News from Advent Lutheran Church August 2014 2014.pdf · We will resume in September! Catch the Spirit Dinner Wednesday, August 13th 6:15pm, Advent Youth and Education Ministry will

August 2014

News from Advent Lutheran Church

STAFF

Rev. Jason Peterson Rev. Andrea Windsor-

Peterson Pastors

Ginny Sweeton

Director of Music/ Admin. Assistant

COUNCIL

Mary Filpus-Luyckx President

Jared Fischer

Vice President

Scott Fiegen Secretary

Debbie Merzlak Treasurer

Scott Bowers

Heather Hermann

Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of god in Christ Jesus for you. (I Thessalonians 5: 16-18) My house shall be a house of prayer. (Matthew 21:13)

Can you believe that another school year is about to begin?!? In just a couple of weeks both Richmond and Columbia county schools will be back in session. Many of our members at Advent who are teachers have already begun the process of setting up classrooms. For many of our members who are students, they are enjoying the last week(s) of summer break. For parents, you can almost hear the joy in their voices as their children prepare to go back to school. As the children, youth, teachers, and par-ents/grandparents/godparents prepare for yet another school year, now is a perfect time to wrap each other in prayer.

St. Paul reminds us in his letter to the Thessalonians to pray without ceasing and to give God thanks in ALL circumstances. What better time to be reminded of our call to pray in all circumstances. Many of us have enjoyed the summer break or time of Sab-bath. As we enter into August, we are reminded that fall is right around the corner and along with fall many of the old and even new ministries at Advent will be begin-ning.

As people of God at Advent, let us enter into this new time, this new season with prayerful hearts. Let us lift one another up in the faith. Let us give thanks to God for all we have been so graciously given, and let us remember in prayer those who are struggling in their faith and in life.

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” We are very thankful to be pastors in this place. We believe that God is at work in the life and ministry at Advent. As all the ac-tivities of the church begin to rev up once again, may we be centered in our prayer life both personally and as a church. We believe that God hears all prayers.

Even more so, Jesus is very clear that He wants to hear our prayers. In fact, Jesus commands it! This is especially true for our time of worship, for Jesus says, “My house shall be a house of prayer.” Notice Jesus does not say my house shall be a house of prayer from the pastors and assisting ministers. He says, “My house shall be a house of prayer,” period. Jesus wants to hear all our voices as we lift up petitions of thanksgiving and concern for our loved ones in pain. There is a specific place in the prayers of the people where we pause to give everyone a time to lift their voice. The prayer usually goes like this: “Let us pray now for those we name aloud or in the si-lence of our hearts.” Let us all be bold in offering God our prayer during this time. How glorious is this cacophony of sound and prayer!

We indeed praise God, offer our prayers, and give God thanks for the blessings He be-stows upon us all in abundance, especially His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord; to Him be all praise and glory. In Christ’s love—Pastor Andrea and Pastor Jason

August Worship Schedule

Sunday, August 3 8th Sunday of Pentecost

Worship & Holy Communion 9:15 a.m. Summer Sunday School 10:30a.m.

Sunday, August 10

9th Sunday of Pentecost Worship & Holy Communion 9:15 a.m.

Summer Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, August 17

10th Sunday of Pentecost Worship & Holy Communion 9:15 a.m.

Summer Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, August 24

11th Sunday of Pentecost Worship & Holy Communion 9:15 a.m.

No Sunday School

Sunday, August 31 12th Sunday of Pentecost

Worship & Holy Communion 9:15a.m. No Sunday School

Pray for Healing & Provision

Dee Alderson, Rudy Lichti, Marge Rahn, Edgar & Christa Bollinger, Ruth

Neumann, Ericka Blanchard

Pray for Our Deployed Military

Peggy Martin, Aaron Hanes-Dodd, Kristen Ullman, Clay Utterle

Prayer Ministry

Fellowship Events

Fellowship Coffee Hour Join us following the 9:15am worship service in the Fellowship Hall around 10:30am.

