September 2015

News from Advent Lutheran Church

STAFF

Rev. Jason Peterson Rev. Andrea Windsor-Peterson

Pastors

Ginny Sweeton Director of Music/ Admin. Assistant

COUNCIL

Mary Filpus-Luyckx President (Worship)

Heather Herrmann

Vice President (Education)

Scott Fiegen Secretary

(Fellowship)

Debbie Merzlak Treasurer

(Stewardship)

Jared Fischer (Property / Service)

Ann Simon

(Youth / Evangelism)

“Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know

that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.” 1 Corinthians 15:58

The first thing that comes to mind when we get into the month of September is Labor Day Weekend. Accord-

ing to the Department of Labor’s website (http://www.dol.gov/laborday/history.htm), “Labor Day, the first

Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic

achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have

made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.” Below is the first Labor Day parade held on

September 5, 1882.

September is the month that our country celebrates the gift of labor with Labor Day weekend. At Advent, we

too celebrate the gift of Labor Day weekend, but we also take it another step by joining together throughout

the community of Augusta in serving our Lord through God’s Work, Our Hands weekend, September 12th and

13th.

Our service ministry has worked tirelessly arranging for ways in which we can use our labor to do God’s work

in this world. This year there will be chances to clean up, paint buildings, fill bags of rice, make sandwiches,

help with animals, and so much more. No matter your age, strength, or abilities, there are ways you too can

participate in serving our Lord through this church-wide endeavor.

Last year was our first year participating in God’s Work, Our Hands weekend, as seen in the picture. Please

help us to grow and build on last year’s event as we continue this annual service event. As we worship and

serve together, may we always share the grace and love of God with everyone we encounter for, in the Lord,

our Labor is not in vain.

In Christ’s love,

Pastor Jason and Pastor Andrea

September Worship Schedule

Sunday, September 6 15th Sunday of Pentecost

Worship & Holy Communion 9:15 a.m.

Sunday, September 13 16th Sunday of Pentecost

Contemporary Worship & Holy Communion 9:15 a.m.

Rally Day and God’s Work, Our Hands!

Sunday, September 20

17th Sunday of Pentecost Worship & Holy Communion 8:15 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages 9:30 a.m.

Worship & Holy Communion 10:45 a.m.

Sunday, September 27

18th Sunday of Pentecost Worship & Holy Communion 8:15 a.m. Sunday School for All Ages 9:30 a.m.

Worship & Holy Communion 10:45 a.m.

Fall Small Groups!!

Women’s Small Group: “Breathe”—Second Saturday of Every Month Beginning Saturday, October 10th from 9:30am to 11:30am

Co-led by Pastor Andrea and Ginny Sweeton

Centered on DVD-based teaching from Beth Moore, Breath exam-ines the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Its title is drawn from the words of John 20:22, which records that Jesus "breathed on them and said, 'Receive the Holy Spirit.'" The booklet features fill-in-the-blank outlines to use as you follow along with the video teaching as well as lined, blank pages for recording notes from each session. It also includes writings from Moore's daughter Melissa that takes readers deeper into the teaching. (6 sessions)

Sign up in the Narthex so that books can be ordered. The cost will be $10.00. —————————————————————————————————————————--

Men’s Small Group—Third Saturday of Every Month 9:00am

Led by Pastor Jason

We will return to two worship services on Sunday, September 20th.

8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., with Sunday School for all ages at 9:30

Fellowship Events

Fellowship Coffee Hour Join us following the Worship service each Sunday in the Fellowship Hall at

10:30am.

Men’s Breakfast—3rd Sunday of each month The monthly men’s breakfast will resume on Sunday, September 20th between

the two worship services.

Potluck Fellowship Breakfast—1st Sunday of each month Beginning October 4th, the Women of Advent will be hosting a potluck

breakfast at 9:30am (between the church services) the first Sunday of every month. Each month there will be a sign-up sheet in the Narthex for volunteers to sign up to set up, clean up, bring casseroles, fruit, doughnuts, pastries, juice,

etc.

Rally Day / Catch the Spirit Sunday, September 13th at 10:30am, sponsored by the Education and Youth

Ministries. Come for Food, Fellowship, and Fun. See the sign-up in the Narthex.

Advent Book Club

The book for September is “Claude & Camille” by Stephanie Cowell.

