APRIL 20, 2018 Issue C o m e E x p e r i e n c e t h e P o w e r o f G r a c e

WHAT MAKES A GREAT LEADER?THESE WERE ALL GREAT LEADERS, BUT WHO IS MISSING FROM THIS

PHOTOGRAPH?Jesus is the greatest leader to ever live. His ministry spanned just 36 months on the earth. He took the disciples, ordinary men without advanced, if any, education and transformed them into the pillars of Christianity. At least 4 of the original 12 were uneducated rough fishermen with course language. But after 3 years with Jesus, they withstood all pressure from the Sanhedrin to stop preaching the gospel. The religious leaders of the time wondered how this could be, and noted the men had been with Jesus.

KEYS TO LEADERSHIPATTRACTING FOLLOWERSTo be a leader of significance you must be able to attract others. True leaders understand they are servants assigned the task of helping others reach their true potential.YOUR INNER CIRCLEJesus understood the importance of relationships. Successful leaders must develop and nurture relationships of varying levels, including a few they can trust in complete confidence.KNOW WHO YOU ARELeaders must walk in the confidence of who they are. People are drawn to leaders because they see in them something they know needs to be developed within themselves.LEAD BY EXAMPLEServant leadership is the bedrock of true Christianity.

If we would impact the world as He did, we must walk in the ways He demonstrated for us to walk.

If He accomplished so much in three short years, imagine the possibilities that lie dormant, waiting for our leadership.

HEALTH CONCERNS:Irene Ahl; Sharon Algar; Bill & June Amspaugh; Richard Ashbaugh; Vern Ball; Carroll Boettcher; Julie Brainard; Heidi Buchholz; John & Joan Burns; Linda Cirelli; Nancy Cowen; Moose Creighton; Richard Dahl; Joanne Dahlin; Susie Evenson; Dianne Ewald; Elaine Feller; Rev.Bob Feller; Harriet Feree; Gary Ferguson; Cita Figueroa; Crystal Franke; Walt Goedecke; Richard Greene; Don & Marion Gremel; June Grimes; Bonnie Guiffre; Gizelle Hayes; Marilyn Jane Heine; Evelyn Horst; Annette Idso; Donna Koelling; Walter Krone; Charles Kusiak; Doreen Leikel; Philip Lenharth; Alice Masherella; Shirley Mattausch; Dale Mayer; Donna McCullough; Howard Morrow; Tom Mortson; Sue Moser; Chris Murphy; Merrill Nelson; Tanner Nelson; Randi Nelson-Shipley; Skip Nugent; Asher Ogden; Frances Olsen; Larry Ott; Ben Petersen; Anne Pingo; John Pingo; Betty Plachy; Virginia Potter; Martin Radloff; Shirley Radloff; Antonia Rafter; Lisa Renbarger; Jill Reynolds; Esther Riesen; Evelyn Schroeder; Eugene Scott; Harold Schuchard; LuAnn Sjursen; Lois Skvarek; Callita Sperlick; Julie Stewart; Lois Stuenkel; Joyce Sutton; Bud Umphryes; Marian Unruh; Dave Webster; Rob Weiss; Joe Wells; Eleanor Wood; Marie Wood; June Zehe; Bobby; Dan; Sarah; Susan Allen

MILITARY:Chris Bartels (contractor); Isaac Jackson; Tim Mace; Steve Stuenkel

CALLED HOME:We give prayers of sympathy and compassion for Harold Hagy, Shirley Grindy, & Ralph Rider who have entered the church triumphant.

GOD’S BLESSINGS:We give thanks to Blanket circle for the quilts they have made and ask God to bless the people receiving them at Gospel Rescue Mission. We ask for God’s continued blessings for Doreen Leikel as she celebrates her 72nd birthday and for Ken for his healing from adult respiatory distress syndrome.

NEEDS:We pray for those who have needs and circumstances that only God can take care of—especially do we pray for Pastor Brunson in Turkey as he goes on trial in Turkey for being a Christian pastor and for Vanessa as she seeks employment. We pray for Ken Nolen after a fall last week and for safe travels for he and his son traveling to Detroit.

