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Parish-Wide Prayer Begins
Our praying together as a parish family begins Sunday (September 24). Using the Devotions and Prayers booklet as a guide, we invite everyone of all ages to pray for the Advent. Whether you do it alone in the morning, catch a few minutes at lunch, pray as a family at dinner, or as the last […]
Six Weeks of Prayer: Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Most of the words we use concerning worship in the Bible either regard temple worship or heavenly worship. Otherwise, “worship words” are used figuratively. In a word, the vocabulary pertaining to temple worship is not translatable to our Sunday gatherings. One often hears talk about church being worship, our buildings being sanctuaries, and the Lord’s […]
What Is the Bible Doing to Me?
A Word from Canon Hicks in the October 1, 2017, Adventurer Reading and studying the Bible, if we’re not careful, can downgrade into mere knowledge acquisition. Sometimes, we can avoid a true encounter with the living, active word of God, settling for the much easier enterprise of collecting Bible facts. For example, I can know […]
Oct 11: Women’s Fall Luncheon
All ladies of the Advent and their guests are invited to a fall luncheon on Wednesday, October 11, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Clingman Commons. Our speaker will be Chantal Mbanda, who will be visiting us that week from the Shyira Diocese in Rwanda, where her husband is bishop. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to […]
Teen Volunteers Needed for Children’s Ministries
Arts & Crafts, Bible Adventures Volunteers We are in the process of recruiting teen volunteers to help with the children in Arts and Crafts and Bible Adventures. When the children are dismissed from Church, they either go to Arts and Crafts, Bible Adventures or Children’s worship. Please let us know if your teen would be […]
DBB 9.19.2017: Nabeel Qureshi
Nabeel Qureshi had a remarkable ministry. I would encourage you to ‘google’ this saint of God and rejoice in his ministry to non-believers, especially Muslims. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. (2 Cor. 5:8) http://rzim.org/global-blog/nabeel-qureshi-1983-2017/ – Andrew
Music to the Sinner’s Ears
From the September 24, 2017, Adventurer My childhood and early adulthood were truly secular and “New Age.” I drank heavily from the creeds of no absolute truth; truth is true when it’s true for you; all paths lead to the same god; it doesn’t matter what you believe as long as you’re sincere; whatever makes […]
Letter from the Headmaster
Dear Advent Parishioners, The Cathedral Church of the Advent has long accepted its need to share the good news of the gospel, but I would like to encourage you also to share the good news of Advent Episcopal School by following our blog. As with any association, business, school or church, the primary reason that […]
Advent Trip to the UK (July 2018)
Following our great trip to Germany last summer, we hope you will consider traveling with Andrew Pearson, Gil Kracke, and other Adventers next summer, as we take an historical and theological tour of our Anglican roots: July 14-22, 2018. The Advent’s own history runs towards and away from much of the history of England and […]
DBB 9.09.2017: Majority Protestants Are (Maybe) Not Protestant?
I knew this, but this Pew survey grieves me as I didn’t realize it was so widespread. If people keep asking me why we make such a big deal out of the Reformation at the Advent, here’s your answer. Or rather, why we talk about Christ as our only mediator and the Bible as God’s […]
What Dads Need to Know About Their Daughters
What Does a Dad Need to Understand About A Daughter: The Questions of a Girl’s Heart Men’s Breakfast, Thursday, September 28th, 6:45 a.m., at Cranmer House On Thursday, September 28, at 6:45 a.m., at Cranmer House, author, counselor, and youth pastor Liz Edrington will speak to fathers of daughters. She will give insights into the […]
News About Our Visioning Process
A Word from the Dean in the September 17, 2017, Adventurer With our new program year underway, I am excited to share with you about our visioning plan, and what we have to look forward to as a parish family in the coming weeks. Three booklets – This Sunday, three book- lets will be available […]
Not As Grim Stoics
A Word from Canon Smalley in the September 10, 2017, Adventurer One of my mother-in-law’s sayings is, “Keep on keeping on.” She is a faithful woman for whom I am grateful and I know this sentiment is well intended, but for years I was never quite sure what to do with it. But perhaps with the […]
DBB 9.07.2017: South Carolina Mediation
This is an answer to prayer. Please join with me in praying that God would work through this process, especially the hearts of those involved, and bring an end to the legal battle in South Carolina. – Andrew http://livingchurch.org/2017/09/06/s-c-parties-to-try-mediation/
Two Concert Series Events in October
David Higgs, organ Friday, October 13, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. Free Admission “Mr. Higgs’ outstanding virtues are three: very secure finger work, an unusual sense of tempo that is at once buoyant and rock-steady, and an imaginative judgment of organ registrations that subtly exploits a wide range of effects but never insists on showing us […]