Welcome to a New Season

Advent is a season of endings and beginnings. As the calendar year comes to a close, a new church year begins. Christ’s birth ushers us into new ways of living and loving; and yet, the world as we know it spins madly on. In many ways, pregnant Mary was surrounded by endings—large and small, personal and political. But Mary proclaimed hope in a God who was and is making all things new. Christ’s birth offered a beautiful new beginning for shepherds and Magi alike—all the while, King Herod tried to bring Christ’s story to an end. When we ourselves navigate seasons filled with endings and beginnings, we need reminders. We need words that can feel like steady ground, like a path for our feet to find as we step forward into the unknown.

We invite you to enter this Advent season as if you are entering a sacred new chapter, holding fast to the reminders that will bolster you for the journey ahead. As you journey through this season, may you find words for belovedness and hope. May you find words for beginning again. For no matter what you are facing, no matter what this new day brings, love is your beginning.  – from A Sanctified Art

Advent Sundays
December 1  – First Sunday of Advent – You Are A Blessing
December 8 – Second Sunday of Advent – We Can’t Go Alone
December 15  – Third Sunday of Advent – Do The Good That Is Yours To Do & Christmas Program: Great Joy for All
December 22 – Fourth Sunday of Advent – Hope Is Worth The Risk

And on Wednesday evenings in Advent, December 4, 11 and 18, come for Soup & Holden Evening Prayer.

Christmas
December 24 – Christmas Eve at 4:30 pm – Love Knows Your Name
December 25 – Christmas Day at 10:30 am– O Come Let Us Adore
December 29 – First Sunday of Christmas – Don’t Forget To Laugh: Selections On Joy

Save the Date
January 5 – Eve of Epiphany – The Road Isn’t Straight