Welcome

Thank you for joining us today!

We hope that you have a great experience with us. Here’s some basic information that you’ll find helpful for today. We’ll begin service right around 10am. First, we’ll all stand and spend 15-20 minutes singing songs in worship to Jesus. Then, one of our leaders will welcome you and have a few announcements to share with everyone about what’s happening in the next couple of weeks. After a brief break for you to refill your coffee or grab a snack, Zach (our lead pastor) or one of our overseers will teach us from the Bible. Lastly, we’ll end the service by giving everyone an opportunity to have someone pray for them if they would like. In total, you can expect the service to last about an hour and fifteen minutes. Once service ends, please feel free to hang out and meet people afterwards. We would definitely like to meet you!

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New to Ascent?

If you’re new here, we’d love it if you’d take a minute to fill out a contact form to let us know that you were here. We just want to thank you for coming and answer any questions that you may have. We promise, we won’t spam you with lots of emails. Just fill out the form below and click Submit.

Upcoming Events

During announcements you’ll hear us mention events coming up over the next few weeks. Read below for more information or to find the link to register for the event. Also, if you are a student and want to hear about student events, we communicate through a Student GroupMe – join that here!

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Team Ascent

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Team Ascent is a monthly meeting for everyone who serves in any capacity at Ascent Church, and is an important commitment that accompanies serving.

Giving

During service we’ll mention that one of the ways we worship God is by giving generously back to him a portion of what he’s given us. If you’re brand new to Ascent please don’t feel any obligation to give. Visit our giving page on the website to see more about what we think about giving.

We are currently providing an online giving option as our primary option. We use a service called Tithe.ly. Their online platform is really easy to navigate and to figure out how to give. Use the button below to give using Tithe.ly and see the instructions on the giving page of our website if you would like to create an account and download the app. We also have a couple of boxes at the back of our auditorium that you are able to give using cash or check on Sundays when you’re with us.

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Today’s Teaching

Leading up to Easter Sunday we are going to talk about Eternal Life. The notion that there is a kind of life that is unable to be taken or destroyed, and is never ending has always intrigued humanity. Also, the reality of death is uniquely painful and offensive. At the heart of the good news of God, is that Jesus IS the resurrection and the life. It’s in Jesus (and his resurrection) that we are shown the promise, proof and experience of eternal life.

Today we will be in John 11:17-27.

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Small Groups

Small groups are the life of our church and the key to our growth as individuals. Our hope is that you’ll make friends and have a context to gather with a few others weekly for encouragement and mutual help as you seek to know and follow Jesus. Browse through the groups below and connect with a leader by finding them at church or messaging them about group. Our hope is that you’ll find a small group to connect in shortly after deciding to make Ascent your church home.

Lere Ajala

Tuesdays | 7PM

Lere leads a small group in Blacksburg for Couples, Young Professionals, & Students.

Clay Beckner

Wednesdays | 7PM

Clay leads a small group in Christiansburg for Families, Married Couples, & Students.

Kyle Flanagan

Wednesdays | 6:30PM

Kyle leads a small group in Blacksburg for Families, Married Couples, & Students.

Sebastian Akanji

Thursdays | 7PM

Sebastian leads a small group in Blacksburg for Couples, Young Professionals, & Students.

Schyler Fink

Thursdays | 7PM

Schyler leads a small group in Christiansburg for Couples, Young Professionals, & Students.