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Happy Thanksgiving :)

Hey Ascenters,

It is almost the beginning of November and that means we are due for another First Thursday. First Thursday is an opportunity for us here at The Ascent to get together, eat, chat, and enjoy each others' company. The food starts flowing at 6:30, so grab a friend and come enjoy some great fellowship and tasty eats!

If you plan to join us, just leave a comment here and let us know how many you will be bringing. Make sure you give us your email so we can send you directions!

See you soon!

LOVE WORKS

Hi all,

On Saturday October 25th we will be having our first Love Works Service Project. We will be meeting at Windermere Community Church at 8:00am and be heading down to The Destiny Foundation downtown to help them as the serve the community to break the cycle of poverty. We will be returning to the church at about 1:30pm.

If you can make it or if you have any questions, email chadv@ascentchurch.com.

See you soon!

THANK YOU, AUDREY

This past weekend, we were so blessed to have Audrey Assad co-leading worship with us. Audrey is an incredible artist based out of Nashville. CLICK HERE to check out more of her music!

Does it ever seem like you can never get peace and quiet? Our world is becoming increasingly chaotic. Not that we are always victims...how much of it is self-imposed?

This week, Pastor Andrew will be sharing about the importance of silencing ourselves and our world so that we might come into the presence of God. This is a message a lot of us need hear, it should be good.

Hope to see you this weekend!

THE MOST LOVING THING

This week, Pastor Andrew talked about doing the most loving thing. What is the most loving thing you have done for someone? Or what is the most loving thing that someone has done for you?

This week at The Ascent, Pastor Andrew spoke on the importance of scripture in our lives. The main text was Luke 24:13-31 in which the resurrected Christ explained scripture to some of the disciples. In this passage, we see how critical the understanding of scripture is in our lives; so much so, that the disciples were kept from recognizing who Jesus while He was explaining the scriptures.

Why were they kept from recognizing Him? The disciples were talking to man who they knew died three days prior. If they had known who it was, could you imagine the emotion that would be racing through them? The excitement, awe, wonder, curiosity, and joy. It would not have been an environment conducive to listening to a dissertation on Old Testament teachings and prophecies. Imagine you see someone that you knew had died. Would you want to listen to a lecture, or rejoice? Scripture is so important that God hid His Son's identity from the disciples so that He could effectively explain it to them.

Pastor Andrew issued a challenge to The Ascent this week. As a community of believers, we will be memorizing The Ascent's theme verse:

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in His holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false.

Psalm 24:3-4

The Word of God is living and active and is an incredible gift to us. What will you do with it this week?