Facilities

Advent Meditation Garden

Our Mission is to offer our parishioners and the community an opportunity to share our space, to walk a path with a single route designed for meditation, reflection and prayer for inner peace and introspection. Commonly known as a “labyrinth”, the area includes benches for rest along the path and live plants mixed with cactus, a water feature and pagoda for shade.
Leader: Christine Turner

Advent Memorial Garden & Chapel

Throughout history, it has been the practice of the Church to baptize us when we are born and to bury us when we die. Many choose to be buried by their church, an age old custom. The practice of cremation is an appropriate and church-approved way to treat human remains once the spirit has departed into the freedom of God.

With these thoughts in mind, Advent Episcopal Church has created “The Advent Memorial Garden & Chapel”. The walled garden adjacent to the church offers internment of cremains for those who wish in-ground burial, a Columbarium for ashes interred in wall Niches and a Wall of Remembrance for those who are interred elsewhere but want to be remembered at Advent Episcopal Church.

This restful island in a sea of activity must be managed soulfully and maintained immaculately.
Leader: Jim Bechtold

Buildings & Grounds

Maintenance of everything that has to do with the church, its surrounding grounds, and Paine Hall.
Leader: Chuck Anesi, Junior Warden

Kitchen

The kitchen is the heartbeat of most homes around which many of the activities circulate. So also at Advent. Managing it to serve in the healthiest way keeps everyone happy and healthy.
Leader: Cathy Shyers

Pet Memorial Garden

Internment of cremains for beloved pets is available in a select area of the Advent Memorial Garden.
Leader: Christine Turner

Administration

Advent History & Preservation

The History Book chronicles the past practices, experiences and people that have built the strength of the Advent church family with God.
Leader: Dottie Eubank

Advertising / Media Relations

The Northwest Valley is kept apprised of what is going on at Advent through the community newspapers and information centers, the Chamber of Commerce, local websites and through activities in the communities served. Paid advertising and unpaid activity announcements are included in several community newspapers and websites. This team functions under Hospitality, Events, and Publicity ministry.
Leader: Dotty Eubank

Hospitality, Events & Publicity (HEP)

This ministry’s mission is to communicate Advent’s presence and purpose in the Northwest Valley, as a place of family worship and spiritual fulfillment. In addition to communication, this group works throughout the year to promote events held at Advent, such as the annual Arts & Craft show, as well as our various concerts.
Leader: Virginia Reutter

Office Volunteers

The office is open for Advent’s daily business from 8:30 am until 1:30 pm Monday through Thursday and Friday from 8:30 am until 12:30 pm. Volunteers assist during those hours.

Safeguarding God’s Children / People

The Episcopal Church takes the safety of everyone very seriously and has a zero tolerance policy for sexual abuse or exploitation of any kind. Any ministry that involves a child or pastoral care needs is required to take the following courses:
Safeguarding God’s Children is a course on child abuse awareness and prevention education. There are six modules in this course one of which is a refresher that is taken five years after the initial five courses.
Safeguarding God’s People is a course on preventing sexual exploitation in communities of faith.

Tech Ministry

The Tech Ministry members are Patrick Watts, Russ Brumagin, Christine Turner, John Teays, Ken Mead, Herb Norton, and Cathy Shyers. They run the live streaming and recording of church services and other events as needed.
Leader: Patrick Watts

Website Task Force

This team is responsible for maintaining and updating the Advent website and Advent social media pages with frequent content adjustments. The goal is to keep our website and social media pages dynamic and inviting to attract frequent visits from our parishioners and attract new parishioners. Our focus is to continuously update the Upcoming Events that illustrate our very active church ministries and membership.

Website Task Force members: Webmaster Steve Allen, Pat McLaughlin, Michael Simmons, Patrick Watts.

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