We will gather for a celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 9 am in the Muriel Moore chapel on Ascension Sunday.

The Feast of the Ascension, also known as Ascension. The Ascension of Jesus is the Christian teaching found in the New Testament that the resurrected Jesus was taken up to Heaven in his resurrected body, in the presence of eleven of his apostles, occurring 40 days after the resurrection. The canonical gospels include two brief descriptions of the ascension of Jesus in Luke 24:50-53 and Mark 16:19. A more detailed account of Jesus’ bodily Ascension into the clouds is then given in the Acts of the Apostles (1:9-11). The ascension of Jesus is professed in the Nicene Creed and in the Apostles’ Creed. The ascension implies Jesus’ humanity being taken into Heaven. The ascension is one of the five major milestones in the gospel narrative of the life of Jesus, the others being baptism, transfiguration, crucifixion, and resurrection.

All are welcome as we gather together at 9:00 am in our beloved church to celebrate Ascension Sunday.
Holy Eucharist (Said in the Muriel Moore Chapel)
Lesson: Acts 1:1-11
Psalm: 47 or 93
Epistle: Ephesians 1:15-23
Gospel: Luke 24:44-53
Adult Forum follows.

Title: The Ascension; Date: 1973; Artist: JESUS MAFA; Object/Function: Painting; Material: Paint; Country: Cameroon; Scripture: Luke 24:44-53; 1 Peter 4:12-14; 5:6-11. Notes: JESUS MAFA is a response to the New Testament readings from the Lectionary by a Christian community in Cameroon, Africa. Each of the readings was selected and adapted to dramatic interpretation by the community members. Photographs of their interpretations were made, and these were then transcribed to paintings. In this beautiful rendering of the ascension, Jesus holds out his hands in blessing as he begins to rise to the heavens. The disciples, among whom is one of the women, gaze up at him. Their faces express mixtures of adoration, amazement, curiosity, fear, sadness, and joy. The disciples are finally beginning to realize and understand Jesus’ mission. May we too realize that we can embody the risen Christ in the world—loving extravagantly, living abundantly, and promoting justice and peace for all peoples. Permalink: https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=48398 (Use this link to refer back to this image.)