The Announcer Church of the Advent, Nashville, Tennessee January 2018 Volume 7, Issue 3

Inside This Issue: Christian Ed. Events Coming Up Fellowship Potluck

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Wrestling with Faith Rector’s Word

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EYC Update Kroger Update Self-Compassion

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Odds & Ends Save the Date Birthdays Anniversaries

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Cornelia’s Corner Bishop’s Advent Visit Thank You

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2018 Flower Chart Finance Update 2017 Pictures!

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If you would like to join 35 other Advent parishioners who have already participated in our Room in the Inn ministry since November, you are cordially invited to join us in Advent’s parish hall Saturday, January 6, 5:30 p.m. For further information, contact the church office. For our guests, we are seeking donations of men’s WARM sweaters, sweatshirts, and jackets. On Saturday night, December 2, 16 Advent parishioners hosted seven homeless men chosen by Nashville's Room in

A service of Healing, which includes the Litany of Healing and the celebration of Holy Communion, will be held at both services Sunday, January 7. Anointing and the Laying on of Hands are offered in the context of the service. Anointing provides a vivid, sacramental expres-

the Inn Campus. For the second time this season, the weather was very mild. This did not stop us from enjoying the opportunity to share our Moss Room with our guests and our fellow Adventers. It also did not deter us from enjoying meat loaves prepared by Emily Walker and Betty Douglass; potato casserole by Nancy Allen, sweet potato casserole by Carol LaNeve; green beans by Betty Douglass; ice, soft drinks and ice cream compliments of Larry Douglass; and candy furnished by Stuart Nicholson. Dale and Kathy Watney furnished the hot Sunday morning break(Continued on page 9)

sion of God's love in time of sickness and misfortune. While anointing is usually administered for physical illness, we also anoint for the healing of mind, body and soul. The New Testament makes it clear that anointing, accompanied by prayer, was used for healing.

AN Advent Music Ministry Concert Join us at Church of the Advent in the sanctuary Sunday, January 28 at 4:00 p.m. for “PSALM 23 A Cantata” presented by Waldemar Wensell and the Church of the Advent Choirs. The program will include: “Prayer” for cello; “Three Hymn Arrangements” for bells; “Psalm 23” and “Advent Cantata” for choir and piano. All compositions by our Music Director, Waldemar Wensell. Come and enjoy this great event. This will be a perfect opportunity to invite all your friends and relatives.

Christian Formation Opportunities 

Sundays at 9:15 a.m.  Adult Bible Study The Bible study group is studying the First Book of Peter and gather in the library.  Lectio Divina Contemplative Prayer Lectio Divina is a contemplative method for studying Scripture using silence, meditation, and prayer. They gather in the Bride’s Room. Newcomers welcome.  Faith & Film A youth-led exploration of media and faith in the Chapter Room.  Godly Play for children 5 – 105 We welcome all ages. Parents are especially welcome to stay with their children. Godly Play is based on Montessori principles and brings Bible stories to life via storytelling, our sense of wonder, and active play.

Midweek Prayer Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. Lectio Divina gather in the Bride’s room. Visitors welcome, you need not commit to attending every week.  Midweek Eucharists Three midweek Eucharists are available at Church of the Advent and generally last 20-25 minutes: Mondays, 10:00 a.m. and Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. are held in the parish hall, Chapter Room, and noon Wednesdays in the Sanctuary. All are invited to attend.  Midweek Bible Studies Monday mornings at 10:30 a.m., we spend an hour or so looking in depth at the book of Psalms. Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. we spend an hour or so looking in depth at the Gospel of Luke. All Adventers and all friends of Adventers are invited to attend.

There will be no OUTREACH presentation in January. The Outreach committee will be meeting in January to set plans for 2018. They welcome any new members interested in helping to enhance our outreach ministry.

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Saturday, January 6, 7:30 a.m. the Men’s Club will gather in the parish hall for breakfast and a meeting. All men of Advent, young and old, are encouraged to attend and welcome to bring a guest. Sunday, January 7, 1:30 p.m. we will worship with the residents of The Fountains, a retirement complex in Franklin. All are welcome to join us! If you have questions about this ministry, contact the church office.

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Tuesday, January 16, 7:00 p.m. the Parenting Adult Children Forum will gather in the library. They meet to discuss some of the challenges facing us as our relationships change with our grown children or even grandchildren. All are welcome! Conversations are confidential. Thursday, January 18, 7:00 p.m. the Chapter of the Holy Spirit will meet in the library. They are reading The Thirteen Apostles. Please read chapter 10 for the meeting. They are a women’s book club. All are welcome!

