EVENTS. Advent JULY Upcoming. Summer Potluck Picnic and Game Night Saturday July 11 4pm-dark. Donations needed for VBS PG. 4

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1 Advent VOICE Donations needed for VBS PG. 4 Children have been hard at work in the garden Pg. 5 JULY 2015 A Publication of the Mission of Advent Lutheran Church A Publication of the Mission of Advent Lutheran Church The Grannies are collecting school supplies for Penny Creek PG. 6 Upcoming EVENTS > > > Book club, 7-8:30pm Thursday, July 9 in the A building Picnic potluck, 4pm-Dark, Saturday, July 11, Fellowship Hall. SafeHaven Training, 10:30am Sunday, July 19 in the Fellowship Hall Summer Potluck Picnic and Game Night Saturday July 11 4pm-dark Bring your favorite picnic dish to share, there is no sign-up, so we ll see what food arrives. Bring your own dishes, too. We ll have bocce ball, croquet, ladder ball and Frisbee golf, but more is always better. Does anyone have a Cornhole set? Other favorites? > VBS 9-Noon, Monday, July 27 through Friday, July 31 Invite neighbors, friends, relatives. All are welcome. For more information, contact Bob or Gail Walters, g.r.walters@gmail.com or

2 2 Advent Voice A MESSAGE FROM ChuRCh COunCil Summer has started! One of the cool places to be this summer is at church especially on those hot days! During this summer there is one worship service that begins at 9 a.m. Attending one service presents an opportunity for us all to gather as one to worship and thank God for His grace and the gifts He has given us to share with others! This is a great opportunity to get to know members who have attended worship service at a different time! This reminds me of the time when we worshipped as one at Archbishop Murphy s gymnasium during our transition to our current location. The updated Ministry Guide should be available. This guide will let you know of the different Ministry groups and the points of contact for each Ministry. Vacation Bible School is not far away. A couple of reminders: volunteers are needed to ensure that the event is successful for the children. Volunteers need to attend one of the two sessions for the Safe Haven trainings that will occur prior to VBS. More details and information is available in the bulletin, at Advent s website and in the newsletter. During these summer months as you travel and take time to refresh and renew please remember to give to the church (time, talents and possessions)! May God s grace and peace be with us all! Summer online giving Summer is here and a reminder that we offer electronic giving as a easy way to automate your regular weekly offering. Electronic giving offers convenience for individual congregation members and provides much needed donation consistency for our congregation. Go to or use the QR code below to set up an automatic donation plan, change your donation plan, make a one-time donation or view your online donation history. As you contemplate future contributions, please consider electronic giving. Give Online Online giving is a great new way to support the ministries at Advent. The Classics Senior Group The Classics met on Wednesday, June 10, for their monthly potluck. We had 35 people in attendance. As always, lots of good food. Keith Fresonke gave us some trivia tidbits. Bill Mauge told us of some activities that are available in the area. Bill Steenis and Fred Row passed out information about possible future trips for the Classics Ride the Duck and Chihuly Garden and Glass. We are having on-going discussions about our kitchen and the purchase of new appliances. The Classics are taking a summer break. We will meet again on Wednesday, September 9th at 12:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Nancy Fischer will be learning the ropes to take over for me. If you have any questions/comments, please call Cindy at Have a wonderful and safe August! Cindy Steenis

3 A MESSAGE FROM OuR PASTOR At the end of each academic year, I would ask UW students, What are you looking forward to this summer? A common answer was, Reading what I want to read! It brings to mind the phrase, Passionate Curiosity, which seems to make it s rounds in motivational speeches and sales manager meetings. Perhaps this phrase fits best, however, for us as a congregation, for us as people of faith moving forward in mission in our neighborhood. As we work our way through the Gospel of Mark this summer, we can t avoid Jesus calling the first disciples. He simply said, Follow me, and immediately they put away their nets, curious to see what Jesus was all about. Jesus changed their lives into a great missional journey of teaching, healing, learning, and loving - unlike anything they might have imagined for themselves. Passionate curiosity. What is God imagining for you, for me, for Advent, for our neighborhood, that we can t (or won t) imagine for ourselves? How do we encourage questions and passionate curiosity in our midst? Let s commit ourselves in the months ahead to becoming good and curious about what God is doing here in our community. Let s commit ourselves to allow our questions and the questions of those around us to lead us beyond our sense of comfort and to escort us into moments of uncertainty, joy, and meaning. Let s tap into that genius for mission that God has already blessed us with through passionate curiosity. What are you looking forward to this summer? I can t wait to hear your questions! Peace, JULY Advent Lutheran Church Making the Love of Christ Known Contact Us: nd St. SE Mill Creek, WA Phone: Website: churchoffice@adventlutheran.net Sunday Worship Schedule 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Nursery: During both services Sunday School: 9:40a.m., September-June (Preschool-High School) Adult Forum: 9:40am in the Sanctuary Advent Staff: Pastor: Scott Postlewait, pastor@adventlutheran.net Associate Pastor: G. Lee Kluth Office Administrator: Laurie Dunlap, laurie@adventlutheran.net Volunteer Sunday School Coordinator: Diane Krause sundayschool@adventlutheran.net Choir Director: Janet Hitt Bell Choir Director: Mike Irons Church Accompanist: Kirsten Lysen Custodian: Bernice Clements Church Council: Steve Osher President/Outreach Fred Row Vice President/Columbarium/Worship Don Tracy Secretary/Property/Projects Steve Cleaves Treasurer Deb Shaffer Youth Jan McWherter Fellowship Gail Kautzman Social Justice Jen Voss Education Jim Bertrand Stewardship George Howard Outreach Advent Voice is the monthly newsletter of Advent Lutheran Church The deadline for articles is the 15th of each month. Please submit articles, graphics, and photos to Laurie@AdventLutheran.net This Month's Contributors: Steve Osher, Pastor Scott Postlewait, Ann Carleton, Darcel Fogerty, Diane Krause

