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Sunday of Easter
The gospel for Easter’s seventh Sunday is always taken from the long prayer Jesus prays for his followers in John’s gospel on the night before his death, and always includes Jesus’ desire that his followers will be one as he and the Father are one. This oneness is not mere doctrinal agreement or institutional unity, but mutual abiding, interpenetrating life, mutual love and joy. This oneness is the work of the Spirit whom we have received but also await. Come, Holy Spirit!
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Readings for this Sunday
(click on the passage to read)
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This past Sunday we were blessed to welcome 25 new members into our family of faith! Below are their names and the names of their shepherds!
- NICK BREHM (ANDY WITTEN),
- JOSIE CAPPEL (NORMA PITTS),
- HANNAH DEMAREE (MATT PITTMAN),
- NORMA FOELL (SUSIE KIEBLER),
- JAN &VIC KULISEK (SUSAN & DEL PHILLIPS),
- MEGAN LEONARD & JON MAHR (KAITY & PHIL TOON)
- TARA & MIKE LEONARD (TERESA & CRAIG DAME),
- DIANNA & RICHARD MARTIN (SANDRA & LARRY CARPENTER),
- ALISON & SCOTT O’NEAL with children JACK AND MARGARET (ALLISON & BRANDON OLLANKETO family)
- JOSHUA PRITCHARD (JOE BOLZENIUS)
- DELANEY SMITH family with COLTON, KENTON, RONAN AND LACHLAN (THE MIKE DEETER FAMILY)
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Con-QUACK-ulations to new momma duck, Luna (named by preschool students), as four of her eggs hatched on Tuesday! Just in time for #MothersDay weekend! The ducks have now moved on from the playground and our prayers go with them.
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How you like to receive the 2017-2018 Annual Report?
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We have a network of people at Advent who are committed to praying to God on behalf of others in need by lifting up specific requests, concerns, and emergency situations.
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Our 3rd annual Prayer Buddy Banquet is on Wednesday, May 23 at 6:00 p.m. The OWL (Older, Wiser, Learners) will be the honored guests that evening.
After a delicious meal, the Prayer Buddies will introduce their prayer buddy and share some things that they have learned about them throughout the year. We will also share some of the activities that the prayer buddies participate in each month.
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Sunday School Teacher Recognition
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On Sunday, June 3, we will be recognizing our Sunday School teachers. We would like to give a special thanks to all of our teachers for the past year. Your dedication and willingness to serve has not gone unnoticed. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!
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Music Appreciation Sunday
Please join us on June 3 after both worship services as we honor all of our talented musicians at Advent. Help us give praise and thanksgiving to all who have given of their time and talents to help our music department to thrive this year. During the summer, there will be special music including ensembles and small groups. Let
Jean
know if you are interested in providing special music for a service or two. Choir will begin again in late August.
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July 23-27, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Get ready for an action-packed VBS adventure!
Rolling River Rampage invites children on a white-water rafting adventure to experience the ride of a lifetime with God! Along the river, children discover that life with God is an adventure full of wonder and surprise, and that they can trust God to be with them through anything. Relevant music, exciting science, creative crafts, fun recreation, and memorable Bible stories will help kids know that God is always with them as they ride the rapids of amazing grace!
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Swoop In Service Success
story and photos by Matt Pittman
Advent's youth did some great work on April 28th, May 5th, and May 7th to help out 9 families with their jobs around the house. The youth painted a chair, hung a coat rack, moved furniture, cleaned furniture, swept a garage, prepared a garden, SWEET GUM BALLS, planted flowers, pulled tons of weeds, and threw A LOT of mulch. More important than all this work were the relationships that were built with the people that we helped. The youth have commented that when you help somebody at their house it's weird to see them at church because you know them more personally. Connections! That is what this project is all about! Thank you to all those we helped for your support of Advent's youth group!!
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Cody Connects
A note from past LIC Seminary Student and current intern, Cody Blust
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Hello Everyone,
Greetings in the name of Christ! I write today from my internship congregation,
First Lutheran Church in Muskegon, MI
, to give you a brief update on how internship is going and what I have been up to.
In the final days of 2017 I accompanied the High School youth group to the
Michigan Gathering
which is like the national gathering but only for the two Michigan synods. It was incredibly powerful to see so many teens so fully involved in worship. I have also had the honor of getting together a group of volunteers to work on a house rehab project. The rehab project is run through a local non-profit organization called
Community enCompass
. The houses that are rehabbed are houses that people have given up on. After they are rehabbed and renewed they are sold to people who either need housing or people who believe in the downtown and want to help restore it.
I have also shared in the worship life of First Lutheran. I serve quite frequently as an assisting minister in the service and preach a couple of times a month. I am also a part of the visitation ministry, which provides opportunities for me to visit with folks and get to know them on a more personal level.
