Altar flowers are an outstanding ministry of beauty and love. Will you take up this ministry to the glory of God and to our spirits? To donate altar flowers, please contact Laurie Phillips, 865-2802 or email LBP@rochester.rr.com There are openings on several Sundays upcoming.
Thursday Bible Study is in the Library at 9 AM. Please 'Come and See'. In this season, the lessons confirm what we are to do as disciples. There is food for thought and often refreshments to share. The study is of the Gospel Lesson for next Sunday, found below. If we wish to grow as Christians and share our love of God, we need to know the stories of the Bible. Here is a good way to begin.
The Rochester Interfaith Jail Ministry asks your ongoing help - by donating through United Way or directly by check to R I J M, 2 Riverside St., Rochester, NY 14613. This will bring books of healing and group sessions to those needing to start lives anew. Remember the Good Samaritan... Please answer this call. To volunteer, call 254-6790. The invitation to help is ongoing, so you are not late to the party! Someone recently made and ongoing United Way designation for R I J M. Many Thanks!
When we see new people on Sunday or at an event, let's introduce ourselves and make them welcome. An invitation to chat at Coffee Hour is a great ice-breaker. So is sitting with a new person and even inviting them to brunch after church. This is a part of God's work for each and every one of us.
Do you have a pocket card to hand to a friend who asks about Ascension? Cards are on the table in the back of the church. Please take a few, and be ready to share. We have pocket crosses in the table drawer to hand to those who answer the call to "Come and See"..
In the next day or two, Paul Schwartz will post this e-letter on our blogspot. http://ascensionroch.blogspot.com/
If you have a new or better email address for yourself, or know someone who might like to receive this weekly e-letter, please email me that information.
Blessings,
Dyson
D. Dyson Gay
585-317-4039
P.S. Next Sunday, we will sing "All Creatures of our God and King", words paraphrased from St. Francis. A video is at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSb1-9i-fDA
P.P.S. Please see below for this week's recipe - delicious Raspberry Hoisin Roast Pork Loin Don't forget to feed a friend, too!
If you have a recipe you would like to share, please send it in!
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The Gospel for next Sunday is:
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Matthew 11:25-30
Jesus Thanks His Father
25 At that time Jesus said, ‘I thank* you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; 26yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.* 27All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28 ‘Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’
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Raspberry Hoisin Roast Pork Loin
Serves 5
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
salt
pepper
1 pork loin, about 2.5 pounds, but this is flexible
1 cup red onion, chopped
2 tablespoon soy sauce, lite is fine
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1/2 cup seedless raspberry preserves, and if there happen to be seeds, who will complain?
salt
pepper
1 pork loin, about 2.5 pounds, but this is flexible
1 cup red onion, chopped
2 tablespoon soy sauce, lite is fine
1/4 cup hoisin sauce
1/2 cup seedless raspberry preserves, and if there happen to be seeds, who will complain?
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
In a large, oven proof saute pan, heat about 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Season pork with salt and pepper. Sear pork loin over medium high heat on all sides until golden brown. Transfer pan with seared pork loin to the oven. [To save time, but lose some flavor, simply rub Gravy Master on all surfaces of roast with pepper and garlic powder, and omit the initial searing.]
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan over medium high heat add 1 tablespoon olive oil and red onion. Saute, stirring occasionally until just beginning to brown, about 5 - 6 minutes. Add soy sauce, hoisin sauce and raspberry preserves and stir until the glaze is combined. Turn off heat and leave sauce on burner.
Roast pork loin in oven until the thickest part of the roast registers 135 degrees on a thermometer, about 45 to 60 minutes. About 10 minutes before the pork is done (it will register about 110 degrees on a digital thermometer), brush with the pork with some of the glaze. You will have extra glaze to serve with the pork.
Remove roast from oven and place on a cutting board and tent with foil for about 10 minutes. Slice the pork loin thinly, about 1/4", and serve with the extra glaze. Rewarm the glaze if it gets too thick.
Baked potatoes, sweet or white, or roasted veggies go well and can be roasted alongside the pork.
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