Join us on Saturday, December 15 at 7:00 p.m., for a special service of Hope and Healing.

While Advent is a season of hope and Christmas is a season of joy, not everyone feels hopeful or like celebrating. Grief, illness, aging, depression, loneliness, unemployment, and loss are magnified. Even those who are not struggling with losses may feel the stress of preparations and expectations around Christmas time. This Blue Christmas service hopes to provide a time and place of solace during the often frenetic days surrounding the celebration of Christmas. We come together seeking healing and room to share grief, sadness, loneliness, or confusion when these emotions often feel out of place during the holidays.

If you or someone you know could benefit from a place and a space apart in this special way, please invite others and come to our annual Blue Christmas service this Saturday, December 15 at 7pm.

During Advent we will unwrap the gifts of Christmas as we journey through the Advent season. It is our chance to listen to the stories, to remember the true meaning of Christmas, to wait in expectation for the arrival of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. The point is not to get rid of the trappings and traditions and celebrations all around us but to take a purposeful journey through them to more deeply experience the gifts of Christmas: hope, love, peace, and joy.

This week you're invited to come and hear words of JOY as we continue the season of Advent in expectation for Christmas. 

We have a network of people at Advent who are committed to praying to God on behalf of others in need by lifting up specific requests, concerns, and emergency situations. 

If you have such a request, please feel free to Email a prayer request to: [email protected]

THANKS to all who rang bells for the Salvation Army Red Kettle this year. I hope you had fun and felt the Spirit of the Lord in what we did to share this ministry.

Blessings to you all. 

Pastor Saunders

On December 19 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., the staff and volunteers at Advent will take on your kids! We want to give parents a chance to go shopping, out to eat, sleep or just have some "ME TIME"!

If you child is potty trained and you would like a couple of hours to yourself, please sign up in the Narthex.

Spread the joy of Christmas and save money! If you are sending a Christmas Card to someone at AdventELC, just deposit your card in the box in the Narthex and the youth will place them on a table in the Narthex in alphabetical order for you to pick up!

Deodorant

Razors

Band Aids

Tissues - travel size

Shaving Cream - travel size

Shampoo - travel size

Ziploc Bags - gallon size

Lotions - travel size

Hand Sanitizer - travel size

Nail Files

Chapstick

Snacks - individually wrapped -

like snack bars are best

Each Wednesday from about noon - 2:00pm Pastor Aaron goes just down the road from AdventELC to Panera Bread on Tremont Road with an appetite for lunch and for sharing God's presence through prayer.

Anyone is welcome to share a prayer with Pastor through sitting down and praying on the spot or through written prayer requests on his tablet of paper or things directly messaged to him via social media.

If you get a chance, feel free to stop by!