Friends,
This week at Ascension: Bible Study Tuesday and Thursday at 9:00 AM. Also on Saturday, February 6 at 5:00 PM is a 'Quiet Eucharist'. Consider attending, especially if you're not going to make it to church on Super Bowl Sunday. Rev. Lumbard announced too that there will be a Lenten Series of Reflections on Tuesdays at noontime. Also, this Sunday is a MEEK, (Maplewood-Edgerton Emergency Food Kupboard) collection of canned or dry food. Ascension has supported this local outreach effort for decades. If you'd like to learn more about it and help with the day-to-day work, contact the church office and we'll get you connected with the people who'll find a place for you in this important work. Also, we will get a working-group together in early February to discuss the content and format of some of the web-communications so that we make better connection with more people. Contact Rob Phillips or Paul Schwartz if you're interested to help with that work. Here is the this week's Gospel Lesson

Trust Jesus
Luke 5:1-11

Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." Simon answered, "Master, we have worked all night long but have caught nothing. Yet if you say so, I will let down the nets." When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets were beginning to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they began to sink. But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" For he and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of fish that they had taken; and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people." When they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him.

If you have ideas or interest in contributing to upcoming
Ascension Happenings, let us know, and we'll work them in.
In fact, there is a free ticket to the upcoming Spaghetti Dinner for the first idea on the topic of 'How can we at Ascension 'catch people' better or at least open our doors to people in the community' posted to this blog.

Church of the Ascension
2 Riverside St.
Rochester, NY 14613
585-458-5423