Advent

Article Simple Christmas: Celebrating a Different Kind of Advent
- By Ministry Matters
- Posted on December 13th, 2012
2012 has been filled with uncertainty, division, and hardship in many parts of the nation. Power is still out for some victims of Hurricane Sandy, some voters are still mourning…
Article Don't Leave Your Congregation in the Dark
- By Ian Heston Doescher
- Posted on December 12th, 2012
“When Jesus was alone, those who were around him along with the twelve asked him about the parables. And he said to them, ‘To you has been given the secret of the…
Article Service of Carols, Lessons, and Prayers
- By Barbara Dick
- Posted on December 10th, 2012
A Service of Carols, Lessons, and Prayers is traditional for some churches, in others it can be an additional service to your planned worship times or added with some adaptations. …
Article The Twelve Ways of Christmas (part 2)
- By Todd Outcalt
- Posted on December 6th, 2012
In part one of this essay, I outlined six ways we can celebrate and observe the incarnate Christ at Christmas. Here are the other six . . . don’t sing them all at once! The …
Article The Twelve Ways of Christmas (part 1)
- By Todd Outcalt
- Posted on December 5th, 2012
Most everyone is familiar with the traditional song, The Twelve Days of Christmas. This tune hearkens back to the days when the Christmas celebration lasted for, well, twelve days …
Article Advent Repentance
- By Paul E. Flesner
- Posted on December 1st, 2012
A Sermon on Mark 1:1-8 The way in which the church prepares for Christmas compared to the way the rest of the world prepares for Christmas is confusing to many…