Advent Lutheran Church

10/08/2026

Looking for community? Want to make beautiful music? We have a place for you in the Advent Chorale! Rehersals are on Thursday evenings and Sunday mornings. This is more than just a choir, it is a community! Interested or have questions, please reach out to our Choir Director, Aaron at [email protected]

10/08/2026

You are beloved.
You are God's own.

10/08/2026

Lets go Yankees!

10/07/2026

"No one wants to believe that even today civilian populations — including women and children — continue to be starved as part of a calculated military strategy. Even more painful to some American Christians is the thought that the United States, along with our closest ally in the Middle East, might be complicit in such unlawful and immoral acts of war. Such a suggestion could, hypothetically, provoke a crisis of faith for many Christians, especially those who view Israel in a providential light. So when a UNICEF report comes out detailing recent, significant improvements to the nutritional situation in Gaza, it can be tempting to dismiss earlier stories of famine and widespread Palestinian starvation as the exaggerations of “rabidly anti-Israel” NGOs. However, if we are to heed Jesus’s calling to be peacemakers, our response to this crisis must be twofold: call on our diplomats to negotiate an immediate end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza and implore our members of Congress to limit — or even end — arms shipments to Israel.

This response is certainly not how most politicians reacted to the news. Despite the “complex nutritional picture” the UNICEF report paints, both U.S. and Israeli governments jumped on it as proof that children in Gaza are not starving and that the UN’s August 2025 famine designation was rooted in anti-Israel prejudice. However, as a research fellow at Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) following the situation in Gaza since 2017, I noted two truths in this report. First, since the resumption of humanitarian aid following the October 2025 ceasefire, acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip has dramatically decreased. Second, there is still an ongoing nutritional crisis in Gaza, and if this aid were to be cut, conditions would likely reach famine levels again."

If we are to heed Jesus’s calling to be peacemakers, our response to this crisis must be twofold: call on our diplomats to negotiate an immediate end to Israel’s blockade of Gaza and implore our members of Congress to limit — or even end — arms shipments to Israel.

10/07/2026

This life is precious. A gift from God.

Don't be afraid to live it.

10/07/2026

Maybe the desire to make something beautiful is the piece of God that is inside each of us.
- Mary Oliver

10/07/2026

We had a pawsitively purrfect blessing of the animals on Sunday after worship!! The rain didn’t keep our smiles away!! We had pet blessings, pup-cups, pet tags, stuffie blessings, and advocacy groups!!! (We will give the stuffies & advocacy groups their own posts!)
Thank you to all the people & paws that came by to celebrate such a beautiful day with us! We thank God for you & all of creation!

10/06/2026

"In cinema, we’re able to see ourselves in stories and find spiritual truths that help guide us.

From clear biblical analogies in the lands of Narnia or Middle Earth to less obvious ones in animated tales of time travel and road trips, the big screen is alive and holy. When some films conclude and the credits roll, their ending songs are almost as heart-wrenching and true as the movies themselves. These songs pull together the films’ emotional arcs and tie together the messages of their stories. They can also be spiritually fulfilling and operate as a benediction of sorts.

Here are five end-credit songs that wish us well on our journeys long after the credits stop rolling."

Here are five movie end-credit songs that wish us well on our journeys long after the credits stop rolling.

10/06/2026

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. - Isaiah 41:10

10/05/2026

"Our not-quite-four-year-old is behind me in the Communion line. I step up, hold out my hands, readying myself to receive the bread. She follows me. I engage the ritual. We step to the side. She grabs my hand.

“I want some too.”

We get back in line.
She steps up.
She holds out her hand.

I kneel beside her. She keeps her hand outstretched.

“Can we have some bread?” I say.

He takes a beat. “Oh!”
He is befuddled. “She takes Communion?”

Yes. She takes Communion."

The church is now, y’all.