BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Toronto X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4023@martinluther.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20240509 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto;VALUE=DATE:20240510 DTSTAMP:20240420T155133Z URL:https://martinluther.ca/events/thursday-1100-am-ascension-day-german-s ervice-at-martin-luther-church/ SUMMARY:[Thursday] 11:00 am Ascension Day German Service at Martin Luther C hurch DESCRIPTION:We will celebrate our traditional German service for Ascension Day\, this year at Martin Luther Church. We welcome all German-speaking ec umenical congregations in the GTA. We will gather in the church to sing an d pray together and reflect upon the meaning of this special day\, when Je sus finally said goodbye to his friends and left this earth to be with his father in eternity.\n\nAfterwards we will meet for lunch\, coffee and cak e in the basement - cake donations are welcome!\n\n\n\n \;\n"The Ascen sion of Jesus is the Christian belief\, reflected in the major Christian c reeds and confessional statements\, that Jesus ascended to Heaven after hi s resurrection\, where he was exalted as Lord and Christ\, sitting at the right hand of God." - Wikipedia\nWe celebrate Ascension Day to commemorate Jesus's victory over death and his salvation of all those who believe in him and his exultation. It marks the end of the Easter celebration.\n\nAsc ension Day is traditionally celebrated on a Thursday\, the fortieth day of Easter. It is one of the ecumenical (shared by multiple denominations) ce lebrations of Christian churches\, ranking up there with the Passion and P entecost.\n\n \;\n\nMartin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church\n2379 La ke Shore Blvd West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, Canada M8V 1B7\nTel.: (416) 251-8 293 office@martinluther.ca\nPastor Annika Klappert\nYou can find further n ews at Church News-Blog: https://martinluther.ca/news-of-the-church/\n\nFo llow us on social media:\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/martinlutherc hurchtoronto\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lutheransbythelake\n\nM artin Luther Church Toronto is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and partners with the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschlan d (EKD). END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR