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On-Line Resources for the Season of
Advent
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Advent Story about my son Philip. |
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| Advent Candle
Liturgies:
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Archived Advent
Services & Candle Lighting Litanies, Worship Ways, United Church
of Christ (scroll down). |
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Advent Wreath Candlelighting Meditations for Home and Church, Dean
B. McIntyre,
United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Advent Candlelighting Liturgy, Amy C. Wake,
United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Advent Liturgy, Jeanyne Slettom, Process and Faith. |
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Advent
Candle Prayers and Advent
Communion Litanies, Katherine Hawker, Outside the Box. |
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Lighting of
Advent Wreath Litanies for Year A, The Rev. Sheila N. McJilton, St
Philip's Episcopal Church, Laurel, MD. Free use, please attribute to
author. |
| Advent Wreath Liturgies,
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. |
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| Worship Planning:
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Worship Planning for Advent 2007: An Invitation to the Basics,
Taylor Burton-Edwards,
United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Worship During
Advent, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College. |
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Advent Resources
& Alternate Liturgies, Wellsprings of the Gospel. |
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Advent Prayer Service, Debi Tyree, United Methodist Church General Board
of Discipleship. |
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"The Places of Christmas," Six Weeks of Service Plans for Advent and
Christmas, Margaret Dijkjuis, Reformed Worship. |
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"Ordered for Impact: Using the Revised Common Lectionary's Scripture Choices
for a Rich Celebration of the Incarnation," Fritz West, Reformed
Worship. |
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"Figures of Faith: A Series of Children's Messages for Advent," Laura
Venhuizen, Reformed Worship. |
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Wellspring
Liturgies for Advent & Christmas,
Catherine McElhinney and
Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings. |
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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. |
| Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel Lutheran
Church, Portland, OR:
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Advent
Alternative - A selection of readings from Children's Literature with
scriptural references that invite us to "lift the veil" and recognize the
presence of God already born among us. Katherine Hawker, Outside the Box. |
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Advent Worship Resources, Peter L. Haynes. |
| Advent Services
from St Andrew Lutheran Church (ELCA), New Bern, NC. |
| Inclusive Language Seekers Liturgies from Seekers Church:
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| "Blue Christmas" / Longest Night
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Blue Christmas/Longest Night Worship With Those Who Mourn, Resources
from General Board of Discipleship, United Methodist Church. |
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"Blue
Christmas" service, remembering loved ones. Rev. Kent C. Miller,
Trinity Presbyterian Church, Denton TX. |
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Worship Resources,
Longest Night, (includes litanies, "artistic
elements," etc), Rev. Nancy Townley, Free Resources, Cokesbury Worship
Connection. |
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A Blue
Christmas Service, Whole People of God, Wood Lake Books. |
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"Blue Christmas," poetry by Sami Martasian, United Methodist Church
GBOD. |
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| Artwork, Ornaments, Crafts, Music, Multimedia
| Links to art images at The Text This Week's Art
Concordance:
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Jacob's Well Advent Films and mp3 sermons. |
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Four Advent Hymns with Lectionary Texts (Year A), F. Richard
Garland, United Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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"Advent Watch": An Advent Call to Worship, Linda Ridener Dickson and
George August Mann. |
| Jesse Tree
Ornaments, downloadable brochure from King of Peace Episcopal Church. |
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Traditional Hymns for Blended and Contemporary Worship Volume One:
Advent-Christmas-Epiphany, by Dean McIntyre, United Methodist Church General
Board of Discipleship. |
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Advent-Christmas Page, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor,
Contemporary Christian Music Resources. |
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"Prepare, Prepare," a hymn for Advent by John Kleinheksel. United
Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries. |
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"'Tis Winter Now, the Fallen Snow," a hymn for Advent by John
Kleinheksel. United Methodist Church Board of Global Ministries. |
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"The Lord's
Messiah Comes,", a hymn for Advent by Rev David Beswick, Uniting Church in
Australia. |
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"A Star Shone Bright: An Advent Hymn," F. Richard Garland, United
Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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| Devotionals, Daily Readings, Advent Calendars
| "Awake!
Awake, and Greet the New Morn," Advent Devotional, 2007. Luther
Seminary. |
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The Advent Door: Entering a Contemplative Christmas, Jan Richardson. |
| Living the
Lectionary Advent Devotions and Bible Study, with Leader's Guide,
Bass Mitchell. |
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Advent Reflections: From Despair to Hope, Safiyah Fosua, United
Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Sharing the
Dawn, Reflections on the Daily scripture readings for Advent, 2007.
