Welcome to advent Lutheran CHurch!

Sunday, March 26, 2023:  Fifth Sunday in Lent


See more details about our worship each Sunday (and some weekdays as well!) at our Sunday Themes and Special Events page. 


Our Winter / Spring Worship Schedule: 8:30 am and 11:00 am Worship, 9:45 am Education Hour is in effect. Details below.


Any worship services that are live-streamed or pre-recorded at our YouTube Channel are available to join, restart, or stream at your convenience any time after the start of the service.  


Joining our worship online? Bulletins for current and recent services are available HERE.


For any Worship Service involving Communion: We have returned to using real bread and wine (and grape juice).  If you desire to commune with us but are not comfortable returning to bread and wine at this time, communion packets containing a wafer and grape juice are available.  Individually wrapped gluten-free wafers are also available.  As another option, please feel free to bring your own communion elements (bread in some form, and wine or grape juice); you may bring them forward to be blessed before communing if you wish.  More details on our Worship page. 

Coming Up:  

  • Wednesday Evenings during Lent (March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2023): Soup Suppers (6:30 pm) followed by Lenten Worship (7:30 pm) featuring Holden Evening Prayer and presentations by our Confirmands.
  • Holy Week and Easter - Christ's Passion and Resurrection:
    Palm Sunday (April 2) - Regular Sunday Worship Schedule (see below). Procession of the Palms at both Services.
    Maundy Thursday (April 6) - 7:30 pm.
    Good Friday (April 7) - 7:30 pm.
    Easter Sunday (April 9) - Sunrise Service at 6:30 am, Early Service at 8:30 am, Extended Fellowship Hour (no Education Hour) at 9:30 am, Late Service at 11:00 am.
  • Easter Egg Hunt - Saturday, April 8, at 11:00, Rain or Shine!  For children Age 1 through Fifth Grade.
  • Summer Worship Schedule (starting earlier this year than in the past): One Service at 9:30 am, May 7 through September 10, 2023.  


Check out our Newsletters page!


Current and recent issues of our church newsletter The Advocate, ELCA Global Links, the  newsletter from Bear Creek Camp, and more are now posted! 


Check out our Video and Audio Page!


Recent additions include our Christmas Eve services (3:00 pm and 9:00 pm), the Indian Valley Cluster combined Epiphany service (January 8, 2023 at Grace Lutheran, Hatfield), and our Thanksgiving Eve worship service (with Salford Mennonite Church), along with and other worship and memorial services over the past year. 



Building and Mask Use Update (As of 8/1/2022)


Based on current CDC Covid-19 Community Levels and associated masking recommendations, Advent’s council has approved the following change to our masking policy for worship and events. The change is effective immediately.

  • The wearing of masks is optional in the church building for all worship services, meetings, and events.
  • While we continue our current policy of masks optional, we invite people, while COVID cases continue, to consider wearing masks. This is especially helpful when in larger gatherings like our worship services.

Note for all Indoor events:  In keeping with the current masking-optional guidelines, to keep air circulating, windows may be open and the air conditioning or heat turned down (how far and how low will depend on the weather outside).  Please dress appropriately for a room that may be closer to the  temperature outside!


Please see our Worship page for more details, including more about current mask guidelines.   



Winter / Spring Worship Schedule (January 8 through April 30, 2023, with special schedule on Easter Sunday (April 9)): 

  • 8:30 am – Indoor Worship in the Sanctuary. This service will be live-streamed for our online audience (Available to join, restart, or stream at your convenience any time after 8:30 at our YouTube Channel).

  • 9:30 am -- Fellowship Time – In Fellowship Hall. Doors will be opened for anyone wishing to enjoy the weather outside (weather permitting, of course)!

  • 9:45 am -- Education Hour – In classrooms. Fellowship Hall and the Sanctuary.  Some classes and events may be held outdoors; watch for details.

  • 11:00 am -- Indoor Worship in the Sanctuary..

In the event of inclement weather making the roads especially hazardous, or if the township declares a weather emergency, we may go "online only," either pre-recording or live-streaming the 8:30 am Worship (or whatever service was scheduled for that day), with a congregation limited to participants, and cancelling any in-person activities at the church. Watch this page, our Worship page, and our Facebook page for weather-related notices.


Weather permitting (i.e., comfortable temperatures and dry forecast), some activities may be scheduled or moved outdoors.  Watch this page for headlines and our Worship page for details.  Please feel free to bring your own chair or a blanket to all outdoor activities (Chairs are available if you need one; ask an usher when you arrive).  Watch this Home page for any updates regarding weather-related changes to or cancellations of any Outdoor activities.  



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