Register Now for Leaders’ Conference - Scholarships Available
Pastors and church leaders, make plans to attend the Rest for Your Soul Conference, February 4-6, at the AC Village in Dowling Park, Florida! Join guest speaker Andy Addis as we explore healthy rhythms and habits to sustain an enduring and faithful ministry.
Special Scholarships and Discounts:
- SACA Scholarship: Pastoral staff actively serving in the southern region can receive a $100 scholarship. Send your registration receipt, mailing address and phone number to sacaministries@gmail.com.
- ERA Discounts: Pastors or members of an AC church in the Eastern region can have their registration costs covered. Use code ERA25 (room and food costs are additional).
- WACA Discounts: Active pastors of an AC church in the western region can have their registration costs covered. Use code WACA25 (room and food costs are additional).
- APP Assistance: Pastors and church leaders in the appalachian region that need financial assistance can email superintendent Matthew Broadway at matt@theappregion.org before registering.
Register here and then secure lodging by contacting Advent Christian Village at 386-658-5200. Room prices vary based on selection and availability.
United AC Church Invites You to Celebrate
With the hope of sharing fellowship and strengthening relationships within our local Advent Christian community, United Advent Christian Church invites you and your congregation to worship together with us on Sunday, November 24 at 11:00am as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1974 dedication of our church building on College Road. We would be honored to have you join us for the service and for a fellowship reception immediately afterward.
In times such as these, an opportunity of celebration can be both uplifting and motivating and there is no doubt that strengthening the bonds of our denominational community can be beneficial to us all. This is why all local Advent Christian churches are being invited and encouraged to attend this special time of worship.
I’m happy to answer questions and share information with you and we can certainly provide you with digital assets to make it easy for you to communicate information to your congregation.
Please simply contact me by phone at 910.264.9667 or you can also contact Greg Wood at 336.407.0000. Both numbers can accept calls or texts. Please let us hear from you by November 3. Thank you so much!
Debbie Millis Millef
Advent Christian Village Annual Meeting
FLORIDA – The annual delegate meeting of the Advent Christian Village, Inc., will be held Friday, November 22, 2024, at 1:00 p.m., in the Bixler Memorial Chapel, Dowling Park, Florida. Each conference which is a member of the Advent Christian General Conference is a member of the corporation and entitled to one delegate for each one hundred members or major fractional part. Conferences are invited to send delegates to this meeting. Each delegate should present duly authorized credentials from the appointing conference.
Keri Hilliard, Secretary of the Corporation
Village Church Hiring Minister of Pastoral Care
FLORIDA – The Village Church at Advent Christian Village in Dowling Park, FL is seeking a fulltime Minister of Pastoral Care to join its pastoral team. In addition to the open position, the pastoral team includes the Senior Pastor, Minister to Youth and Families, and Minister of Music and Christian Education.
The role of the Minister of Pastoral Care is to provide personal ministry to the church family and the Advent Christian Village Community. This care includes hospital and home visitation, counseling, and grief care. This person works with the pastoral staff in the overall ministry of the church family, focused on pastoral leadership within specific ministry groups.
For more detailed information on this position, please contact Craig Carter, Chair of the Pastoral Care Committee at ccarter@acvillage.net
Donation Reminders
We are always grateful for our generous donors and subscribers. If you do send a gift or make a payment to ACGC by check, please remember the following:
Mail all checks to: ACGC, PO Box 690848, Charlotte, NC 28227
Advent Christian General Conference
• Make all checks payable to Advent Christian General Conference or to ACGC
• You can use one check for multiple purposes
• Note purpose(s) on memo line or enclose letter
• If paying an invoice, please include customer number or invoice number on memo line
Advent Christian Ministers Pension Plan
• Make all checks payable to AC Ministers Pension
• Note minister’s name on memo line
Baptism Updates
Baptisms are awesome, we want to celebrate together.
Please send us the names and dates of recent baptisms and we will include them in upcoming publications! You can e-mail the information to acpub@acgc.us.
Karmon Norris Prayer Chain
If anyone receiving the Karmon Norris prayer requests by email has changed his email address in the last few months, please notify Nancy Brooks at nancybrooks@acgc.us with your new address. Thank you.
Asleep In Christ
Now located on our website is an “Asleep in Christ” page. As we are made aware of your Advent Christian loved ones who have fallen asleep in the Lord, they will be added to this list. Click HERE to go to this web page. If you wish to have details of your loved one on the website, please send the information via email to cbrock@acgc.us