Please join us for our First Wednesday Dinner on September 1.Dinner will be served beginning at 5:45pm and continuing until 6:15pm. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 per child, with a $15 max per family.Please call our voice mailbox 504-3680 by Monday, August 30th so Gail will be able to plan.
Ministries Fair and Lunch - Sunday, August 29
Plans are well under way for our annual Ministries Fair and Lunch.We hope everyone can come and we hope everyone will take this opportunity to volunteer for something that interests you.There will be many options available and the church needs us all in order to function. You may come visit the booths after the 8:00am service and any time before and after the 10:00am service.Our nursery will open that day at 8:45am for your convenience.Lunch will begin after the 10:00am service.Gail, Craig, and Billy are cooking a delicious lunch and donations will be accepted for your meal.In order for them to plan, we need for you to call 504-3683 and make your reservation as soon as possible. We will also honor Mary Mill's dedicated service to the church.
Baby Boomers Fellowship
It's time for us to get back together! Plan to join us Friday, September 17 at 7:00pm at David Graham's home. Bring your favorite dish and your favorite beverage! David will have tea and water. We'll hope be outside, so dress comfortably.
David lives at 124 Burnett Drive, fourth house on the right off Woodburn Road. It's surrounded by a short, white brick wall. If you get lost, call 583-5836.
Please call that same number (or email David at
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) to let him know if you can come or if you have any questions.
EPISCOPALS
If you are an Advent member or guest who is 50+ years old, you are invited to our first EpiscoPals luncheon of the year on Sept. 8 at 11:45am in Dining Room A. Our speaker will be Mr. Fletcher Thompson, attorney and former FBI agent. Fletcher is the father of Advent member Jim Thompson and father-in-law of Mia Hodge Thompson. A retired FBI agent in charge of the Kennedy Assassination Investigation, he will be speaking on some aspect of the investigation.
He is now a practicing attorney, specializing in adoptions. Please call 504-3682 for lunch reservations.
Food Basket for September
Total Ministries
Eyes on Ecuador
Webster's defines "mission" as a body of persons sent to perform a service or carry on an activity. A team is defined as "a set of people working together for a common goal." Join the Advent "mission team" as we head to Ecuador October 23-30. We will join together to increase our awareness of how Christ works beyond our own borders, to strengthen the Advent community support of being mission minded (both local and foreign) and to support our own Advent missionaries in their field of work.
You have been most generous during the drive to collect school supplies for students at MaryH.WrightElementary School, and your participation is greatly appreciated. This drive continues until August 8. You may donate pens, pencils, notebooks, loose-leaf paper, crayons, etc. purchased anywhere. Collection boxes will be located in the narthex, the ParishLifeCenter, and the church office.For your convenience, the Advent Shoppe will sell special $15 bags of supplies put together for this drive.
Last year, the school supplies donated by parishioners met a real need, and that need is even greater this year.
School began again for Wright students on July 19. This is a particularly goodtime to volunteer to visit the school regularly as a mentor, reading buddy, or homework helper. Contact the Croslands at 591-2234 or
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for more information.
Visit the Mary H. Wright display at the Ministries Fair on August 29. Thanks for your continuing support of this ministry.
During the period May 3rd to August 2nd, ten parishioners gave blood: Becky Bagwell, Miller Brice, Cary Clark, Dillard Copeland, Lisa Fields, Jim Hall, Ellen King, John Krydynski, Linda McGee, and Bob Shelor. (Five donated during Operation Blood Drive).In addition, Rick Dent (10), Tim Fields (4), and Craig Williams (14) donated 28 plateletpheresis units, and Cymbal donors were Alan Duesterhaus (2) and Dave Pittman (2).Gus Allen V, Lisa Fields, Tim Llewelyn, Keenan Mullen, Joy Oates, Bob Shelor, and Ernie Stringer are within one pint of their next gallon.The Bloodmobile will be parked on Advent Street on Sunday, September 5th from 8:30am to 11:15am.Shelby Clarke
MHW Newsletter August 2010