Sara, one of our lay readers, writes: Dear Friends I am writing this in Canada. Around Toronto where I am staying, the most amazing and beautiful thing is to see the trees in the Fall (Autumn!). The maple trees on the hillsides and in the streets turn deep oranges and reds, the colours of a million different sunsets displayed leaf […]
November news from the church
Watch the Rugby World Cup at ours – Saturday 2 November from 8.00am To celebrate England getting to the final, we’re going to showing the big match on our big screen. Come join us from 8.00am when we’ll have bacon and egg baps, coffee, tea and orange juice for sale for all you hungry fans. There will be some comfy […]
Wreath making workshop – 2 December
Join us for a wreath making workshop this advent from 7.30pm on Monday 2 December. We’ll be creating a festive atmosphere with background music and mulled wine whilst you create your masterpiece. Wreath base, wire, accessories, and refreshments included. Please bring greenery from your garden to create your wreath and any decorations you’d like to use like baubles or ribbons. […]
Blaze Night – 16 November
We love to get together as a church family to celebrate who God is. So we’re warmly inviting you to join us for a mini festival at ours on 16 November from 6 – 9pm. Wrap up warm for an evening of fire pits, fun challenges, live music, hot dogs and hot chocolates in our car-park. Book your free ticket […]
October news from the Church
Harvest: Basics Bank Sunday – 6 October We’ll be celebrating all the good things God gives us by bringing in our donations for Basics Bank this week. They particularly need tinned meat, soup, tinned spaghetti, tinned potatoes, tinned veg and fruit, and cooking sauces. Readings – continuing our King and his Kingdom preaching series Sunday 6th October Matthew 4: 1- […]
Blog post: Who are you called to be
Will writes: Dear Friends, Who are you called to be? We are a society of do-ers. We find it easy to know and find our purpose in doing something. Often we ask each other whether we are busy this week. Instantly we want to assure people we are because to not be doing is to not have worth or purpose. […]
Light in the Night Party – 31 October
We’re excited to be hosting another of our Light in the Night parties for families on 31 October from 4.30pm – 6.30pm in the Grace Hall, in the Ascension Centre. It’s a great alternative to Hallowe’en for families of all ages. This year we’re having an Olde Worlde history theme. If you like, come dressed up a knight, princess or […]
September news from the church
Autumn preaching series The Autumn preaching series is taking us up to Advent and over the weeks ahead we will be looking at ‘The King and His Kingdom’ with a particular focus on Matthew’s Gospel. We will exploring together our relationship with the King and how as his sons and daughters we can see his kingdom come to pass. Let’s […]
Blog post: Empowering Vocation
Andy writes… Dear Friends, We have as one of our values at Ascension EMPOWERING VOCATION. We are committed to helping people discover who Jesus has made them to be and empowering them to play their role in his rescue plan for creation. I am convinced that when people live out their call to join God in blessing his world that […]
Welcome to our new ordinands Lauren and Lorna
We’re so excited to be welcoming two new trainee priests, also known as ordinands, to our community. First up, we have Lauren… Hi, I’m Lauren. I’m married to Mark and we have two children, Ava (8) and Ben (6). We are all getting used to a really exciting new chapter as I begin my time as an Ordinand at Ascension […]