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Christ Ascension Lutheran Church

Welcome to Christ Ascension Lutheran Church and Preschool!

Welcome to Christ Ascension Lutheran Church and Preschool!Welcome to Christ Ascension Lutheran Church and Preschool!Welcome to Christ Ascension Lutheran Church and Preschool!

8300 Germantown Ave

Philadelphia, PA 19118

215.247.4233

Worship: Sundays @9:30am

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Land Acknowledgement

Christ Ascension Lutheran Church is located on the ancestral homeland of the Lenni-Lenape people.

Holy Week @CALC 2022

CALC and COVID-19

Where are we worshiping?

Due to Pastor Jay's recovery from ankle surgery, 

we are currently gathering for worship on Zoom on Sundays at 9:30am.

We will gather together again in person for Holy Week 

beginning Sunday, 10 April.


You are invited to join us on Zoom:

Meeting ID:  840 8207 7500 

Passcode: 8300


You can also find us on Facebook Live!


You are also invited to have Communion elements 

of Staple Food (like bread) and Festive Drink (like wine) in your home for Eucharist.

Who We Are

We Are CALC!

You Are Invited

You Are Invited

For 150 years, we have been here on the corner of Germantown and Southamption witnessing to God's Abundant Grace! Gathered in worship every Sunday and sent out into the world with the amazing news that God is still at work with love for all, we stand as witnesses to the wonder of Christ's resurrection in the world. We live as members of C

For 150 years, we have been here on the corner of Germantown and Southamption witnessing to God's Abundant Grace! Gathered in worship every Sunday and sent out into the world with the amazing news that God is still at work with love for all, we stand as witnesses to the wonder of Christ's resurrection in the world. We live as members of Christ's Body offering strength, love, life, hope, and reconciliation in our daily lives.

You Are Invited

You Are Invited

You Are Invited

We want you to be a part of God's Work here at CALC! Regardless of your sexual orientation, your gender expression, your race, your nationality, your age, your marital status, your socio-economic standing, your political affiliation your documentation status...


Whoever you are, we want you to be a part of our life together here!

We Are Called

You Are Invited

We Are Called

We believe and live the ELCA's motto: 

God's Work. Our Hands.


CALC continues to reach out in ministry with our neighbors and friends...in NW Philly, in the wider 5-counties, and abroad. Through partnerships with local organizations as well as global Lutheran ministries, we are continuing to share the love...as we have first been loved.

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Celebrate with Us!

HOLY WEEK @CALC

All services in person and on Facebook Live


Palm Sunday

Holy Eucharist with Passion and Palms

10 April @9:30am


Maundy Thursday

Holy Eucharist

14 April @7:00pm


Good Friday

Passion and Adoration of the Cross

15 April @7:00pm


Easter Vigil

Salvation History with the First Eucharist of the Resurrection

16 April @7:00pm


The Resurrection of Our Lord--Easter Day

Festival Eucharist

17 April @9:30am