4 4 Advent Voice VBS Craft Donations Needed! - Battery-operated tea lights - Scraps of color material (any color/pattern) cut into 6x6 squares - Scraps of white material (or felt) cut into 4x4 squares Markers Place items in the VBS donation bin outside the church office. Set materials needed: We also are looking to outfit our VBS set with climbing/camping gear. We would like to borrow rope, boots, poles, snow shoes, etc for the week of July If you can help, please bring your items, marked with your name by Sunday, July 26. You will be able to pick them up immediately following the worship service on August 2. Thank you for the milk jugs! Thank you for your generous collection and donation of milk jugs for Vacation Bible School! We should now have plenty to make our ice cave! We could use some help rinsing and cleaning out the jugs. If you can help please let Laurie in the church office know! laurie@adventlutheran.net Contact Laurie in the church office if you have any questions at or laurie@adventlutheran.net VBS Sponsor-a-Child Your sponsorship of $15 or more enables us to provide a life-changing VBS experience for a child in our community! Please fill out the following information and return this form to the church office with your check or cash donation of $15 or more, or donate online at Make checks payable to Advent Lutheran Church and write VBS in the memo line. Name: Mailing Address: Are you a member of Advent Lutheran Church? Donation Amount:

5 We Love Our Sunday School Volunteers! JUNE A big thank you to all of the Sunday School teachers and volunteers for all their hard work and dedication to Sunday School program at Advent! Sunday School Teachers: Preschool: Diane Krause Kindergarten & 1 st Grade: Taryn Kaylor & Suzanne Morgan 2 nd & 3rd Grade: Sara Blair & Lori Wendt 4 th /5 th /6 th /Grade: Sandy Barrett Middle & High School: Cari Krippner, Kaye Lysen, & Katie Postlewait Sunday School Opening Leaders: Kaye Lysen, Kirsten Lysen & Katie Postlewait Substitute Teachers: Leianne Flynn, Kim Hall & Mari Riedlinger Classroom Helpers & Check-in Volunteers: Jana Auchterlonie, Ann Carlton, Hope Case, Marilyn Close & Regina Gross And thank you to all the parents, grandparents, family members, friends, and Advent staff who supported our Sunday School programs by bringing your children each week and helping out whenever needed. Have a great summer and we ll see you at Vacation Bible School this summer and Sunday School in the fall! Children in the Garden of Giving Sunday School children harvest snap peas. Girl Scout Troop helps with planting.

