Advent Lutheran Church

A statement from Pastor Jeremy, Pastor Dave, Pastor Rick and Joy Gemmer, the Director of Youth and Family Ministries, regarding the current crisis facing our country:

"We are sickened, saddened, and appalled by the cold cruelty and death inflicted on George Floyd and countless other people of color by a system designed to protect the status quo at all costs. We pledge to lead our congregation to work towards justice for all people and to actively resist all who would harm any of God’s children so as to give or keep an advantage for others."

Pastor Jeremy's Morning Devotions.
These devotions will be posted here every morning at 8:00AM Monday-Friday in June.
If you would like these devotions directly emailed to you please email our Pastors' Assistant, Lynda, to get on the list.
Click here to see previous Morning Devotions on our YouTube Channel.

Worship Recordings

9:00AM Suntree Campus Contemporary Worship: Sunday: June 7, 2020
Click here to download the Songbook for this service. Click on video to play.

9:00AM Melbourne Beach Campus Traditional Worship: Sunday, June 7, 2020
Click here to download the bulletin for this service. Click on video to play.

5:00PM/11:00AM Suntree Campus Traditional Worship: Sunday, June 6/7, 2020
Click here to download the bulletin for this service. Click on the video to play.

Wednesday Evening Prayer Service: June 3, 2020
Click here for the Bulletin

May 22, 2020
Our current plan is to begin public gatherings for worship on the weekend of July 4/5.

Here is a note from Pastor Dave on the reasons we came to this conclusion.

"Our dedicated team of staff and volunteers that has been working to plan for our reopening has been digesting as much data as we can find from the CDC, the federal and state governments, and (especially) our ELCA churchwide and Florida/Bahamas Synod offices. Of particular interest have been the accounts of churches that have attempted to reopen recently in various places around the country.

So far, I have received 3 articles about congregations that reopened and then, a short time later, closed again due to the spread of infection in the congregation. My heart broke for those faith communities and I pray that no one loses their life because of these decisions.

The problem seems to be what scientists call “aerosolized” water droplets that form when any human being breathes (think of how your breath fogs a mirror). These are so small that they cannot be stopped by a mask and they stay in the air for a very long time. (An illustration that helped me was perfume. A typical perfume bottle will produce an aerosolized puff of perfume when the pump is pressed. You may recall that, from halfway across a department store, you smell the perfume department. That’s because of the aerosolized perfume droplets in the air.) If a person is infected with the virus, the aerosolized droplets from their breath will be filled with the novel coronavirus (the bug that causes COVID-19) even if they have no symptoms.

Another issue is what we love to do during worship. We love to sing and/or speak the liturgy together. Both of these activities greatly increase the amount of aerosolized breath droplets a person produces.

So, in theory, if one person with COVID-19 were to attend the 9 a.m. contemporary service at our Suntree campus, they could infect dozens of people, at both that and the following 11 a.m. service,, because the cloud of aerosolized droplets from their breath would still be hanging around.

Since this virus is still active in our state and our county (although less so because everyone has been doing such a great job with social distancing) we don’t believe it is time to begin gathering again for worship.

Until then, let’s continue to keep each other in prayer and do everything we can to stay safe and healthy."

We will continue to offer our worship recordings each week and are talking steps to offer worship recordings after we begin to worship in-person again. Worship recordings will be posted here on this home webpage. They will also be on YouTube. Click here to subscribe to our YouTube Channel.

Stay safe during this time and, please, remember the church with your regular offerings. Though we will be worshiping in a different way for now, the work of the church goes on and needs your support. Thanks in advance for your understanding and generosity! Here are the ways you can give.

Mail it to the church: 7550 N Wickham Road Melbourne FL 32940
Online Giving:
Click here to give online or download the Give Plus App (Go to the App Store or Google Play and search "give plus church").
Contact our Director of Operations, Ashley Drake-Poe 321-446-7634 for assistance or questions.
Text to Give: Just text the amount you wish to donate to 833-284-0593