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Ascension Lutheran Church | 3801 Oakwood Avenue NW | Huntsville, AL 35810 | (256) 536-9987 | www.ascensionhsv.org 1

September, 2017

REFLECTIONS

From the President

Page 2-3 From the SW Corner

Page 4-5 From the Elder

Page 6 Stewardship

Page 7 This ‘n That

Page 8 CDC News

Page 9 Kids’ Corner

Page 10 Birthdays, Flowers,

Missional Outreach

Page 11 Music Ministry

Page 12 September Calendar

A Publication of Ascension Lutheran Church What’s INSIDE

PRAY for

those in need

and for those

who serve

them with the

love of Jesus.

GIVE money and other items

when the call goes out for them.

Cash gifts are needed the most at

this time. 100% percent of your

gifts will go to the affected

areas. CLICK HERE or go

to http://southernlcms.org/disaster

-relief-donations/ to give online.

You can send your checks also by

mail to: Southern District - 100

Mission Dr. - Slidell LA 70460.

Please mark them for Harvey

Relief. CLICK HERE for a list of

care boxes that will be needed.

Please do not send them until they

are needed. We do not want to

overwhelm the centers with items

they do not need.

From the District President - Rev. Kurtis D. Schultz

This important email is coming to you as an update on the Southern District

response to Harvey relief efforts.

I know many of you have been praying for those in the path of the storm and are

anxiously waiting to know how you can help. I have waited with this information

because of the uniqueness of this storm. We are still three days away from it leaving

our area. We continue to be in touch with our Louisiana folks as the ride out the

remainder of Harvey.

Our Southern District Disaster Relief team has been asked by the Texas District to

provide our experience and resources, especially in the area of organization and

management of volunteer work camps. That team consists of Dave Buss, Camp

Restore-Baton Rouge LA, David Goodine and Kurt Jostes of RAI and Camp

Restore-New Orleans LA, Ed Brashier, Shepherd's Heart Ministries-Gardendale AL,

and me. Preliminary work has started and a meeting of partners will be held next

Wednesday in Houston.

It is important that we support the coordinated efforts of the Texas District. This will

allow for the best stewardship of our resources. We will not be neglecting the needs

of Louisiana and we will respond as we become aware of them. The volunteer

camps will triage the needs as follows: 1. Pastors, teachers, church staff, churches

and schools. 2. Church members with special need families receiving high priority.

3. Families in the communities. This order is not in order of importance but focuses

on building greater capacity of care. We are enabling our churches and their people

to be servants to their neighbors. The camps will also be centers of distribution to

meet the basic and immediate needs of all people. Very early numbers from Texas

are reporting over 105 members have water in their homes. Many members

evacuated from their homes (over 30). Church damage - 6 with roof leaks, 3 with

minor damage, 2 flooded. Pastors' homes flooded - 5. Staff and teachers evacuated -

3 Staff and teachers flooded - 3. 30,000 people in shelters. These numbers will

increase as assessment continues.

VOLUNTEER next week after the search and rescue phase is over we will be

providing contact information to sign up to help. Watch our website -

SouthernLCMS.org, Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/southernlcms.org -

Southern District-LCMS, and Twitter @SDLCMS for more information.

I thank all of you for your partnership in the Gospel and your generous sharing of

Jesus' love, mercy, and compassion.

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From the New Testament

comes this needed advice,

“Therefore, encourage one

another and build each other

up, just as in fact you are

doing.” (1 Thessalonians 4:11)

Why now? It’s September

where the Fall begins, where

the deadly effects of the Fall

into sin

become

visible

in

Nature

to all

who

can see.

The much-anticipated great

American Eclipse has come

and gone. The beautiful

greenery of the summer is

ready to fall away into the

golden tones of Autumn. And

the vibrancy of life is being

threatened by the onset of

death.

These are all factors that lie

between courage and sorrow.

They are why many are

discouraged. There are many

reasons why we need

encouragement.

