We present a formula that turns power series into series of functions. This formula serves two purposes: first, it helps to evaluate some power series in a closed form; second, it transforms certain power series into asymptotic series. For example, we find the asymptotic expansions for λ > 0 of the incomplete gamma function γ(λ,x) and of the Lerch transcendent Φ(x,s,λ). In one particular case, ...