In 2018, Church of the Advent will come together to share fellowship and a meal on the third Sunday of every month. Our first potluck will be Sunday, January 21 after the 10:30 a.m. worship. Join us for good food, fellowship, and fun! We are ADVENT and we are FAMILY, join us!

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Wrestling With faith COME TO WRESTLING WITH FAITH We actually have FUN at Wrestling With faith! Every 4th Thursday, 7:00 p.m. in the library Why? We are FRIENDS! We LIKE each other. The discussions are friendly, sometimes funny and sometimes serious, but always INTERESTING! Everybody joins in.

We always have a jug of wine to lubricate our gabbing. We often SOLVE somebody’s problem with faith. We welcome DOUBTERS because faith without doubt isn’t faith, it’s just not thinking. We want young people—we like the way they think. We keep our conversations CONFIDENTIAL— within our group: you can say ANYTHING. Group agitators: Robert “Pretty Boy” McMillan Jim “Mr. Mystified” Martin

We can get serious when we have to. We don’t let anyone monopolize the conversations. We can be funny when we feel like it.

- Jim Martin

Rector’s Word Vestry News The Advent Vestry transitioned as announced on December 17. Both the outgoing 2017 Vestry and incoming 2018 Vestry met in an extended session to share thoughts, ideas, history, and events that led the Vestry to some of its decisions. The bulk of the meeting was tied up in a discussion of the budget. Although the stewardship campaign this year is far ahead of last year’s effort at this time, thanks to the hard work of Vicki Markham, both vestries were forced to deal with the likelihood of a budget deficit for the upcoming year. After significant discussion, the Vestry made the decision to cut the salaries of every member of the staff. Brian†, Tina, Lisa, and Waldemar all had their pay significantly reduced. While the Vestry recognized the painful effects of such measures on the staff and their morale, it also recognized that there were no bloated areas in the budget that could be further trimmed. The Vestry also reaffirmed its commitment not to take on any significant expenses until the 2017 deficit is repaid. The Vestry also took care of some organizational work. Brian† presented those rotating off the Vestry, Candida Bannister, Gregg Conroy, Leslie DiNella, Jim Martin, and Ron Taylor, with a bottle of port and the encouragement to spend some of their new-found

time in a bit of relaxation, Episcopal style. Also during the meeting, new officers were elected to serve for the year. Anne Williams was elected Senior Warden; Mark Markham was elected Junior Warden; Hunter McCarty was elected Treasurer; and Tina Tsui was elected Clerk. The Vestry elected Gregg Conroy, Christian Niemeyer, and Tina Tsui to serve as delegates to Diocesan Convention, and Billy Ballard, Mary-Clyde Sparks, and Anne Williams to serve as alternates. As always, the minutes, after approval, are available in the Parish Hall, and Adventers are encouraged to speak with any members of the Vestry or Brian† regarding the business of the parish. Advent Missional Cohort What is the cohort? What does the cohort do? The great news is that Adventers are asking questions. The bad news, of course, is that Adventers have missed the discussions and conversations about the cohort and its work for the past year. As most Adventers know, Holly† was selected to the Missional Leadership Cohort, a joint Lutheran-Episcopal structured leadership community that offers teaching, leadership, and accountability within a supervised peer-group setting that helps churches adapt its missions to the communities that have changed around them. For those interested in (Continued on page 8) 3

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Faith and Film: A youth-led exploration of media and faith on Sundays from 9:15 - 10:15 a.m. in the Chapter Room;  First Sundays: Sunday, January 7 A gathering of middle and high school students from 5-7:00 p.m. on the first Sunday night of the month for fun, service, and engaging life with God.

Upcoming: (adults needed to organize/chaperone)  February 13: Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper  April 21: Diocesan Service Day  April 27-29: Intergenerational Retreat  2018 Camp Gailor-Maxon at at DuBose Conference Center. To learn more, visit www.duboseconferencecenter.org/campgailormaxon