At best, our world is messed

up. We are both the cause of its

mess, and the result of it, also.

As I see it, our life together as

a body of people is always

imperfect. At times, it even

borders on being offensive. All

of us need to be encouraged

and everyone should try to be

an encourager. However, that’s

the problem.

In the words of St. Paul, the good things I should do I do not do. The evil

behaviors that I should contain I lose control over. Life in this dilemma is a

source of wretchedness. In this condition, I may feel badly about myself and

become angry with others and resentful against them. Plus, because my very

nature is contaminated by sin, it is impossible to resolve my dilemma.

My sin always affects those around me since I live in a dynamic relationship

with others. Not only does sin destroy my peace with others, it leaves me

discouraged and sad.

I wrote some of the above thoughts about no one in particular, even though I

wrote in the first person. It could be about me, but I did not intend for it to be

autobiographical. I am

writing in an attempt to

describe the humanity we all

share with each other. I am

writing to reveal our

common need to be

encouraged. One of the best

gifts we can give is to

encourage one another.

Joseph Barnabas was a

follower of Jesus during the

time the Book of Acts was

written. He was a Levite by

birth, but was widely known

through the meaning of his

name Barnabas, a “son of encouragement.” It is interesting to me that the first

time he is named in Acts, it is in connection with a major offering he gave to

the church’s treasury after he had sold a plot of land. What encouragement

that financial windfall must have provided to the apostles and leaders of the

early church.

To encourage someone is to call him to your side. Encouragement is not

theoretical, but practical. It is not rhetorical, but real.

Synonyms include “to stand by someone; to exhort

and urge him.” When we demonstrate to someone

that we are “standing by” him in his need, that very

behavior produces a strong dose of encouragement.

Our need to be encouraged is well documented as we

experience the constant changes life brings. When we

face illness or disease…when personal trials and

temptations come…when we must live only by faith

because sight fails.…when we must deal with “terrors

of the night and arrows that fly by day,” all while

From the SW Corner Pastor Bernard Ansorge

REFLECTIONS September, 2017


fearing for our safety, it is normal to be discouraged. These are spiritual attacks that

may quickly drive us to despair. Spiritual attacks need spiritual defenses. Spiritual

emptiness needs spiritual fillers.

Certainly, we who follow Jesus as His disciples are just as

susceptible to the discouraging effects of the Devil as

people ever were. We have the same needs as those early

disciples to whom our Lord promised His never-failing

presence.

So, here’s what Jesus promised His disciples. He

promised to send a very special Encourager, the Holy

Spirit. Jesus identified this Spirit by the word Paraclete.

This word is derived from the Greek verb that means “to

encourage” and that calls Him “One who stands by to

help.” (Remember, Jesus also calls the Holy Spirit the

Helper.)

The Holy Spirit (the Paraclete) truly is our constant source of Encouragement. The

Paraclete calls us into the fellowship of the Church, where we receive forgiveness

for our sins and hear the guarantees of resurrection and eternal life.

God is good to us. Yes, we need encouragement in the face of disease, deep sorrow

and death. Without encouragement, we can get discouraged. To correct that downer,

He gives us the Paraclete to stand by us and encourage us.

While our need for encouragement is well documented, so also is our role in

encouraging others. Our source to do that comes straight out of our Call to be a part

of the Body of Christ. Our relationship with Christ makes us able to share His grace

and love that encourages others for life here and their eternal future.

Recently, a friend was writing a thank you note for a gift he had received. “If

people’s generosity continues, I’ll be spending a lot of time writing ‘thank you’s.’” I

inquired, “Would that be bad?” Then, the following thought occurred to me. If more

of us spent more time thanking each other—if everybody would spend more time

thanking others—the entire world would be changed. Saying “thank you” is a great

way to be an encourager.

