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  Pr8/OT13/P+4
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  Sts Peter & Paul
   (June 29)
  Pr 9/OT14/P+5
   (July 5)
  Pr10/OT15/P+6
   (July 12)
  Pr11/OT16/P+7
   (July 19)
  Ste. M Magdalene
   (July 22)
  St James Elder
   (July 25)
  Pr12/OT17/P+8
   (July 26)
  Pr13/OT18/P+9
   (Aug 2)
  Transfiguration
   (Aug 6)
  Pr14/OT19/P+10
   (Aug 9)
  Assumption Mary
   (Aug 15)
  St Mary
   (Aug 15)
  Pr15/OT20/P+11
   (Aug 16)
  Pr16/OT21/P+12
   (Aug 23)
  St Bartholomew
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  Pr17/OT22/P+13
   (Aug 30)
  Pr18/OT23/P+14
   (Sept 6)
  Pr19/OT24/P+15
   (Sept 13)
  Holy Cross Day
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  Pr20/OT25/P+16
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  St Matthew
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  Pr21/OT26/P+17
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  Michael/Angels
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  Pr22/OT27/P+18
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  World Communion
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On-Line Resources for the Season of Advent

bulletAn Advent Story about my son Philip.
bulletGeneral Resources:
bullet Advent Resources at iucc.org.
bullet Advent Season, ELCA.
bulletAn excellent set of planning helps and articles about Advent from the United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bulletAdvent Resources at Christian Resource Institute (Dennis Bratcher). Includes materials on The Jesse Tree and Advent Wreaths, and an article on Hearing Old Testament Advent Texts.
bulletKirkweb's Advent Resources Page.
bulletAdvent, Christmas and Epiphany Resources on the Web at Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada's "Lift Up Your Hearts".
bulletAdvent Candle/Wreath Liturgies:
bullet "A Liturgy of Light: A Candle Lighting Service for Year B," UCC Worship Ways, 2008.
bullet Advent Wreath Meditations, 2008, Dean B. McIntyre, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bullet Advent Wreath Candlelighting Meditations for Home and Church, Dean B. McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent Candlelighting Liturgy, Amy C. Wake, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent Candle Liturgy, Jeanyne Slettom, Process and Faith.
bullet Blessings of Advent Wreath and hymn/song, Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
bulletAdvent Weath Litanies, Year A, Year B, Year C, the Rev. Sheila N. McJilton, St David's Episcopal Church, Wilmington, DE. Written for family participation in worship service with a part for younger children. Free use. Please acknowledge writer.
bulletWorship Planning:
bullet Planning for Advent, Year B, Taylor Burton-Edwards, United Methodist Church GBOD, 2008.
bullet Worship During Advent, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College.
bullet Advent Resources, prayers, liturgies, etc, Katherine Hawker, Outside the Box.
bullet Advent Resources & Alternate Liturgies, Wellsprings of the Gospel.
bullet Advent Prayer Service, Debi Tyree, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent and Christmas Worship Resources, John van de Laar, Sacredise.
bullet "The Places of Christmas," Six Weeks of Service Plans for Advent and Christmas, Margaret Dijkjuis, Reformed Worship.
bullet "Ordered for Impact: Using the Revised Common Lectionary's Scripture Choices for a Rich Celebration of the Incarnation," Fritz West, Reformed Worship.
bullet "Figures of Faith: A Series of Children's Messages for Advent," Laura Venhuizen, Reformed Worship.
bullet Wellspring Liturgies for Advent & Christmas, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet Ideas for Worship from "On the Move," a publication of The Joint Board of Christian Education of Australia and New Zealand. At The Billibong, Jeff Shrowder.
bullet Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR.
bullet Advent Worship Resources, Peter L. Haynes.
bulletInclusive Language Seekers Liturgies from Seekers Church:
bullet "Who's Got the Power?" (2007)
bullet "The Days are Surely Coming" (2006)
bullet "Binding Up the Brokenhearted" (2005)
bullet "hoping to be fed...our hands serving" (2004)
bullet "What Are We Waiting For?" (2003)
bullet"Blue Christmas" / Longest Night
bullet Blue Christmas/Longest Night Worship With Those Who Mourn, Resources from General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church.