Free Money For Advent Seventeen (1 more than last quarter!!!) Adventers who shopped at Kroger between September and November have contributed $93.99 to Church of the Advent by simply linking their Kroger rewards card to Church of the Advent. Let’s keep the Kroger Rewards coming! Re-enroll for 2018! Each participant currently signed up to support Church of the Advent will be required to reenroll your Kroger Plus card on an annual basis at www.krogercommunityrewards.com (or at your Kroger’s customer service counter) and link your reward card to Church of the Advent (NPO #56994). If you are a frequent shopper at Kroger and want to help Church of the Advent benefit, simply go to:

www.krogercommunityrewards.com and link your reward card to Church of the Advent (NPO #56994). If you do not have online access, simply go to the customer service counter at Kroger and tell them you would like to link your card to the NPO# given above. Every time you shop, a portion of your bill will be donated to Church of the Advent. There is NO additional cost to the shopper! If you do not have a Kroger rewards card, simply request one either online or ask for one the next time you shop at Kroger and be sure they link it to Church of the Advent (NPO #56994). Your enrollment in Community Rewards does need to be renewed each year. If you registered online and they have your email, they will email you a reminder. Otherwise, you may renew online or by visiting the customer service counter. You will need to give them the

THE IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICING SELF-COMPASSION By Joel Van Brocklin What Is Self-Compassion? In many of my blogs and articles, I mention the idea of selfishness vs. self-compassion. While I do suggest that it is important to know the difference between the two, I haven’t often provided any insight into what that difference would be. Selfishness is pretty easy to understand and define. But self-compassion is a completely different beast altogether.

So what is self-compassion? The idea of self-compassion is best understood by looking at the concept of loving your neighbor, but in reverse. If you have read a lot of my work you know that I talk about “love thy neighbor” pretty much ad nauseam. Again, this is because I believe it is one of the most important things you will ever do. Apart from (Continued on page 5) 4

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us loathe our bad habits, or feel ashamed by something we’ve done, or perhaps still do. I’m not about to tell you that those things are okay. Bad habits are bad for a reason. You feel ashamed by something you do most likely because you shouldn’t be doing it. Those things need to change. But they won’t change if you don’t care about the person doing those things. And, to be honest, I don’t think you can really comprehend how those things affect others without first understanding how they affect you.

loving God, nearly everything else that is good comes from adhering to this commandment. To love your neighbor as yourself doesn’t mean to treat others as you would like to be treated. It means treat them as you actually do treat yourself. In essence, it truly means to reserve the same kind of compassion for others that you reserve for you. But then the question becomes, “how do you treat you?” Indeed, if you do not treat yourself well – if you do not consider your own intent or your own heart (or health) – then when you treat others as you treat yourself, you aren’t likely to treat them very well at all. This means you have a responsibility to know and love yourself, before you can apply that to the idea of loving others.

Self-compassion, then, is about digging deeply underneath, unearthing who you are and revealing it to yourself. And beyond that, it’s about becoming comfortable with it. Not comfortable “it’s okay”, but comfortable “this is who I am”. Only then can you love yourself enough to do something about it – to want for yourself.

So if compassion is actively getting to know and love others – giving the benefit of the doubt, seeing through to the intent and so on – then selfcompassion is the act of getting to know and love you.

The Beauty In Self-Compassion One of my favorite things in the entire world is to see someone embrace who they are. This is me. I’m not perfect. I’m rough around the edges. There are things I will always be working to improve. But I love me! I’m comfortable enough to be able to show who and what I am to the world, warts and all. I know who I am underneath. I know my intentions, my wants and needs, as well as my limitations and how to overcome them.

What It Means To Know And Love Yourself I understand that God knows each and every one of us more than we could ever know ourselves. While the expectation is not to know ourselves quite as deeply, it is to try and live by the same example. Of note, myself and many others tend to use the phrase “God is Love.” So even God must love Himself before He can then love others. He must know who He is before He can know who anyone else is.

God made us all to be something special. Embracing that specialness is part of self-compassion. It is, in many ways, an act of accepting what God created and being thankful for it. It is then moving that idea the next logical step forward and taking care of that thing God created.

In that same sense, you must know and love who you are before you can truly know and love others. For some, that’s easy enough to do. And we’ll get to that. But for most of us, knowing and loving ourselves is actually rather difficult. Sometimes it’s uncomfortable, or even painful.

The Difference Between Selfishness And SelfCompassion You might argue that this idea of self-compassion is great and all, but isn’t this kind of inward focus akin to selfishness?

