for the First Week of Advent
November 28, 2021
This page has links to information used or encountered in preparing this online service. Advent and Chrismons
What is Advent?
What is the Advent Wreath?
Celebrate with a Jesse Tree
A History of the Chrismon Tree
Chrismon Tree wikipedia article
Booklet of Chrismon Symbols
A Look Back to an earlier service
FISH (Greek ICHTHUS) as an Acronym
An Advent Devotional Based on the Chrismon Tree
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The Most Christmas Information on the Web
Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
This is the 1st week of a 7 week Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the weeks of the Series.
The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the weeks of the Series.
Worship Series: "Come Home for Christmas"
from umcdiscipleship.org
Advent is an invitation. For many, it is the invitation to get into that Christmas spirit, to count down the days to the grand celebration, and let the holiday transform everything around us. We’re not all about Christmas, the holiday, about December 25 with all the jingle bells and tinsel. We are about Christmas, the Mass of Christ, the celebration of the Incarnate one who comes to remind us that we are not alone, and God is with us. We are about the longing for the coming kin-dom, where we will study war no more, where people will walk in the light, where joy will be found, and love with be the tie that binds us together. That’s the home for which we long. That’s the invitation this Advent season to your church and the world: “Come home for Christmas.”
This Week's Theme: "Time to Go Home"Liturgical Resources
The first week of Advent has to deal with the shock. Is it time? Already? Sure, the world has been giving Christmas hints for months now, but it still seems to surprise us every year.
Worship Planning NotesPreaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10 ; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes . DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment..... MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service
Hymns Considered For this week: .Verses - "People Look East" 207 -
.Verses - "Prepare the Way of the Lord"2073 -
.Verses - "Celebrate Love"2090 -
.Verses - "Light the Advent Candle"3067 -
.Verses - "Welcome to Our World"