“Therefore, encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are

doing.” (1 Thess. 4:11)

Love,

Pastor Bernie



From the Elder


by daily sorrow and repentance, and die with all sins and evil lusts, and, in

turn, a new person daily come forth and rise

from death again. He will live forever before

God in righteousness and purity.” In this

answer, Martin uses strong terms to describe

the process of sanctification. He talks about

drowning the old Adam, that sinful flesh that

abides in all of us, by daily sorrow and

repentance and, in his place, a new person, a

forgiven person, comes forth and lives in

righteousness and purity (i.e., holy living). In

reality, our old Adam is not yet dead, and

despite our best intentions to live a holy life,

we, as Paul describes, fall victim to sin and evil and again need repentance

(restarting the “repentance, forgiveness, holy living” cycle). Only when

Jesus returns and we are taken to heaven will this process of sanctification

be fully completed and repentance no longer be needed.

Sanctification is a fancy term that literally means "set apart for particular

use in a special purpose or work and to make holy or sacred." (Wikipedia).

I like to think of sanctification as the process whereby God slowly, but

surely, changes me into someone who is a little bit more like Jesus today

than I was yesterday. How does He do this? How does this process of

sanctification work?

The answer to how sanctification works lies in the “repentance, forgiveness,

holy living” cycle. Each time we go through one of these cycles, God has

the opportunity to work on us, to change us, to make us a little more like

Jesus. With holy living, that is, with completed sanctification as the ultimate

goal, we repent and are forgiven many, many times in our Christian lives.

Repentance is the process where

we, like the lost sheep (Luke 15:1

-7), like the lost coin (Luke 15:8-

10), like the lost (prodigal) son

(Luke 15:11-32), have gone

astray and God comes, picks us

up and turns us around.

Repentance is a combination of

contrition and faith in which

contrition is a recognition of both

our sins and that we are sinners,

that we are by nature enemies of

God, that a holy God absolutely

hates sin and that we, as we

weekly confess, truly deserve

God’s temporary and eternal

SANCTIFICATION – A LIFETIME OF

DAILY REPENTANCE/BAPTISM

Ken likes to use the phrase

“repentance, forgiveness, holy

living” to describe the life of a

Christian.

Even though we have been

converted to faith in Jesus Christ as

our Lord and Savior, we, as Luther

declares in the explanation to the

fifth petition of the Lord’s Prayer,

“daily sin much, and indeed deserve

nothing but punishment” and, as St.

Paul asserts in Romans 7:19

describing himself (and us), “For I

do not do the good I want to do.

Instead, I keep on doing the evil I

do not want to do.” Therefore, our

lives, by necessity, must be filled

with regular repentance followed by

God’s forgiveness and our trying

(and failing) to live a holy life

according to His commandments.

In the Small Catechism, Martin

Luther answers the question “What

is the meaning of such a water

Baptism?” with “It means that the

old Adam in us should be drowned



punishment. Repentance is the Holy Spirit using the Law to convict us of

our sins and to turn us away from those sins.

Forgiveness is the promise of the Gospel received

through faith. By His perfect life and His atoning

suffering and death, Jesus paid the penalty for our

sins. We no longer must suffer eternal punishment for

our sins; we no longer must face God’s wrath; we no

longer must await eternal damnation and separation

from God. By His death on the cross, our sins are

forgiven. We receive this forgiveness through faith,

through believing that the Gospel is true, through the

gift of the Holy Spirit opening our hearts and our

souls to this truth.

Through the Law, the Holy Spirit convicts us of our sins and turns us back

to God. For this conviction to happen, the

Law must be in our hearts and minds either

because we read it, we hear it or we meditate

on it. Therefore, we need regularly to be

reminded that we are sinners, that we are by

nature enemies of God, that we have not

loved God with our whole heart and our

neighbor as ourselves, and that we deserve

the terrible punishment of eternity in hell.

When we recognize our dire state, then we

are truly contrite and ready for the Holy

Spirit to turn us around, to lead us to repentance.

