{"id":153,"date":"2017-06-17T23:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-06-17T23:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webgeeksrus.com\/test\/augustanalutheran\/?page_id=153"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T16:42:07","slug":"other-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/our-ministries\/other-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Other Worship Opportunities<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>\u201c\u2026Know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u2013 <strong>1 Corinthians 15:58<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Opportunities for the Week<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/calendars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong>Calendars<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> page<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>Additional Ministries<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We support the Orion Area Food Pantry. Members here collect food, deliver food and volunteer at distribution of food. (The Food Pantry is housed in the Village Hall in Orion and distributes food on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month from 4-6pm)<\/li>\n<li>We actively support the Andover Community by volunteering for such local events as \u2018Fun on 81\u2019, and the Village Christmas Walk.<\/li>\n<li>We Participate in &#8216;God&#8217;s Work, Our Hands&#8217; Sundays each September, going out into the community to serve.<\/li>\n<li>We support our youth wherever possible with Sunday School, Vacation Bible School, Luther League, ELCA Youth Gathering, Scholarships, and High School Service Awards program.<\/li>\n<li>There are two women&#8217;s circles which meet monthly for fellowship. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/our-ministries\/welca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong><u>WELCA<\/u><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s Bible Study meets weekly on Monday evenings at 6:00pm in the High School classroom.<\/li>\n<li>Christian education includes Sunday morning adult education at 9:15 (with coffee!) and Sunday School programs for all ages at the same time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In our long storied history, Augustana Lutheran church has operated exclusively through our members giving of themselves, their time and their possessions. If you wish to get involved, please communicate your special gifts to us through contacting the <em><a href=\"mailto: email@augustana-lutheran.org; office@andoverlutheran.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>church office<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Other Worship Opportunities \u201c\u2026Know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain\u201d \u2013 1 Corinthians 15:58 Opportunities for the Week See Calendars page Additional Ministries We support the Orion Area Food Pantry. Members here collect food, deliver food and volunteer at distribution of food. (The Food Pantry is housed in the Village Hall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_home.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5074,"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153\/revisions\/5074"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.andoverlutheran.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}