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March 2020
Suntree, FL Our Mission Statement:
Melbourne Beach, FL “We are followers of Jesus Christ for the sake of the world.”
From the Senior Pastor’s Pen
Morning Worship – One of the safest places But our access to instant media (and our
you can be. media’s desire to sensationalize everything
in order to sell more advertising) has made
Every week in the USA, somewhere between it seem like houses of worship are at risk
50 and 52 million people attend worship. and that every house of worship must have
a plan to deal with the possibility that an
If you go with rough averages for the past active shooter situation “could happen to
ten years, 62 people die from gun violence us”.
in church in a given year (some years there
are none, in other years there are more). Statistically speaking, each of us has a far
So, in any given week, 1.2 people out of greater risk of being killed in our car on the
50 million will die because they decided to way to church than by someone with a gun
attend worship. at church.
Although precise statistics are difficult Our staff is in the process of putting together
because of the nature of worship a comprehensive safety policy for Advent
attendance, the Gospel Coalition that will give us useful tools for training our
calculated that (as of 2017) the average ushers, greeters, staff, and other volunteers
worshiper has a 1 in 6.5 million chance of so that they will know what to do in a crisis
being killed in church. situation at church.
If you attend every single week, the odds We will cover how we will respond to an
of being killed in any given year in a church active shooter in our worship space, but
are 1 in 126,000 (according to the same there are many other situations which are
source). more urgent and far more likely.
Just to put that in perspective (according to As always, we welcome and appreciate
the Insurance Information Institute): your input.
You have, over the course of a year, a Until and after this is done, we’ll see you in
- 1 in 22,000 chance of being killed by a church! One of the very safest places in the
firearm outside of church. world to be.
- 1 in 44,000 chance of dying as a
pedestrian. Serving safely with you,
- 1 in 45,000 chance of dying in a car
crash.
If you really want to make the safe choice,
being in worship is one of the very best and
safest choices you can make!
Tragically, there are some disturbed people
who have targeted churches in this country
and, even more tragically, lives have been
lost.
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1. Ask God for light. I want to look at my
SPRINGTIME OF THE SOUL day with God’s eyes, not merely my own.
We have entered the season of Lent. 2. Give thanks. The day I have just lived is a
This Christian tradition prepares us for the gift from God. Be grateful for it.
celebration of Easter, Resurrection Sunday. 3. Review the day. I carefully look back on
the day just completed, being guided by
Pastor Dave likes to refer to this as the the Holy Spirit.
“springtime of the soul.” Gardeners seize this 4. Face your shortcomings. I face up to
opportunity to refresh the soil and replace what is wrong – in my life and in me.
their vegetation. As it says in Ecclesiastes 3:2, 5. Look toward the day to come. I ask
“… there is a time to plant, and a time to where I need God in the day to come.
pluck up what is planted.”
I hope and pray that
Just yesterday, I pulled out a dead tomato this Lenten season
bush and a wilted basil plant. I have reveals the ways God
removed an overgrown eggplant and cut is moving in your life
back the herbs. Now, what will I put in my as you move closer to
garden? God.
I would encourage you to take stock of Blessings,
the garden of your soul. What needs to be
uprooted? What needs to grow?
Some may consider the season of Lent as MANY THANKS…
an extended time of denial, something to
dread and endure rather than a chance to To our dear sisters and brothers in Christ at
reflect. May we welcome God’s invitation to Advent:
pause from the world’s frenetic pace.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
We have five weeks to thoroughly examine
the contours of our life. As you gaze across There just aren’t words to adequately
the landscape of your earthly journey, what express my gratitude for your love and care
do you notice? What do you miss? What do during this strange time in my life.
you wish you would see?
These health challenges have, I must admit,
What if you created space and time in your put me in emotionally unfamiliar territory
busy schedule to contemplate where you and I am not quite sure how best to handle
have been, where you are, and where you things much of the time.
are going?
Until we do figure things out, again, thank
Many resources exist for this purpose. Let you for your patience and your loving
me offer one. This is called the Examen. I kindness. You are a gift from God.
have personally used this for many years,
and I include this moment of reflection in my Sincerely in Christ,
Spiritual Fitness Program.
I have captured this model from www.
ignatianspirituality.com. Here is one
example for daily Examen.
