Advent Lutheran Church (ELCA)

Advent's Annual Outdoor Service and Congregational Picnic ~ 14 August 2011

Join us for our annual service in Advent's outdoor chapel on Sunday 14 August at 9:00 a.m.

The service will be followed by a picnic at nearby Hampshire Hills School. All members of the community are welcome!

Holy Week Services at Advent

 

Maundy Thursday, 21 April ~ 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday, 22 April ~ 7:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday, 24 April ~ 10:00 a.m.

A fellowship hour with coffee and homemade refreshments follows the Easter Service - as well as an Easter Egg Hunt for the little ones. All are welcome!

Community dinner will benefit Japan relief efforts

Advent Lutheran Church, Rindge, will hold a traditional Irish dinner, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., March 26 at the church. A share of the proceeds will go to relief efforts to help victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami.  Cost is $8 adults, $7 seniors, $4 for children and includes corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, Irish soda bread and desserts. Call 899-3095 and leave a message.

The Reverend Robert Morris Lindberg called to Advent

The Reverend Robert Morris Lindberg of Keene has been called to serve as pastor to Advent Lutheran Church in Rindge beginning immediately.  Lindberg is an ordained Episcopal priest and most recently has served in special capacities as a Military Family Service Specialist with the American Red Cross in Keene and as a mental health worker at Brattleboro Retreat, working with veterans, police and firefighters suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Lindberg served as squad leader in the U. S Amy, 937th Combat Engineer Group, from 1968-1971.

 

He will serve Advent Lutheran in a half-time capacity.  Advent Lutheran Church is a member congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) and has an active membership of about 35 families.  The congregation was founded in 1983. 

 

Lindberg succeeds the Reverend Johanna Kiefner, who became a full-time social worker in February. The congregation was served by the Reverend Kari Keyl during the interim period.

 

Lindberg has served Episcopal parishes in Berwick, Pennsylvania; Warren, Ohio; Trenton, New Jersey and Buffalo, New York. He speaks fluent Spanish and served as a seminarian assistant at La Iglesia de Santa Natividad in Rochester, New York. His Master of Divinity degree was awarded by Bexley Hall in Rochester, New York in 1986. Lindberg lives with his wife, Maryann, who is Vice President for Advancement at Keene State College, and his son, Erik, a junior at Keene High School. A daughter, Signe, is a junior at St. Vincent’s College in Latrobe, PA.

 

The Episcopal Church and the ELCA have been in full communion since agreements passed by both went into effect in the year 2000. They had worked together for 30 years prior to that date. The agreement means the two denominations can share clergy and fully recognize each other's members, ministries and sacraments, as well as share the resources of their combined membership of just under 7 million in the U.S.

 

 

In His Hands

The Hands that made the world and gave the sun and moon their light
are the tiny Hands of a baby born one cold December night...

The Hands that stilled the wind and tamed the fury of the sea
are the calloused Hands of a carpenter who lived in poverty...

The Hands that held the power to break the binding chains of sin
are the gentle Hands that washed the feet of tired and dusty men...

The hands that cleansed the leper, healed the blind and raised the dead
are the praying Hands of one who cried, "Not My will, but Thine instead..."

The Hands that shaped the universe and flung the stars in space
are the nail-pierced Hands of a dying man who suffered in our place...

The Hands of the Creator, Lord and King of Heaven above,
are the Savior's Hands, forever reaching out to us with love.

--B. J. Hoff

First Sunday in Advent: Keep Awake, Therefore"

For those of you who may have missed December 1st services, or would like a copy of Pastor Keifner's sermon, here it is.  Just click on it below and it should open up in your word processing program.

Download johanna_sermon_dec_1_07.doc

Service of Healing November 29

A service of healing will be held 7 p.m., Thursday, November 29 at Advent Lutheran Church in Rindge. The service is open to anyone in the community, with special prayers for anyone in need of healing or who wishes to pray for and ask for prayers for others.   Pastor Johanna Keifner will preside over this special service.

Going to miss church on Sunday? Readings and Lessons

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4 Psalm 37:1-9 (Ps. 37:5) 2 Timothy 1:1-14 Luke 17:5-10

It was a super year for Souper Bowl of Caring

Check out how much money Lutherans across the country raised in this year's "Souper Bowl of Caring."

Advent helped with that! Will we do so again in 2008?

Pastor Johanna Keifner is installed

Just click on the big arrow below to begin playing this slideshow of the installation service that took place at 3 p.m., Sunday, September 16, 2007.

And, to see how this solemn occasion concluded, check out this video. Be sure to listen for Linda B.'s comment at the end!

And the communion music for this festive service was provided by Rachel--and, oh yeah, her parents.

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