Ascension Lutheran Church

03/15/2026

The Lord is grieved by the spiritual blindness of His people, but He does not forsake them. Instead, He promises to turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground (Is 42:16). The Lord does not give up on His servant, Israel, but sends another Servant who is the light of the world (John 9:5). Jesus’ light comes to us in His Word, His water, and His Supper. These are His means for opening our eyes to see and to live as children of light (Eph 5:8). Baptized into Christ, we look forward to the day when these words will come pass: “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you” (Eph 5:14).

08/17/2025

How easy it is to become anxious when things go differently than we had hoped. We worry about ourselves and our loved ones. We experience everyday anxieties and big cosmic ones too. Sometimes anxiety can become so serious that professional help is needed. Paul writes in Philippians 4:6, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Easier said than done, Paul! Jesus invites us to let anxiety be. Concerning the things most of us worry about—like food, clothing, provisions—Jesus observes that just as the birds, the lilies, and the grass are well-provided for, we will be taken care of as well. The adventure of life is one of faith: entrusting ourselves to the care of God, seeking first God’s reign, and experiencing the rich provision enjoyed by all of creation as a gift.

08/10/2025

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

01/16/2025

Get your spot early for next fall!

🏫 IN-HOUSE REGISTRATION IS TOMORROW!
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💜Meet our caring teachers, learn about our programs, and see how we share God’s love through Christian education. At Ascension, we are committed to planting seeds of faith, knowledge, and kindness in every child’s heart. We can’t wait to welcome your family!
Registration Day at Ascension Christian Preschool

12/10/2023

Advent is the season of waiting! As we await Christ’s coming again in power and glory, we know that the time we are given before that great Day is due to the Lord’s patience. “The Lord . . . is patient toward you,” says Peter (2 Peter 3:9). Why? More time before Christ’s return as King and Judge means more opportunities for us to share the life-giving Gospel with all the world. As people hear the message of Christ, repenting of their sin and turning to Him in faith, more souls will be brought into God’s eternal kingdom. And because He is working His wonders of salvation, we rejoice in Him and receive from Him all He seeks to give!

11/20/2023

Päivi Räsänen has remained humble and plain-spoken as she defended both her own beliefs and the fundamental right of everyone else to share theirs.

08/27/2023

Son of a pub owner and a cabinet maker by trade, Edward Mote was a nineteenth century Englishman who came to faith in Christ as an adult and then served the last two decades of his life as a parish pastor. He discovered a new passion in his later years: writing hymns for Christians to sing. “My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness,” he wrote. “I dare not trust the sweetest frame But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand”. The story is told that the first person with whom Mote shared these words was a friend who had fallen ill and was nearing the end of her life. Mote’s beautiful hymn, which Christ-followers like us continue to enjoy today, is a reminder God’s beloved that Christ Jesus alone is the solid foundation, the mighty fortress in whom we can trust. In life and in death, our hope is built on this rock, who offers for us nothing less than His own blood and righteousness.

04/11/2021

Reverend Ralph Hough gives the message for the second Sunday of Easter. We tend to look for things to make faith easier. Signs, wonders, or just little hints here and there would help. But the disciples had all these things and heard Jesus promise His resurrection, and still they gathered behind the locked doors of their fears. What we do have is Christ, His Word that bestows and sustains our faith, and His Holy Sacrament wherein He feeds us with His body and blood. Though we have not seen with our eyes, we see with faith and join with doubting Thomas to confess, “My Lord and my God!”