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HOLY WEEK WORSHIP SUNDAY NIGHTS GOSPEL
• Maundy Thursday, April 9 BLUES AND BBQ
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Traditional Worship 1:00 & 7:00PM:
Melbourne Beach Campus 5pm BBQ Dinner
Suntree Campus in the Chapel 6pm Gospel Blues Worship. Free with no
• Maundy Thursday, April 9 Agape reservations needed. Come and enjoy some
Feast & Worship Dinner at 6:00PM food, fellowship, and blues style worship
during the season of Lent. A free BBQ dinner
& Worship at 7:00PM Melbourne
will be served in the Fellowship Hall at 5:00
Beach Campus p.m. At 6:00 p.m. a live blues band will be
• Good Friday, April 10 Worship with leading blues style worship in the sanctuary.
dramatic interpretation of Jesus’ Worship will last about an hour and be led
by Pastor Rick Funk and Pastor David Jahn.
last days 1:00 & 7:00PM: Suntree
Campus
• Good Friday, April 10 Experiential SMALL GROUP BOOK
stations for children 3:00PM: DISCUSSION DURING LENT
Melbourne Beach Campus We are asking people to study the same
book called “I Am a Church Member”
• Good Friday, April 10 Tenebrae during the season of Lent. This is not about
Worship 7:00PM: Melbourne Beach official membership in a church, so don’t
Campus worry if you haven’t joined Advent. The
• Easter Vigil, April 11 5:00PM: study pushes back on the whole “club
membership” model of joining a church.
Suntree Campus Instead, it focuses on being a member of the
Body of Christ and what it means when we
MINISTRY SPOTLIGHTS choose to live out our faith together as part
of a congregation.
DURING LENT
Each weekend during the season of Lent These books are on sale in the church
we are going to focus on a different ministry lobbies for $5. You can either join the
during worship at both campuses. These will following small groups that are meeting at
consist of our own ministries which we lead the campuses or start your own.
and community ministries we partner with.
We are going to take a few minutes during Sundays: 10:00 a.m. at Suntree Campus.
worship to learn more about these ministries Starting March 1
and their current needs. We also have new • Leader: Rudy Pacarro: Ministry
Mission and Outreach display counters for Conference Room: Admin Building
each lobby. At the Suntree Campus we will • Leader: Bill Stanley: Fellowship Hall
be spotlighting Habitat for Humanity/Thrivent (Knoedler Center)
Faith Build, Advent Bread Run, Neighbor Up,
Worship and Music Volunteers, and Family Wednesdays
Promise. At the Melbourne Beach Campus • 6:00 p.m. at Suntree Campus in the
we will be spotlighting St. Stephen’s Way, Fellowship Hall (Knoedler Center). Starting
Advent Bread Run, The Haven, Genesis March 4. A soup/sandwich supper will be
House, and the Master’s Workshop. provided at 5:30 p.m. for any who would
like to come
• 7:00 p.m. at Melbourne Beach. Starting
March 4
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MAUNDY THURSDAY AGAPE
FEAST DINNER AND SERVICE
Once again we are sharing an Agape
Feast and joint communion service at the
Melbourne Beach campus on Maundy
Thursday, April 9 at 6 p.m. Come and get to
know fellow congregants and celebrate our
unity with each other in Christ. This evening
has become a very special start to the
Great Three Days that lead up to Easter. We
are looking forward to seeing you there!
GOOD FRIDAY
FOR LITTLE ONES
Even for adults who have grown up with the Before the age of 10, most children are not
intensity of the Good Friday story, the day is capable of abstract reasoning. They are
challenging. very literalistic and unable to distinguish
what is being portrayed in a play from what
It is hard to get our minds and hearts is real in the same way that adults do.
around the idea that Jesus, the savior of the
world, was arrested, put through a rigged The drama that will close the Good Friday
mockery of a trial, tortured horribly, and then services at our Suntree campus will be
executed by a means that was the cruelest jarring. It will be intense and difficult to
available in the Roman Empire. watch at times.
Add to that the idea that we are complicit For us adults, we believe it will help us to
in his suffering and death, that (in a way process the events of Good Friday in a
we cannot fully grasp) his death was “for us new way, a way that will be difficult, but
and for our sins”, and the burden becomes meaningful and ultimately helpful.
almost unbearable.
