Small Groups
Small groups at Ascension provide an opportunity for learning, relationship building, discussion and tending. A variety of small groups meet on different days of the week and on a monthly or semi-monthly schedule. Small groups may discuss books of the Bible, or a commit to a study around a book, or dive into a 6-week study of a specific topic. If you would like to find out which small groups are available and might fit your schedule, please contact the church office.
Our men’s ministry meets to encourage and strengthen the men of the congregation through Bible Studies, discussions, service events and fun fellowship. Different Bible Studies are offered each week and at different times during the year along with events and activities in the summer. For more information, please contact the church office.
No Regrets Men’s Conference: Ascension’s AMen Ministry is excited to host the streamed event here at Ascension annually. Watch for more information to come about 2024.
TGIT
The TGIT (Thank God It’s Thursday) small group for women meets in the Hearth Room at Ascension at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Thursdays of the month. We are organized for Bible study, mission outreach and fellowship. Contact Jan Zastrow for additional information.
Knit Wits
The Ascension Knit Wits is a community group that enjoys knitting, crocheting, and looming, and wants to help others. Our primary purpose is to foster fellowship and friendship among our members. Our mission is to help keep the less-fortunate warm, one stitch at a time. We make hats, scarves, baby items, lapghans, soap sacks, Twiddle Muffs and other items as needed. At our meetings, we knit, crochet, loom, talk, laugh, eat, and pray together. All women are welcome: Ascension members and non-members, experts and novices, all ages. Please contact Maddie Goetter for more information. Most of our meetings are here at church, 1415 Dopp St., Waukesha, or at Waukesha restaurants.
- Monthly Knit Fests are usually on the third Saturday of the month, from 12:15 – 3:15 pm. We work on charity projects.
- We also hold Lunch & Knit meetings and other daytime events scattered throughout the month. You don’t have to attend every meeting.
We have donated yarn for our charity projects, and patterns, needles, hooks, and Nifty Knitter looms that you can borrow. If you knit or crochet your own projects, you will need to purchase your own yarn.
We make:
- Hats for various charities including: Cross Lutheran Church Milwaukee; the Veterans Administration, and the Salvation Army of Waukesha.
- Hats and children’s afghans/blankets for Waukesha’s Christmas Clearing Council.
- Baby blankets sets (w/ hats & sweaters) for new moms for the Wisconsin’s USO Operation Baby Shower.
- Soap sacks for the Waukesha Food Pantry and Salvation Army.
- Twiddle Muffs for Alzheimer’s patients, which are tactile/sensory muffs designed to sooth their restlessness. These muffs minimize agitation and promote brain stimulation by giving patients something with different textures and materials to “twiddle” with. And the muffs also keep their hands warm! We distribute the muffs through the Waukesha Library’s Memory Café program.
- Lap blankets for the VA hospital in West Allis and for Luther Manor Hospice.
- Baby booties for the Women’s Care Center in Milwaukee.
- Newborn booties and hats for Ascension’s New Life Ministry.
- Angel Blankets – small, white blankets to comfort Ascension families who suffer the death of an infant.
We’d love to hear from you and answer any additional questions you have.
We’d love to hear from you and answer any additional questions you have.