6 6 Advent Voice Book Club Safe Haven Training If you are planning to volunteer for VBS this year or help with Sunday School or the nursery you will need to complete the mandatory SafeHaven training. Safe Haven is the child safety policy adopted by Advent. Training only takes about 45 minutes of your time and is essential in keeping the children in our community safe. There are still three opportunities to complete the training before VBS begins: Sunday, July 19 immediately following the 9am worship service in the Fellowship Hall. July 22, 7pm in the Fellowship Hall The next book on the list for Advent s Book Club is Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff. Join us Thursday, July 9th from 7-8:30pm in the A building to discuss the book. Have questions? Contact Kim Plata kimann222@aol.com or Carla Merisko cmerisko@yahoo.com. 7am Monday, July 27 in the Sanctuary If you have any questions, please contact Laurie in the church office. laurie@adventlutheran.net or ALL ABOARD!! PENNY CREEK EXPRESS The Tuesday Night Adventure Granny Bible Study Group invites you to help us, once again, fill the bus with school supplies for the students of Penny Creek Elementary. The bus is currently parked in the narthex of thefellowship Hall. Help us fill a seat with back packs, pencils, sharpeners, erasers, note cards, scissors, composition books, wide ruled notebooks, 2 inch binders and filler paper, glue sticks, note cards, post-it notes, new or gently used children s soft sole gym shoes, tissues, hand sanitizer, paper towels and non-chlorine wipes are also needed. Pick up any school supply list at your favorite store for more ideas. The bus departs for Penny Creek August 17, Thank you! National Youth Gathering this Month The ELCA National Youth Gathering in Detroit is coming up quickly, July Please keep our Advent Youth and Adult Sponsors in your prayers as they travel to Detroit to join with High School Youth from congregations across the United States who share a common commitment and faith in Jesus Christ. Going from Advent are: Hailey Hall, Ryan Kautzman, Emily Morgan, and Aria Openshaw, accompanied by Neil Hoopingarner and Deb Shaffer. During their week in Detroit, they'll focus on Community, Story, and Justice, with amazing worship, service, and fellowship opportunities!

7 1 JULY CALENDAR JULY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 7pm: Youth Group (C2) 1 Food If you Drive would Sunday like 4:30am: to add Korean delete Bible something from 4:30am: the Korean church Bible calendar, or have questions about Study room (C1) availability, 9:30am please Bible Chicks contact 6:30pm Laurie Korean in the Bible church office 5:30pm: Boy Scouts, Study, or (A1) 8:30 & 10:30am Worship laurie@adventlutheran.net (FH) 9:40am Sunday School 7pm: Women s Support 7:00pm: Bible Study (offsite, ) 6:00pm: AA (C1) 7pm AA, (C1) FH = Fellowship Hall A = A building (Preschool bldg.) SAN = Sanctuary 2 C1 = Portable C1 C2 = Portable C :30pm Piecemakers (FH) 6:30pm Lynnwood Community Band 3 Office Closed 7pm Al-Anon (C2) 4 Happy 4th of July! 9:00am, AA (C1) 11am: AA Women (C1) 5 Food Drive Sunday 9:00am Worship 6pm AA (C1) 6 9:30am Bible Chicks (offsite, ) 6:00pm AA Women s Group (C2) 7pm: Women s Support 7pm AA, (C1) 7 6:30pm Korean Bible Study, (C2) 8 10am: Bible Study (FH) 9 6:30pm Lynnwood Community Band 7pm Book Club (A1) 10 7pm Al-Anon (C2) 7pm: AA Newcomers (A3) 11 9am,.AA (C2) 11am: AA Women (C1) \4pm Picnic potluck and game night 12 9:00am Worship 13 9:30am Bible Chicks (offsite, ) 11:30pm IRG (FH) 7:30pm, AA (C1) 7pm: Women s Support 14 6:30pm Korean Bible Study (A1) 6:30pm Church Council (FH) 15 10am: Bible Study (FH) National Youth Gathering, Detroit 16 12:30pm Piecemakers (FH) 6:30pm Lynnwood Community Band National Youth Gathering, Detroit 17 1:30pm Girl Scouts (FH) 7pm Al-Anon (C2) National Youth Gathering, Detroit 18 9am,.AA (C2) 11am: AA Women (C1) 12pm VBS Preparation, FH National Youth Gathering, Detroit 19 9:00am Worship 10:30am SafeHaven Training, (FH) 6pm AA (C1) 20 9:30am Bible Chicks (offsite, ) 7pm: Women s Support 21 6:30pm Korean Bible Study (A1) 7:00pm: Bible Study (offsite, ) 22 10am: Bible Study (FH) 23 6:30pm Lynnwood Community Band 24 7pm Al-Anon (C2) 25 9am,.AA (C2) 10m VBS preparation (A, FH) 11am: AA Women (C1) 26 9:00am Worship 10:30am VBS set-up 6pm AA (C1) 27 7am SafeHaven Training, Sanctuary 9:30am Bible Chicks (offsite, ) 7pm: Women s Support 28 6:30pm Korean Bible Study (A1) 7:00pm: Bible Study (offsite, ) pm Al-Anon 30 9am,.AA (C2)

8 nd Street S.E. Mill Creek, WA Follow us on Facebook E A Publication of the Mission of Advent Lutheran Church Inside This Issue Potluck Picnic and Game Night VBS Donations needed Garden of Giving SafeHaven Training National Youth Gathering Vacation Bible School July If you d like to volunteer this week please check out our website and fill out the volunteer registration form.