March 2018 Newsletter TheAdventChurch.com

1700 Irby Lane Murfreesboro, TN 37127

615.893.9705 www.TheAdventChurch.com

office@TheAdventChurch.com

Pastor Michael Jannett Pastor@TheAdventChurch.com

We are a community of faith that expresses itself

through the views of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. We strive to live out God’s grace

by worshiping God, sharing time together in fellowship, and reaching out to our neighbors. We

have a place for you here in the mission and ministry of Advent Lutheran Church.

Sunday Worship 8:45 am Contemporary 10:45 am Traditional

Sunday School 9:45am

Wednesday Bible Study Will resume on April 4th @ 10:30 am

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Changed by the Waters

How are we joined together in community?

Our faith draws us together, but we also

lean on Baptism as a means of grace.

What is a “means of grace”? Well, an

earthly element that carries with it meaning

that points to God’s acts of mercy and

grace, along with God’s promise to be

present, is a means of grace…an avenue of

grace. For us Lutherans, Holy Baptism is

great way to point to a specific place and

time in our lives in which we can say,

“There. I was baptized. I am one with God

through this same Spirit that joins Jesus to

God.”

Martin Luther writes in the Large Catechism,

regarding Baptism: “…being dipped under

the water and emerging from it, point to the

power and effect of baptism, which is

nothing else than the slaying of the old

creature and the resurrection of the new

creature, both of which must continue in us

our whole lives long. Thus a Christian life is

nothing else than a daily baptism, begun

once and continuing ever after. For we

must keep at it without ceasing, always

purging whatever pertains to the old

creature, so that whatever belongs to the

new creature may come forth. What is the

old creature? It is what is born in us from

Adam and Eve, irascible, spiteful, envious,

unchaste, greedy, lazy proud – yes – and

unbelieving... Now, when we enter Christ’s

kingdom, this corruption must daily

decrease so that the longer we live the

gentler and more patient and meek we

become, and the more we break away from

greed, hatred, envy, and pride…In baptism

we are given the grace, Spirit, and strength

to suppress the old creature so that the new

may come forth and grow strong.”

We are indeed changed by the waters.

Come Wednesday nights in Lent (Feb. 28,

March 7, 14, 21) at Noon or 6:30pm to

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discover how these waters call us together

and encourage us to be renewed in faith,

hope, and love.

(Be sure to pay close attention to our Holy

Week and Easter Sunday activities and

worship schedule.)

Peace, Pr. Michael

UP

…developing a closer walk with God …

Scripture Readings Sunday, March 4th

3rd Sunday in Lent Exodus 20:1-17

Psalm 19 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

John 2:13-22

Sunday, March 11th 4th Sunday in Lent

Numbers 21:4-9 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22

Ephesians 2:1-10 John 2:14-21

Sunday, March 18th 5th Sunday in Lent Jeremiah 31:31-34

Psalm 51:1-12 Hebrews 5:5-10 John 12:20-33

Sunday, March 25th Palm Sunday Isaiah 50:4-9a Psalm 31:9-16

Philippians 2:5-11 Mark 14:1 – 15:47

Sunday School for all Ages! 9:45 am

Children & Youth meet in the classrooms off the Fellowship Hall

Adults meet in the Sanctuary

No Sunday School classes March 25th or April 1st!

Midweek Lenten Focus - “Changed by the Waters”

In June 2018, we are sending several youth and adults to the ELCA Youth Gathering in Houston, TX. In order to help our congregation learn more about this theme, we are planning two activities during Lent: 1.) Worship and Dinner will be a COMBINED experience this Lent; and 2.) the theme for both noon worship and the Worship/Dinner experience is “Changed by the Waters.” The theme will be centered on the baptismal promises God makes to us, as well as the theme of the ELCA Youth Gathering, “This Changes Everything” (based on Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.”)

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Come and join us for this NEW and UNIQUE experience of dining and worshipping together.

Wednesdays

February 28, March 7, 14, 21 Worship @ Noon

Worship/Dinner @ 6:30 pm

Here is a picture from the first Dinner Church experience on Feb. 21, 2018:

Bible Study

In observance of Lent, the Wednesday Bible

Study group will not meet, but will resume

on Wednesday, April 4.

Easter Flower Garden Forms

It’s time to sign up for our Easter Flower

Garden! This year you can choose from

Easter Lilies, Daffodils, Tulips or Hyacinth.

(There are no color selections available).