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No. Not at all. The selfish person acts only for the self. It often buries and destroys its true self through acts of greed, narcissism, and excess. The self-compassionate person thinks of the self in reverence first to God and then to others. The selfish person is not comfortable with itself. It attempts to find comfort by means that ultimately cannot provide any. The self-compassionate person may not yet be comfortable with itself, but it seeks to know and understand itself so that it can one day be. The selfish person seeks to destroy itself via acts of subterfuge within itself. The self-compassionate person seeks to discover and expose itself. Make no mistake – selfishness is not love for oneself. It is the act of plying oneself with pestilences disguised as wonders in an attempt to feed a hungry, lonely soul. Empty calories that provide no spiritual nourishment. Selfishness is destructive. Not only to the self but to those around it. Self-compassion is constructive. Again, to itself as well as others. The key difference between selfishness and selfcompassion is simply this: you can take any of the acts of self-compassion that I’ve described above and apply them to other people, but you cannot do the same with selfishness. You can’t really be selfish for someone else. Certainly not in any healthy capacity. If the selfish person takes and takes and takes, then the equivalent applied to someone else would be to give and give and give. Would that really solve anything? Where would that leave you? If a selfish person idolizes his (or her) own image, then applying that idea to another person would mean to worship that other person’s image. How does feeding another person’s ego do anything for them? How would it do anything for you? Would you even remember yourself enough to care about yourself?

Selfishness feeds upon itself. Self-compassion feeds itself from somewhere else. Why Self-Compassion Is Important If we are going to truly love our neighbors as ourselves then we must absolutely love ourselves. But that self love can’t be merely a surface love. It can’t simply be “I love myself because I’m me”. That’s actually rather selfish. We must love ourselves out of respect for where we came from and why we are here at all. We must understand the true worth of the vessel we have been placed in, and in so doing understand and value the worth of every other vessel. We aren’t ready to know someone else until we know ourselves. We aren’t ready to love until we love ourselves. We have no idea how to look for the best in others until we figure out how to discover the best in ourselves. This is not an act of selfishness – it is an act of Love. To twist this all around again, compassion is not about giving to others or reaching out for the sake of just doing so. It’s not about doing what’s right either. Compassion is about getting to know someone – know their wants and desires and who that person really, truly is. In getting to know that person that deeply you have no choice but to love that person. And when you know and love that deeply, you begin to want for that person, even if those wants are contrary to your own. That is the basis of compromise and the foundation upon which true wonders are built. But you must absolutely have that same kind of compassion for yourself before you can ever understand how to have it for someone else. This is why selfcompassion (again, not to be confused with selfishness) is so important.

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Food Pantry Donations: Last month recipient of your gift in their honor. Memorials Advent donated 210 pounds of food to may also be made. Be sure to also give the name of St. Luke’s food pantry. Thanks Advent! the person for whom the memorial is being made.  Offering Envelopes: Another great idea is giving prayer books and/or Convenient, pre-addressed, dated hymnals to replace the worn ones. If you would 2018 offering envelopes are available like to give in memory or thanksgiving for a loved in the Narthex. If you place cash in the envelope reone, please complete the blue form found in the member to put your name on the envelope so we narthex metal literature rack and place it in the know it is from you. offering plate. A commemorative bookplate will be Hospitality Helpers: After the 8 & 10:30 a.m. serplaced inside the front cover. Donation is $10.00. vices Adventers gather in the Moss Room to share  E-mail: If you would like to be included in Church of fellowship, coffee, and a snack. If you would like to the Advent’s e-mail list for pastoral updates, reoffer help with hospitality, please sign up on the minders, and weekly “Looking Ahead” emails, you poster board in the parish hall foyer. may sign up at Church of the Advent’s website, adPrayer Request: If you would like to make a last miventnashville.org/. Scroll down the home page and nute addition of prayers for healing, for those who you will see “Sign Up For Our Newsletter” with a have died, for thanksgivings or guidance during the boxes to enter your name and email and a button prayers of the people on Sundays, there is a prayer to click “Send”. Sometimes members accidently or request sheet in the Narthex. The sheet will be takunwittingly unsubscribe or identify the Advent en to the lector during the Nicene Creed each Sunemails as spam and drop out of the system. If you day. are no longer receiving these updates, but would Volunteer at St. Luke’s: For a current listing of the like to, please follow the same steps just listed. volunteer opportunities available through St. Luke’s Community House visit http://www.stlch.org/ donate-time/ Day by Day: Get Forward Day by Day on your Kindle or Nook, via email. Details at the Forward Day by Day website: forwardmovement.org Memorials & Thanksgivings: Adventers may send a card in honor of someone's birthday or just other special event as the perfect way to remember them by making a donation to Church of the Advent. Upon receipt of your donation plus name and address of recipient, the card will be mailed notifying the

1 Parker Kelley 2 Mai Kelton 3 Jennifer Honeycutt 3 Hilary Wagner

5 Marcia Tenison 6 Ethan Bannister 10 William Howard 11 Kathy Watney 12 Patricia Grace 12 Sam Gregory 13 John Stokes 14 Jean Nicholson 17 Sara Hamill

