God encourages us to love and serve others! Mission opportunities, worship, and more!
Mission Opportunities
The Avondale AC4Ed (Alliance Center for Education) is collecting donations for the week-long overnight camp enjoyed by 40 youth enrolled in the AC4Ed summer program. Donations are needed by July 31, 2024. Please drop off at the church office. If you would like to contribute to the supplies needed, please click to sign up. Thank you!
Avondale is working with Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency to furnish a home and help move in a newly resettled refugee family. We will need donations of household items as well as furniture. We will also need drivers and movers. Stay tuned … more information to come.
Upcoming Events
Session Meeting July 14
Session elders, please remember our next meeting is this Sunday July 14 at 12 noon. Thank you all for your leadership!
CLT Bike Camp July 15-19
Please be aware of CLT Bike Camp who will be using our parking lot for their bicycle instruction camp the week of July 15-19.
There will be increased traffic in our parking lot from 8:30 am-9:30 am, and again from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
Avondale Senior Adults Program
ASAP will meet on Thursday July 25, 2024 at noon in the Fellowship Hall. We will enjoy a delicious Lunch together. Sally Brewster from Park Road Books will present our program. She will share her list of good books to read this summer. Don't forget your pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House. Our next service project will be providing school supplies for the students of Sedgefield Middle School. We will collect pencils, colored pencils, markers, notebook paper, and Kleenex. You may bring your donations to our meetings in July or August.
Realm is coming soon!
Our church database is SO MUCH MORE! Soon we will be ready to launch our "Realm Connect" app that will provide us with new and exciting ways to stay connected as a community and keep up with all the great things happening at Avondale!
Invitations to Realm go out in August, so keep watching your email for updates. Have questions? Contact Fay in the church office.
Worship at Avondale
Coming up on Sunday, July 14th, 2024
Join us for worship on July 14th at 10AM. If you are unable to join us in person, please join us online as we Livestream via YouTube. You can also watch the archive of services on our YouTube channel via the button below.
Sunday morning worship could not go as smoothly without help from our many volunteers. If you would like to be a part of the worship team to provide flowers, greet everyone entering the worship space, reading liturgy, or setting up the room please reach out to Lynn Wilkerson with questions. lbwilkerson@att.net
If you are ready to commit to certain weeks, please click the button below linked to our SignUp Genius page.
Dennis Brandau; Donnie Cates; Libby Stanley; Lindsey DeBorde; Amanda and Eric Shanks; Betsy and Rick Shanks; Corey, Jessica, and Griffin Shanks.
Connect With Us
Please do not hesitate to request prayers from Avondale for the joys or concerns on your heart. We encourage you to let us know of any sickness, crisis, or situation where we can provide support or care. You may contact Rev. Jim Ewing. We will keep prayer requests on this list for four weeks. Please let us know if you would like them extended.
Baby Blessing Opportunity!
Please see the link below to contribute to the Baby Blessing Basket for the Cascalenda Family.
Do you use the directory often? Do you prefer a paper copy? We can provide one.
If desired, please contact the office. We will print a copy and mail it to you. Or, open theUPDATED Directory here (same password as the website). EmailFay for a password, printed copy, or updates.
