Worship is all about being encountered by God’s love, with our hopes and doubts and all! Services in Advent worship have a blend of feeling formal and folk. We're casually authentic! Preaching from Pastor Nick deeply engages a set of Bible readings, asking what the good news of Jesus means for our lives and world now. Communion is offered on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month (more in some seasons), and Jesus’ table is always open and welcome for all! We use the traditional forms of liturgy, with vibrant music and great singing led by piano and often with guitars, flutes, and other instruments. Liturgical settings rotate weekly, and our most recent addition is called “Sighs Too Deep for Words,” crafted to use inclusive language and imagery for God.
We worship in the Blessing Room, a flexible space that allows us to orient differently for the seasons of the year, and you’ll notice we’re all on the same level—there’s no elevated hierarchy here!
Also at least once a month, we combine for shared worship services with our partner congregation, Community of Hope UCC.
Sermons
If you’re wondering what preaching is like in our congregation, or if you missed a sermon, or want to hear it again or share it with others, you can find past transcripts here. Or watch past services on our YouTube channel.
All people,
with no exception,
are welcomed to the full life of this community of faith.
The Reconciling in Christ (RIC) Program is for congregations and other Lutheran organizations. Lutheran communities that publicly welcome lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people by having a statement affirming this (specifically welcoming people of all sexual orientations and gender identities) are accepted onto the Reconciling in Christ Roster, which now exceeds 700 settings. For more information, visit http://www.reconcilingworks.org/
Besides our partnership with Community of Hope UCC, Advent Lutheran is connected to the larger Lutheran church body. We are one of 138 congregations of the South-Central Synod of Wisconsin (https://scsw-elca.org/), which is one of 65 synods or regional bodies in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (https://elca.org/). The ELCA also stands in relationships with the Lutheran World Federation (https://www.lutheranworld.org/). Though Advent has much of its own character, you could still learn more about us by exploring those pages for our broader relationships and larger ministry of Lutherans.