Abingdon Press has released an interactive Advent calendar app in conjunction with the bestselling book by Adam Hamilton, The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem. This app, priced at $2.99, is available for purchase today in the iTunes® Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad with apps for Android phone and tablets available at Android Market. The $2.99 app is for families of all ages and includes customized formatting for all devices. 

The app is an Advent themed calendar which is used to celebrate the anticipation of Christmas. The app begins with 7 unlocked activities and, beginning December 1st, a new activity is unlocked each day leading up to Christmas day.

There are 7 categories of activities including:

• Videos with author Adam Hamilton discussing Bethlehem, Nazareth and The Journey
• Connect-the-dot game using animals from the Nativity story
• Interactive coloring boards using sketches of Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and others
• Jigsaw puzzles with drag and click options of popular Nativity scenes
• Flip-card games using popular Christmas and Nativity illustrations
• Holiday themed greeting cards that can be emailed to family and friends
• Easy to answer quiz questions surrounding the story of Jesus’ birth

In The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem, Pastor Adam Hamilton combines biblical, historical, cultural, and anthropological data to tell, or re-tell, the most beloved story of all time. It is the Christmas story as you have never heard it before—placed in its proper context, and full of gritty and wonderful details not found in Scripture. 

With the print version of The Journey already showing great success in the consumer market, Abingdon Press anticipates that this family friendly app will provide enjoyment and a refreshed knowledge of Advent to readers on-the-go this Christmas season.

Adam Hamilton is senior pastor of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kansas, one of the fastest growing, most highly visible churches in the country. The Church Report named Hamilton’s congregation the most influential mainline church in America, and PBS’s Religion and Ethics Newsweekly identified him as one of the top “Ten People to Watch.” Hamilton is the best-selling and award-winning author of 24 Hours That Changed The World; Why? Making Sense of God’s Will, Enough: Discovering Joy Through Simplicity And Generosity; and ten other Abingdon Press publication titles.

Get The Journey App: iTunes Store | Android Market

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