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. |
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Advent
Devotions, 2007. Goshen College. |
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"Reflections on Advent, a 25-day Devotional Guide," FW Writers, blog
at WordPress.com. |
| 2007 Advent
Devotions will be available during Advent at The Upper Room. |
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Praying
Advent, The Collaborative Ministry Office, Creighton University. |
| Celebrating
Advent in the Home, downloadable brochures from King of Peace Episcopal
Church. |
| Advent/Christmas
Devotionals, Lutheran Hour Ministries. |
| Yahoo's list of
Online
(Virtual) Advent Calendars. |
| The Days of
Waiting, thoughts on the message of Advent, explorefaith.org. |
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| Articles
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"Blue Christmas," Ann Fontaine, Episcopal Cafe, 2007. |
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"A Modest Proposal for Advent/Christmas Peace," Taylor Burton-Edwards,
Safiyah Fosua, and Dean McIntyre, United Methodist Church General Board
of Discipleship, 2006. |
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"Where Did the Season of Advent Come From?" Daniel Benedict, United
Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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"What To Do about Advent," Rev. Roland McGregor, United Methodist
Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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"Advent Speaks to the Power of Smallness," Joan Chittister, National
Catholic Reporter, 2003. |
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"Why I'm an
Advent Christian," Ronald Klug. BeliefNet. |
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"Advent - Close Encounters of a Liturgical Kind," Chris Armstrong,
Christian History 2002. |
| "Advent:
A Season of Expectation and Anticipation," Robert T Cornelison at The
Living Pulpit. |
| "Advent,"
Volume 3, 2000, McMaster Journal of Theology and Ministry. |
| Four
Themes for Advent, Culham College Institute. |
| The Season of
Advent, at Ken Collins Web Site: Holy Days and Holidays. |
| Advent,
Wikipedia. |
| Advent,
from the Catholic Encyclopedia. |
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"An Advent Reflection," Richard R. Gaillardetz, Commonweal, 1998. |
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"Encounters with the Hush," Joni Woelfel, National Catholic Reporter,
2002. |
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"Advent: 'Waiting for' and 'Hastening' - Faith & Spirituality," Margo
Ritchie, New Catholic Times, 2002. |
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"Vision of Peace Shimmers in Advent Scripture," Emilie Griffin,
National Catholic Reporter, 2001. |
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"Waiting for God," Molly Marsh, Sojourners, 2002. |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
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Advent, issue focus for Interpretation 6.4, 1997. |
| Bartlett, David,
"Preaching the Advent Texts," Journal for Preachers, 2006. (Year
C) |
| Brown, Sally A.,
"Hold the Chicken Soup: Preaching Advent Hope," Journal for Preachers,
2006. |
| Brueggemann, Walter, "Advent:
Departure and Homecoming," Journal for Preachers, 2007.
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| Charles, Gary W.,
"Diving into Wonderland: Preaching Revelation in the Mainline Pulpit,"
Journal for Preachers, 2006. |
| González, Catherine Gunsalus,
"Advent and Eschatology," Journal for Preachers, 2005. (Year A) |
| González, Catherine Gunsalus,
"Preaching
the Advent Lectionary," Journal for Preachers, 2003. (Year C) |
| Johnson, Abby Arthur,
"Keep Your Lamps Burning: Advent in the Arctic," Theology Today,
1985. |
| Kay, James F.,
"Preaching in Advent," Journal for Preachers, 1989. |
| Long, Thomas G.,
"Imagine There's No Heaven: The Loss of Eschatology in American Preaching,"
Journal for Preachers, 2006. |
| Lowry, James S.,
"Introducing the Luke Cycle: Advent Preaching for Year C," Journal
for Preachers, 1997. |
| Montgomery, Stephen R.,
"Beyond Fear, Fundamentalism, and Fox News: The Active Hope of Advent,"
Journal for Preachers, 2005. |
| Sayles, Guy,
"Preaching Advent Hope While Millions Are Reading the Left Behind
Series," Journal for Preachers, 2004. |
| Sparks, O. Benjamin,
"On Earth Peace, Goodwill: Preaching on Peace During Advent and Christmas,"
Journal for Preachers, 1982. |
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