Welcome to the Weekly Newsletter!

Below you will find all the most up to date information on Sunday Service, our Weekly Rhythms, and Upcoming Events! We also answer financial questions, recap celebrations, and share God is Good moments each week as a way of leaning into our core values of Adventure, Discipleship, and Authenticity. If you ever have any questions or a need you can email those listed in an applicable section below or send us an email HERE.

May Jesus meet you gently as you live into His call this week.

We can't wait to see you for Worship on Sunday!

Service at 10:00am - Worship Center & Online

If you or someone you know is NEW to Adventure, please stop by the Welcome Center to pick up a Welcome bag!

Services stream live to three places: our website, our app, and YouTube!

Need help with accessing our livestream? Check out this instruction video or email Sam. If you are watching live, please join the chat to connect! If the livestream has issues please remember to exit your browser or app and restart it. An uninterrupted replay of Sunday service is loaded to our website, app, and youtube channel as soon as possible after service each Sunday.

Sunday, May 28th

Words of a Dying Man

Our Fathers

Jesus came proclaiming our need to ‘Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.’ We need to turn from the way we once lived and reorient our hearts and minds on Jesus and embrace both our forgiveness in Him and our freedom to live in pursuit of holiness through His Spirit. If we are to live as a community centered on the Gospel, we must embrace this reality and make confession, repentance and forgiveness a regular part of our day-to-day lives.

Daily Prayers, a Digging Deeper guide and coordinating Life Group Curriculum are available each week on Sunday to further explore this Sermon Series. You can find those resources (for this week and ALL previous weeks) HERE or at the Welcome Center on Sunday.

Adventure:Kids News

We are so glad to have your kids in 5th grade and below join us for Adventure:Kids this Sunday! This Sunday in Adventure:Kids, the lesson focuses on the moment Jesus met Peter after he had a long night of unsuccessful fishing in Luke 5. Jesus told Peter (and his partners) to cast their nets one more time. With faith, they cast their nets and caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. At this moment, Peter realized that Jesus is God and fell to his knees and worshiped him. It is through examples of miracles and faith like this one, that we are reminded that Jesus is God and that our salvation comes only through faith in him.



 We'd love to have you work with your child on memorizing our new key passage, which is Hebrews 11:6 "And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him." 

We can't wait to see you this Sunday!

Sermon notes and challenges for families are available on the Adventure: Kids Facebook page,

OR click here for a pdf version.

Adventure:Kids Book of the Month

The Bible is our first resource when it comes to books about God, but having extra tools in our toolbox is always helpful!

Our Adventure:Kids book of the month for April is… Like Me by Laura Wifler. Check out more about why we chose it HERE.

BaseCamp is Partnering with Outreach for

MISSIONS IN MAY!

Wednesdays in May at 5:45pm

BaseCamp is our Wednesday evening program, centered around sharing meals while we equip, encourage, support, and challenge each other into the mission God calls us to in every aspect of our lives.

NEXT Wednesday, May 31st, is our Mission Project focused evening. Dinner will be Grab & Go Boxes available starting at 5pm. If the project you signed up for is off-site, stop by the church and grab your dinner before you go, and it will be available here for those meeting at the church. Boxes will include fried chicken, pasta salad, chips & a cookie. We will have allergen free versions for those of you who have communicated specific food allergies.

Not sure what we're talking about with these mission projects? Want to get involved in a local mission project even if you haven't been coming to BaseCamp? Contact Callie for more info!

Celebration Sunday!

Sunday, June 4th

On Celebration Sunday we will pause as a church family from our regularly scheduled sermons in order to testify about what we’ve seen and heard in the life of our church. We will celebrate that which God is doing in our church and in individuals as we rejoice as people receive the sacrament of baptism and all of us participate in communion. We will celebrate our High School Graduates, hear some stories from people whose lives are being impacted by the Lord and we will speak together about what we’ve seen and heard!

With that in mind, we would like to encourage you to submit your God-stories so they can be included in this celebration. SO: If you have stories of God's goodness from this past year, big or small please email Sam.

