1. This Sunday
1a. Special request
2. Next Sunday
1. Tomorrow, Sunday, is the First Sunday in Advent, the brand-spanking-new beginning of the Church's Calendar (liturgical) year.
Happy New Year, then!
Let's make an Advent Wreath! Or Wreaths.
I'll bring vines and stuff to make a wreath. You can bring such too, in case yours are any better (but no pressure!).
I'll be bringing some of the usual raw materials: flat Styrofoam disk, green silk pine picks to cover the top of the Styrofoam, gold metallic ribbon-enough to cover outer edge of Styrofoam, glue, 3 purple candles, 1 pink candle, 1 white candle.
What else? Comb from your yard (parents' permission, of course), holly, berries, small pine cones and things like that.
1a. Special Request: Since this week might have people still traveling, please let me know if you are coming, either with a phone call or an email here.
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2. Next Week:
a. St. Nicholas Day excursion, Saturday, December 5. Stay tuned for details.
b. Sunday, December 6: It's the Annual Cookie-Palooza! We make enough cookies for the folks at the prison where Mark Siler and Nancy Sehested serve as chaplains.
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More on Advent's First Sunday:
The word Advent means "coming" or "arrival." We focus, of course, on the celebration of the birth of Jesus the Christ in his First Advent, and many Christians anticipate the return of Christ the King (Last Sunday's title in the liturgical year) in his Second Advent. Thus, Advent is more than simply marking a 2,000 year old event in history. It is celebrating the reconciling work of God with us. ("God with us" means Emmanuel, one of Jesus' titles or names). In this focus on past, present and future, Advent also symbolizes the spiritual journey of individuals and a congregation, as they affirm that Christ has come, that He is present in the world today, and that He is ever-coming again. So let us celebrate again, as if for the first time, this ever-reconciling work of "God with us."
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