23 Ashley Dozier 23 David McVey 24 Helen Wahl 28 Marise Keathley 28 Maxine Kelly 29 Rosemary Kelley 30 George Kelley 30 Paula Taylor 31 Caroline Cañas 7

1 Daniel & Bibi Hines 15 George & Maxine Kelly 17 Robert & Cornelia Hollister 26 Jim & Debbie Atkinson

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the scope of their work, check out their website at https://www.luthersem.edu/lifelong_learning/ kairos/courses/missional_leadership_cohort.aspx? m=6494 . In consultation with the bishop, across section of the parish was selected to help begin to identify those habits established at Advent that needed to be changed and the steps to be taken that would help the parish develop new habits. Katie Freundlich, Barbara Jones, David Kline, Hunter McCarty, Jane Simmons, Ron Taylor, and Tina Tsui were the individuals selected, with Billy Ballard and Brian† serving as exofficio members, recognizing their positions as Senior Warden and rector respectively. Once the Vestry voted to ask Holly to release them from the two-year commitment and it became clear that Holly† would find employment before the cohort finished its work, the MLC recommended strongly that Brian† join the meetings, in an effort to keep the work flowing smoothly upon Holly†’s departure. What does the cohort do? For the past several months, the cohort has met every couple weeks to consider the work of Advent and help discern those habits in need of change or strengthening. While the members can speak to the work in greater detail, there has simply been an intentional effort to discern God at work in Advent. Some of that work has meant reflecting upon our past; some of that work has meant discerning in our present; and some of that work has meant considering our future. In simplest terms, Advent, like many other parishes and congregations in the world, has been functioning under an ideology of “If we build it, they will come.” Church experts have been trying to get individual churches for some time to notice the shift that has occurred in the world around us. People are not drawn primarily to buildings, but to the work or mission of a church. Put a different way, modern society is not too interested in joining religious organizations (or any other organization for that matter); they are

looking, rather, to find meaning, identity, and purpose in their gatherings (to those Adventers who are Rotarians, this discussion should seem very similar). In the coming weeks, the members of the Cohort will be engaging in a number of listening exercises to hear what Adventers think. Some of this work will be obvious, through surveys or perhaps big parish meetings. Some of this work may be inconspicuous, through small groups or individual conversations. All the work will be done with an effort to discern if the identified habits do need to be changed and what Adventers think can be done to change them. The cohort, of course, cannot make these changes. The cohort will recommend to both Brian and the Vestry those changes necessary and the steps it thinks are necessary to help change our habits, but in the end, the parish will have the final vote. Either it will agree with the discernment of the Cohort and work to live into a corporate discerned call, or it will reject their work in favor of some other discernment. Only time will tell. What is a habit in need of changing? The Cohort identified about 8 habits it thinks should be addressed prior to Holly†’s departure—feel free to speak with a member of the Cohort to get their perspective and share your own! The Missional Cohort Leadership thinks there are a couple more that will likely be named as we go along. One obvious one is our intentionality about welcoming newcomers into our midst and encouraging and empowering them to join us. What can we do to be a part of this process? Engage with Cohort members, the Vestry, Brian, and one another. One of the challenges of us all being baptized in the Holy Spirit is that we all have a unique and important perspective on God’s work around us and through us. The more that engage, though, the less chance there is that mistakes will be made! Also, given the work and the study, there has been too much (Continued on page 9) 8

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jargon or technical language tossed about in discussions. If you are participating in a discussion and do not understand what is being said, speak up. Chances are, others are missing the point of the conversation, too!

congregation is made up of a number of successful individuals, at least by worldly measures, many of us may have forgotten how many times we failed before discovering the habits that caused us to succeed in the secular world. That same willingness to fail will serve us very well in the short term. Failure will provide all of us with a chance to learn, and we serve a God who often chooses to redeem human failures. Since we are His people, we need to be a little less critical of those shortcomings!

Speaking of which, the MCL recommended that Holly† and Brian† remind the Cohort and the Vestry and the parish that there will be mistakes and that we need a high tolerance for perceived failures. As our

“Reaching Out” by Cornelia Hollister Let me stretch out my arms. Let me stretch out my hands. Let me reach, Let me find, Let me have! See me, Know me, Touch me, Care!

Help me, pull me, hold on tight: Till I learn my God aright.