I have already learned and experienced so much during my time here at First, and I cannot wait to see what the next part of this journey will bring!
Peace,
Cody Blust
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Happenings in the Larger Church
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Lutherans in Pennsylvania made history Saturday by electing the denomination’s first female African-American bishop.
One day later, Wisconsin Lutherans elected the second.
Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America made history Saturday (May 5) by electing the denomination’s first female African-American bishop. One day later, a synod 900 miles away elected the second.
First, delegates chose the Rev. Patricia A. Davenport for the office of bishop in Southeastern Pennsylvania, a synod that includes Philadelphia. She will head the 95,000-member Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, which has 160 congregations in the city and four suburban counties.
Then on Sunday, delegates voted for the Rev. Viviane Thomas-Breitfeld, a pastor in Beloit, Wis., to become bishop-elect for the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin.
The votes mark an inclusive step forward for the “most white” of the nation’s mainline Protestant denominations, according to Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.
“We claim, over and over again, what God is calling us to be is a diverse, inclusive, multicultural church,” Eaton told RNS from her Chicago office. “We’ve been stuck for over 30 years, and I hope this is the start of a trend where God opens our eyes to see the giftedness of people who are not of European descent.”
With 3.5 million members, the ELCA is the largest Lutheran denomination in the U.S. It encompasses about 9,300 congregations, which are grouped together in 65 regional synods.
According to the Rev. Leah Schade, assistant professor of preaching and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, Ky., the elections signify a poignant moment for the denomination. Schade spent 18 years in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod and worked with Davenport.
“This is a turning point for the ELCA,” Schade said. “It is incredibly important that, at a time when our society needs to see women of color reach the highest levels of leadership, that it’s the church where this is happening.”
Thomas-Breitfeld is an instructor in Christian public leadership at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., the denomination’s largest seminary. Davenport is evangelical mission director and assistant to the bishop in the Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod. She spoke about her election in a
video released after the vote, saying she is “grateful for the position that God has placed us in, moving out and moving forward into the brand-new things that God has placed before us.”
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SUMMER MINISTRY GUIDE
- May 16 BEARS Last Day of Class
- May 17 BEARS Picnic 10:00 a.m.
- May 20 Pentecost Sunday– wear red
- May 23 Y2 Prayer Buddy Banquet 6:00 p.m.
- May 28 Office Closed Memorial Day
- June 1 and 2 Southern Ohio Synod Assembly
- June 3 Music Appreciation Sunday
- 1st Sunday Fellowship Between Services
- June 6 Youth – Cedar Point Trip 7:30 a.m.
- June 10 – 15 Confirmation Camp / Pathfinders
- June 10 Congregational Meeting 9:45 a.m.
- June 15 and 16 Tag Sale 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
- June 24 – July 3 ELCA Youth Gathering
- July 1 - 1st Sunday Fellowship Between Services
- July 4 Office Closed 4th of July
- July 23 - 27 Vacation Bible School 9:00 – 11:30 a.m.
- July 29 Old Time Gospel Service – ONE SERVICE 10:30 a.m. with an ALL Church Picnic/ Ice Cream Social – Advent 12:00 p.m.
- July 30 – Aug 9 Carpet Installation
- August 5 1st Sunday Fellowship Between Services
- August 12 Blessing of the Backpacks Both Services
- August 26 Youth/Parent Meeting 5:30 p.m.
- August 30 Adult Choir Kickoff 7:00 p.m.
- September 2 - 1st Sunday Fellowship Between Services
- September 3 Office Closed Labor Day
- September 8 “God’s Work, Our Hands” Community Service Project 10:00 a.m.
- September 9 RALLY DAY – Beginning of Sunday School Year 9:45 a.m.
Youth Summer Ministry Schedule
- DreamTeam (our VBS song and dance troupe for 1st-6th graders) will be rehearsing throughout May, June, and July in preparation for the week of Vacation Bible School.
- Wednesday June 6th – Cedar Point Trip
- Sunday June 10- Friday June 15th – Advent Goes to Camp! - Confirmation and Pathfinders Camp – Lutheran Memorial Camp
- Saturday June 23rd – Gathering Cookout – Time and location TBA
- Sunday June 24 – Wednesday June 27th – MYLE (Multicultural Youth Leadership Event) – Houston, TX
- Tuesday June 26th – Tuesday July 3rd – With travel days – The ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston, TX
- Monday July 23rd – July 27th – Vacation Bible School! 9:00-11:30am; Ages – 3 (potty trained) – 6th Grade
- Sunday July 29th – Gospel Service with VBS participation
- Sunday August 26th – Parent/ Youth Meeting for Confirmation and Sr. High
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Pastoral Emergency
Should you have an emergency and need pastoral care
contact the church office at 614-451-3639.
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