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<span style="font-size: 18pt;">Our Welcome Team is made up of people with passion and courage—people who understand themselves to be called to welcome the stranger here at Ascension. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Our Welcome Team involves: </strong></span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;">Ambassadors. They play such a vital role in greeting people and welcoming newcomers. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Ushers</strong> helping to facilitate a wonderful worship experience. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Name tag encouragers</strong>. It is so helpful when people wear name tags. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Coffee time hosts.</strong> They serve people during the fellowship time after church. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>Telephone reminders.</strong> Someone to contact those scheduled to serve on a given weekend with a "reminder" phone call. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;">The Welcome Team commitment includes coming 15 minutes early to church and staying about 15 minutes afterward. You choose one or more of the above mentioned functions at the service of your choice. The person in charge of running this program is <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Pastor Willis Moerer,</span></strong> who oversees scheduling. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;">With enough welcome team members, your commitment would be just once per month. We periodically host training sessions in the church library for about 30 minutes following each worship service. You choose the area(s) of service and which worship service you attend. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;">This Welcoming Ministry has incredible potential to help grow our membership here at Ascension as well as God's kingdom. We are very excited about this ministry and would like you to consider being a part of this team. To join, or to get any questions that you might have answered, please email Diane Kusnierek. </span>

<span style="font-size: 18pt;">I</span><span style="font-size: 18pt;">f you are interested in Ushering please contact <strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Howard Sonstegard. </span></strong></span>

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<h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 24pt;"><strong><span style="font-family: warnockpro-reg;">Ascension Lutheran Church</span></strong></span></h1>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong style="font-family: warnockpro-reg; font-size: 18pt;">1600 East Hillcrest Drive</strong></p>
<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: warnockpro-reg;"><strong>Thousand Oaks, CA  91362</strong></span> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: warnockpro-reg;"><strong>805 495 0406</strong></span>
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