Outreach

Ascension’s mission statement reminds us that we are called to “serve our community as apostles of Christ.”

New to Ascension? Like to Help Others? Ascension takes part in a number of local projects to provide food, health care, and help to troubled youth, including Gaithersburg HELP, the Lord’s Table Soup Kitchen, and the Mobile Medical Care. There are interesting, and important volunteer opportunities for us in all these programs, and in new projects each year.

Outreach Steering Committee

This group of Ascension parishioners meets every month to help guide and direct the parish’s outreach efforts .

MobileMed

A medical van staffed with doctors and nurses is at Ascension House every Tuesday to provide low-cost/free medical care to uninsured patients. Volunteers are needed to serve as hosts for a few hours on Tuesdays.

Lord’s Table Soup Kitchen

This community soup kitchen provides a hot meal Monday through Saturday at St. Martin’s Roman Catholic Church. On the first Saturday and third Monday of every month, Ascension members prepare and serve dinner from 1:00 – 5:30 p.m. Volunteers are needed to help cook and serve. Our youth also help serve on the first Friday of each month.

Gaithersburg HELP

This organization provides emergency food to needy families. Food collected at Ascension each Sunday helps to stock the pantry.

Lenten Rice Bowl

Beginning Ash Wednesday and continuing throughout Lent, parishioners may forgo some luxuries and donate the money saved to others less fortunate than themselves. A wooden “rice bowl,” symbolizing the poverty of much of the world, is placed at the steps as you go up to receive communion.

Linkages to Learning

A program at Summit Hall Elementary School that helps remove barriers to learning. Ascension participates by providing backpacks with school supplies each August.