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  • Worship
    • Sunday Morning
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  • Visitors
    • Sunday Schedule
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    • How to Join
  • Ceremonies
    • Baptisms
    • Funerals
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      • Wedding Scriptures
      • Wedding Checklist
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      • Photo Album
  • Ministries
    • Serving in Sunday Worship
    • Education/Christian Formation
    • Hospitality
  • Outreach
    • Outreach
  • About US
    • Staff
    • Vestry >
      • 2015 Vestry Minutes
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Sunday Morning Schedule
  • 8:00 AM Worship- This service is a Rite I Traditional Eucharist Service, without music. The service is spoken and all you need is a Book of Common Prayer which is found in the pews. 
  • 9:30 AM Christian Formation - Christian Formation takes a break during the summer and will resume after Labor Day. Generally, Adult formation takes place in the library. Children's formation for PK4 - 5th grade is on the 2nd floor of Parish Life Building. To learn more, go to our Sunday School page. 9:00 AM Breakfast- We welcome you to share breakfast in the Parish Hall.  We ask for a $3 per adult and $2 per child donation in order to continue to support this ministry. 
  • ​10:30 AM Worship - This service is a Rite II Choral Eucharist Service with music. Most of the service is printed in your bulletin. We sing hymns from the blue Hymnal and other sources. The Blue Hymnal is in your pew as well. During this service, the children are invited leave the sanctuary for Sunday School or remain with their parents. They rejoin the service in time for communion and birthday blessings.  Prayer teams are left of the Altar.  They are available to pray for any concern you have throughout communion.
  • 11:00 AM Fellowship- Refreshments are offered by volunteers after the 10:00 AM service. 

​The nursery is available from 9:00 AM to noon.

​All Baptized Christians are invited to receive Holy Communion

​Goal of Worship    
You are invited to worship God every Sunday Morning. In worship, our goal is to praise God for the gift of Jesus Christ.  We listen, pray, sing, and commune so that our souls will be renewed to serve God throughout the week with joy.  The Bible says we, “will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks” (John 4:23, NIV).

In the Episcopal Worship Style, we use the current Book of Common Prayer (or BCP), The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal), and the Holy Bible (Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha).  The form of worship for Sunday morning is "The Holy Eucharist" which consists of two equally important parts namely, "The Word of God," and "The Holy Communion." There are two styles or “Rites” of the Holy Eucharist in Episcopal worship.  The Rite I liturgy mirrors the King James version of the Bible, with traditional language. It very closely resembles the communion liturgy from the older, 1928 Book of Common Prayer.  The Rite II’s liturgy and language is updated and mimics more modern common speech.

Ascension Episcopal Church
2525 Seagler Rd. Houston, TX 77042 | 713.781.1330 |
office@ascensionepiscopalchurch.org
www.AscensionEpiscopalChurch.org
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