Each plant is $10.00 and your slip must be

turned in no later than Sunday, March

11th! Forms are available at the Usher Table.

Maundy Thursday

March 29 - 12:00 Noon & 7:00 PM

Good Friday

March 30 - 12:00 Noon & 7:00 PM

Easter Vigil (Saturday)

March 31 - 7:00 PM only

Easter Sunday, April 1st 6:30 am Sunrise Worship

8:45 am Contemporary Worship

10:45 am Traditional Worship

Easter Sign-up Sheets There are sign-up sheets at the Usher’s

Table for Holy Week and Easter Sunday!

If you are available to serve, please fill in

what assignment and which service you

can help or you can call the Church

Office @ 615-893-9705.

We also need those who are willing to

help with setup for Holy Week. Please

contact the Church Office if you can

assist with this.

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Easter Breakfast

7:00 – 10:30 am Be sure to buy your tickets today from any

youth member for $5! This helps the youth

to know how many to plan on for breakfast.

You can also pay at the door on Easter

morning.

Prayer Requests

Prayers for Healing & Support: Please pray for All Caregivers as they daily give their

time and energy to care for their loved ones.

Members: Betty Yeager, rehab for broken arm; Chris

Kokemueller, at home after surgery; Pr. Marie

Hatcher, hip surgery; Anna Moran, health

problems; Glenn Taylor, Merredith Mooth, Geri

Trepczyk.

Homebound & Continuing Prayer Needs – Betty

Yeager, Carolyn Priuska, Geri Trepczyk,

Bonnie McCann, Don Hatcher, Norm &

Marilyn Kronsbein.

Friends & Relatives of Members: Mark Spraker, son of Betty Spraker, preparing for

knee surgery on March 13th; Easton, 3 month old

great grandson of Lee Stapleton’s sister, born with

AFib & rare heart defect; Two persons air-lifted to

Vanderbilt after accident on I-24 Feb. 11; Steve

Barnard, friend of Theresa Molgren, quadruple

bypass surgery; Richard Johnson, Helen

Johnson’s husband, recovering from major

intestinal surgery; Sharon Smith, Dale Sites’ sister,

rare heart condition; Teresa Ayers, mother of Jason

Ayers, friend of Jon & Eva Evans, brain bleed;

Samantha Eimer, 17 yr. old second cousin of

Matthew Mills, Hodgkins Lymphoma; Jeanette

Stoltenberg, mother of Amy Lysyczyn’s neighbor.

Prayer Needs – Cancer: Bill Barlow, Anna Dean Heiney’s cousin, brain

cancer; John Maupin, uncle of Linda Tewell,

tumor removed from head; Jill Ziegler, Jody

Anderson’s sister, breast cancer; Diane

Thompson, Dale Sites’ sister, stage four ovarian

cancer; Cindy, friend of Cathy Lively, esophageal

cancer; Wife of Cathy Lively colleague, breast cancer; Gene Maupin, Linda Tewell’s father,

radiation treatments for lung cancer; Adele Krans,

Nicole Stegner’s aunt, cancer; Gary Molzen,

father of Jody Anderson; Pam Armentrout, David

Anderson’s friend; Mitch, Judy Williams’

colleague; Mary Shaw, the Cruea’s neighbor;

Carmie, sister of a friend of Lori Sultzer; Mother

of Cathy Lively, Mel & Leslie Addison, Helen

Johnson’s friends, Dave Wiedmar, Linda

Tewell’s cousin; John Amandes, the Olsen

family’s uncle; Lexi Evarts, great-niece of Mark

Clark; George Jones, Pastor Michael’s family

member; Wayne Neu, ongoing treatments; Craig,

Pati Ferrie’s brother-in-law, Jan Davis, Judy

Williams’s friend; Doug Thompson, Alison

Ness’ father; Lillian Sauer; Helen Johnson’s

friend, has cancer & is blind.

Continuing Prayer Needs: The victims & families of the school shooting in

Parkland, FL; Dale, friend of Judy Williams’,

health issues; Melissa Turpin, Linda Tewell’s

friend, needs a kidney; Joan Empeon, Linda

Tewell’s friend, foot surgery; Robin Odell, Linda

Tewell’s cousin, arthritis & kidney problems;

Connor, Pati Ferrie’s nephew, alcohol &

depression treatment; Karen, Pati Ferrie’s sister,

caring for son & husband; Shelley Tewell, the

Tewell’s daughter, tests; Ernie Stump, father of

Linda Tewell’s friend, rehab for back surgery;

Bonnie Church, the Cruea’s friend; Melissa’s

mother, Linda Tewell’s friend; Christine Yost,

Troy Yost’s mother; Glen Olsen, Brian’s father;

Patsy Maupin, Linda Tewell’s mother; Trey

Johnson, Helen Johnson’s son, seizures; Michael

Williams, Judy’s husband.