bullet "Blue Christmas" service, remembering loved ones. Rev. Kent C. Miller, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Denton TX.
bullet "Blue Christmas C: For Those Who Find Rejoicing Hard Work," Ann Scull, Mustard Seeds.
bullet"Blue Christmas: Space to Bring Our Sadness to God," Rev. Diane Hendricks,
bullet Worship Resources, Longest Night, (includes litanies, "artistic elements," etc), Rev. Nancy Townley, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship Connection.
bullet A Blue Christmas Service, Whole People of God, Wood Lake Books.
bullet "Blue Christmas," poetry by Sami Martasian, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bulletAt Bass Mitchell's Homilies by E-mail:
bullet Worship Remembering Those We Miss at Christmas, Rev. Kent C. Miller.
bullet "The Candle," story for Blue Christmas service, Rev. Jane Fry.
bulletHanging of the Greens Liturgies:
bullet A Hanging of the Greens Service, Daniel Benedict, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bullet Hanging of the Greens: First Sunday of Advent, Process & Faith.
bulletHanging of the Greens Services: Emmanuel, God with Us (Year A), Light and Hope (Year B), Hope of the Season (Year C), Community of Christ.
bullet Hanging of the Greens Service, Moore's Chapel United Methodist Church.
bullet Hanging of the Christmas Green: A Service for the Beginning of Advent, Monte Nabors and Kelly Yates, Dennis Bratcher, CRI Voice.
bullet Hanging of the Greens: A Celebration of the Advent Season, Denzel Nonhof.
bullet Hanging of the Greens: An Advent Worship Service, Wrightsboro Baptist Church, North Carolina.
bullet Hanging of the Greens, St John's Lutheran Church, Lewistown, PA.
bullet How to Organize a Hanging of the Greens Party at Church, Ariana Cherry-Shearer, eHow.
bullet "Adorning Your House, God": Hymn for Hanging of the Greens, Steve Garnaas-Holmes, tune: AFTON, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bulletReconciliation Services & Resources:
bulletA sample Lenten Reconciliation Service, Work of the People, Liturgy Notes of the Diocese of San Jose.
bullet Liturgy: Reconciliation Service, CAFOD: Just One World.
bullet "Communal Reconciliation," Paul Turner, Ministry and Liturgy.
bullet Lenten Reconciliation Service, www.jamesoregan.com.
bulletArtwork, Ornaments, Crafts, Music, Multimedia
bullet Films and Visual Liturgy (most commercial, though some free samples) at The Work of the People.
bullet Four New Advent Hymns for Lectionary B Set to Familiar Tunes, F. Richard Garland, 2008. United Methodist Church GBOD.
bullet Hymn and Song Suggestions, suggestions for Advent, 2008, Natalie Sims, Singing from the Lectionary.
bulletLinks to art images at The Text This Week's Art Concordance:
bulletvisitation
bullet Mystical/Liturgical/Enthroned Madonna
bulletlast judgment
bulletannunciation
bullet John the Baptist
bullet Jacob's Well Advent Films and mp3 sermons.
bullet Four Advent Hymns with Lectionary Texts (Year A), F. Richard Garland, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet "Advent Watch": An Advent Call to Worship, Linda Ridener Dickson and George August Mann.
bulletJesse Tree Ornaments, downloadable brochure from King of Peace Episcopal Church.
bullet Traditional Hymns for Blended and Contemporary Worship Volume One: Advent-Christmas-Epiphany, by Dean McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent and Christmas Resources, Reflections on the Daily scripture readings for Advent, 2008. Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.
bullet "Prepare, Prepare," a hymn for Advent by John Kleinheksel. United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries.
bullet "'Tis Winter Now, the Fallen Snow," a hymn for Advent by John Kleinheksel. United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries.
bullet "The Lord's Messiah Comes,", a hymn for Advent by Rev David Beswick, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet "A Star Shone Bright: An Advent Hymn," F. Richard Garland, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Alternate Tunes for LBW Advent Hymns, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
bullet CHURCH PowerPoint, Advent, Rev. Dorothy Okray. Free PowerPoint slides for Worship Services.
bullet PowerPoint Slides for Advent (All Years) Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Will Humes, Word & Table.
bullet Karaoke Advent Hymns and Sacred Images for Meditation at iucc.org.
