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On-Line Resources for the Season of
Advent
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Advent Story about my son Philip. |
| General Resources:
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| Advent Candle/Wreath
Liturgies:
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"A Liturgy of Light: A Candle Lighting Service for Year B," UCC
Worship Ways, 2008. |
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Advent Wreath Meditations, 2008, Dean B. McIntyre, United Methodist
Church GBOD. |
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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
Candle Liturgy, Jeanyne Slettom, Process and Faith. |
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Blessings of Advent Wreath and hymn/song, Rev. Bosco Peters, New
Zealand. |
| Advent 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. |
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| Worship Planning:
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Planning for Advent, Year B, Taylor Burton-Edwards, United Methodist
Church GBOD, 2008. |
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Worship During
Advent, Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College. |
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Advent
Resources, prayers, liturgies, etc, Katherine Hawker, Outside the
Box. |
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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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Advent and Christmas Worship Resources, John van de Laar,
Sacredise. |
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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. |
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Worship Resources by Lisa Frenz, Mt. Carmel Lutheran
Church, Portland, OR. |
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Advent Worship Resources, Peter L. Haynes. |
| 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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"Blue Christmas C: For Those Who Find Rejoicing Hard Work," Ann
Scull, Mustard Seeds. |
| "Blue Christmas: Space to Bring Our Sadness to God,"
Rev. Diane Hendricks, |
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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. |
| At Bass Mitchell's Homilies by E-mail:
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| Hanging of the Greens
Liturgies:
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A Hanging of the Greens Service, Daniel Benedict, United Methodist
Church GBOD. |
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Hanging of the Greens: First Sunday of Advent, Process & Faith. |
| Hanging of the Greens Services:
Emmanuel, God with Us (Year A),
Light and Hope (Year B),
Hope of the Season (Year C), Community of Christ. |
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Hanging of the Greens Service, Moore's Chapel United Methodist
Church. |
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Hanging of the Christmas Green: A Service for the Beginning of
Advent, Monte Nabors and Kelly Yates, Dennis Bratcher, CRI Voice. |
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Hanging of
the Greens: A Celebration of the Advent Season, Denzel Nonhof. |
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Hanging of the
Greens: An Advent Worship Service, Wrightsboro Baptist Church, North
Carolina. |
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Hanging of the Greens, St John's Lutheran Church, Lewistown, PA. |
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How to Organize a Hanging of the Greens Party at Church, Ariana
Cherry-Shearer, eHow. |
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"Adorning Your House, God": Hymn for Hanging of the Greens, Steve
Garnaas-Holmes, tune: AFTON, United Methodist Church GBOD. |
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| Reconciliation Services & Resources:
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| Artwork, Ornaments, Crafts, Music, Multimedia
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Films and Visual Liturgy (most commercial, though some free samples)
at The Work of the People. |
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Four New Advent Hymns for Lectionary B Set to Familiar Tunes, F.
Richard Garland, 2008. United Methodist Church GBOD. |
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Hymn and Song Suggestions,
suggestions for Advent, 2008, Natalie Sims,
Singing from the Lectionary. |
| 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 and
Christmas Resources, Reflections on the Daily scripture readings for Advent, 2008.
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development. |
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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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Alternate
Tunes for LBW Advent Hymns, Rev. Thomas L. Weitzel, Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America. |
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CHURCH PowerPoint,
Advent, Rev. Dorothy Okray. Free PowerPoint
slides for Worship Services. |
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PowerPoint Slides for
Advent (All Years)
Page 1,
Page 2,
Page 3, Will Humes, Word & Table. |
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Karaoke Advent Hymns and
Sacred Images for Meditation at iucc.org. |
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"Adorning Your House, God": Hymn for Hanging of the Greens, Steve
Garnaas-Holmes, tune: AFTON, United Methodist Church GBOD. |
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| Devotionals, Daily Readings, Advent Calendars
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Advent
Devotions, 2008. Goshen College. |
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The Advent Door: Entering a Contemplative Christmas, Jan Richardson,
2008. |
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"Unexpected and Mysterious," Advent Devotional, 2008. Luther
Seminary. |
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Advent Reflections: From Despair to Hope, Safiyah Fosua, United
Methodist Church General Board of Discipleship. |
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Advent Reflections, Year B, Catholic Agency for Overseas
Development. |
| 2008 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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Advent Daily Devotional, at iucc.org. |
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| Articles
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"Advent
in the Southern Hemisphere," Rev. Bosco Peters, New Zealand. |
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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,"
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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"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. |
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Advent and Christmas, issue focus for Word & World, 2007. |
| 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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