The Gospel gives us hope. With only the Law, we would stand convicted

and hopeless. With the Gospel, we have hope, we have the promise of

God’s mercy and forgiveness, we have His

Word that He will take us to Heaven where

we will spend eternity in His presence. As

for repentance, we acquire this promise,

this forgiveness, through believing God

(that is, through having faith) and through

hearing, reading or meditating on His

Gospel.

Therefore, sanctification depends on

repentance and forgiveness which, in turn,

depend on faith and on the Holy Spirit

using the Law to convict us and using the

Gospel to bring us the promise of

forgiveness.


“Whatever your hand finds to

do, do it with all your

might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10).

God bids us to be faithful in

the tasks He calls us to do. He

calls us to be members of a

family (husbands and wives;

fathers and mothers; sons and

daughters ) .

He calls us to

be members

of society

(those who

govern and those who are

governed). And He calls us to

be members of His family, the

Church (those who preach and

teach and those who hear and

learn). Each of these callings

from God places a duty on us.

As members of a family,

husbands are given the duty to

die for their wives as Christ

gave His life for His bride, the

Church; while wives are given

the duty to respect their

h u s b a n d s a n d s u b m i t

themselves to them as the

C h u r c h

does to

C h r i s t .

F a t h e r s

a n d

m o t h e r s

are to

raise their children in the fear

and admonition of the Lord,

teaching them the Ten

Commandments, the Creed, the

Lord’s Prayer, and the

Scriptures concerning Baptism,

Confession, the Office of the

Keys, and the Lord’s Supper.

Children are to honor their

parents throughout their lives,

and even when their parents are no longer alive, serving and obeying them,

loving and cherishing them, and speaking well of them.

As members of society, God calls those who govern to bear the sword, that is,

to punish those who do evil - those who live contrary to God’s will - and to

reward those who do good - those whose lives are lived in conformity with

God’s will. Those who are governed are to obey their leaders as to the Lord

Himself, for their leaders bear the sword of God’s temporal justice for a

purpose.

As members of God’s own family, the

Church, He calls those who preach and

teach to do so in faithfulness to His holy

Word. To preach and teach the Law of

God to convict the hearts of hearers of

their sin and to encourage, admonish,

and exhort them to do good works in

accordance with God’s will. They are to

preach and teach the Gospel, the full

forgiveness of their sins accomplished

by Christ and received through faith, not

by works. They are to administer the

means of grace in accordance with the

Gospel and the Word of God. They do

all this for the young and old alike, for

those who are near and far off. Those

who hear and learn are to submit

themselves to their preachers and

teachers. They are to support them by

their prayers and their gifts.

Each of these callings from God places a duty on us.

They make a claim on our presence, our prayers, and

on our time, talents, and treasures. So, “Whatever

your hand finds to do, do it with all your

might” (Ecclesiastes 9:10). Pray for your family, for

your government, and your church. Give of yourself

by means of your time, your talents, and your

treasures to your family, your government, and your

Church. That is what it means to be faithful in the

tasks that God has given us. That is what it means to

do it with all your might.

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On the Subject of Stewardship Glen Huling



From Circuit 8 Visitor John

Ninke - Circuit 8 Forum

Announcement

The official Circuit 8 Forum will

be conducted next Sunday at 4:00

PM at Christ our Redeemer

Lutheran Church in Hartselle.

A pastor and designated layman

from each circuit congregation

will nominate

the following

officers for

t h e

S o u t h e r n

District to be elected at the

District Convention next Spring.

Regional Vice-President

Pastoral and Lay Candidates

for the District Board of

Directors

Circuit Visitor.

The Forum will also consider any

memorials from this circuit to the

convention.

In Christ, John Ninke

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL

“WELCOME/GET-TOGETHER”

to welcome new members at

Ascension. This will be held at

the Engel’s house (Carl and

Mary) on

F r i d a y ,

September

22 at 5:30

PM. Bring

a side or a dessert to share. BBQ

pork and drinks will be

provided.

The Engels ask that you RSVP

by phone (256) 830-4227, text

(256) 653-8141; or email at

[email protected].