Volunteers are needed to sign up to bring goodies for coffee hour. Sign up in the Narthex.

Men’s Breakfast There will be no men’s breakfast throughout the summer months.

We will resume in September!

Catch the Spirit Dinner Wednesday, August 13th 6:15pm, Advent Youth and Education Ministry will host our

August CTS Fellowship Dinner. Please sign up on the poster in the Narthex!

A New Members Class is coming up on August

10th after the worship service.

If you are interested in becoming a member of

Advent, please speak with one of the pastors or

call the church office.

New Members’ Breakfast—Aug. 16 @ 9:30am

(including all ministry heads)

New Members will be received Aug. 17.

Choir Notes "Make a joyful noise unto the LORD...Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing." As the psalmist says, we are to come before our Lord in song. And what better way than in the Advent chancel choir! Our new year begins soon, and we want you to be a part of it. Open to all adults, we rehearse on Wednesday nights at 6:30 pm. Rehearsals will begin on Wednesday, September 17th at 6:30pm.

Our handbell choir rehearses on Monday nights at 6:00pm. Open to all adults, we in-vite you to come and ring with us.

Contact Ginny Sweeton, Director of Music, at [email protected] or in the church office, with any questions. We look forward to a new year of making a joyful noise unto the Lord!

Parish Ed August is the month we highlight the Parish Education Ministry.

Join us Wednesday, August 13th, for our Catch the Spirit—”End of Summer/Back-

to-School Picnic” Dinner, and again on Sunday, September 7th for Rally Day to

kick off Sunday School.

Sunday School classes will begin on September 14, and are offered for all from

age 3 to adult. Summer Sunday School will continue August 3rd, 10th, and 17th.

Topics for the adult class are still to be determined—look for more information to

come soon.

Advent YouthAdvent Youth Join Advent Youth on

Wednesday, August 13th at 6:15pm for a Catch the Spirit Fellowship Dinner! We will enjoy a wonderful

meal and fellowship.

Advent Youth returning from their week at AFFIRM →

RALLY DAY planning is underway!

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for “God’s Work.

Our Hands” on Sunday, September 7th for this fun event as we

kick off our new fall ministries!

Service Ministry God’s Work. Our Hands.

September 6th and 7th will be here before we know it and the ELCA-wide community will join together in performing volunteer activities across the country. How awesome it would be to have a huge participa-tion of our church! Closer to the volunteer days there will be a meeting to discuss each project in more detail.

Advent has chosen several projects, both for outdoors and indoors.

September 6th your choices are in downtown Augusta:

To mow, rake, trim and tidy up the yards at 2 locations—the GAP building on Greene Street and the Family Promise transition house on Walker Street

Pick up litter at Pendleton King Park on Troup Street Pass out plates of food in support of the “under the bridge” ministry in downtown Augusta Clean the rooms, van and bus at the Family Promise headquarters on Central Avenue

September 7th your choices are in Advent’s Fellowship Hall:

Bag up rice and hotel toiletries Double bag plastic grocery bags Prepare and deliver lunches for residents of Maxwell House Prepare a buffet for the volunteers when they return from their volunteer activities

The target time for each of these activities in about 2 hours. In preparation, we need to order the t-shirts—$6 for children and adults (sm, med, lg, xlg) with an additional few dollars for larger sizes. The shirts are 100% pre-shrunk cotton. The pastors plan to have a photo taken of everyone in their bright yellow shirts for posting on our website.

Monetary donations are certainly accepted to support the purchase of items for the activities—just be sure to designate it specifically for this project. Please bring your plastic grocery bags to church, as well as the regular items we collect for the GAP ministry, eyeglasses and hotel size toiletries. We also collect pop tops for Ronald McDonald House and Box Tops for Education. All items can be dropped off on the Service Ministry table outside the adult Sunday School classroom.

