Online Worship
May 15, 2022 – The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Revelation 21:1-6
John 13:31-35
Advent Connections
Our Community
Welcome to the Advent Lutheran Church online community. We are so happy you have found our spot on the web! You can join us for worship in person or online Sundays at 10:00 a.m. with additional services for the Lenten season. Please check out the Lenten Calendar on the left side of this page for a link to all the dates and times. We continue to worship in the Fellowship Hall through the month of March with masks optional and anticipate moving to the sanctuary on April 3rd assuming Covid numbers continue to hold or decline. We will continue to stream services for those who are not yet ready to gather in groups. Links to Sunday worship will be posted here to our YouTube channel each week at 9:40.
You will note our focus on racial and social justice work inspired by our shared desire to do a better job using our voices and our resources in this area. Check out our new page under the Outreach & Support tab to learn all the ways you can get informed and plug in to make a difference.
Keep checking back for new content and let us know if there is something you would like to see or hear from us by sending suggestions to the Church Administrator with the email subject “Suggestion for Content”.
Our Neighbor’s Plate
Click here to read a featured article in
the NC Synod Leader e-News about
Our Neighbor’s Plate ministry
at Advent Lutheran Church.
A Little About Us
Meet Our Pastor
WARD MISENHEIMER
I never imagined being ordained (I’m sure it was a shock to many others, too!), much less serving as a pastor at Advent for almost 13 years! But, now I can’t imagine being anywhere. This congregation has watched me grow as a pastor and extended much grace to me when I’ve completely dropped the ball. We have celebrated together when goals have been attained. They have loved me in the midst of the ups and downs of life. And I hope that I’ve shared as much grace and love with them as I have experienced.
Advent is blessed to have the liturgical art of Ernst Schwidder in our sanctuary. These three pieces, the reredos, altar and pulpit, are beautiful pieces that add to our worship each week. His mahogany wood sculpting is easily recognizable for its long, lean, flowing lines, as well as for its idiosyncratic uppercase lettering of Scripture passages. In the craft of an artist, Schwidder did not intend to produce lifelike images, but to design through wood carving and other media visual theological truth apropos to the church setting and ministry in which his work had been commissioned.
The body of Jesus on this cross is not dying – it is the risen Christ. His hands indicate a servant posture as he returns to serve the world, which is reflected in the circle behind the cross. The clouds at the top of the circle show Jesus “coming on the clouds” – this proclaims Jesus as the bridge between heaven and earth. There are 8 stars. The center star is the “morning star” from Revelation 2:28 heralding the dawn and representing resurrection. The other seven stars represent the Christian churches in Asian Minor from Revelation. As John was instructed to write to these churches, we ponder what John would have to write about Advent today as we strive to live into the light and love of the resurrected Christ.