bullet "Adorning Your House, God": Hymn for Hanging of the Greens, Steve Garnaas-Holmes, tune: AFTON, United Methodist Church GBOD.
bulletDevotionals, Daily Readings, Advent Calendars
bullet Advent Devotions, 2008. Goshen College.
bullet The Advent Door: Entering a Contemplative Christmas, Jan Richardson, 2008.
bullet "Unexpected and Mysterious," Advent Devotional, 2008. Luther Seminary.
bullet Advent Reflections: From Despair to Hope, Safiyah Fosua, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet Advent Reflections, Year B, Catholic Agency for Overseas Development.
bullet2008 Advent Devotions will be available during Advent at The Upper Room.
bullet Praying Advent, The Collaborative Ministry Office, Creighton University.
bullet Celebrating Advent in the Home, downloadable brochures from King of Peace Episcopal Church.
bulletAdvent/Christmas Devotionals, Lutheran Hour Ministries.
bulletYahoo's list of Online (Virtual) Advent Calendars.
bulletThe Days of Waiting, thoughts on the message of Advent, explorefaith.org.
bullet Advent Daily Devotional, at iucc.org.
bulletArticles
bullet "Advent in the Southern Hemisphere," Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand.
bullet "Blue Christmas," Ann Fontaine, Episcopal Cafe, 2007.
bullet "A Modest Proposal for Advent/Christmas Peace," Taylor Burton-Edwards, Safiyah Fosua, and Dean McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship, 2006.
bullet "Where Did the Season of Advent Come From?" Daniel Benedict, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet "What To Do about Advent," Rev. Roland McGregor, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship.
bullet "Advent Speaks to the Power of Smallness," Joan Chittister, National Catholic Reporter, 2003.
bullet "Why I'm an Advent Christian," Ronald Klug. BeliefNet.
bullet "Advent - Close Encounters of a Liturgical Kind," Chris Armstrong, Christian History 2002.
bullet"Advent," Volume 3, 2000, McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry.
bulletFour Themes for Advent, Culham College Institute.
bulletThe Season of Advent, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays.
bulletAdvent, Wikipedia.
bulletAdvent, from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
bullet "Advent: 'Waiting for' and 'Hastening' - Faith & Spirituality," Margo Ritchie, New Catholic Times, 2002.
bullet "Vision of Peace Shimmers in Advent Scripture," Emilie Griffin, National Catholic Reporter, 2001.
bullet "Waiting for God," Molly Marsh, Sojourners, 2002.
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bullet Advent, issue focus for Interpretation 6.4, 1997.
bullet Advent and Christmas, issue focus for Word & World, 2007.
bulletBartlett, David, "Preaching the Advent Texts," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year C)
bulletBrown, Sally A., "Hold the Chicken Soup: Preaching Advent Hope," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
bulletBrueggemann, Walter, "Advent: Departure and Homecoming," Journal for Preachers, 2007.
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bulletCharles, Gary W., "Diving into Wonderland: Preaching Revelation in the Mainline Pulpit," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
bulletGonzález, Catherine Gunsalus, "Advent and Eschatology," Journal for Preachers, 2005. (Year A)
bulletGonzález, Catherine Gunsalus, "Preaching the Advent Lectionary," Journal for Preachers, 2003. (Year C)
bulletJohnson, Abby Arthur, "Keep Your Lamps Burning: Advent in the Arctic," Theology Today, 1985.
bulletKay, James F., "Preaching in Advent," Journal for Preachers, 1989.
bulletLong, Thomas G., "Imagine There's No Heaven: The Loss of Eschatology in American Preaching," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
bulletLowry, James S., "Introducing the Luke Cycle: Advent Preaching for Year C," Journal for Preachers, 1997.
bulletMontgomery, Stephen R., "Beyond Fear, Fundamentalism, and Fox News: The Active Hope of Advent," Journal for Preachers, 2005.
bulletSayles, Guy, "Preaching Advent Hope While Millions Are Reading the Left Behind Series," Journal for Preachers, 2004.
bulletSparks, O. Benjamin, "On Earth Peace, Goodwill: Preaching on Peace During Advent and Christmas," Journal for Preachers, 1982.