Stay nearby. Help me try

I can’t find Him all alone: My poor faith is skin and bone. Flesh out God, so I can feel That the God I need is real. Help contain me when I doubt When in pain I thrash about.

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Bishop’s Advent Visit I would like to thank everyone who helped to make the Bishops Reception the success that it was. As they say it takes a village and I thank you all. From the volunteers that helped with set up and clean up, those in the kitchen putting out food and washing dishes, and for all the wonderful food and flowers. You are the ones that make Advent special. I thank you one and all, Frank Field Room in the Inn (Continued from page 1)

fast. Our guests then left with sack lunches and Care Package provisions for the coming week put together by Ron Taylor. The Moss Room was set up for the evening by Ron Taylor and David, Hannah, and Josh McVey. Dale Watney transported our guests, and joined Rusty Bowden and Larry Douglass in spending the night with them. As always, we are especially grateful to Anoosh Howser for her dedication to keeping our linens clean and fresh. 9

The 2018 Flower Chart Is Up! The 2018 Flower Chart is on the wall in the narthex. Write your name next to the Sunday you want to dedicate flowers and the reason (in memory of...in thanksgiving for.., etc.). There may be multiple dedications on a given Sunday since it may have importance to multiple people. The donation to dedicate altar

flowers is $35 (checks made out to Advent with “Altar Flowers” in the memo line). These funds offset the cost of flowers. All Sundays are wide open, so hurry and write in your dedication today! A small group provides their time and talent to create the beautiful arrangements each Sunday. Your help with this ministry is invited and appreciated! NO experience necessary! Contact the church office.

Laymen of the Diocese On Wednesday December 20 the Laymen of the Diocese of Tennessee gathered at Church of the Advent to celebrate the life and witness of St. Thomas the Apostle. During his sermon, Bishop Bauerschmidt reminded the men that they have a sentinel or watchman ministry, not unlike that described in the appointed readings for Thomas. The enemies that stalk us may not be foreign armies of the Babylonians or Assyrians, but they every bit as dangerous. After the service, the men gathered for some fellowship, fortification, and announcements. Sean Root spoke about this summer’s Laymen retreat. Bishop John discussed the Consecration of Bishop Brian Cole, the new bishop

of East Tennessee, and shared some stories regarding that event and his time with that most famous Adventer, Bishop Sanders. Finally, Jeff Butcher, President of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, shared their work and invited the Laymen to join them in their efforts. David McVey and Tom DiNella worked during the service, and Gregg Conroy, Frank Field, and Ron Taylor took on the responsibility of entertaining the men present after the service. The latter three were rewarded by being told they could send the bill to Canon Snare! Those present were even rewarded with a wonderful Coffee Table book about Nashville!

Choir Rehearsals Continue Adult Handbells rehearsals are Tuesdays, 7:00 pm. Adult Choir rehearsals are Wednesdays, 7:07 pm. 10

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Christmas Tree Down Ornaments Stored Thank You Notes Sent Aspirin taken for New Year’s Headache Pledge made to Church Of the Advent — OOPS !!! It’s never too late and every pledge, no matter the size, is VITAL to the work of our church. Sunday 8:00 a.m. – Rite I Holy Communion 9:15 a.m. – Christian Formation 10:30 a.m. – Rite II Holy Communion MONDAY 10:00 a.m.—Holy Communion 10:30 a.m.—Bible Study TUESDAY 6:30 p.m.—Holy Communion 7:00 p.m.—Bible Study WEDNESDAY 12:00 p.m.—Holy Communion OFFICE HOURS Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. CONTACT 5501 Franklin Road, Nashville, TN 37220 Phone: 615-373-5630 Fax: 615-377-3600 [email protected] www.adventnashville.org

Rector The Reverend Brian McVey Please note: Friday is a day of rest for our clergy. Officers Senior Warden—Anne Williams Junior Warden—Mark Markham Treasurer—Hunter McCarty Clerk—Tina Tsui Vestry Bill Ballard, Lynn Conroy, Katherine Freundlich, Robert McMillan, Christian Niemeyer, Jane Simmons, Flora Ukoli, Emily Van Brocklin, Hilary Wagner 12

Men’s Club Leadership Team Leadership Team—Andy Milliken, Larry Douglass, Landy Norris Treasurer—Gregg Conroy Secretary—Dale Watney Bishop’s Guild Frank Field ECW Leadership Council Lynn Conroy Betty Douglass Barbara Jones Vicki Markham Staff Bookkeeper—Lisa Gaines Music Director— Waldemar Wensell Office Administrator—Tina Cozby