We are, however, strongly urging parents of
We are right to be shocked, appalled, and children who are not yet in the 6th grade
even repelled by the Good Friday story. It to allow them to be dismissed for a Good
is an example of humanity at its very worst Friday experience tailored to their age and
and God’s grace and love at its most emotional development. The children will
powerful. be taken to a different location and led in a
Good Friday lesson that will be meaningful
This is a story that every believer in Jesus and engaging for them.
should know and embrace. It is good for
us to allow the full impact of what God has Parents will be given instructions on how
done for us in Christ to wash over us like a and where to meet their children after the
tidal wave. It is important for us not to rush service. We are grateful to the members
past this pivotal event in human history. of our congregation who serve in the ACT
(Advent’s Christian Thespians) ministry. They
But it is also a story that is incomprehensible will be bringing a powerful message to us on
and frightening for young children. this holy day.
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ADVENT LUTHERAN
PRESCHOOL AT
SUNTREE CAMPUS
After 32 amazing, wonderful years, our
Preschool Director at our Suntree Campus,
Chris Quavillon, will be retiring to enjoy more
well-deserved time with her family.
The positive impact Chris has had in the
lives of hundreds of students is impossible to
measure and she will certainly be missed by
everyone here at Advent.
As things currently stand, Chris Quavillon is
our director and one of our teachers. She
covers all of the paperwork required by state
and local laws, prepares and teaches VPK
curriculum, and facilitates all of the logistics As we looked at the resources we have on
at the school (along with too many other hand, we realized (with great sadness) that
duties to list here). this goal was not achievable.
As we have come to understand, this is at During our Congregational Council meeting
least a full-time job and Chris is doing it for Monday night, we decided that this would
part-time pay. Mostly she is doing it because be the best time to take a breath, and give
she loves the children and considers it a our preschool ministry a “new birth”.
great blessing to be a part of shaping their
lives. Using this next year to give us the needed
“breathing space”, our plan is to hire a
In our consultations with experts in the full-time preschool director, renovate and
preschool community and business, finding enhance the preschool building, expand our
someone who would be willing to do what preschool staff, and put together a new and
Chris does for what she receives in financial exciting faith-based curriculum that will keep
compensation is not realistic. According our preschool at the forefront of Christian
to their input, we would need to hire two Preschool Education for the next generation
people to replace Chris. of children looking to get a great start to a
well-rounded education.
In order to hire two people to replace Chris
we would have to either drastically raise The pastors and Council believe that, for
preschool rates (because of the school’s the long-term health of preschool ministry at
small size) or expand the number of Advent Lutheran Church, this new plan is the
classrooms. In order to expand the number best option.
of classrooms we would need to renovate
the current preschool building. If you have any questions or would like to
talk more about this please contact Pastor
If we were going to try and do all of these Jeremy at pfreye@adventlutheranbrevard.
things so that we could have a 2020-2021 org.
preschool session, we would have to have
them done within the next few months.
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SISTER MICHELLE COLLINS to when I moved from Minneapolis to
Melbourne, there is a lot about how this
UPDATE work will look that I cannot yet see. But I am
Please see Sister Michelle’s letter below excited about the chance to experience
about an exciting new journey she is life and ministry in this new context.
about to embark on. Sister Michelle
will be at Advent on the weekend of One of the things I have been
March 21/22 at the 5:00 p.m. (Sat), praying for in discernment is that
9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. worship I would have a church from
services at our Suntree Campus which I am sent, and a church to
for a Farewell and Godspeed which I am called. This is what I
Blessing. We are also collecting a experienced as a missionary kid,
love offering to help Sister Michelle surrounded and supported by my
with her relocating expenses. The parents’ sending churches and
love offerings need to be marked (if welcomed and embraced by the
given cash) for and checks made out faith community in Kenya. The great
to Michelle Collins. This is not a donation blessing of my time and relationships
to Advent but we will collect the money and at Advent is that you all have shown me
get it to Sister Michelle. what a ‘home church’ can really look and
feel like. As I take this next step in ministry, I
Dear Pr. Dave, Pr. Jeremy, Pr. Rick and the would welcome your prayers and support--
whole Advent community, as a community from which I am sent. I ask
you to hold the congregations and ministry
Grace and peace to you in the name of of the MNO Synod and the ELCIC in prayer
Jesus—who gathers, calls, and sends us into as well—as a community to which I feel
the world for the sake of the world. First of called. I’ve heard Canada can get a bit
all, I want to say THANK YOU for being the cold, though--so when I am craving some
body of Christ and for allowing the Spirit sunshine, an open door and the welcome
to move in and through you for the sake of familiar faces, I look forward to having a
of God’s mission. Through the invitation place in Melbourne and Melbourne Beach
to serve at Advent as the Director of Faith for respite and refreshment.
