Look Who s Celebrating a Birthday or Anniversary! 8-11 8-13 8-14 8-15 8-17 8-2 8-3 8-5 8-6 8-7 8-8 8-9 8-10 Brooke Fillgrove Ian Puckowski Samuel Klein Lily Kung Elizabeth Laughlin Zack Chambers Katie Randall Wyatt Tokarska Christa Bollinger Gary Heavener Andrew Keller 8-22 8-23 8-24 8-28 8-30 Nancy Tokarska Jackie Weis Geannine Reid Ingrid Zamecnik Kenneth Furlong Dave Tupper Patrick Hoops Kitana Rivera Nick Pravato Sam Jimenez 8-2 8-6 8-10 8-17 8-18 8-20 8-24 8-30 Kip & Diana Hamilton Ron & Gayle Ricklefs Tom & Laura Rizzo Jim & Christopher & Tracy Torrence Jan & Patsy Puczkowski Art & Marge Rahn Jack & Ingrid Zamecnik Tom & Dee Alderson NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION US POSTAGE PAID AUGUSTA, GEORGIA PERMIT NO. 346 3232 Washington Road Augusta, GA 30907 Phone: 706-860-0439 Web: adventaugusta.org Email: advluch@adventaugusta.org DATED MATERIAL ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Deadline For September Newsletter Is August 15th News from Advent Lutheran Staff Matthew S. Lash Pastor Jim Barton Director of Music Administrative Assistant Church Council Larry Bentle President Adam Logemann Vice President Karen Smith Secretary Angie Hubble Treasurer Di Hamilton Stewardship Terrie Bentle Fellowship Arlene Dengel Lay Ministry Linda Lawrence Service Lynn Reed Parish Education Gary Lawrence Property Marcy Jimenez Youth Evangelism August 2011
Page 2 FROM THE PASTOR Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Shine on Sunny. Shine on! Nine years ago, we brought her home in a crate. We never imagined the home she would establish in our hearts. I am reminded of the words of Genesis this morning, God made the wild animals, each according to its kind. And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. Then God said, Let us make human beings in our image (Genesis 1:25) On Thursday night, July 21, Sunny, our nine year old golden retriever laid her head down in Marsha s palm and went to sleep. And our hearts are broken.the creative hand of our Heavenly Father has gently touched every single animal! He is the God who makes the cat purr, the bird sing, the cow moo, the pig oink, the snake hisss.and yes, a lively golden smile from ear to ear for anyone who would take a moment to scratch her belly. The order of creation reminds us that the calicos and chimpanzees, the giraffes and the goldens were given life---just moments before man was given a breath of life. Is it any wonder why our pets seem so much like people to us? Should it surprise us when they hang their head when they are disciplined, or wag their tail when they are praised? Almost human. Almost. Thursday night we lost a member of our family. We will pour over pictures and video. We will decide what to do with her toys and her bowl. We will cherish the memories of play and fun. Yes, I will regret the days I told her to Go, play in traffic! For all of us who have welcomed animals into our home and our hearts.we will give thanks. Give thanks for the Lord of all creation who made each one according to it s kind.sunny, you were one of a kind. Unique. Loved. Celebrated. Precious. I m not surprised remember who made you! As my daughter, Jennifer says, Shine on, Sunny, Shine on. ` 1 2 Regular Sunday Services AM Worship & Holy Communion 9:45 AM Adult Education 10:30 AM Worship & Holy Communion 7 8 6:30pm Council 2:30am Service Board Meets 3 4 5 6 9 10 Parrish Ed. & 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Fall Classes Begin 22 6:30 Parish Education 23 24 6:30pm Choir Practice 28 29 30 31 Youth Catch the Spirit Dinner Pastor Matt in Chicago 25 26 27 10:30am Parish Ed Teachers Peace to you. Pastor Matt
Lay Assistants Mary Suprek 706-860-7767 Service Times August 2011 August Eternal 7th Candles: August 14th August 21st August 28th Larry Bentle Angie Hubble Celina Smith Kip Hamilton 10:30 Mary Suprek Tammy Paulus Francesca Furlong Mike Setzke WORSHIP Weekly Worship Celebrate the presence of Jesus in worship each week! Refresh your Spirit! Nurture your Faith! Come to the Lord s Table! Be blessed by the fellowship of His Spirit! See you in Church this Sunday! Invite a neighbor to worship with you this week! Page 3 Jamie Sadenwasser Lay Readers Communion Assistants Mary Suprek 706-860-7767 Acolytes Kim Aiello 706-650-8512 Ushers 11:00 Ray Schneider Hilda Sullivan Ray Schneider Hilda Sullivan 10:30 11:00 Joe Pravato, 706-447-4308 11:00 Steve Merzlak 706-855-8006 Terry Bentle Patty Williams Marcy Jimenez Louise Moore Eric Jablonski Don Plueger Gary Heavener Lislie Heavener Hilda Sullivan Jim Plumley Ward McKnight Steve Merzlak Bill Fincher Maria Pravato Daisy Morgan Ron Ricklefs Gayle Ricklefs Joe Pravato Art Rahn Al Trappe Candy Jablonski Art Rahn Al Trappe Brina Setzke Monte Steedley Jim Williams Sam Jimenez Bill Burkman Sunday, August 7 8th Sunday After Pentecost Message: What to do when Loneliness Strikes. Worship & Holy Communion a.m. Sunday, August 14 9 th Sunday After Pentecost Guest Speaker: Pastor Richard Hafer FOOD FOR THE POOR MINISTRIES Pastor Matt attending