Lent 2016

Lent 2016

Lent is underway at St. Ansgar!  We are partnering with the area Lutheran Churches this year, as we have in the past, for our Lenten Soup Suppers and Worship.  Again, we will be using Holden Evening prayer to shape our worship.  This year our host is Trinity Lutheran Church in Westbrook. 

Wednesday Night Schedule:

6pm- Soup Supper

6:30pm - Pick-up Choir practice

7pm - Worship

We are also doing a Bible study on the book of James.  James is one of the few books in the New Testament that is neither a Gospel nor a letter from Paul. James is often categorized with a body of literature in the Bible called Wisdom Literature. (Think Proverbs, Job, Ecclesiastes, etc.) Our Bible Study will take us through four themes relating to Wisdom.

1. What is Wisdom?

2. Wisdom: Faith and Action

3. Wisdom: God's Sustaining Care for the World

4. Wisdom: Healthy Habits that Sustain Christian Hope.

The Bible Study will meet for four Sundays, Feb. 14-March 6th after coffee hour (beginning between 11:30 and 12pm) in our church Library.  Come once or come every time!  All are welcome.

Reconciling in Christ Sunday

January 31st is RIC Sunday! 

RIC stands for Reconciling in Christ - the name for the formal process a Lutheran congregation goes through to officially become a congregation that is welcoming and affirming of people who identify as LGBTQ.

Please join us after worship and coffee and conversation for an hour long transgender ally training. Sarah Holmes, Assistant Director of Student Life and Diversity; Coordinator, Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity at USM, and two of her students, Quinn Gormley and Benn Marine, will help us learn some basics about gender identification, why pronouns matter and how we can be good allies. Get your questions answered and help us celebrate the 6th anniversary of our adoption of our LGBTQ welcome statement! 

Invite friends or family. All are welcome!

Join us on Christmas Eve at 7:00 p.m. for a family Christmas service with Holy Communion.  There will be special time for the children as well as a candlelight singing of "Silent Night."


On Christmas morning at 9:00 a.m. we have a quieter, simpler service of Holy Communion.

On Sunday, December 27th, join us at 10:00 a.m. for a Service of Lessons and Carols.

Scandinavian Weekend 2015!

St. Ansgar Lutheran Church at Rosemont Corner presents

“A Scandinavian Weekend 2015”

       December 5^th and 6^th      

SATURDAY, 10am–2pm  -  Just An Old Fashioned Fair

SUNDAY, 4pm  -  Annual Festival of St. Lucia and

International Marketplace

Julekake • Scandinavian Gifts • Fish Chowder Luncheon on Saturday • Handicap Accessible

FREE ADMISSION

                                           

515 Woodford Street at Rosemont Corner, Portland.  207-774-8740 , saintansgar.org

Rosemont Harvest in the Hood!

"How do you like THEM apples?"

In the tradition of Strawberry Sunday and Blueberry Sunday, on October 5th we will be celebrating Apple Sunday at the Coffee and Conversation Hour immediately after worship. Please bring something made with apples that you would like to share!

God's Work....Our Hands

Join us next Sunday for "God's Work, Our Hands" Sunday! 




"God's Work, Our Hands" is the ELCA's motto. Churches across the country will celebrate our call to love and serve our neighbors on September 13th in all kinds of ways.
 

For the first time this year, St. Ansgar is also going to participate by celebrating the various ministries you all do both inside the church and outside our congregation in the local communities.

So, mark your calendars for this congregational celebration!