New Songs for Advent
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Advent Growth Activity
You are encouraged to fill out this chart as a way of helping you put your life in perspective. It asks you to evaluate your life in 4 priorities. Sit down with your family to talk about these areas of priority to honestly evaluate what is important in your life. What are you doing well? What can you improve upon?
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The Advent Wreath: A Devotional Practice
Brief History of the Advent Wreath
The Advent wreath started to be used in churches and homes in the 1600’s as a way to mark the weeks leading up to Christmas.
One purple candle is lit on the first week, with another candle added each week. On the third week of Advent, a pink candle (plus two purple candles) is lit; its different color reminds us that the joy of Christmas is drawing near.
All the candles, including the white candle in the middle are lit on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. The white candle is called the Christ Candle; lighting it represents that Christ has come on Christmas!
The Advent wreath is a circle which represents God’s unending love. It is dressed in evergreens to symbolize the hope of life with Jesus.
The Advent Wreath is intended to be an aid in your devotional life. Here is a short devotion you can use once a week during the month of December.
As you light the candle(s) you may pray:
Pray: “Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the way for your only Son. By His coming, shed light on our path through the darkness of this world. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.”
Read:
Week 1: Read the Creation Story: Genesis 1:1-2:24
Week 2: Read the Story of Sin entering the world: Genesis 3:1-24
Week 3: Read how God has rescued us: Ephesians 2:1-10
Week 4: Read about our hope for New Creation: Revelation 21:1-8
Talk about the reading:
What do you learn about God?
What do you learn about yourself?
How are you challenged to live differently?
Bless: “May the Lord bless us and keep us. May the Lord make His face shine upon us and be gracious to us. May the Lord look on us with favour and give us His peace. Amen.”
The Advent wreath started to be used in churches and homes in the 1600’s as a way to mark the weeks leading up to Christmas.
One purple candle is lit on the first week, with another candle added each week. On the third week of Advent, a pink candle (plus two purple candles) is lit; its different color reminds us that the joy of Christmas is drawing near.
All the candles, including the white candle in the middle are lit on Christmas Eve & Christmas Day. The white candle is called the Christ Candle; lighting it represents that Christ has come on Christmas!
The Advent wreath is a circle which represents God’s unending love. It is dressed in evergreens to symbolize the hope of life with Jesus.
The Advent Wreath is intended to be an aid in your devotional life. Here is a short devotion you can use once a week during the month of December.
As you light the candle(s) you may pray:
Pray: “Stir up our hearts, O Lord, to prepare the way for your only Son. By His coming, shed light on our path through the darkness of this world. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.”
Read:
Week 1: Read the Creation Story: Genesis 1:1-2:24
Week 2: Read the Story of Sin entering the world: Genesis 3:1-24
Week 3: Read how God has rescued us: Ephesians 2:1-10
Week 4: Read about our hope for New Creation: Revelation 21:1-8
Talk about the reading:
What do you learn about God?
What do you learn about yourself?
How are you challenged to live differently?
Bless: “May the Lord bless us and keep us. May the Lord make His face shine upon us and be gracious to us. May the Lord look on us with favour and give us His peace. Amen.”
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