Coming up on September 5, this year’s

Confirmation Class will meet, starting

at 4:45 PM and ending around 6:00

PM. Vicar Colin will be leading this

year’s class, and we have some very

important youth who are going to be

part of this group. The group will meet

every Wednesday (unless otherwise

notified). Our prayer is that the parents/

caregivers will find joy in fulfilling

their duties as parents in bringing up

their children in the admonition of the

Lord; and that the youth will find joy in

delving into the Word and learning

more and more what it means to be an

active participant of God’s family here

in this place.

We should probably also include Vicar

Colin in our prayers, that he may find

joy in teaching this group of youth and being part of the Confirmation process

- and that he learns more than the kids ask as the year progresses.

This is a month in advance - but it’s

important that you get your tickets for this

fundraiser early - and help one of the CDC

children’s class win a free ice cream party!

It’s also being announced now in case you

want to help sell tickets for this special

fundraiser. The “official” announcement

looks like this:

Pancake breakfast fundraiser

Saturday, October 7, 7:30-9:30

Applebee’s

3150 Memorial Pkwy NW

Tickets $5.00 each

Purchase from any PTO parent or teacher!

See Carla Jo if you are interested in helping sell tickets and/or serving

breakfast on the day of the breakfast. (See Carla Jo’s article for more info.)

Grandparents’ Day at the CDC on September 8. Please join us!

This ‘n That



September is known as the

month that education starts up,

a g a i n .

E d u c a t i o n

goes on year

round – but in

S e p t e m b e r ,

we take notice

of it. We want to recognize the

educational opportunities here

at Ascension and support those

people who make it possible.

A no t i ceab le pa r t o f

A s c e n s i o n ’ s v o l u n t e e r

educational ministry is the

Board of Education. These

members consist of Kelly

Aschenbrenner, chairperson;

Todd Ballentine; Susan

Bridges; Susann Gehring;

Jennifer Hartwig; Tim Hurst;

Cyndi Peebles; and Sue Ellen

Smith. These people take care

of Sunday School, VBS, the

CDC, and multiple other

activities.

T h e

Board has

a CDC

subcommittee with Susan

Bridges taking the lead. Sue

Ellen serves as Sunday School

superintendent. Jennifer and

Sue Ellen teach the smallest

children in our Sunday school

classes. Sarah Heritage does

the younger elementary. Kelly

instructs the middle schoolers,

and Cameron and Stephanie

Lee teach the high school

Sunday morning classes.

Cameron, Stephanie and

Susann work with the youth for

other activities. The Sunday morning adult

class is currently being led by Rick Hilst.

With the departure of the Skrabanek family, we

are in need of additional help for the Sunday

morning classes. If you would be willing to

help, please talk to Sue Ellen, Kelly or Carla Jo.

During the month of September, we are going to finish the Sunday school

series we started this spring. The month of October will be dedicated to the

Reformation and its 5ooth anniversary. We will

start children’s Christmas service practice in

November with the Christmas program held on

Sunday, December 10. The CDC Christmas

program will be on Wednesday, December 13.

The Tuesday morning Bible class plans to start

back in September with Pastor Bernie serving as

the instructor. The men’s Bible breakfast is

continuing to meet on the fourth Saturdays of each month.

Sunday School – Thank you to Donna Stoddard and Judy Burhans for leading

Sunday school this summer. Thank you also to

the children for lifting their voices in praise at the

early service Sunday, August 27. A good time

was had by all in attendance at the summer wrap

up/fall kick off during the Sunday School hour.

There was excellent turnout for our water play

day. We had bounce houses for both big and

small, a water slide, and a kiddie pool for the

littlest ones. The Stoddards brought their snow

cone truck and gave out icy treats to anyone who

wanted one (or two, or three). We finished the morning with hot dogs and

chips.

The newly formed PTO of the CDC is sponsoring a pancake breakfast on

Saturday, October 7 from 7:30 to 9:30 AM. It will be held at Applebee’s on

north Memorial Parkway. Tickets are $5.00 each. The classes are having a

contest to see which class can sell the most tickets.

