At Advent, we profess that God's unconditional love and grace through Christ is for everyone, no questions asked. Regardless of your age, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status, God loves you as you are!

As followers of Jesus Christ, we believe we are called to live out that love, embodying it in both our words and actions. We strive to love as Jesus loved.

As stated on the ELCA website, we believe that all people are imperfect and are saved (made right with God) by God’s grace and God’s grace alone, through Christ.

There is no special prayer you need to pray, no special state of mind you need to achieve and no good deed you need to perform. We believe that through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, God became one of us and took upon himself the sin and suffering of all the world. God did this to demonstrate God’s love for us. We believe that we receive the gift of grace by faith alone on account of Christ. We live in the tension of still being sinful but trusting that we are forgiven and that God is at work in us.

The gift of grace expresses God’s unconditional love, and in response to that love we are set free to live gratefully and lovingly.

As Lutherans we profess a faith in One God, who is revealed in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It can get a bit confusing, but we trust in God’s presence made known to us in many ways.

In short, Communion is God’s gift to all of us, given freely and with no strings attached! We practice Open Communion, meaning you don’t have to be a member or Lutheran to participate; ALL are welcome.

Holy Communion is a sacred part of worship and is one of two sacraments of the Lutheran church. We eat bread and drink wine (or grape juice) and as we partake in the “Lord’s Supper” we remember the night Jesus was betrayed and how he commanded us to “do this in remembrance of me.”

At Advent, both regular and gluten free wafers are available, and both wine and grape juice are served as options.

In worship we believe it is important to profess our faith together as a community. There are a variety of ways to do this. Most commonly, during worship Advent professes the words of the Apostle’s creed or Nicene creed.

Advent is a member of the Florida-Bahamas Synod in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Click the buttons below if you’d like to learn more about the ELCA or about the Florida Bahamas Synod.

Lutheranism began in 1517 when a German monk named Martin Luther offered new ideas about the church and how God is at work in the world, beginning what became known as the protestant Reformation.

Luther believed in “Grace alone, by Faith alone, through Christ alone”

There are a lot of different Lutheran branches, so it can get confusing. We are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). You can read more about the ELCA beliefs by visiting their website here.

YES!

Advent practices open communion, and all are welcome to come forward to receive the free gift of Christ’s body and blood.

We welcome everyone to come forward for communion! We have communion stations lined up for the pews and people come forward from front to back.

The first station is the bread. We offer regular and gluten free wafers. The server will hand you whichever you prefer, and say, “the body of Christ, given for you.”

The second station is the wine/juice. We have individual cups that are pre-filled with wine or grape juice. Each person will receive from the communion server along with the words “the blood of Christ shed for you.”

You may then place your empty cup into the basket at the end and return to your place for prayer/reflection.

If you are unable to come forward but would still like to receive communion, the servers will bring it to you after people have been through the line. Simply wave to catch a server’s attention.

If you have any more questions, contact pastor Alisha.

We do! Advent’s Sunday School is called “KidsTown”

Children who are Preschool through 5th grade can attend Kidstown after the children's sermon in the worship service, then will return to their families before communion begins.

We have wonderful trained leaders who teach the children Bible stories and allows them to wonder and interact with the story by drawing/ coloring or playing with playdough.

We do!

Our Hearing Assistance Devices are connected to our sound board, so that you hear everything directly from the microphones 👍

They are located in the back of the sanctuary (main worship space) to the left.

Absolutely!

At Advent, we believe it is important to support children and youth just as much as the adults who join us in worship.

We have many ways for children to be part of worship, including:

👉A “worship toolbox” for children of all ages, which includes ways to engage throughout the many different aspects of our worship service.

👉A weekly children’s sermon at the 9 a.m. contemporary service.

👉A nursery with a viewing window, and an attached nursing room available.

At our 9 a.m. contemporary service, we also invite all the kids forward for the last song, to play instruments and sing along with the band!

Yes!

We offer livestreams each week of our Sunday Contemporary 9 a.m. and Traditional 11 a.m. services! You can click the button below to view our livestreams on our YouTube Channel.