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Here's the dates and details of our

upcoming worship services and ministries from now until Christmas Eve.

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Reserve your Seat for Worship on November 1 at 10:30 a.m.

The Live Stream Link for this Worship Service is youtu.be/jyLoPnDtqvk

All Saints Sunday

Sunday, November 1, 10:30am

In-person and Online

All Saints celebrates the baptized people of God, living and dead, who are the body of Christ. As November heralds the dying of the landscape here in Ohio, the readings and liturgy call us to remember all who have died in Christ and whose baptism is complete.

Thanksgiving Ingathering

Starting November 1 ending November 22

Our Thanksgiving Ingathering has provided a GREAT amount of meals to those in need in the greater Columbus area for years. This year the need is, once again, considerable. The impact of COVID-19 cannot be understated.

There are two ways to give:

Donate Online at AdventELC.org/donate. Select Thanksgiving Ingathering to ensure that your donation goes to the appropriate place. All donations in their entirety go to LSS Food Pantries. For a $1 donation, the pantries can purchase $5.25 worth of food. Everyone wins with a cash donation.

Grab a (reusable) bag from the church narthex (lobby) and return the bag filled only with:
2 pouches or one box of mashed potatoes
2 cans of fruit (peaches, applesauce, pears, etc.)
3 cans of green beans
2 cans of corn
2 cans of pumpkin
1 can of cranberry sauce
1 box or bag of stuffing mix
1 turkey gravy packet
1 boxed yellow cake mix

**Food bags may be dropped off at the church on Sunday mornings or the Sunday evenings of November 8th or 15th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM.

The last day for food bag or monetary donations is Sunday, November 15th

There are other volunteer opportunities in connection with the

LSS Thankfull Holiday event:

*Saturday, November 7^th from 12:30pm – 2:30pm at the Champion Ave. Food Pantry. There will be no clients - it is strictly a packing event. 10 volunteer spaces are currently available.

*Monday, November 23^rd is the actual Thankfull Holiday event at the Champion Ave. Food Pantry. There are two shifts with spots available.

11:30am – 2:00pm (6 spots left)

1:30pm – 4:30pm (10 spots left)

The Champion Avenue Food Pantry is located at 1460 S. Champion Ave., Columbus 43206.

If you are interested, please contact Ben Powers, the Congregational Relations Manager for LSS, at 614-429-5528 or bpowers@lssnetworkofhope.org.

Thanksgiving Eve Worship

Wednesday, November 25, 7:00pm

In-Person and Online

Plan to join us as we gather together in a spirit of thankfulness at our Thanksgiving Eve Communion Service on Wednesday, November 25, at 7:00pm.

In his Proclamation of Thanksgiving on October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln wrote:

"It has seemed to me fit and proper that God should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, by the whole American people. I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November as a day of Thanksgiving and praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens."

50^th Annual Live Nativity

Sunday, December 6, 5:30p-7:00pm

Drive Thru

This year marks AdventELC's 50^th annual offering of the Live Nativity! Over the years our methods for presenting the good news to the community has been modified from time to time, but the message has always been the same, "Jesus is the reason for the season."

This year due to our sincere desire to keep everyone safe from COVID coupled with our sincere desire to share the good news of the Messiah's birth, we are making a change. We will be presenting the Christmas story in person via drive thru! There will be six stations of volunteers in costumes acting out different parts of the Christmas story. We will ask drivers to tune their car radios in to a specific frequency as we broadcast on a short wave FM transmitter members of AdventELC reading the Christmas story from Luke 2 with Christmas music as well.

Is it different? Yes! Is it faithful? Yes! Is it something that you will want to invited others to? Yes! Is it something we'll need volunteers for? Yes! We estimate that we will need a total of 48 volunteers over two, forty-five minute shifts. If you are interested in volunteering to be a actor or a traffic monitor, please email Matt Pittman at matpitt@yahoo.com.

Red Kettle Ringers

Advent is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 7 at the Chamber Rd. Kroger (our usual spot) from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm. I will do the 10:00 so need folks at 11, 12, 1, 2, 3. Please contact me at 614 632 0428 or

williamsaunders714@gmail.com

Blue Christmas

Saturday, December 19, 7:00pm

In-Person only

Has 2020 left you feeling blue? Yes, blue as in the blues. As in "I am feeling blue." Not everyone is up and cheery for the Christmas holidays.

Dealing with the death of a loved one, facing life after divorce or separation, coping with the loss of a job, living with cancer or some other disease that puts a question mark over the future, and a number of other human situations make parties and joviality painful for many people.

We at AdventELC care about you and want to give you a space and a place to feel and to bring your feelings to the very same God who meets us where we are at Christmas. This service is designed to be reflective, healing and hopeful.