The winning class will receive an ice cream party. Carla

Jo will also have tickets available on Sundays for

purchase. Come out and enjoy breakfast, and a time of

fellowship!

CDC News Carla Jo Brakhage, DCM



Kids’ Corner



Missional Outreach Visits take

place each week The

following schedule is currently

happening and everyone is

welcome to participate in these

special worship events for our

seniors and shut-ins. Contact

Bob Smith if you have any

questions. (256) 778-8655/

Cell (256) 656-9795

Regency on Max Luther Drive

September 13 and September

27, beginning at 10:15 AM.

HHR on South Parkway, Chris

Drive on September 6 and

September 20, beginning at

10:00 AM.

The Order of Worship is:

Introduction - Pastor/Vicar

1st Song

2nd Song

First Reading - Old Testament

3rd Song

4th Song

Second Reading - New Testament

5th Song

6th Song

Third Reading - Gospel

7th Song

Benediction Song

One-on-one Visits


Adele Williams 09/01 Mary Carder 09/17

Emily Booze 09/04 Eli Jones 09/18

Burneal Fick 09/06 Jordan Reynolds 09/18

Katelyn Engel 09/07 Cory Jenkins 09/21

David Ernst 09/07 Reid Carder 09/21

Nicholas Burhans 09/07 Tammey Bowers 09/22

Heather Burhans 09/09 Donna Stoddart 09/22

Benjamin Burhans 09/10 Linda Mixon 09/23

Keith Bowers 09/11 Norman Stoddart 09/25

Donna Huling 09/11 Mike Pool 09/26

Adam Grott 09/12 John Hartwig 09/30

Lavon Hellebrand 09/15

to the Glory of God

September 3 - September 10 - Burhans’ for birthdays of Nicholas, Heather, Cory and in memory of Matthew James September 17 - Peebles - In memory of Charlie’s 20th birthday September 24 - Alan & Shelby King’s 1st Anniversary


Welcome back to the choir loft! The adult choir will begin rehearsals on Wednesday, September 6 at 6:00 PM. As usual, we would LOVE to have you come and join us as we get underway to rehearse the special musical selections for Reformation and Advent/Christmas. You wouldn’t believe how much music there is for the upcoming seasons - more music than there are Sundays in a year! It will be fun - and different - for sure! Before we go on, though - how did you LOVE the song with the combined children and adult choirs in August? Wow! I think we should have that combination more often

because the energy was j o y f u l ! Just my o p in i o n , of course.

\Once again, we would LOVE to have an adult bell choir to enhance our worship services. The youth bell choir is going strong, and they will be starting their rehearsals soon, also. If anyone is interested in participating in either of these groups, please see Carla Jo Brakhage or Judy Burhans. A knowledge of reading music is not necessary for playing bells, just FYI. Times of rehearsals for bell choirs will be published soon! Instrumentalists are always welcome in the worship services. Besides the instruments that were mentioned in last month’s newsletter, we also have a

very talented clarinetist, Nadine Hartwig, who accompanies many hymns during the Sunday morning services and who plays special solo selections during special seasons of the church year. Mason Lee has offered his talents of playing the piano and singing solos (and duets with his mom, Stephanie). Sheila Reese plays for the Missional Outreach service that is held at Regency, and one time, Greer and Preston Heritage played for an opening number at

one of our worship services. If you are interested in adding your God-given talent to enhance our worship services, please contact or see Crissi Patterson. If you have a musical talent and you were not mentioned in either of the past two newsletters, please let the office know and we’ll see that you are included!

Thank you to all the instrumentalists who have played this past summer and in the weeks to come! We are lucky to have such talent in our midst. Please take some time to read about J.S. Bach and his history with the Lutheran Church as we approach Reformation.

https://lutheranreformation.org/history/johann-sebastian-bach/ Colossians 3:16: “Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms hymns and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.” In His Service, Crissi Patterson

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