Christmas Eve: 4 pm Patio Cocoa & Cookies, 4:30 Musical Prelude, 5 pm Lessons & Carols
ADVENT 2023 - Songs that Hold us in the Dark
"Lullabies are fierce. They sound sweet and gentle, but they are potent; the way the Words of Institution invoke a healing power or Baptismal promises are irrevocable. Lullabies bring to bear sufficient hope in scary times, sufficient love for God, to blanket this person suspended in the cradle of my arms between the world of the ancestors and generations yet to come, and mindful that...every person is the hinge between past history and all that will come next. Lullabies give voice to this." - Pastor Mike Woods
WHAT IS ADVENT? The word “Advent” means “coming.” We wait in darkness for the coming dawn. We await the coming of Christ at Christmas. Advent is a season of watching and waiting, practicing trust in the God who comes in. The color of Advent is deep blue, (or, historically, purple) to represent the darkest night before the dawn. Just as lullabies sustain us in the darkness of the night, and hold us in love within a larger story, so Advent invites us to entrust ourselves, one another, and this beloved world to the One who created this world claims it for love, and comes into the human story, as a vulnerable baby, whose life, and death, and resurrection, bring life to us all. This Advent, we are waiting in trust, acknowledging the darkness with the fierce hope, as the promise of lullabies remind us that the world is eternally held in the arms of of a loving, saving God. |
ADVENT WORSHIP SCHEDULE
ADVENT 1: Songs of Hope Sunday, December 3, 10:00 am SANCTUARY & ZOOM ADVENT 2: Songs of Peace Saturday, December 9, at 5 pm, SANCTUARY ADVENT 3: Songs of Joy Sunday, December 15, 10:00 am SANCTUARY & ZOOM ADVENT 4: Songs of Love & CHRISTMAS EVE (Combined) Sunday, December 24, Cocoa & Cookies at 4 pm, Musical Prelude at 4:30, Lessons & Carols at 5 pm SANCTUARY & ZOOM |