The four Sundays leading up to Christmas (and the days included) comprise the church’s season known as Advent. The word “Advent” stems from the Latin adventus meaning “coming.” Advent is a time of preparation for the coming of the Lord Jesus at Christmas. It marks these weeks approaching Christmas as a time for waiting.  Advent is not only a time we wait for Christmas; it’s a time when we point forward to Jesus’ second advent, Jesus’ return.  

Advent is a time to remember how Jesus’ coming brought about a great turning for the world. The world had been hounded by hopelessness, shame, great sadness, and the coldness of self-concern and self-preservation, and his coming caused a great turning toward hope, peace, joy, and love.Each of the four Sundays in Advent speak to these four themes, respectively: hope, peace, joy, and love. During Advent, we’re exploring the angelic messages that were passed along either in the days leading to the holy night of Jesus’s birth or on the holy night itself as we explore these themes of hope, peace, joy, and love.

Each week during Advent, we’ll be using clips from the television series The Chosen’s Christmas episode entitled “Holy Night.”  Come join us as we prepare for Jesus’ first and second comings and see how Jesus Brings Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love, to the world and to each of us. 

                                                                                       Tim    

1. Hand sanitation stations are posted at the entrances.
2. No communion or offering trays will be passed (pre-packed communion kits are at each chair; an offering box is on the back wall).