June, July, and August are full of
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4th Sunday after Pentecost
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The mustard seed becomes a great shrub that shelters the birds, recalling ancient images of the tree of life. We'd expect a cedar or a sequoia, but Jesus finds the power of God better imaged in a tiny, no-account seed. It's not the way we expect divine activity to look. Yet the tree of life is here, in the cross around which we gather, the tree into which we are grafted through baptism, the true vine that nourishes us with its fruit in the cup we share. It may not appear all that impressive, but while nobody's looking it grows with a power beyond our understanding.
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This week our Confirmation Class along with Pastor Layne have been at Lutheran Memorial Camp for a week of faith, friends, and fun!
Thank you for your prayers as the week has gone on. Pictures will be available next week.
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June is a great month to hear some top notch preaching here at Advent!
On
June 17 daughter of this congregation and Princeton Seminary student
Jessica Cronau will be preaching for us. Pastor Aaron will be presiding over both services.
On
June 24 we will hear from
Pastor Will Saunders, who retired as the pastor of Advent a few years ago but hasn't dropped a beat when it comes to preaching the good news of Christ! His style of preaching is infectious and his love of Christ is contagious! At 9:45 a.m. Pastor Saunders will be explaining how the new Lutheran Social Service Food Pantry works during the Sunday School hour.
These are certainly DON'T WANT TO MISS SUNDAYS! Mark your calendars today!
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TAG SALE - THIS WEEK - JUNE 15 & 16
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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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Vacation Bible School
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.
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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For quite a while now our basketball hoop hasn't been looking its best. So Pastor Aaron got some paint and a ladder and started. And just like a pickup game game of basketball, there was some pickup help to reach those high places Pastor Aaron couldn’t. Thanks to Mike Deeter, Carl Lahman, and Chris Baran for the assists!
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Thank you to Beckie Evans-Zaebst and Norma Pitts and all who made our Music Appreciation Reception such a lovely time. Between the delicious food and the beautiful flower arrangements, we truly felt appreciated.
Jean Pontious, Director of Music Ministries
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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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