Ascension offers a "blended" service on Sunday mornings. Typical components include traditional hymns and contemporary praise songs, bible readings, confession, a sermon, prayers, and communion.

Holy Communion/Lord's Supper is usually celebrated on the first and third Sunday of each month. We believe that in the Lord's Supper, the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ are present in, with, and under the bread and wine. The Lord's Supper was instituted by Christ Himself for us Christians to eat and to drink.

Ascension supports several missionaries in Turkey, the Ukraine, Sierra Leone, Spain, and has recently made several trips to serve in Haiti.

In addition, members of Ascension are closely involved with several ministries in Ames, including the Butterfly Freedom House and the Overflow Thrift Store.

Ascension is led by Pastor Roger Twito, along with our Deaconess, Worship Director, and the church council.
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Originally a member of the former American Lutheran Church (ALC), Ascension voted to drop its membership in that synod in 1987. On January 19, 1990, Ascension voted to affiliate with the American Association of Lutheran Churches (AALC). Find out more about the AALC here, or click here to learn what we believe.

Ascension was founded on Ascension Sunday, May 2, 1965, in the church building formerly housing Bethesda Lutheran Church. (Bethesda Lutheran built a new church building and relocated in 1964. Ascension began services a year later in the vacated facility.) Beginning in the early 1990's, Ascension's leadership identified a need for more space and parking, and more accessible facilities. In the early 2000's, Ascension purchased 7 acres of land on Bloomington Road. After years of prayer and planning, including two successful Capital Campaigns, Ascension contracted with Harold Pike Construction and built a new facility at 2400 Bloomington Road. The church relocated to this facility in March 2012.