Welcome to the Weekly Newsletter!

Below you will find all the most up to date information on Sunday Service, our Weekly Rhythms, and Upcoming Events! We also answer financial questions, recap celebrations, and share God is Good moments each week as a way of leaning into our core values of Adventure, Discipleship, and Authenticity. If you ever have any questions or a need you can email those listed in an applicable section below or send us an email HERE.

May Jesus meet you gently as you live into His call this week.

We can't wait to see you for Worship, Communion, & VBS Takeover on Sunday!

Service at 10:00am - Worship Center & Online

If you or someone you know is NEW to Adventure, please stop by the Welcome Center to pick up a Welcome bag!

Services stream live to three places: our website, our app, and YouTube!

Need help with accessing our livestream? Check out this instruction video or email Sam. If you are watching live, please join the chat to connect! If the livestream has issues please remember to exit your browser or app and restart it. An uninterrupted replay of Sunday service is loaded to our website, app, and youtube channel as soon as possible after service each Sunday.

Summer Sabbath

The Month of July

Each Summer, we take one month as a church to Sabbath from our typical rhythms of church life. We reorient our hearts and minds on the Lord through rest in Him. We pare down our worship services, various ministries, meetings, and training opportunities to create space for our church family to rest, reorient, and refocus on the Lord. It isn’t about merely taking a break; it’s about trusting in the Lord.

This month we will be seeking to understand Sabbath by looking at it throughout the entirety of the Scriptures. Each week Pastor CJ will be walking through the Biblical text looking for where this central theme of the Scriptures shows itself. We'll also have opportunities and resources available to prompt ways to engage in this month of sabbath outside of Sunday mornings. Join us.

Sunday, July 23rd

Week 4: Jesus is the Sabbath

We’ve read the story of the feeding of 5,000 many times but have we ever looked at it through the lens of Sabbath? Jesus is painting a picture for His disciples of what rest in Him looks like. Join us this week as we look at this story through new eyes hoping to see what it is Jesus is teaching through this miracle.

Daily Prayers and coordinating Life Group Curriculum are available each week on Sunday to further explore this Sermon Series. You can find those resources (for this week and ALL previous weeks) HERE or at the Welcome Center on Sunday.

Adventure:Kids News

& Summer Sabbath Plans

This Sunday is our VBS takeover! Whether you were able to participate in all of VBS or not, you are invited to join us! This is a chance for everyone to experience the fun of VBS! Elements included during the worship service are Bible teaching, Music, Craft, & Imagination Station. Elements included after the worship service are Games, a continuation of Imagination Station, & Snack! We look forward to having fun and connecting with all of you!

Kids three and younger are welcome to join us downstairs in the Discoverers classroom at any point in the service as needed.

We'd love to have you work with your child on memorizing our key passage which is: “For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” Exodus 20:11

Grief Share - New Group Starting

Thursdays from 10am - Noon,

starting August 3rd

Adventure will be hosting a Grief Share Group which is a 13 week group program for anyone who is suffering from the loss of a the loss of a spouse, child, family member, or friend. If you are interested in joining this group or have any questions, please contact Jean R. Scott. You can also visit griefshare.org for more info and can register for our group HERE.

Adventure Family Campout

Episode II: August 4th-6th, 2023

Join us for our on-campus Adventure of Faith Summer Family Campout Episode II open to all our family & friends (anyone under 18 yrs. must camp with a parent/guardian/troop leader) on August 4th-6th, 2023. The 2023 campout is for the whole weekend and includes tent space, or RV/Camper space, dinners, Friday movie night, Saturday campfire/skits, Sunday breakfast, and snacks, games and activities throughout the weekend!

There is a $50 camping fee. This helps cover campout costs for those camping as well as those attending. If this fee is an obstacle, please contact Leslie to request a scholarship.

For good campus security, we ask that EVERYONE register.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for the Campout!

Adventure:Equip

Summer Session happening now, join us

in the Friendship Center, 9am-9:45am

For our summer session of Adventure:Equip we will be focusing on Sabbath. Every Sunday in July before the sermon, we will take time and provide space to let you go over and dig into the scriptures that Pastor CJ will be talking about later in service that day. This is a time/space for you to have with God and His Word. A space for you to rest in His Word and to prepare yourself for the day ahead.  

Questions? Contact Cory.

Life Group Leader Interest & Training Day

August 13th, 11:30am - 1:30pm

Are you interested in learning more about life groups and what it looks like to lead one? This event is open to anyone who might be interested in leading or hosting a LifeGroup in their home. The first hour we'll go over LifeGroup options at Adventure, how you can lead them, expectations for leaders, and more. The second hour we will do a "mock Life Group" where we'll be showing you one way to lead groups and you will have the opportunity to experience it, participate in it, and ask questions. Lunch will be provided. Mark this date on your calendar and watch for the sign up next week!

BSF is coming this Fall!

Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) will be studying “John’s Gospel, The Truth" in 2023-2024.

Adventure of Faith hosts a women’s group Friday morning from 10-11:30am. Contact Mary Pugh for information at home, 360.871.3367 or email mary@wavecable.com.

A men’s BSF group meets on Tuesday evening, 6:15-8:00pm. For information, contact Fred Parr at home, 360.769.0342 or email str8key@wavecable.com

Adventure Finances

If you're interested in current church finances, see our NEW June & Year-to-Date graphics included above here.

Adventure of Faith is a very generous community of believers. 

I know this because whenever we communicate a need, we meet it.

Q - Are we still on track to pay off the mortgage this year? 

If not, how can I help? And if so, will we have a celebration?

A - YES! We'll make the final payment in mid-December.  

All giving to the General Fund helps us meet our financial commitments (this includes our mortgage payments). 

I expect we'll see a special celebration of some kind at the January 2024 congregational meeting so, stay tuned!

Next week I'll answer another financial question.

Please continue to send your Adventure-related financial questions to me at: admin@faithadventure.com

This section is a weekly reminder that God is Good!

He is good to us every single day & we will praise His name!

God is Good! Check out this new song the kids are learning at VBS and we'll be adding to our music rotation!

"My joy, my rest, do not depend

On my circumstance or how I'm feeling

Seasons, they change, we bend, we break

Molded and remade over and over

This is the day that You have made

I will rejoice and be glad in it"

This space in the newsletter is a small way we continue to celebrate the goodness of God all year long, and practice being aware of His presence in our lives. So, if you have stories of God's goodness big or small, hit reply to this email and send them our way. We would love to hear them, pray in praise over them and talk to you about sharing them.

To spur your thoughts to God's goodness start by asking yourself these questions:

What Good have you witnessed recently?

What Good has God brought into your life?

What Good has God prompted you to do for one another?

God is Good!!