The Advent Season
Advent is a Latin term translated "the coming". The Christian season of Advent is comprised of the four weeks leading up to Christmas, during which Christians across the world prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Our attention is focused on the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love. In Advent we remember the longing of God's people as they looked for a Messiah who would deliver them and bring peace to our world. We also look ahead to Christ's return, when He will finally restore all things. It is a season of reflection and preparation, remembering the incarnate God and making way for Him to come again. The refrain of Advent is, "Come, Lord Jesus, Come."
Our community will take some intentional steps to make the Advent season unique:
SUNDAY WORSHIP - Sundays during Advent will have a more simple and reflective feel as we prepare our hearts for Christmas. Both the preaching and the musical worship will focus on the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love.
ADVENT PRAYER - Our prayer gatherings on Wednesday nights will move to a new location - Lane Freemyer's house (near 97th and Maple). Our prayer times will combine confession, reflection, and petition in hopes that we may align our hearts with God's. Join us from 8-9 PM on Wednesdays at Lane's.
ADVENT REFLECTIONS - This blog will become an online Advent devotional during this season. At the least, we'll post each day a Scripture reading to meditate on. And occasionally, we'll write more substantial pieces to spur prayer and provoke reflection.
MOSAIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GIVING - Advent is a season that moves us toward simplicity and selflessness. As a practical and sacrificial way of demonstrating these virtues, God has led us to step out in faith and seek to triple our financial giving during the month of December so that we might fund MCD's 2008 operating budget of $40,000. This is a God-sized vision that will require personal commitment and sacrifice from each person in the Coram Deo community. Please be talking with God about what role He desires you to play as we simplify our Christmas in order to help the poor and needy in our community.
Our community will take some intentional steps to make the Advent season unique:
SUNDAY WORSHIP - Sundays during Advent will have a more simple and reflective feel as we prepare our hearts for Christmas. Both the preaching and the musical worship will focus on the themes of hope, peace, joy, and love.
ADVENT PRAYER - Our prayer gatherings on Wednesday nights will move to a new location - Lane Freemyer's house (near 97th and Maple). Our prayer times will combine confession, reflection, and petition in hopes that we may align our hearts with God's. Join us from 8-9 PM on Wednesdays at Lane's.
ADVENT REFLECTIONS - This blog will become an online Advent devotional during this season. At the least, we'll post each day a Scripture reading to meditate on. And occasionally, we'll write more substantial pieces to spur prayer and provoke reflection.
MOSAIC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GIVING - Advent is a season that moves us toward simplicity and selflessness. As a practical and sacrificial way of demonstrating these virtues, God has led us to step out in faith and seek to triple our financial giving during the month of December so that we might fund MCD's 2008 operating budget of $40,000. This is a God-sized vision that will require personal commitment and sacrifice from each person in the Coram Deo community. Please be talking with God about what role He desires you to play as we simplify our Christmas in order to help the poor and needy in our community.
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