Monthly Newsletter from Pastor Dawn
June 2026
Greetings Advent Lutheran Church Family,
As we ease into the summer months please be prepared to participate in the following:
Vacation Bible School | Electing new Council members | Reconciling in Christ training program.
● VBS is planned for June 22nd – 25th. If you would like to enroll a child or volunteer please connect with a youth leader. Children are our PRESENT and FUTURE.
● The Congregational meeting is June 21st and we need your attendance, please.
○ There are a few critically important open seats that without a chairperson, the church does not function smoothly (or properly).
○ We are urgently seeking a Council Secretary. We began using AI notetaking so the process has been streamlined immensely. If you have interest, please speak with Catherine Burnette. (Who by the way, is phenomenal and wise!)
● Thank you to those who attended RIC Sunday. In tandem with Pride month, Advent LC is reigniting our congregational conversations to consider our public declaration to become a Reconciling in Christ (RIC) congregation. Learn more here about why this is such an important series of conversations. https://share.google/NxqK1qvbeUdCNkQuU
The RIC Task Force is formed and will be ready to begin facilitating the training by July 1st.
If you would like to join the Task Force (short commitment) please connect with me.
● Senior’s Ministry update: Strangely, there is little response to my request for information. It is important for me to hear from our seniors so I can responsibly plan our next steps.
If you have not returned your postage paid survey please do so, or leave it in my door.
Your responses are confidential; And, since I am not a senior, I am asking for your help.
Friends, summer is a time of warmth, joy, excitement, and ease. It is true for Advent Lutheran also! And, (not but, not if, not when…) growing a church is a slow, steady, process. Collective action is our next set of steps. Summertime is the time all churches do this work, so thank you for your thoughts, prayers, ideas, conversations, questions, and support. YOU are the church,
I am blessed to be your pastor. Together, we grow and change.
“They will know us by our fruit” (Matthew 7:20)
Peace and blessings,
Pastor Dawn