Leadership Summit, Chicago IL. Holy Baptism in Detroit, MI. Worship & Holy Communion a.m. Sunday, August 21 10 th Sunday After Pentecost Pastor Matt Returns from Conference Message: The Moment it s all about YOU! Worship & Holy Communion a.m. Sunday, August 28 11 th Sunday After Pentecost Message: Extraordinary Explanation! Worship & Holy Communion a.m. Greeters Wayne Dengel 706-706-860-0527 11:00 Don & Mable Plueger Jim Plumley Charlie Loiacono Judy McQueen Louise Moore Jim & Barbara Williams Patty Williams Hilda Pollich Al Trappe Marcy Jimenez Maria Pravaato Jane Burnette Shirley Chipman Julie Fillgrove Alice Glisson Gary Lawrence Linda Lawrence Amy Boeke Charlie Loiacono Judy McQueen Flowers Given By Missionary Support Given By Hospital/ Shut In Minister Martha Ostendorff 706-736-8673 Kip & Di Hamilton In loving memory of Neil Williams by Patty Williams & children Martha Ostendorff In honor of summer birthdays: Don & Mable Plueger Janice Richardson: In loving memory of John JT Richardson In honor of Lee Tuten on his birthday by Twyla & Monte Ron Ricklefs Hilda Sullivan WE EXTEND LOVE AND BLESSINGS TO ARLENE AND WAYNE! We will dearly miss the friendship, faith, love and leadership of Arlene & Wayne Dengel! We have been blessed to enjoy Jennifer and Jeremy in our youth ministries and property board! Arlene has served as the chair of lay ministry for nearly four years! Wayne most recently completed his term as chairman of Evangelism. Arlene and Wayne, along with their family, have decorated the church for Advent, Lent and Easter. Arlene has created our floral arrangements. The Dengel s will relocate to England this fall. We extend our prayers, thanks and blessing as they establish a new home overseas! May the Lord guide you with His gracious Hand. Visitor of Visitors Don & Mable Plueger Ron & Gayle Ricklefs Jim & Barbara Plumley Linda Lawrence Shirley Chipman Breakfast Marsha Lash 706-869-1682 Fellowship Board Altar Guild Maria Pravato 706-447-4308 Saturday Early Late THANKS FOR THE BLESSING OF BREAD We appreciate the gift of bread which has been shared for our sacrament on the first Sunday of each month. We plan to continue using real bread on the first Sunday of each month this fall. If you are interested in providing the bread, please contact the church office. What a wonderful gift for your church family! August Shirley Chipman Donna Meisner Suzanne McGowan
Page 4 WORSHIP FELLOWSHIP Fall acolyte team! If your youngster or teen is in 3rd grade or higher we would love to welcome them as an acolyte! A training session will be held FOR ALL ACOLYTES on Saturday morning, August 23 at 10:00 a.m. ALL CHILDREN FALL ACOLYTE TEAM! If your youngster or teen is in 3rd grade or higher---we BEGINNING THIRD GRADE ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE! Please plan to attend! We will have a calendar available for scheduling! Parents are welcome to attend! Thank you! WELCOME PASTOR RICHARD HAFER! While Pastor is attending a continuing education event in Chicago, it will be our pleasure to welcome Pastor Richard Hafer to the pulpit on Sunday, August 14. Pastor Hafer represents Food for the Poor Ministries in south Florida. Advent raised an offering to build a home for a family in the Carribean. Join us for a special Sunday School presentation following the a.m. worship time! We welcome Pastor Hafer to Advent! WE EXTEND OUR PRAYERS AND SYMPATHY to the family of Reverend Charles Koons. Pastor Koons led our congregation in worship while Pastor Matt was away. Pastor Koons went to rest with the Lord the week of July 17. Pastor Koons most recently served as visitation pastor at Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, Augusta. May the Lord comfort his family and friends. ADVENT PHONE DIRECTORY We are continuing to update the phone directory! If you have any corrections, please contact the church office. We will publish a directory as soon as possible. CATCH THE SPIRIT STARTS THE FALL SEASON. Our Catch the Spirit dinners start again on August 10th. Parish Education and the Youth group are sponsoring a dinner serving Shane s Bar-b-que A planning session for the Fellowship Committee will be held Thursday August 11th. We will start planning for our busy fall and Christmas Season. A big thanks to all those who have donated Money, Time, and Kitchen Stock. Without you we would not have the fantastic kitchen. Prayers of God s People Please remember the following members in your daily prayers; Dee Alderson Continuing care. Edgar & Christa Bollinger Shut in at home. Bill Schweitzer Shut in at home. Garnet MacMillen. Garnet continues to recuperate. It was a joy to see her in worship this summer!! Ray & Anna Schneider Continuing care. Ray will have surgery on Tuesday, July 26. Florrine Fuller Shut in at home. Faye Hoops Shut in at home, cared for by her son, Lee. Marge Rahn Residing in assisted living center. Bill Burkman Recuperating from hip surgery at home. We are grateful Bill has been able to join us for worship this summer! Arlene & Wayne Dengel, Jennifer & Jeremy as they prepare for the move to England in September. Chris Rasmusson Chris is preparing to sell her home and relocate to live with her daughter and son in law, Elizabeth and Jonathon in the Atlanta area. May the Lord guide you each day Chris! We share our sympathy and prayers with the family of Lois Wendelboe who rests with the Lord. A memorial service was held at Advent on July 5. Please pray for Mary & Art, and their extended family. Lois was a dear child of God who reflected the grace, joy and mercy of her Lord each day. May she rest at the feet of her Lord this day! We remember the family and friends of a dear member of Advent, Helen Plumley. A time of prayer and remembrance took place at the Thomas Poteet Funeral Home on Thursday, June 9 th. Please continue to remember Jim and Barbara and their extended family in prayer. Helen loved her Lord, her church and her family dearly! May she rest with her Savior. Thank You With gratitude, I would like to thank my church family for being there at the death of my mother, Lois Wendelboe. For those who visited her during her time in the nursing home, you brightened up her days. For those who prayed for me, you gave me strength. For those who shared your stories, you made me feel that I was OK. For those who made food, you eased my concerns and welcomed my family. For those who helped with the memorial service, you listened to my heart. The sorrow would have been so much more difficult to bear without all of you. May God bless your service to Him. Page 9
Page 8 Service Board News CHURCH COUNCIL Advent s Servicer Board continues to collect different items in support of various organizations and ministries. These items include plastic grocery bags, eye glasses (to include reading glasses), food items for the GA food pantry (especially canned meats and women's feminine hygiene products), toiletries, popular paperback books, and winter coats. Anything you can help with is appreciated by the recipients. Donations can be placed on the Service Board table outside the adult Sunday school room or the wheel barrow in the Narthex. Our Lutheran ld Relief project for summer and fall 2011 is filled school bags. The complete list is posted on the collection boxes in the Narthex and Sunday school rooms. The back-to-school sales make this an affordable project to fill as many bags as we can collect. Please consider picking up a few extra items as you shop for your child. This year we will again sponsor an Angle Tree for children up to 12 years of age. This is a fun event and gives far more joy to the givers than words can describe. The registration begins in October, the tree goes up in November, ad the presents are distributed in December. Gap food pantry continues to operate in site of the heat and little or no air conditioning in the building. On an average your Service Board volunteers 50 hours a month. A special thank you to our faithful volunteers: Donna Meisner, Tracy Torrence, Gary Lawrence, Shirley man, Donna Carlson and Pastor Matt. A huge THAK YOU goes out to Zachary and Brittany Hubble who collected four big boxes of canned food. The shelves were stocked at the beginning of the morning and two hours later they were nearly empty. All our youth are wonderful and these two made a special effort to help others, truly demonstrating what Jesus would do to help the poor, needy and homeless. ELCA SYNOD ASSEMBLY REPORT We have posted the reports of our delegates to the Southeastern Synod Assembly in Atlanta GA. We thank Linda Lawrence, Twyla Tuten and Patty Williams for attending and sharing their report with us! Please continue to pray for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. STAFF IN TRANSITION Our executive board and church council will receive an updated personnel policy. We are reviewing job descriptions for office staff. We will be announcing plans in the next few weeks. Thank you for your patience with our office. We will do our very best to meet the needs of the congregation. Many thanks to all who have been assisting us this summer. PARISH EDUCATION PASTOR S BIBLE STUDY---THE POWER OF A WHISPER! Pastor will lead a morning study, 10:30-11:45 a.m. and evening, 7:00- p.m. with worship, prayer & study. Invite a friend. We will discuss the still, small voice of our God! God continues to speak to his children today! Come, explore the scriptures and enjoy a DVD teaching from Pastor Bill Hybels, Senior Pastor of Willow Creek Community Church. *IF YOU NEED CHILD CARE, PLEASE LET US KNOW. This ten week class will begins on Tuesday, September 13th. All are welcome! Please complete a registration form provided in your bulletin. *Looking forward: Winter Study: Ten week study, JESUS AS THEY SAW HIM Join us for a Bible study that celebrates the identity of Jesus; Son of God, Messiah, The Good Shepherd, Saviour, The Bread of Life, The Light of the world, The way, truth and life, and the Resurrection and the life! Our text book? The Bible! Come on an adventure with us! It s all about---jesus! (January 10-March 13) SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS FALL ORIENTATION Please join us on Saturday morning, August 6 at 10:30 a.m. We will discuss fall classes and distribute our calendar to all staff members. If you are interested in teaching, substituting, serving, please contact our Parish education chair, Lynn Reed or contact the church office. We need many loving volunteers to care for children, teens and adults! See you on Saturday morning, August 6! Thank you for your commitment to Sunday School! MANY THANKS TO STUDENTS AND STAFF who have supported our summer Sunday school ministry! Praise God for His loving Word! Thanks to all who have been attending and serving! Adult classes continue each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Join us as we study the Parables of Jesus! SUNDAY SCHOOL & BREAKFAST! What do the two share in common? Come, enjoy breakfast and meet your Sunday School teacher and staff! Tables will be set aside for our children & staff! Come, enjoy and get excited about Sunday School this fall! Don t miss Sunday, August 14, Page 5 OUR CHURCH COUNCIL will meet on Monday, August 8 at 6:30 p.m. Board members are asked to attend and share any minutes from summer gatherings. Please join us as we express our appreciation to Arlene & Wayne Dengel for their leadership! SUNDAY SCHOOL! We will kick off the children & teen Sunday School year on Sunday, August 21 at 9:30 a.m.! It s time to make a commitment to learning God s Word in a fun and friendly environment! We are always excited when we welcome friends! Come and enjoy the morning with us!
Page 6 Parish Education Summer Sunday School The summer session of Sunday School will have its final lesson on Sunday, August 7 th. So far, we have had a total attendance of 70 and served over twenty-five different children. Many thanks to those people who made Summer Sunday School possible by taking turns teaching and assisting during the lessons: Carol Billings, Mary Filpus-Luyckx, Any Freitas, Heather Herrmann, Angie Hubble, Sister Barbara Lee McCormick, Jamie Sadenwasser, and Twyla Tuten. Worship Parish Ed (cont) YOUTH ADVENT TEENS 2011 SUMMER WAS GREAT FUN! Our teens give thanks for awesome summer of activity! We were leaders at our Vacation Bible School! Our Summer day camp was overflowing with participants! The retreat to Panama City Beach, Florida changed lives! Our youth group welcomes middle school and high school students! Join us on the 1 st and 3 rd Sunday of each month! Our events folmorning worship! Bring a friend! Page 7 an low Notes from the Property Board FALL DATES TO REMEMBER! Parents and families Don t forget to mark the upcoming dates on your fall calendar! Lots of faith stretching, fun events for all ages! Bible Sunday, September 11 Bibles are distributed during worship to incoming children and third graders in our Sunday School. First Communion Sunday, October 2. Our third graders will receive their first communion on World Wide Communion Sunday in October. Kid s Sunday, October 9 Kid s are worship leaders at both services! A must for all families! Games! Free Food! Lots of events are coming this fall and winter so stay involved in Sunday School! The Property Board is comprised of members of our church 3ho are willing to donate their time ad talents to maintain our church and grounds. If you are interested in working with us, please see Gary Lawrence or ay council member. -The conversion of the male bathroom located near the choir room to a laundry room should be completed by the time this newsletter is published. The laundry room will be a blessing for the people we host during Interfaith and also for the many who have been hauling the table cloths, dish towels, robes etc. back to their homes to wash. The female bathroom located next door will now be unisex bathroom. Please remember to knock before entering and please lock the door while in use. -A total of 31 windows in the admin area, choir room and Sunday school wing will be replaced with energy efficient windows. The new windows will be vinyl with double pane insulated glass which is argon gas filled and have lowe coating. The windows will be installed by Barrett Window and Door and are Energy Star rated. The six windows in the Fellowship Hall will have storm windows installed with lowe coating. Work should be completed by mid August if not sooner. -The outside entry doors to the nursery and the Adult Sunday school room were replaced as the frames on the old doors had rotted and could not be repaired. In addition, the fascia board and ceiling above the outside entry to the nursery was repaired. -Bids are currently being obtained to replace the carpeting in the Sunday school wing with tile. Work should be completed by the end of August. Evangelism Advent Website - www.adventaugusta.org Our monthly newsletter appears In color on our web site! Click on upcoming events for featured activities at Advent. We strive to update our web site and keep it current. Point a friend to our web site-- -a great tool for visitors!