Prayers for Comfort in Death of Loved One: Inge Troster & family, upon the death of her

daughter-in-law, Neika; Pr. Marie & Don

Hatcher, upon the death of their son, Don Jr.;

Gladys Sneed & family upon the death of her

husband, Larry.

Pray for Our Military on Active Duty: Kevin Carter, Army Reserve; Cody Collins, TN

National Guard; Logan Dunaway, brother of Glen

Kincheloe; Sean Duncan, Tinker AFB in OK;

Weston & Ericka Lysyczyn, Altus AFB, in OK;

Drew Metelka, Mike Orton, Navy.

IN …discovering the path God has

chosen for each one of us…

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On Sunday, February 18th we welcomed

Carla & Eric Anderson, Konnie & David

Anderson, Karen & Eric Diring, and

Amanda Irvine to Advent.

March 2 Betty Spraker

March 6 Helen Marshall

March 7 Craig Summers

Sean Walker

March 8 Alison Ness

Joe Walker

March 11 Betty Rowzee

Terry Tewell

March 15 Gretchen Person

March 17 Deanna Mazur

John Wilson

March 20 Anna Dean Heiney

March 22 Jessica Carter

March 23 Richard Bates

March 25 Kendall Lively

March 27 Madelynn Mills

March 28 Jack Mazur

March 30 Jordan Ness

March 20 Kurt & Jody Anderson

March 21 Robert & Linda Fritz

March 28 Julie & Richard Seymour

March 21 Michael & Kelly Jannett

Easter Egg Hunt Palm Sunday, March 25, 9:45 – 10:30 am

We are asking for candy donations from the

congregation to make this event successful!

Please place donations in the Narthex.

We will meet at the church on March 12th at

11:00 am in the Parlor. The book for March

is: “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik

Backman. Following our discussion, we

gather in the Fellowship Hall for lunch, so

bring a brown bag lunch – dessert is

provided! All are welcome, even if you have

not read the book! Just come and join us for

good conversation and fellowship!!!

Below is a list books we will discuss for the

next few months:

April

“Leaving Time”

by Jodi Picoult

May

“Killers of the Flower Moon”

by Peter Gann

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Books to be discussed at Book Club:

June

“The Wedding Dress”

By Carolyn Hawn

July

“Ready Player 1”

by Ernest Cline

Theology on Tap Tuesday, March 20

Join us at Puckett’s Grocery on the Square at

6:30 pm. Each month there is a topic that we

discuss. Everyone is welcome to join us!

Young Retirees We will gather on March 17th at 11:30 am.

at The Chop House on Thompson Lane.

Hank & Pat Kajetzke will be hosting this

month. Please contact them at 615-605-7716

to let them know if you will be attending.

Our confirmation group will meet at church

on Saturday, March 3rd and March 17th at

9:00 a.m.

OUT

…welcoming and accepting

all people…

Thank you for your donation of baby quilts

to Portico. Your generosity is a tremendous

blessing to our clients. We are deeply

grateful for your support.

Thank you, Portico Staff & Volunteers

Coldest Nights Program

for Women

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church has been

hosting the Coldest Nights for Women

program for 2 years. St. Paul’s provides a

drop-in emergency shelter program for

women in the community any evening the

temperatures are forecast to be below 30

degrees. The women meet at St. Margaret’s

Building on the St. Pauls’ campus for an

evening meal and spend the night in a warm

environment. Between 7 and 12 women

participate each evening Coldest Nights is

open. The shelter was open 51 days during

the 2016/17 season.

St. Paul’s is coordinating food teams on

certain days of the week to bring a simple,

warm meal to our ladies. They are reaching

out to several churches to help provide the

meal during the months of December thru

April on the nights the shelter is open.

Advent LC has committed to serving meals

on the first and third Wednesdays,

December through April. Jaime Olsen

(jaimeolsen9@gmail.com) and Toi Scott

(toicara@gmail.com) are coordinating our

efforts. Please contact one or both if you are

interested in helping to provide a meal,

deliver a meal, serve a meal, or any

combination of these things.