Formation a little over nine years ago, and
then through your incredible support and When I was considering my call to ministry,
strength in so many ways, my view of God’s I intentionally gravitated towards the ELCA
call in my life has expanded and deepened because of their inter-connectedness…not
in ways I could not have imagined. just in the U.S., but as part of the Lutheran
witness around the world. It has been such
Now, as you may have heard, I am taking a gift to experience the many ways this
a new step. I have accepted the call to interconnected Body of Christ continues to
serve as the Assistant to the Bishop for the form and inform me in so many ways.
Manitoba/Northern Ontario Synod (MNO
Synod) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church Thank you for being my community over the
in Canada (ELCIC). I will be relocating to last 9 years. Thank you for your prayers and
Winnipeg, Manitoba, and working with support as I step towards the next season. I
Bishop Jason Zinko. My responsibilities continue to deeply cherish the relationships,
will include care and oversight of the memories and experiences from Advent.
congregations in that synod in the areas
of faith formation and congregational In Christ,
vitality, youth and young adult ministry, Sister Michelle Collins
global mission and communications. Similar
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Singing at Sarah Care
Valentines were made
by the children of
Grace Preschool
11MELBOURNE BEACH MEN’S
WOMEN’S MINISTRY BREAKFAST & BIBLE STUDY
IS HOLDING A Men’s Breakfast & Bible Study will meet
Thursdays, March 5 & 19 at 7:30 AM.
BAKELESS BAKE The group is continuing the study and
SALE IN MARCH discussion of some of the chapters in Isaiah.
All are welcome!
A bit of news we have today
A Bakeless Bake Sale is on the way.
MELBOURNE BEACH
These busy days, who has time to bake LUNCH BUNCH
Pies, cookies or even a cake? The Lunch Bunch will meet Wednesday,
We’ve thought of a plan that’s truly grand March 11th at Djon’s Steak & Lobster
And quite sure you’ll understand. House, 522 Ocean Ave. Melbourne Beach
In an envelope please put the price (722-2737) at 12:00 noon. Reservations are
Of a pie or cake or something nice. necessary. Please sign the list under the
No fuss or bother, you’ve done your part, bulletin board in the Narthex (lobby).
This is the end of our little tale,
Help make a success of
BAKELESS BAKE SALE!
2019 GIVING STATEMENTS
Giving statements were emailed and
mailed out a few weeks ago based
All proceeds will go to Family Promise of
on communication preferences in our
Brevard- Together We Can End Family
database. If you did not receive yours
Homelessness in Brevard.
please email our Financial Secretary,
Katherine Andrews, at financialsecretary@
adventlutheranbrevard.org or you stop by
MELBOURNE BEACH WOMEN’S on Mondays at the Suntree office from 9am
BOOK STUDY GROUP – Noon.
Our meeting this month will be Thursday,
March 26th at 1:00 in the Melbourne BLESSING OF THE BIKES
Beach Campus conference room. The This year the Blessing of the Bikes will be
book we will be reading and discussing is happening at our Suntree Campus from
“The Underground Girls of Kabul” by Jenny 10am - 12 noon on March 7th, the day
Nordberg. This book is a nonfiction book after Daytona Bike Week begins. Those
about girls raised as boys in Afghanistan who come will receive a prayer for blessing,
and is recommended by The Women of the safety, and an awareness of all the amazing
ELCA. Our facilitator will be Georgia Van gifts we have been given as bikers in this
Housen. Please join us for prayer, discussion beautiful world. Light refreshments will be
and fellowship. All women of Advent are served and a small wooden cross to remind
invited to attend. We will discuss what our all participants of Christ’s love and presence
book for April will be at this meeting. If you will be given. Pastor Dave has been a biker
have any questions please call Nancy since 1982 and will be leading this event
Anderson. for any and all who care to attend. The
actual blessing and prayer only takes a few
minutes so feel free to stop by on the way
to wherever you happen to be riding that
morning.
12Celebrations
If we have missed your special day, please contact the office.