Return to the Lord - Joel 2:13

THIS IS WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE!Connections: Many Ascension members already have connections with other community organizations and chose to invest their Return to the Lord gifts through partnerships, including Youth on Their Own (YOTO) Ascension Church and Ascension School. Parents who experienced the sorrow, pain, and joy of a premature son, shared their Return to the Lord gift with Extra Life which gives financial support to the Children's Miracle Network hospitals. Two donations meant a lot to Vicky W, with In Touch Ministry, who has 4 adopted teenage girls in South Sudan. A whole ChristCare group sponsored a single-mom scholarship through ICS for one month.God bless these connections!

Homemade notecard sent to family with 1 yr old so who is in hospital with a septic hip. Asher has required surgery, IV, antibiotics, and is relearning how to crawl, sit, and walk. Both parents work full time and live a distance from the hospital.

SANCTITY of LIFE DECISIONS

1. Afraid and confused, the pregnant sixteen-year-old thinks abortion is the only answer.

2. He agreed to pay for his girlfriend's abortion. Then he realized this was their child. But it was too late, the abortion had taken place. He is filled with guilt and grief.

3. The abortion haunts her. Her regret seems unbearable. She wonders how Jesus could possibly forgive this sin.

4. His wife's stroke put her in a wheelchair. Her speech is slurred. She drools. He wonders what would be so wrong with ending her suffering with assisted suicide.

5. Every day in this country nearly 3,000 babies—that God created, redeemed, and wants to call—die in an abortion.

We have things upside down if we think the Church should not speak to matters of the heart. And we have what it takes to do so—the powerful and positive heart-changing message of the Gospel! May we never withhold it from those who desperately need it spoken to their hearts.

From: Lutherans For Life: Equipping Lutherans to be Gospel-motivated voices For Life. You can call a WORD OF HOPE. 888-217-8679 or www.word-of-hope.org. For those who have had an abortion and have regrets, HANDS OF HOPE is also available and located here in Tucson at 2290 E Speedway Blvd, 520-622-5774, www.handsofhopetucson.com and, CHRISTIAN FAMILY CARE is another source for help (520) 296-8255, www.cfcare.org.

Thank you all for the prayers during my recent surgeries. A special thanks to Jo Riester for her help and to Jim Schultz for checking up on me. Dale Musegades

Hanna HappeningsPlease join ChristCare Groups in Grace Hall Meeting Room Saturday, April 28 10am to meet this dedicated missionary!

Hanna Henson packing thousands of dollars of equipment (laptop, microphones, mixer, etc.) to help start a new production studio among the Ibaloi people Project VIDEO through a $10,000. Hanna, a former member of Risen Savior in Green Valley, is in her third year with Wycliffe and most recently led two "service volunteers" to the Philippines and Thailand.

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all those who donated to the TWIN PEAKS SNACK DRIVE! I received a note from the school counselor stating that all the teachers and students so appreciated the wonderful snacks and that

no child went without!God has so richly blest our church with this

opportunity to serve. PRAISE BE TO GOD!

We have the option to make choices ourselves or with the help of God.

Lord, Give me a servant's heart, not serving for my own glory, but only so that you might be

seen in me.

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Sunday, May 6, 10:31am Film and Bible Study (during regular class with Pr. Esala) ROC4pm at the home of Joan and Warren Braun, 11702 N Peaceful Night Rd.Learn how the Gospel of Jesus Christ speaks so powerfully to women and men struggling in the aftermath of an abortion. Also learn about creating an atmosphere of hope so those who carry this burden will feel safe and welcomed. These events are part of Ascension's Beautiful Feet Lutherans for Life Team's educational outreach.Hope for Broken Hearts - The Gospel and Post-Abortion Syndrome is part of the "Equipping the Saints" series produced by Lutherans For Life.

WE ARE IN NEED of a Sunday school teacher for our 2-4 year olds.

If you are interested, please contact Justin Wixon atj.wixon@ascensiontucson.org or call the church office.

May 4, 2018 Lunch: Pulled Pork/Mac-N-Cheese Casserole,dessert - Strawberry Shortcake. Entertainment: Tag Trio Dance Band—Big Band Era Music (Tom Conrad, one of our FFF plays saxaphone for the trio.) This is the last First Friday Friends until September 7, 2018.

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