Join us on Monday, September 28th at 7:30pm in the Adult Sunday School Room as we meet

to discuss this book. The Discussion Leader for the evening will be Ulrike Beck, and the Host-

ess will be Donna Meisner. All are welcome!

Pray for Healing & Provision

Dee Alderson, Marge Rahn, Edgar Bollinger, Ruth Neumann, Ann Furlong, Art

Suprek, Tania Hayes, Virginia Reedstrom, Joe Pravato, Elizabeth Smith,

Gertrude Dix, Carole Hope, Ed Heusinger, Sheila Eastman, Luis Lane, Conner

Marzee, Stephanie Dockins, Lynn Dillard, Austin Guidry, Charlie Boggs, Kathy

Riley, Mary Jackson, Ashley Gibbons, Carlette Dolatowski, Christine Franken,

Margaret Damm, Kathy Frank, Scott Fiegen, Michael Cartee, Rene Hopkins,

Joe Dowling

Pray for Our Deployed Military

Peggy Martin, Aaron Hanes-Dodd, Phil Lewis, Jim Coffman, Rob Gulbrandson

Pray for Comfort in Time of Grief

The Fiedler family on the death of Pastor Fred’s sister, Irene Erickson, the family

and friends of Kay Carmona

Prayer Ministry

The ELCA provides many resources through their website - topical blogs for life in the church,

prayer resources, photos, etc.

http://www.elca.org/living-lutheran/

ELCA News: http://www.elca.org/en/News-and-Events

You can subscribe to receive email news and information directly from the ELCA.

Parish Ed We welcome this year’s Sunday School teachers with thanks for your dedication

and service!

PK-K, 1-3 (Combined): Heather Herrmann and Carol Billings

Grades 4-6: Kim Hamilton and Jamie Sadenwasser

Confirmation: Pastor Jason/Pastor Andrea

High School/Young Adults: Pastor Jason/Pastor Andrea

Adult Sunday School: Mary Filpus-Luyckx

Sunday, September 20th is the first day of Sunday School at 9:30am. It will

also be Bible Sunday, when we present Bibles to 3-year-olds, 3rd graders, and

new children.

Advent YouthAdvent Youth Bring your calendars to Ministry Night on September 1st at 6:15 to help plan for the fall.

Rally Day—Sunday, September 13th. We will be hosting a picnic following the God’s Work,

Our Hands activities. Youth—don’t forget to bring a dessert to share!

Chancel Choir: Open to all adults, we rehearse on Wednesday nights at 6:30 pm. Due to all of the great new activities beginning this month, we will begin our new year of rehearsals on Wednesday, September 16, at 6:30pm.

Handbell Choir: Meets every Monday night at 6:00 pm, beginning September 14. Perfect for the hidden musician in all of us!

Anyone interested in participating in the choirs, please contact Ginny Sweeton in the church office. We look forward to a wonderful year of praising God in song!

Music NewsMusic News

Service Ministry It’s coming! It’s coming! “God’s Work, Our Hands” September 12th and 13th. In preparation for the projects on Sunday, Sept. 13th, please gather up your plastic grocery bags and toiletries for bagging and get them to church by the 13th. We always are looking for donated eye glasses and costume jewelry, and we collect the aluminum pop tops and box tops for education. If you have ordered a bright yellow T-shirt for the nationwide volunteer day, they will be at the church Sunday, August 30th. The exact amount for each order is listed in the church office, and preferred method of payment is by check made out to Advent Lutheran. Saturday’s events are painting at Pendleton King Park (see Gary Lawrence), and cleaning the

Family Promise headquarters (see Nancy Tokarska). The project at the Hu-mane Society was placed with Augusta Richmond County Animal Services. Details are posted on the church announcement board. Sunday, September 13th lunch will be hosted the Education and Youth Min-istries following our Fellowship Hall projects. Please sign up for the lunch so there will be a good head count. Sunday, September 13th will also be our quarterly Shepeard Blood Drive. Sign-up will also be on the announcement board.

Lots is going on in September and you are a vital part of it all. Come out and enjoy a weekend of worthy projects and fellowship. See you there! Volunteers who will be helping with registration for Angel Tree—there will be a brief meeting after church service in the library on September 13th. Next service ministry meeting is September 1st, 2:30pm at the church.

