Advent Lutheran Church

06/07/2026

Affirming churches exist. Churches where LGBTQIA+ people are loved, baptized, fed, called to serve, and invited to lead. But many people don’t know that.

Come march with us on June 28th in Manhattan. Join our LGBTQIA+ Pride march and celebrate inclusive Christianity, affirming faith communities, and churches that welcome and support LGBTQIA+ people. Together, we can raise visibility for LGBTQIA+ inclusion, equality, belonging, and leadership in the church. Let’s be loud about love. 🌈

Pride on Broadway Sunday June 14, 1-3pm

March in NYC Pride June 28

06/07/2026

Excited to worship together today at 9am (EST) in our NYC Sanctuary or at 11am (EST) in our NYC Sanctuary or Online Sanctuary through YouTube Live. Just click the link below.

Welcome to worship at Advent! We’re so glad you’re here.Christ is ...

06/07/2026

This Sunday's Gospel is all wrong...and absolutely lifegiving.

Jesus calls a tax collector. Wrong!
Jesus is touched by an unclean woman. Wrong!
Jesus touches a dead body. Wrong!

Based on societal expectations, these are not people who bring you closer to God, but rather people who keep you further from the presence of the Holy.

But based on the Gospel, the good news that liberates, heals and resurrects, these moments were so filled with God's presence that each and every person who encountered Jesus was transformed.

Jesus isn't interested in what is "right", legal, or expected...he is interested in what is faithful. And loving the person in front of you, in word and deed, is faithful.

Which means, we too are invited to love and be loved...to be faithful and be for others a source of faith.

See you in our New York City sanctuary or our online sanctuary at 11am (EST) through YouTube Live () as we welcome and live into the gift of being called God's beloved.

06/06/2026

Amen

06/05/2026

"Maybe the desire to make something beautiful is the piece of God that is inside each of us." - Mary Oliver

06/05/2026

In 2020, this group cracked open the Bible and started with Genesis. Week by week and month by month, we worked our way through the entirety of the Hebrew scriptures until today! Today we gathered for a celebratory meal as we read the final book.

We learned that people are complicated and have a perilous history of hurting each other, and then blaming it on the Creator.

We learned God is faithful, even when we are not.

That the Divine is greater than our greatest imagination.

And that God works through screwups , which is certainly a relief.

And of course you can toss in learning about the Assyrians, the Babylonians, the Persians, the rise and fall of empires, and the inordinate amount of lions and pits referenced in scripture.

In the fall, we will start up again, and you are welcome. This time we will cover the 500 years in between the end of the Hebrew scriptures and the Gospel of Jesus.

There are people who have been added from the beginning, folks who have joined in, people meeting in person and online (note the iPad on the corner) and everyone has made this community and this experience exceptional.

06/04/2026

"One of the ways I have seen statements characterize the unconscionable attack on the Islamic Center of San Diego on May 18 has been as a “tragedy.” Without a doubt, what happened is tragic, but that word can cover up the true scope of the horror that two teenagers unleashed on a Muslim community at prayer.

The word tragedy is too light for the grief that we hold. Tragedies can be random, and they are often one-off events. We are not dealing with such a calamity. What happened on May 18 was not merely a tragedy; it was an act of anti-Muslim hate made more imaginable by a nation in which hatred of Muslims has been normalized and even sanctified.

The reality is that such acts of hate have been fomented and supported at the highest levels of our government. While not directly planned by those officials, they have overseen and ushered in a new era of anti-Muslim hate that has seen shocking and painful results. "

What happened on May 18 was not merely a tragedy; it was an act of anti-Muslim hate made more imaginable by a nation in which hatred of Muslims has been normalized and even sanctified.

06/04/2026

ACTION ALERT: Oppose Immigration Enforcement Funding Without Reforms

As Congress considers an immigration enforcement reconciliation package, oppose funding that harms our communities.

Congress is currently debating a $70+ billion reconciliation package that includes $38 billion in additional funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and $26 billion for Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) – enough to fund both agencies for the next three years. This package includes none of the reforms, accountability, or oversight that faith leaders advocated for following the killing of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti, the detention of children, refugees and U.S. citizens, and both widespread fear and faith-filled resistance.

Earlier this year, faith leaders including Presiding Bishop Curry wrote in a letter to legislators that they “see this as a critical moment to legislate immigration policies that are just, humane and respectful of the dignity of immigrants who, like all people, are beloved children of God,” citing the verse: “The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the native-born among you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God” (Leviticus 19:34).

Ask Congress to protect our neighbors by opposing funding for actions that are harming our communities, and by supporting reforms like protections for churches and other places of worship and an end to family detention.

Make your message to Congress more impactful by personalizing it.

[Posted: 6/2/2026]

https://act.elca.org/page/98814/action/1?chain

06/04/2026

God give me the strength to surrender. Amen

06/03/2026

Across the U.S., we are seeing rapid expansion of for-profit immigration detention centers, tragic death and abuses in these facilities, and record profits reported by contracting companies. How should people of faith respond?

On June 24 at 1-1:30 p.m. ET, hear from ELCA AMMPARO, Theological Discernment, and Witness in Society state and federal advocacy staff about the history of immigration detention and the theology and biblical witness that can inform churches’ response, as well as ways to advocate.

Register here: https://bit.ly/ELCAwebinarForProfitDetention