Any questions, please call the pastors, Linda Law-rence or any member of the Service Ministry,

August is here! For many

families that means school is

just around the corner!

Shopping for school supplies,

books, and fall clothes becomes a

part of everyone's schedule.

Here at Advent, on Sunday, August 3rd, we want to celebrate and

bless the beginning of another school year. Students, preschool

through adult, bring your backpacks or lunch boxes to worship at 9:15

a.m. The service will lift up children and students of all ages, dedicat-

ing them to God's glory as we begin a new school year. These back-

packs and lunchboxes are our children’s constant companions as they go

about their school days. Therefore, it is very important to have them

blessed, along with reminding our children of God’s presence in our

lives.

This blessing is not limited to backpacks or lunch boxes. Bring any-

thing your child uses that is important to him or her so these too can

be blessed.

Teachers, aides, principals, administrators, secretaries, cooks,

librarians, janitors, and bus drivers…come to church to be blessed,

affirmed in your vocation, and encouraged as you serve children and

families in your daily work!

Love is Up for Renewal!

One of the ways God has worked His love in us and through us at Advent is by calling us to pray for one another. You are invited to join this year’s Prayer ADVENTure and grow in your ability to love. On this adventure, you will pray for about ten assigned members and visitors by name each week for one year. The Holy Spirit will lead you in knowing what to pray (so will checking in with the individuals from time to time).

— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

Advent Prayer ADVENTure 2014 - 2015

Please check one.

_____ I agree to pray for other members and visitors of Advent for one year.

_____ I want to know more about praying for members and visitors of Advent for one year. Name: _______________________________________________ Phone number: ________________________________________ Email: _______________________________________________

DATE BOOK AUTHOR DISCUSSION

LEADER

HOSTESSES

8-25-14 Breakup Glen Ellen

Alberton

Glen Ellen

Alberton

Patty Williams

9-22-14 Gone Girl Gillian Flynn Ingrid Zamecnik Mary Suprek

10-27-14 As Sure as the Dawn Francine Rivers Pastor Andrea

Peterson

Dee Glander

11-24-14 Orphan Train Christina Baker

Kline

Gayle Ricklefs Jan Lamke

1-26-14 The Traitor’s Wife Allison Pataki Mary Suprek Gayle Ricklefs

2-23-14 Miscarriage of Justice Kip Gayden Jan Lemke Ulrike Beck

3-23-14 The Aviator’s Wife Melanie Benjamin Martha Ostendorff Trudy Groves

4-27-14 Intervention of

Wings

Sue Monk Kidd Dee Glander Patty Williams,

Donna Meisner

5-11-14 No Biking in the

House Without a

Helmet

Melissa Faye

Greene

Ingrid Zamecnik Pat Grim

Enjoy Reading?

Join us at Book Club on the 4th Monday of each month

at 7:30p.m. for fun, food and fellowship.

ADVENT BOOK CLUB

Coordinator: Patty Williams W: 706-738-4448 H: 706-863-1418 C:706-399-9787

A New Missionary

Members of our congregation for many years have given financial and prayer support to Ted

and Jane Zimmerman, ELCA missionaries in Hong Kong. They retired in June and are return-

ing to the U.S. As of July 1, we will be giving our support to Rev. Michael Parker. Rev. Parker

serves as the Director of Graduate Studies at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo,

Egypt. His work includes curriculum development, arranging classes, coordinating professors,

and overseeing the work of the graduate students. He also teaches Church History for those

seeking their Bachelor of Divinity degree. If you would like to help Rev. Parker financially,

please add your name to the “Support Our Missionary” form in the Narthex.

