Advent 2024
Advent begins November 10. We will offer special Advent services including: a recorded morning prayer service each Tuesday and a hybrid evening prayer service each Wednesday. We are using liturgy adapted from How Does a Weary World Rejoice? by Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art, LLC | sanctifiedart.com
Advent Morning Prayer for Dec 10, 2024. Note artwork is Two Mothers by Nicolette Peñaranda.
Each week we are including a version of the Magnificat. Here is one for Dec. 10, 2024.
Advent Morning Prayer for Dec. 3, 2024.
Each week we are including a version of the Magnificat. Here is one for Dec. 3, 2024.
Advent Morning Prayer video will be posted on Tuesday by 10 a.m. You can access previous weeks on our Youtube Channel here.
Even as we are still ensnared by the implications of election results, by conflicts around the world, and by all that lies behind and ahead of us, we wait for Jesus.
This year, we are supplementing our Advent resources with liturgy and poetry from Sanctified Art, How does a weary world rejoice? Here is an introduction from their team:
Christ was born into a weary world. King Herod ruled the land
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with a legacy of ruthlessness. The Romans treated the people of
Israel with contempt, imposing harsh taxes and land seizures that
forced many into subsistence farming. Poverty and destitution were
pervasive. And yet, Christ was born, bringing good news of great joy
for all people.
This season, we invite you to look closely at the details in the
opening chapters of the Gospel of Luke. Discover where joy is
sprinkled throughout the narrative. Identify the moments when joy
arrives—despite trepidation, fear, or grief. And consider how joy can
be a companion to you this season, for our joy is rooted in the truth
that we belong to God. Can you tether yourself to that deep truth?
You deserve to feel joy—fully. The world needs your joy, even if you
are weary.
What is contributing to your weariness right now? Where are you finding joy as we enter the Advent season? How can you tether yourself to the truth that we belong to God?
Advent Morning Prayer video will be posted on Tuesday by 10 a.m.