Spiritual Gifts of Advent

All Adventurers (and other curious souls)!
Take the online Spiritual Gifts Assessment , print your results, write your name on it and bring it to the church office (or Pastor Marc’s box in the Gathering Room).   You may take the Assessment online OR you can print a copy and circle your responses… and submit your responses.   [...]

Advent’s Leadership – Church Council

The following were  installed as 2010-2011 Advent’s Council on Sunday, May 23
President: Cyndy Rearick
Vice-President: Al Peet
Secretary: Karen Dittmar
Treasurer: Kent Besley
Congregational Life: Tom Hilsberg
Education: Teresa Thigpen
Finance: Sonja Kraus
Parish Life: Linda Ness
Personnel: Linda Guidry
Property: Tim Bartin
Servant Ministry: Jane Owens
Stewardship: Pete Carlon
Worship & Music: Kristi Durst
Youth & Children: Joe Carpenter
Endowment: Dave Butcher
Benevolence: Dick Wentzel
Advent Christian Preschool (ACP): [...]

Link to Church Calendar

Here’s a quick link to the church calendarpage.
You may also find the calendar under the RESOURCES tab on the homepage.
Blessed browsing!

Advent’s 2010 Graduates

Congratulations and blessings to Advent’s 2010 Graduates!
High School:
HILLARI BARNES
CHRISTOPHER BODE
BAILEY BROWN
TREY CARPENTER
MELISSA CATHERMAN
KARA MANGUM
MARIANNA OWENS
HEATHER BROWN

Undergraduates & Post-Graduates:
LAUREN DOW WEGNER
LEAH DOW
AARON FENTON
LANDON LUDWICK
LIBBY RANDALL
TERESA THIGPEN
JONATHAN WIMPY

Stray Thoughts – Noralyn Carpenter

JUST ONE MORE SURPRISE
By Noralyn Carpenter, Music & Worship Minister
We will sing “Borning Cry” (I was there to hear your borning cry) May 16 – Baccalaureate Sunday. It’s one of those texts that makes some people all ooshy-gooshy inside; and makes others want to gag over its sentimentality. Perhaps both groups hear the opening line, [...]

Thoughts for the Journey – Pastor Joel

“Dying and Living”
As most of you know, my last parent died a couple of weeks ago, and I buried both my mom and my dad (who died 15 years ago) at DFW National Cemetery last Friday. I don’t think it has sunk in yet when one has lost the final parent. I’m an orphan, in [...]

2010 Church Woman of the Year

Congratulations to Lois Paulsen who received the honor of being Advent’s 2010 Woman of the Year.
Lois was recognized during worship on Mother’s Day and the congregation celebrated with her during a reception following worship.
Praise to God for the witness of dedicated servants of Jesus Christ!
Linda Ness (06); Donetta Ludwick (05); Dianna Hair (04); Dolores Trokey [...]

Stray Thoughts by Noralyn Carpenter

By Noralyn Carpenter, Minister of Worship & Music
2002. It was the best of times… it was the worst of times…
WORST because that’s the summer I got a bad medical report and spent the summer navigating the landscape of tests and waiting and more tests and surgery. And two weeks – to the day – after [...]

Thoughts for the Journey – Your Comments Appreciated by Pr. Joel

Your Comments Appreciated
I just completed some cottage meetings with congregational members, and a different series of cottage meetings with those concerned about the youth program at Advent.
We are in the midst of some difficult times at Advent, considering we’ve lost members for four reasons in the last year:

1. The church-wide social statement on human sexuality
2. [...]

Thoughts for the Journey – by Pastor Joel

THOUGHTS FOR THE JOURNEY
Saved by Grace
I recall, maybe a year or so ago, reading about a German businessman who became a member of the Hindu faith. The newspaper article mentioned that he had completed his conversion by piercing his cheeks with a 1/4 inch wide, four-foot long steel rod. Sounds horrible, doesn’t it?
Unfortunately, this didn’t [...]

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