13Please direct all concerns for member/attendee and extended family & friends to
the office (321-259-8515). Please use the Connection Cards in the pews to submit a
prayer request, or if you would like a pastor to contact y ou.
Please pray for the following people:
. . . Condolences to the family and friends of Jo Smith.
. . . for those who are sick, homebound, in a progressive care or in an
assisted living facility
Ursula Aamodt Bev Alfred Cathy Barrett
Marilyn Dobson Betty Gordon Bill Kilbourne
Marilyn Parker Jeannette Peterson
Bette Porada Deb Ridel Earl Wilen
. . . for those who are serving overseas
Daniel Learned
Please update the office regarding your loved ones’ status.
If you would like to be removed from the prayer list, please contact the office at 321-259-8515 ext. 223
*If a member is in the hospital or rehab and is not listed above, please call the office to let us know.
Medical facilities do not contact churches or clergy regarding patients due to privacy laws.
If our prayers for comfort and healing have been answered, please contact the office to let us know so that
we can move your loved ones to the section of “Prayers of Thanks!”
The following people have donated to Advent
in memory of loved ones.
In memory of Roger Dobson: Doris Jannke, Don & Karen Hagen, Ron & Li Klein
14quick reference
CHURCH STAFF IF YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT:
Office Telephone 259-8515 Baptisms Lynda Herrman, ext. 0221
Senior Pastor David Jahn, ext. 0222 Bread Ministry Andy Cotner,
Lead Pastor of Melb. Beach & Pastoral Care Building Use Ashley Drake-Poe, ext. 0228
Rick Funk, 243-2606 Christian Service Shirley Piper,
Pastor for Mission, Outreach, and Administration Communion Bread Baking Alberta-Jo Parker,
Jeremy Freye, 243-0356 Evangelism Jeremy Freye, 243-0356
Director of Operations Ashley Drake-Poe, ext. 0228 Faith Formation Joy Gemmer, ext. 0224
Pastors’ Assistant Lynda Herrman, ext. 0221 Fellowship Jeremy Freye, 243-0356
Director of Youth & Family Ministry Joy Gemmer, ext. 0224 Food Pantry Mark & Carol Wilson,
Melbourne Beach Admini Assistant Jennifer Mitz, ext. 0321 Home & Hospital Visits Lynda Herrman, ext. 0221
Bookkeeper Courtney McMahan, ext. 0224 Men’s Ministry at Suntree Pete Snyder,
Worship Media and Publications Cathy Guilford, ext. 0223 Memorial Garden Lynda Herrman, ext. 0221
Director of Choirs / Organist Betty Jo Couch, Music - Suntree Campus
Worship Leaders Chris Dickman, Chancel Choir Betty Jo Couch,
Andy Harrington, Hand Bell Choir Betty Jo Couch,
Disciple13 / Non-Fiction Band Leader Worship Band Andy Harrington,
Andy Harrington, Music - Melb. Beach Campus
Property Manager Rocky Parker, ext. 0231 Chancel Choir Betsy Stansifer,
Worship Band Andy Harrington,
PRESCHOOL STAFF Newsletter, The Advocate Editor Cathy Guilford, ext. 0223
Director, Suntree Campus Chris Quavillon, ext. 0230 Pastoral Care Rick Funk, 243-2606
Director, Melbourne Beach Campus Personnel Committee Dale Dettmer
Debbie Hogan, ext. 0330 David Holub,
Bill Johnson,
ADVENT LUTHERAN CHURCH WOMEN AT SUNTREE Diane Marks,
President Carol Wilson, Bill Stanton,
Vice-President Phyllis Lanoue, Pastor David Jahn, ext. 0222
Secretary Wendy Poffenberger, Prayer Chain Carol Stanton,
Treasurer Lucile Zimmermann, Lynda Herrman, ext. 0221
Bible Study Leader Betty Symons, Prayer Chapel Ashley Drake-Poe, ext. 0228
Comfort Quilts Dij Pacarro, Preschool - Suntree Campus Chris Quavillon, ext. 0230
Preschool - Melbourne Beach Campus
SERVING ON SUNDAY - SCHEDULERS OR LEAD PERSON Deb Hogan, ext. 0330
Suntree Campus Property Tom Hawk,
Assisting Minister (Sat 5:00 pm & Special Services) Quilts for Comfort and Care Dij Pacarro,
Wendy Poffenberger, Stephen Ministry Rick Funk, 243-2606
Assisting Ministers, Readers, Acolytes & Communion Stewardship Jeremy Freye, 243-0356
Assistants (9:00 am) David Moyer, Technology Todd Oskam,
(11:00 am) Richard Lanoue, Women’s Ministry at Suntree Carol Wilson,
Worship Preparation & Clean Up Worship & Music Wendy Poffenberger,
Alberta-Jo Parker, Youth & Family Ministry Joy Gemmer, ext. 0224
Counters Li Klein,
Fellowship Scheduler Ann Peterson, OFFICE HOURS
Flower Delivery Lara Trinkaus, Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm (Suntree)
Ushers & Greeters (Sat 5:00 pm) Wendy Poffenberger, Monday through Friday 8:30 am - 1:30 pm
(Melbourne Beach)
(9:00 am) David Moyer, (It’s always best to call before stopping by!)
