Ascension Episcopal Kndrgrtn

read moreAmong the many troubling images from the U.S. Capitol building last week were images of "Jesus 2020" flags. I began to wonder, what makes them think that Jesus would encourage an insurrection on the capitol building? I, for one, did not see Jesus leading the charge toward the capitol building. The witness to Jesus that started with John the Baptist continues in our Gospel passage for today. Jesus continues to go about the business of gathering his team of disciples one by one. What happens next is an important component of this story because as soon as Jesus invites Philip to 'follow him' he is immediately filled with the need to evangelize, to spread the Good News.

read moreIn 1953 The Episcopal Church of the Ascension was chartered as a "Self-Organized" Mission Station, meeting in the Vestavia Hills Town Hall, in homes, and in kindergarten and school buildings, under the guidance of Bishops Carpenter and Murray; The Reverends John Turn, Marshall Seifert, Benjamin Smith; our first Vicars, The Reverends David Cady Wright, and Lee Graham; and Lay Reader, Judge Eugene Hawkins. In 1956, we became an Organized Mission with The Reverend Josiah W. Ware, Jr. as first full-time Vicar.

read moreChildren ages 3K - 3rd Grade are invited to join us for in person Godly Play or via Zoom on Sundays beginning at 9:00am. Please email Amanda Austin if you are not on her email list and would like to join. Children ages 4th, 5th, and 6th Grades "The Club" are invited to join Club 45 via Zoom, please email Chris Lambert for more information. Youth ages 6th - 12th grade EYC is focused on providing a space for the youth to come as they are to find community together in the comfort of the church. A regular meeting schedule is in progress and will be announced shortly.

read moreLed by Roger Jones, the youth meet on Sunday mornings from 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. in the EYC Room on the Lower Level to explore life with God and each other through prayer, scripture, art, and theology. Led by Eva Byrum, the youth meet on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. in Ware Hall for dinner, study, fellowship, and prayer. If you are interested in providing food for the youth on Sunday morning and/or Wednesday evening, please sign-up here. God our Father, you see your children growing up in an unsteady and confusing world: Show them that your ways give more life than the ways of the world, and that following you is better than chasing after selfish goals.