Advent LutheranCommunity Update

April 19, 2019

Upcoming DatesClick here for our complete calendar

Chancel Choir

Mem bers of Adv ent’s Chancel Choir

are inv ited to take the com m union

elem ents to the altar for recognition

of y our stewardship at Adv ent and to

receiv e a blessing from Pastor

Warner. Read m ore about the

Chancel Choir...

Good Friday

April 1 9 at 7 :3 0 P.M. Good Friday is a

day to m ark the suffering and death

of Christ and our redem ption.

Worship will include scripture,

pray er, and the m usic of Gabriel

Fauré’s Requiem perform ed by

Adv ent's Festiv al Chorus and

orchestra.

Easter Vigil

This is the night! Saturday ev ening,

April 20 at 7 :3 0 P.M., is the first

joy ous celebration of Easter. The

congregation will gather outside near

the front door as the New Fire is lit.

We process with candles lit from the

Paschal candle into the sanctuary

and hear the Easter

Proclam ation sung. Groups or

fam ilies from our congregation will

creativ ely present stories from the

Old Testam ent, which trace God’s

sav ing acts. On this night there will

be a baptism , and we all can affirm

our baptism s. Then, we together

bring out the Easter decorations and

celebrate the first Holy Com m union

of Easter. There will be a festiv e

reception for all at the end of the

worship serv ice, and s’m ore’s from

the fire.

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday is April 21 , with

festiv al worship serv ice at 9:3 0 A.M.

The alleluias will abound and the

Chancel Choir and strings will share

Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughn

William s.

Easter Potluck &Fellowship

This y ear on Easter Sunday , we are

inv iting the fam ilies from Learning

and Lov ing Center (our second

quarter m ission) and the BCAC m usic

program to com e to serv ice and share

in the fun afterwards. We’ll hav e a

potluck brunch, egg hunt, and

crafts. Please bring a dish to share

and a dozen stuffed plastic eggs per

each child in attendance in y our

fam ily . Turn in y our dish and eggs

before serv ice. The older Adv ent

y outh will hide the eggs. View the

flyer.

Register for BCACSpring Session

Register now for the spring session of

the Belov ed Com m unity Arts Center

which begins May 4. Experienced

m entors will lead classes on Saturday

m ornings. Children in grades 1 -1 2

are inv ited to participate in learning

to play guitar, hand drum s, v iolin

and singing.

Childcare PositionOpen

Adv ent Lutheran is currently seeking

a childcare worker who will keep the

infants and y oung children of the

congregation safe and prov ide good

and appropriate care for them during

worship and hour on Sunday

m ornings, and potentially during

other group m eetings during the

week, subject to the prov ider’s

av ailability . Read more...

Annual Food &FellowshipBBQ/Auction

Ev ery one is inv ited to our Annual

Food & Fellowship BBQ/Auction. We

need y our participation to achiev e

our goal for our sound sy stem update.

Please m ark y our calendars and com e

join us on Sunday , April 28th at 4:00

P.M. Tickets are on sale after church

in the narthex. The Adv ent y outh

will also be fundraising at the BBQ

with a bake sale and all proceeds will

go towards the sound sy stem update.

Read more about the Annual Food &

Fellowship BBQ...

Guardian AngelTraining

AMMPARO (Accom pany ing Migrant

Minors (and their fam ilies) with

Protection, Adv ocacy ,

Representation, and Opportunity ) is

com ing to SF to do a training with

v olunteers who want to be court

observ ers and accom pany folks with

asy lum cases in SF Im m igration

Court. This im m igration court in San

Francisco is the only im m igration

court between Los Angeles and

Portland. The Sierra Pacific Sy nod

AMMPARO Team is offering Guardian

Angel training at St. Mark’s Lutheran

in San Francisco on May 1 8th from 9

am - 1 2 noon, 1 1 1 1 O'Farrell Street

(between Franklin and Gough). Please

RSVP for training at 41 5-294-1 83 2 or

em ail at FLeBAS@ses.plts.edu.

Food of the Month

Adv ent collects non-perishable food

for the Reach Out food bank at St.

Catherine Church in Morgan Hill.

Food of the m onth for April is canned

fruit and juice. Other item s welcom e

any tim e are: hearty soups, chili with

m eat, tuna, pasta, rice, peanut

butter, jam , beans, and ev en baby

diapers. Item s can be placed in the

white wire baskets near the office at

Adv ent.

Second QuarterMission

Adv ent’s second quarter m ission

project will concentrate on assisting

the Learning and Lov ing Education

Center in Morgan Hill. The center

focuses on teaching skills, foster

hopes, and prov ide direction to adult

im m igrant wom en and their children

liv ing in the surrounding low and

extrem ely low incom e areas of our

local com m unity which are hom e to a

high concentration of isolated;

m arginalized, illiterate and

underserv ed wom en and children.

For m ore inform ation please contact

Kathy Panzica at 83 1 -801 -1 51 1 or

kathyjpanzica@gmail.com.

Palm Sunday Sermon

If y ou were unable to attend worship

this past Sunday , or would like to

relisten to last week's serm on, please

click here to listen. Additionally , y ou

are welcom e to share this serm on

with friends and fam ily . To v iew past

serm ons, please v isit http://advent-

lutheran.org/about/sermonrecordings/

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