(11:00 am) Richard Lanoue, Chapel hours (Suntree): Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Welcome Center (9:00 & 11:00 am) Lynda Herrman, or call the office
ext. 0221 Suntree Campus office telephone 259-8515
Sound System, Projection & Multi-Media David Moyer, Fax 253-3030
Melbourne Beach Campus office telephone 727-1724
Melbourne Beach Campus Fax 733-2626
Assisting Ministers, Readers, Communion Assistants, Suntree Preschool 254-7139
Ushers & Greeters Pat Ferris, Melbourne Beach Preschool 728-4709
2019-2020 Church Council E-mail address: info@adventbrevard.org
President - Bill Johnson: Website address: www.adventbrevard.org
Vice President - Bill Piper:
Treasurer - Robert Knaul:
Recording Secretary - Pat Ferris:
Members-at-Large - Gordon Anderson: To submit articles for publication, please email
Tom Hawk: Jerry Jamison: WorshipMedia@AdventLutheranBrevard.org
Doris Jannke: Josh Pulver: by the 20th of each month.
15Advent Lutheran Church
7550 N. Wickham Road
Melbourne, FL 32940
AND
1805 Oak Street
Melbourne Beach, FL 32951
March 2020
“We are followers of Jesus Christ
for the sake of the world.”
SUNTREE CAMPUS
Telephone: 321-259-8515
Worship Services in March 2020
Fax: 321-253-3030 SUNTREE CAMPUS
MELBOURNE BEACH CAMPUS
Telephone: 321-727-1724
Saturday Service: 5:00 pm - Informal Traditional
Fax: 321-733-2626 Sunday Services: 9:00 am - Contemporary *+
11:00 am - Traditional*
(It’s always best to call before stopping by!)
MELBOURNE BEACH CAMPUS
E-Mail: info@adventbrevard.org
Web: www.adventbrevard.org Sunday Services: 9:00 am - Traditional*+
Gospel Blues & BBQ: 5 pm Dinner, 6 pm Worship
STAFF
Holy Communion is offered at every service
Senior Pastor: David Jahn
Lead Pastor Melb. Beach & Pastoral Care:
Rick Funk
*Nursery care through age 2 is available!
Pastor for Mission, Outreach & +Kids’ Town - age 3 to grade 5
Administration: Jeremy Freye
Director of Operations: Ashley Drake-Poe
Pastors’ Assistant: Lynda Herrman MARCH GOSPEL READINGS
Dir. of Youth & Family Ministry:Joy Gemmer
Melb. Beach Admin. Asst.: Jennifer Mitz March 1, 2020
Bookkeeper: Courtney McMahan
Financial Secretary Katherine Andrews
First Sunday in Lent - Matthew 4:1-11
Director of Choirs/Organist: Betty Jo Couch
Organists: Lori Jahn March 8, 2020
Betsy Stansifer
Second Sunday in Lent - John 3:1-17
Accompanist: Michelle Widere
Praise Band Leader: Andy Harrington
Worship Media & March 15, 2020
Publications: Cathy Guilford Third Sunday in Lent - John 4:5-42
Property Manager: Rocky Parker
Suntree Preschool Director: Chris Quavillon
Melb. Beach March 22, 2020
Preschool Director: Deb Hogan Fourth Sunday in Lent - John 9:1-41
Nursery Attendants: Terry Armstrong
Alberta-Jo Parker
Tynesha Peacon March 29, 2020
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