This year we will celebrate the season of Advent with resource materials from A Sanctified Art. Our theme will be “Words for the Beginning”.

Advent is a season of endings and beginnings. As the calendar year comes to a close, a new church year rushes in. Christ’s birth ushers us into new ways of living and loving—and yet, we feel the weight of many things coming to an end.

Given our polarized world, and in anticipation of continued anxiety regardless of the Election Day outcomes, we need the support of comforting messages.

“Words for the Beginning” will include these weekly themes
•    You Are a Blessing (Luke 1.26-38 and Isaiah 43.1-7)
•    We Can’t Go Alone (Ruth 1 and Ecclesiastes 4.9-12)
•    Do the Good that Is Yours to Do (Luke 3.7-16 and Isaiah 58.9b-12)
•    Hope Is Worth the Risk (Matthew 1.18-25 and Luke 1.46-55)
•    Love Knows Your Name (Luke 2.1-20 and Isaiah 9.6)
•    Don’t Forget to Laugh (Luke 2:10, Matthew 2:10, Isaiah 9:2-3, 
      Psalm 148, Psalm 126:1-3, Ecclesiastes 3:1) Texts of joy!
•    Epiphany – The Road Isn’t Straight (Matthew 2.1-12 and Isaiah 43.16-21)

In addition, we will be sharing artwork, music, and fellowship times that deepen these themes and prepare for and celebrate the gift of Christmas. 

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