New Member

Breakfast 9:00am

Reception of

New Members

AA Event 8am

Installation of

New Council

New Member

Class 10:30am

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Bible Study

10:00am

Service Ministry

2:30pm

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

Bible Study

6:30pm

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

Ministry Night

6:00pm

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

Council 6:30pm

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

Assistant Ministers

8/3 Lynn Reed

8/10 Bobby Bisbee

8/17 Francesca Furlong

8/24 Heather Herrmann

8/31 Karen Smith

Lectors/Lay Readers

8/3 Shalee Bowers

8/10 Paris Fiegen

8/17 Anita Fiedler

8/24 Dee Glander

8/31 Jeff Fiegen

Communion Assistants

8/3 Barbara Plumley

8/10 Patty Williams

8/17 Daisy Morgan

8/24 Maggie Heaney

8/31 Ron Ricklefs

Acolytes

8/3 Jeff Fiegen

8/10 Stormi Hubble

8/17 Kate Peterson

8/24 Ina Prescott

8/31 Samantha Jimenez

Crucifers

8/3 Nikki Fiegen

8/10 Zach Hubble

8/17 Holly Sadenwasser

8/24 Shaelee Bowers

8/31 Jamie Jimenez

Ushers

*Joe Pravato 706-447-4308*

*Steve Merzlak 706-855-8006*

8/3 Noah Smith, Bryce Boeke

8/10 Scott Fiegen, Joe Pravato

8/17 Dieter & Ulrike Beck

8/24 Eric Jablonski, Jim Plumley

8/31 Steve Merzlak, Jim Williams

Greeters

*Ron Ricklefs 706-738-2166*

8/3 Shirley Chipman, Donna Meisner

8/10 Angie Hubble, Carole Hope

8/17 Gary & Linda Lawrence

8/24 Alice Glisson, Julie Fillgrove

8/31 Maria Pravato, Jane Burnette

Altar Flowers

*Sign up in the Narthex!*

8/3 Gary & Leslie Heavener to honor Alison’s birthday

8/10 Jim & Dee Glander in honor of their 45th wedding anniversary

8/17

8/24 Maggie Heaney in honor of summer birthdays

8/31

Eternal Candles

*Sign up in the Narthex!*

Missionary Support

*Sign up in the Narthex!*

8/3

8/10

8/17

8/24 Patty Williams in memory of Neil Williams

8/31 Jenny Holland in memory of her mother

Hospital/Shut-In Visitor

*Martha Ostendorff 706-736-8673*

8/3 Martha Ostendorff

8/10 Ron Ricklefs

8/17 Hilda Sullivan

8/24 Judy McQueen

8/31 Martha Ostendorff

Visitor of Visitors

*Ron Ricklefs 706-738-2166*

8/3 Linda Lawrence, Shirley Chipman

8/10 Donna Meisner, Patty Williams

8/17 Di Hamilton

8/24 Ron & Gayle Ricklefs

831 Jim & Barbara Plumley

Fellowship Coffee Hour

*Sign up in the Narthex!*

8/3 Coffee only

8/10 Coffee only

8/78 Coffee only

8/24 Coffee only

8/31 Coffee only

Altar Guild

*Maria Pravato 706-447-4308*

(Saturday) Martha Ostendorff

(Late) Mary Suprek

Faithful Servants

3232 Washington Road

Augusta, GA 30907

Phone: 706-860-0439

Web: adventaugusta.org

Email: [email protected]

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ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Final Deadline For

September Newsletter

Entries is August 24th!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

8-6 Dee Glander

8-9 Wyatt Tokarska

8-10 Christa Bollinger

Gary Heavener

8-11 Nancy Tokarska

8-14 Geannine Reid

8-15 Ingrid Zamecnik

8-16 Lyla Fischer

8-17 Kenneth Furlong

Dale Tupper

8-20 Ginny Sweeton

8-22 Maggie Heaney

8-28 Nick Pravato

8-30 Sam Jimenez

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

8-2 Kip & Diana Hamilton

8-6 Ron & Gayle Ricklefs

8-9 Jim & Dee Glander

8-17 Jim & Maggie Heaney

8-20 Jan & Patsy Puczkowski

8-24 Art & Marge Rahn

Jack & Ingrid Zamecnik

8-30 Tom & Dee Alderson