We also hope you will join us after service as we continue the celebration in the Friendship Center with cake for our grads!

We can't wait to share alongside you in all God is doing in our lives, in our congregation, and in our community!

Adventure Youth Bonfire

Wednesday, June 14th, 6-8pm

Teens, join us as we say goodbye to our 12th graders and hello to our incoming 6th graders at this casual bonfire in the Adventure Courtyard. That's right... if you are going into sixth grade in the 2023-2024 school year, we would love to have you join us! We will have hotdogs, chips, and s'mores! Invite a friend and enjoy an evening of fun!

Questions? Contact Annika!

Adventure:Equip Spring Session

Join a Class every Sunday through June from 9am-9:45am

Adventure: Equip is how Adventure of Faith Church seeks to continue the tradition of prioritizing biblical literacy, practical theology, and spiritual practices like the early church. These are Sunday morning classes that focus on helping followers of Jesus to grow in their understanding of the Bible, doctrine, theology, and practice. They are participatory courses done in biblical community.

There's still time to jump into a new class! Check out the class descriptions and info for our Spring Session HERE!

From those just beginning their adventure with Jesus to those who have traveled far with Him, there is a place for you, and we hope you'll join us as we pursue Jesus together.

Adventure Finances

If you're interested in current church finances, see our April graphic included above here.

Adventure of Faith is a very generous community of believers. 

I know this because whenever we communicate a need, we meet it.

Q - I feel hurt by the church in the financial realm. Why did that have to happen?

A - First and foremost, let me apologize for the hurt you feel. I don't know if I was a part of this particular hurt or not. Regardless, I am sorry it happened. It happened because no staff member, ministry, department or leader is perfect. We both make mistakes and are misunderstood at times. How are we to handle this Biblically? Step by step. Matthew 18 says, "if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he will not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every word may be confirmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses." If we follow these directions, we can make repentance and forgiveness a norm of our culture.

I know: God does not need your money.

I believe: God uses the discipline of church giving to help release us from the idolatry of money. The bonus is that the church is able to do good works in His name and for His glory.

Giving should be a free, joyful and generous expression of God's generosity with us. If I have ever made anyone feel differently, I am sorry and welcome the opportunity to tell you in person. My door is always open to our amazing congregation.

Next week I'll answer another financial question.

Please continue to send your Adventure-related financial questions to me at: admin@faithadventure.com

Make sure to visit Adventure Awakens Cafe

& the Outreach Store on Sunday!

Adventure Awakens Cafe is open from 8:30-10:05am & 11:00-11:30am. Check out our delicious specials, skip your morning stop, and support our Outreach Mission through your morning beverage and breakfast purchase! This week we are introducing FRUIT CUPS to our food lineup! Proceeds go directly to our sister church in Mazatlan, Principe de Paz. Have you had one of our breakfast burritos yet? They are delicious!

Then while you're sipping your beverage from the cafe, stop by the Outreach Store to hear the latest from our global ministries and check out what items they have available from Mazatlan and Senegal for purchase! The Outreach Store is featuring new items recently brought back from Senegal (including some unique fans for hot days!).

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This section is a weekly reminder that God is Good!

He is good to us every single day & we will praise His name!

Next week is Celebration Sunday! We would love to be able to share a few of your "God is Good" moments. We are trying to be a church that celebrates better: celebrates where we see God working in the little and the big stuff because we *know* that He always is! Would you consider joining us in that celebration? Reply to this email or email Sam if you might be interested in sharing anything you've witnessed of God's goodness in the last few months! Thank you for celebrating with us!

This space in the newsletter is a small way we continue to celebrate the goodness of God all year long, and practice being aware of His presence in our lives. So, if you have stories of God's goodness big or small, hit reply to this email and send them our way. We would love to hear them, pray in praise over them and talk to you about sharing them.

To spur your thoughts to God's goodness start by asking yourself these questions:

What Good have you witnessed recently?

What Good has God brought into your life?

What Good has God prompted you to do for one another?

God is Good!!