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Office

Closed God’s Work,

Our Hands Work

Day

6:30 Adult Choir

AA 8-9am

6:30 Adult Choir

6:15 Handbells

AA 8-9am

6:15 Handbells

AA 8-9am

Pastors’ Bible

Study

6:30pm

AA 8-9am

Pastors’ Bible

Study

6:30pm

AA 8-9am

Pastors’ Bible

Study

10:00am

Council 6:30pm

AA 8-9am,

Rally Day

God’s Work,

Our Hands

Stephen Ministry

6:30pm

AA 8-9am

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Men’s Small

Group 9:00am

AA 8-9am

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2 Services &

Sunday School

Begin

AA 8-9am

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Pastors’ Bible

Study 10:00am

Service 2:30pm

Ministry Night

6:15pm

AA 8-9am

6:15 Handbells

7:00 Book Club

AA 8-9am

AA 8-9am

Stephen Ministry

6:30pm

AA 8-9am

Property

9:00am

6:30 Adult Choir

Faithful Servants

Service Service

TimesTimes Sept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27

Assisting Ministers

8:15 9:15

Pam Tipler

9:15

Heather

Herrmann

Bobby Bisbee Lynn Reed

10:45 Mary Filpus-Luyckx Tom Alderson

Lectors

8:15 9:15

Maggie Heaney

9:15

Jared Fischer

Nancy Bickley Zachary Hubble

10:45 Debra Brown Sam Taylor

Communion

Assistants

8:15 9:15

Mary Suprek

9:15

Di Hamilton

Patty Williams Pam Tipler

10:45 Gayle Ricklefs Marcy Jimenez

Acolytes /

Crucifers

8:15 9:15

Stormi Hubble /

Zach Hubble

9:15

Lilly Summers /

Nikki Fiegen

Sophie Van Bladel /

Max Van Bladel

Ina Prescott /

Holly Sadenwasser

10:45 Marissa Goodrich /

Samantha Jimenez

Kate Peterson /

Niki Whitaker

Ushers

Early: Joe Pravato

706-447-4308

Late: Steve Merzlak

706-855-8006

8:15

9:15

Art Rahn,

Jared Fischer

9:15

Bobby Bisbee,

Linda Lawrence

Maria & Joe Pravato Don & Mable

Plueger

10:45 James Brown,

Steve Merzlak

Sam Jimenez,

Mary Filpus-Luyckx

Greeters

8:15 9:15

Maggie Heaney,

Lisa Cheek

Gary & Linda Law-

rence Dieter & Ulrike Beck

9:15

Bob & Diana

Perry 10:45 Erin & Sam Taylor Scott & Paris Fiegen

Flowers Given By

Dale Reedstrom

in memory of Jan

Reedstrom

Carole Hope in

memory of Al Hope

Missionary Support Given By *Sign up in the Narthex*

Hospital/Shut In Minister

Martha Ostendorff 706-736-8673 Jackie Voss Patty Williams Martha Ostendorff Alice Glisson

Visitor of Visitors Linda Lawrence,

Shirley Chipman Di Hamilton

Donna Meisner,

Patty Williams

Don & Mable

Plueger

Fellowship Coffee Hour Coffee only Rally Day Advent Men Coffee only

Eternal Candles Given By *Sign up in the Narthex*

Altar Guild

Maria Pravato 706-447-4308 Early/Saturday: Barbara Plumley Late: Heather Herrmann

3232 Washington Road

Augusta, GA 30907

Phone: 706-860-0439

Web: adventaugusta.org

Email: advluch@adventaugusta.org

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Final Deadline For

October Newsletter

Entries is Sept. 21st!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

9-4 Shannon Berge

9-5 Ginnie Frabizio

9—6 Suzanne Lamb

9-7 Carole Hope

Susan Ditslear

Kate Peterson

Jan Puczkowski

9-8 Heather Herrmann

9-10 Ken Voss

9-15 Joe Pravato

Laura Moran

9-16 Linda Lawrence

9-23 Ray Schneider

9-24 Jamie Sadenwasser

9-25 David Roth

9-26 Mike Teffeteller

Any Freitas

9-27 John Burnette

9-27 Jim Plumley

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

9-1 Joe & Maria Pravato

9-4 Gary & Leslie Heavener

9-5 Paul & Angie Hubble

9-7 Ken & Jackie Voss

9-8 Don & Mable Plueger

9-12 Billy & Karen Smith

Ted & Karen DeVilbiss

9-23 Jeff & Robin Keller