Sunday, November 27th

Advent, Biblical Generosity

A Hopeful Introduction

Advent is the season where the whole world experiences God’s extravagant generosity through the giving of God’s own Son. It is a time of celebration, of thanksgiving, of appreciation, and of radical generosity. Join us for our Advent series on Biblical Generosity where we focus on its roots in God’s character and the example demonstrated through the radical generosity practiced by the early church.

The first week of Advent is the week of Hope. It is our hope that during this Advent series on Biblical Generosity, we might learn to see the generosity of God more clearly and have it impact us in such a way that we learn to be selflessly generous as well.



Daily Prayers, a Digging Deeper guide and coordinating Life Group Curriculum will be available each week on Sunday to further explore this Sermon Series. You can find those resources (and for all of our other sermon series) HERE or at the Welcome Center on Sunday.

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

Service at 10:00am

Worship Center, Friendship Center, & Online

As our congregation grows please remember to move to the center of the rows and leave the aisle seating open for additional people and/or larger families.

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.

Our Adventure:Kids book of the month for November is… 

The Big God Story by Michelle Anthony

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

For a sneak peek inside the book or to purchase, CLICK HERE

Advent is coming!

Advent Season: Sunday, November 27th - Sunday, December 25th

Advent Kick-off Event: Wed, Nov 30th

We are praying this Advent season is one filled with hope, faith, joy, and peace each week as we look forward to the birth of our Savior and learn about Biblical Generosity.

Advent starts THIS Sunday, November 27th. On that Sunday, we will be handing out Advent boxes to help guide us through the season. These weekly candle lighting activities and other prayers, activities, and devotionals have been prayerfully prepared to help us all draw closer to Jesus this season.

We hope you’ll join us Wednesday, Nov 30th as we have an Advent Worship & Tree Lighting Kick-off Event as we celebrate the joy and wonder of this season! We invite everyone to bring a dish to share in a potluck style dinner in the Friendship Center at 5:30, then move down to the Worship Center at 6:30 as we welcome in the Advent season with worship, a tree lighting, cocoa, and fellowship.

If you attended this event last year, it will be similar, but we'll be lighting a closer tree and joining for cocoa after the tree lighting instead of before. Even with a few changes, our hope for this event is the same: that as we worship together and light up the tree, we aren't just admiring some pretty lights or reading lyrics on the screen, we are heralding in the joy and wonder of this season and the gift of Christ's birth. We can't wait to do this alongside all of you!

More info about Christmas Eve & Christmas Service plans coming next week!

Adventure:Equip Advent Session

Sundays starting November 27th, from 9:00-9:45am

in the Friendship Center, one class for all (including kids!)

This is the last week for small group classes! And then, with the start of Advent we also kick off a new all-church session of Adventure:Equip! Join us as we will be digging into the traditional weekly candle lighting themes. We will explore them through worship, history, tradition, and how we can apply and be mindful of the theme throughout our weeks.

There will not be a separate kids class for this session of Adventure:Equip as we would love to invite our kids to participate with us as a church family. We believe every person from the youngest to the oldest has something to offer and receive alongside one another through this class.

We hope you’ll join us at 9:00 am starting November 27th in the Friendship Center!

Men's Breakfast

Saturday, December 3rd at 9:30am

Quarterly, the men of our church come together to eat breakfast and fellowship. Come as you are and enjoy a warm breakfast and coffee. This month we will have a guest speaker walking us through a historic tour of Israel. If you have any questions, would like to get involved, or would like to serve in this ministry please reach out to Charles Greene.

Christmas Giving Tree

Our giving trees will return at the start of Advent on Sunday, November 27th. Make sure to grab a tag or two, shop, and bring back your unwrapped gift by December 11th. This is a great way to love on our community. You are also invited to help us wrap all of the gifts on Sunday, December 11th at Noon.

Any questions about Thanksgiving Baskets or Christmas Giving Tree? Please contact the deacons by emailing deacons@faithadventure.com or visiting the Welcome Center on Sunday.

BaseCamp

What happens with BaseCamp during Advent?

During the Advent Session of BaseCamp, things will look different than they did during Session 1. We encourage you to prayerfully consider how you will participate in the mission of BaseCamp during this time. 

Wednesday, November 30th: 

Join us for the Adventure of Faith Advent Kickoff! 

(See Details in Advent Section below)

Wednesdays, December 7th and 14th: 

The Friendship Center will be open for anyone who wishes to participate in Advent box activities with others. We also encourage you to consider inviting others to your home to do this! For those joining us at the church, bring a dish to share for a potluck style dinner at 5:45. Youth will follow their regular schedule, adults and kids can utilize the Friendship Center or the spaces we've used for after dinner discussion time to participate together in activities in the boxes.

Following a 3 week winter break, 

Session 2 of BaseCamp will begin on Wednesday, January 11th

If you have questions about BaseCamp or need more details visit the website HERE or you can email Cory or Callie.

Church Financial Update

If you're interested in current church finances, see our October 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 - Is it better for me to give a big donation once a year or smaller amounts more often?

A - Here at Adventure of Faith, we are grateful for any and all giving we receive. It supports our church family, our campus, our programs, our staff and our local/global outreach.

The short answer to your question is that you should give generously as God leads you. 

However, in my own life, I've found that when I give a set amount on a weekly/monthly schedule, it becomes a regular rhythm of life, a spiritual discipline. This brings me closer to God. And financial distractions (like Amazon shopping) fall further down on my priority list. 

Next week I'll answer another Adventure financial question.

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

Adventure Awakens Cafe

Sundays: 8:30 - 10:05 am, 11:00 - 11:30 am

Adventure Cafe is now serving Breakfast Burritos! Grab these delicious freshly made burritos each Sunday alongside your morning drink! If you have extra chicken eggs and would like to donate to the cafe for Sunday morning burritos we would be grateful for your donation! Proceeds go directly to our sister church in Mazatlan, Principe de Paz.

Senegal Store

Open this Sunday before and after service

There will be new inventory in the Senegal Store this week: Sand Paintings! On our last mission trip, we met one of our interpreters friends who is a sand painter, and as he showed us his work we also were blessed to experience his joy. Check out a glimpse of his work in the video below, accompanied by music that was played for us at the end of our trip.

A Big THANK YOU to all who contributed to the Deacon Thanksgiving Baskets! Your contributions of time and donations helped us bless many families in our community. We couldn't do it without you!

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Over the last few years we had realized how often we neglected celebrating all the good God is working all around us. It was a blessing to take the time to be intentional about celebrating during Celebration Sunday. 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?