May God bless you as you serve!

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More Donation Opportunities for

Coldest Nights Program!!!

During the cold nights in January, a friend

of Advent shared a heartfelt experience

while serving at the Coldest Nights shelter.

The longer FB post can be seen here:

https://www.facebook.com/TheAdventChur

ch/posts/10155434454786747

… but here is a snippet of that post:

if you’re local and want to help in a

small way...please reach out.

My friend Toi and I worked the

Coldest Nights Shelter last night.

We love these women.

We go in and try to make their

evening calm. Serve them dinner. Have good

conversations and get their immediate needs

taken care of.

(Anyone can learn to do this, just ask

I know someone who can hook you up! 😉)

These ladies do not ask for a lot.

They ask for what they need.

Here are some things you can donate:

• Cough drops (being out in this

weather keeps them not feeling well)

• Ibuprofen or acetaminophen (their

bodies just hurt)

• socks (socks get worn so quickly

because they walk so much. Last

night socks were frozen because

snow had gotten in tennis shoes)

• individual lotions (this weather is

cracking their skin)

• chap sticks (the weather is cracking

their lips)

• underwear!!!!! (Least donated item.

Some women have just one pair.

Y’all. They need more than one pair.

Enough said.)

• individual shampoos/soaps (hotel

stuff is good if you travel...save them

and donate)

• hand and feet warmers

• hats gloves scarves

• plastic silverware from fast food

o (If you don’t use it...start a

bag. You can donate it to a

shelter. We will use it!!!)

• laundry detergent

• paper plates/napkins/paper towels

• blankets (they are cold to the bone

when they come in. Cold To the

bone.)

• long underwear- all sizes

• hot chocolate, coffee, tea bags

• sweat pants any size

• if you have tennis shoes or warm

boots. I can get those to people who

can use them

Please leave these donations in the narthex,

and we will let the Coldest Night folks know

we have such items.

Every time you shop at Kroger,

Advent LC can benefit, through the Kroger

Community Rewards program.

You can register online, here:

https://www.kroger.com/account/enrollCom

munityRewardsNow

Advent’s organization number is

88018, or you can simply use the system to

search for Advent Lutheran Church. If you

have questions please contact Julie Seymour

(615) 663-1952 or jcmor.js@gmail.com.

Any eligible purchase through

Amazon Smile will result in 0.5% going to

Advent. Just go to: http://smile.amazon.com/

and choose us as your charity.

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Staff

Pr. Michael Jannett, Pastor Pastor@TheAdventChurch.com

Pr. Gretchen Person, Organist / Pastoral

Assistant GretchenPerson@gmail.com

Linda Magnuson, Office Administrator

Office@TheAdventChurch.com

Ms. Ali Clark, LYFE Coordinator Ali@TheAdventChurch.com

Mrs. Kelly Jannett, Music Director

Kelly@TheAdventChurch.com

Mr. Troy Yost, Encounter Band Leader Troy@TheAdventChurch.com

Ms. Nikki Spence, Nursery Attendant

Nikki@TheAdventChurch.com

Congregational Council Members

Name Officers Terms end

June 30th

Richard Bates President 2019 Terry Tewell Vice Pres. 2019 Toi Scott Secretary 2019 Leigh Ann Maxwell Treasurer 2018

At-Large Members Pati Ferrie Property 2018 Kevin Compton Worship/Music 2018 Jamie Olsen Christian Ed 2019 Lynn Andrews 2019 Tim Wegmeyer 2019 Jack Nelson 2019 Lara Gehrke Youth 2018

Committee Chairpersons Evangelism Open Property Brian Olsen Worship & Music Jon Evans Christian Ed Deanna Mazur Fellowship Open Stewardship Open Youth Open

Worship Attendance Averages January 2018

MONTH YTD

2018 January 137 135

2017 January 118

Financial Report

January 2018

Total Revenue 16,548.93 16,548.93

Total Expenses 19,557.42 19,557.42

Benevolence/Mission Support SE Synod & ELCA (8%)

Regular Offerings

House of God Offerings

Regular Offerings 1,644.74 1,644.74

House of God Loan – as of 1/11/17

Interest paid - 1/1 $ 59.55

Principal paid - 1/1 $ 881.45 Principal Balance: $15,131.76

Please Note: The calendar and Worship Assistants list are attached in the same email.

Linda Magnuson

Office Administrator

Advent Lutheran Church

office@theadventchurch.com

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