6th Sunday after Pentecost
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A woman finds healing by touching Jesus' cloak, and a girl is restored to life when he takes her by the hand. In both cases a boundary is crossed: in Jesus' time the hemorrhaging woman was considered ritually unclean, polluting others by her touch, and anyone who touched a corpse also became unclean. In Mark's gospel Jesus breaks down barriers, from his first meal at a tax collector's house to his last breath on the cross as the temple curtain is torn in two. We dare to touch Jesus in our "uncleanness" and to live as a community that defines no one as an outsider.
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READINGS for this SUNDAY:
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What a week we had at Lutheran Memorial Camp!
Eighteen students and Pastor Layne joined up with churches from all over Ohio for a week of faith, friends, and fun!
Our theme for the week was "This Changes Everything" the same theme of the ELCA's Youth Gathering some of our students are going to next week.
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Church Council Elections & Team Assignments
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On Tuesday night our Church Council met at their normal time with once a year business -- to welcome in new council members, thank those going off for their service, elect executive board members, and discern team liaison assignments. The results are:
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President: Holly Cronau
Vice President: Craig Dame
Secretary: Stacy Bolzenius
Temporary Acting Treasurer: Bob Goldie
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Administration Team: Rick Boyle, Larry Carpenter, Craig Dame, Bob Goldie
Parish Life: Jenn Deeter, Christy Habermehl, Katrina Väänänen
Social Concerns: Nancy Neiner, Stacy Bolzenius
Worship & Witness: Holly Cronau
*note: Pastor Layne attends all meetings on a rotation and on an as needed basis.
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This coming Sunday is the first Sunday of the month, so please join us for "1st Sunday Fellowship" between the services. Come for the donuts (or bring your own creation - contributions are always welcome) and stay for the fellowship! Chat with old friends and meet new people, all are welcome.
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Pastor Layne out of the Office
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Please note that Pastor Layne will be doing ministry while by participating in the ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston, Texas with our youth and will not be back into the office until Friday, July 6. If you are in need of Pastoral Assistance, please contact the Church Office at 614-451-3639. There is a pastor on call.
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We had 29 new windows installed in our church this week. Mostly in the office and the educational wings. Some of the windows replaced were 40 plus years old and others were badly weather beaten. These new windows were made possible due to the generous gift of Joan Hinton.
It is expected that these double pane windows will reduce out utility bills and the noise level where they were installed. They also look very nice.
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Stay Up to Date
with Videos and Pictures from the
ELCA Youth Gathering & MYLE
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The 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering is finally here and our youth and chaperones are very excited!
Every three years, 30,000+ high school youth and their adult leaders from across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America gather for a week of faith formation. Through days spent in interactive learning, worship, Bible study, service and fellowship, young people grow in faith and are challenged and inspired to live their faith in their daily lives.
Every day our youth and adults who are attending the 2018 ELCA Youth Gathering and MYLE pre event will update you on the happenings of the day through a video blog. It will air live each night, but if you do not see it live, you can simply replay it!
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Watch live video from the ELCA Youth Gathering
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The ELCA Youth Gathering starts next week! If you’re interested in seeing what our youth are experiencing, you can watch live video from the event. Throughout the week, all video will be available on the Youth Gathering homepage at
ELCA.org/gathering.
The ELCA Youth Gathering will be livestreaming (all times CDT):
Daily Bible studies: June 27-30 at 3:30 p.m.
Mass Gatherings: June 27-30 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday morning worship: July 1 at 10 a.m.
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ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston
Begins This Week
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While you may have heard about
the youth and chaperones going to the
2018 ELCA Youth Gathering
, you may not have heard about two of Advent's members who are volunteers in the
Gathering's Volunteer Corp:
Karrie Clark and Alessia Bernon
. Karrie and Alessia are part of the Community Life team.
Community Life volunteers
work as a team within their assigned hotel to help create a welcoming atmosphere for Gathering participants. This is especially important in the hotels that we are staying in, since everyone begins and ends their day in a hotel at the Gathering. The Community Life team staffs each hotel and is responsible for providing hospitality, being a conduit for communication with Gathering planners as well as hotel staff, and troubleshooting situations that may arise. Community Life teams also assist with Gathering registration, checking each congregation in and distributing Gathering wristbands and other materials.
Basically Karrie and Alessia greet the youth groups as they arrive and provide the leaders with necessary information and materials. They work with both the youth groups and the hotel staff to ensure everything runs smoothly. This year because everything is at NRG Arena, Community Life teams will be taking shifts to help with the day time programming there.
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Old Time Gospel Sunday is back! July 29 with one service only, 10:30 a.m.
Join us for an outside worship service where we'll be praising the lord, hearing the word,
and singing about that old time religion that has something to share with the world to this very day!
All are welcome! All are invited! Bring your lawn chair, your tent, your umbrella, and your tappin' toes, 'cause after this worship, you'll know you've been to church!
Stay afterwards for our Church Picnic and Ice Cream Social!
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The Wired Word is an easy way to keep your faith going even while on summer vacation!
Whether you are on a vacation or stay-cation, we want to help make staying close to God easy! The Wired Word takes current events from the week and relates them to Scripture. It's an easy way to stay connected to God, and a great study to do by yourself or with others, whether you are at home or away!
Sign up to have a weekly lesson emailed right to your inbox every Thursday.
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Going Out to Invite Others In
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On Thursday members and friends of the Advent Youth Group, under the direction of Matt Pittman, gathered and went out to invite others to know Jesus better through our upcoming VBS! Thanks to Mary Garland, our Church Administrative Assistant, for designing and producing the door hangers.
As the group started out with a few rain drops falling, Pastor Aaron said, "You are going out to invite others in, walking wet in your baptism!"
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VBS REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!!
July 23-27, 9:00-11:30 a.m.
Potty Trained 3 year olds - 5th grade
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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VBS Work Nights
Calling all volunteers! Please join us on Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:30 p.m. for VBS work nights. We need all the help we can get to transform the church into an outdoor wilderness for our 2018 VBS Rolling River Rampage. Come paint, trace, cut-out and prep decorations for the week full of summer fun.
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VBS Craft Supplies
It's time to get ready for VBS and we need supplies for our crafts! We will need 1 paper grocery bag per child as well as toilet paper rolls. Please bring in whatever you have an drop them off in the narthex.
We also have a sign up sheet for the supplies we need. Please consider signing up to bring in one or more of the items to help us make our crafts a great success. Sign up sheet is in the Narthex. All items need to be brought in by July 15th.
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions-
Karrie Clark, 614-353-6025.
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The poster for the Vacation Bible School Snacks is now posted in the Narthex. Please sign up to donate snacks for this year's VBS kids. All snacks are due by July 20. Please place your items labeled with your name in the box in the kitchen that is marked "VBS Snacks".
If you have any questions, please contact
Claudia Malone
at 614-348-4770
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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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