Come and join us for worship Sundays at 10:00 AM during the school year and 9:00 AM during the summer. Following the service is Coffee and Conversation. All are invited to enjoy the fellowship and tasty treats.
During the school year our Sunday School program for children under confirmation age is incorporated into worship time. On the first Sunday of the month, the liturgy is youth focused and families are encouraged to worship together. On other Sundays families start the worship together and children are called to the front for a blessing with their teachers. Then the Sunday School leaves worship for their lessons. Children and teachers come back at the Passing of the Peace. This way children receive the liturgical message in a way that is meaningful for them and parents can worship worry free. In addition, there is a cry room where parents can still view the service while their babies and toddlers get a play break.
For information about confirmation classes, please contact Pastor Bill.
Holiday Evening Services:
Ash Wednesday 7PM
Joint Lenten Services Wednesdays Throughout Lent (Call church for details.)
Maundy Thursday 7PM
Good Friday 7PM
Christmas Eve Family Service 7PM
Please join us for Holy Week and Easter Sunday.
Maundy Thursday (March 28th)
Seder (Potluck) at 5:30 PM
The Passover Seder is the meal which God commanded the Jewish people to celebrate annually in remembrance of their release from slavery. Bring a dish to pass and join us as we experience a tradition that was so much a part of Jesus' life experience
Holy Communion Service at 7:00 PM
Good Friday (March 29th)
Veneration of the Cross and Prayers at 7:00 PM
On the evening of this day we call "Good," be present as we journey with Jesus to the cross. Come and discover a love that is unmeasured, a love that transforms our lives and the very world in which we live.
All of this leads up to Easter Sunday on March 31st at 10:00AM. St. Ansgar's Easter Worship is festive and joyous. Everyone is invited to ring bells and add a flower to our traditional floral cross. Also, consider beginning your morning with a breakfast served by our very own church council. Proceeds fund camperships to Calumet for St. Ansgar youth. Serving begins at 9AM. Happy Easter everyone!
Today is the first Project Feed Sunday of 2011.
The first Sunday of every month is Project Feed Sunday. Project Feed is an emergency food bank serving Portland and supported by many area churches. All are invited to bring canned goods and other basic necessities to St. Ansgar for donation to Project Feed.
Please limit canned goods to items that are easily prepared (canned soup for example rather than canned pumpkin). Helpful nonfood items include large diapers, toilet paper (individually wrapped), tissues, toothpaste and toothbrushes, dish soap, laundry soap, sanitary napkins and tampons, shampoo, and bar soap.
On the first Sunday of every month the donations are brought to the altar during the offering and after the service they are transported to the food bank which is housed in Woodfords Congregational Church. St. Ansgar also accepts cash donations on Project Feed's behalf. Members need only designate on their offering envelopes which portion of their offering they would like to go to Project Feed.
If you have any questions about Project Feed visit their website. For those who would like to volunteer for Project Feed through St. Ansgar, contact the pastor. He can put you in touch with a few members who volunteer regularly.
We have communion every Sunday. All who believe in Jesus as Savior are welcome to share in God’s meal.
Those who have not been baptized (children and adults), are invited to come to the altar rail with folded hands to receive God’s blessing. Young children are given a single grape with their blessing.
For the communion wine, individual glasses are used every Sunday. Grape juice is available for those who abstain from alcohol. For health precautions, we no longer allow intinction (the practice of dipping one's bread in the chalice of wine.)
Please join us in the singing of communion hymns as the spirit moves you.
This Sunday, October 5th, St. Ansgar will begin a new and exciting worship series. The first Sunday of each month will feature a child-centered service. The children of the congregation as well as visiting children will be encouraged to participate in activities such as the gospel procession and the children's sermon.
Please note that the first Sunday of the month is also Project Feed Sunday. Families might want to consider developing a tradition of choosing items to donate in preparation for this special service.
Hope to see you there!
Music is an integral part of our worship service and one of the ways St. Ansgar comes together as a congregation. Volunteers (such as Jim McDonough pictured above) collaborate with our music director providing both instrumental accompaniment and vocals. The Sunday School students are frequently part of the music program singing songs and playing hand chimes.
