http://www.christascension.org Christ Ascension Lutheran Church Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:28:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Pastor - Martin J. Lohrmann Email: pastor@christascension.org  Pastor Lohrmann is a graduate of Wartburg Seminary and Valparaiso University.  He especially enjoys studying the Lutheran Reformation.  His favorite quotation about connecting the Christian faith with daily life is "Tradition is the living faith of the dead; traditionalism is the dead faith of the living" (J. Pelikan).   ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=111 September 5:  Sunday Worship begins at 9:30 a.m. on September 5.  September 12:  9:15 a.m. Christian Education for all ages; Sunday worship follows at 10:30 a.m.  September 17:  7 p.m. performance of "Are We There Yet?" at St. Michael's Lutheran Church September 26 is Youth ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=37 Please pray for the following people: Barbara, Ralph, Louise, Mary, Faith, Libby, Blair, Gerry, Donald, Larry, Jim, Yvonne, Steve, Cameron, Roberta,  Nicholas, Betty, Sandra, Misha, Eleanor, Steve, Patricia, Thomas, Beryl, Radostin, Josephine, Sharon, Mark, Tracy, Lily http://www.christascension.org/?p=40 Administrative Assistant - Denise Hyson        Email : office@christascension.org http://www.christascension.org/?p=31 Cantor - Linda FuriaLinda Furia is a graduate of Rutgers the State University of New Jersey.  She has also attended Westminster Choir College and The Lutheran Seminary at Philadelphia.  In addition to her music ministry at Christ Ascension she teaches piano privately and at a Philadelphia music school.  Linda enjoys many types of music, ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=47 The Evangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaThe Evangelical Lutheran Church in America resulted from a union of three North American Lutheran church bodies: The American Lutheran Church, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches and the Lutheran Church in America.Website : www.elca.org ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=41 One of the primary ways that the good news of God in Jesus Christ is heard at Christ Ascension Lutheran Church is through music. We understand music to be a gift of God's good creation. The primary musical ensemble at Christ Ascension is the assembly itself. We ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=39  Jesus Christ is the living and abiding Word of God. By the power of the Spirit, this very Word of God, which is Jesus Christ, is read in the scriptures, proclaimed in preaching, announced in the forgiveness of sins, eaten and drunk in the Holy Communion, and ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=38 Reconciling in Christ Congregation We proclaim that the Gospel is God's gift to all people, to be shared unconditionally, without regard to age, race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic or family status, physical or mental abilities, or one's appearance. We rejoice that because of our baptism, diversity has ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=15 Christ Ascension Lutheran Church is a merger of two Lutheran congregations. The merger occurred on September 1, 1993 between the Evangelical Lutheran Christ Church of Chestnut Hill, which was established on December 9, 1860, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, which was formally organized on July 26, ... http://www.christascension.org/?p=36