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Advent

Advent Resources

For a Christian leader, Advent holds profound significance as it symbolizes a season of anticipation and reflection, fostering a sense of spiritual preparation for the celebration of Christ's birth. It serves as a pivotal time for leaders to guide their communities in embracing hope, joy, and faith, reinforcing the foundational values that define their collective journey. And we have collected some resources that are great for individuals and communities. 

Bible Project

The Bible Project is offering an Advent word study guide to dive deeper into the meaning of this season of expectation.

This Advent series is a great resource for individuals and communities. Head on over to find articles, watch videos, and download the 4-week guide. This series will encourage you to grow and learn during this season of expectation and birth!

Bible Project Advent Series

Bible Project Word Series: Agape/Love

Pray As You Go

The Pray As You Go offers a daily meditation that you can access from your phone or your computer. 

Download the app in either Google Play or App Store

Daily Meditation

Pray As You Go Meditation Guide

Revised Common Lectionary

You can also find the daily readings.

Daily Readings

Advent Hymns

Liturgical Calendar Resources from Restory Center

Weave themes of restoration into your ministry all year long with our Liturgical Calendar Resources. Each resource is designed to be used during a season on the church calendar so you can easily use them to supplement the already existing rhythms of your ministry. These 6 resources use common language to consistently draw your congregation back to the hopeful work God is doing among them.

Church Calender

Additional Resources

On that day I will raise up
the booth of David that is fallen,
and repair its breaches,
and raise up its ruins,
and rebuild it as in the days of old;
in order that they may possess the remnant of Edom
and all the nations who are called by my name,
says the Lord who does this.
The time is surely coming, says the Lord,
when the one who plows shall overtake the one who reaps,
and the treader of grapes the one who sows the seed;
the mountains shall drip sweet wine,
and all the hills shall flow with it.

Amos 9:11-13