Advent Online - Caitlyn’s MEGA list of Advent resources

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Dec 1

Experience Advent at church, in your earbuds, on your phone, on social media, and online

The air is cooling, the nights are growing longer, the vestments in the worship space have turned blue – the season of Advent is upon us.

Advent practices often take a back seat to our Lenten fasts, thanks in no small part to the hustle and bustle of parties, decorating, and domestic preparations. It can be hard to slow down and devoutly read an Advent book, or piously pray the Daily Office, and fasting during Christmas Cookie Season is out of the question.

Maybe you’re not a book person. Maybe you have a long commute. Or maybe you crave more this season.

Below you'll find Caitlyn’s MEGA list of ways you can experience Advent electronically, through your earbuds, on your cell phones, on your social media, and much more. God reached out to us in such an unlikely way – in baby boy born in a barn. God continues to reach out to us, meeting us where we are to call us to God's Love, even in our emails and Instagrams. Peruse the lists below to find what might be a place where God can reach out to you while waiting at your desk, in your car, or while you wait in line.

May you be blessed this Advent season as we celebrate Christ’s first coming and wait together in hope for his second coming.

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At Church

Make an Anglican Rosary

Praying with beads is an ancient way to pray, and entering into the meditative place of repetitive short prayers can be very calming on the soul.
Join with parishioner Judy Carter to learn about this prayer practice, and make your own set of beads to take home. This is open to all ages - even the littles will love this!
**Join us in the Parish Hall on December 4 at 9 AM!**

**Paint a Christ Candle**

On the first Sunday of Advent we made wreaths with fresh greens. Now we’ll gather to paint the Christ Candle, which will sit in the center of our wreaths for the 12 days of Christmas. A fun craft with coffee and good company, for all ags.
**Join us in the Parish Hall on December 11 at 9 AM!**

ALBUMS and PLAYLISTS

PODCASTS

CAITLYN’S FIVE FAVORITE ADVENT BOOKS

Holy is His Name

*Daily Devotions for Advent*
Written by a friend of mine and Episcopal youth minister, Elis reflects daily on the canticles in the Gospel of Luke. She explores the hope, peace, and liberation promised to us all. In this season of Advent, sing and pray these words of joy and proclaim that indeed, holy is his name.

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Honest Advent
*Awakening to the Wonder of God-With-Us Then, Here, and Now*

A devotional for art lovers. For those who are looking for something honest, something real, something with a little more human grit to it and a little less conventional red and green: *Honest Advent* offers a new kind of devotional.

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Advent

*The Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ*

"Advent," says Fleming Rutledge, "is definitely not for sissies." As the midnight of the Christian year, Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book Rutledge spotlights the rich significance of the Advent season not just as transitional but as vibrant and profound in its own right.

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Watch for the Light

Fifty devotions that invite you to contemplate the great themes of Christmas and the significance that the coming of Jesus has for each of us - not only during Advent, but every day. Whether dipped into at leisure or used on a daily basis, *Watch for the Light* gives the phrase "holiday preparations" new depth and meaning.

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Haphazard by Starlight
*A Poem A Day From Advent To Epiphany*

For poetry lovers. Like the Magi who travelled a long distance to search out and adore the infant Jesus, and who took some wrong turns on the way, we too have a journey to undertake before we find that we have “Walked haphazard by starlight straight/Into the kingdom of heaven.”

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APPS

Pilgrimage - St. Martin’s, a virtual Holy Land pilgrimage on Google Play and the App Store
Venite: Daily Prayer and Meditation app on Google Play and the App Store
d365 Daily Devotionals by PASSPORT Camps on Google Play and the App Store
Day by Day by Forward Movement on Google Play and the App Store

EMAIL

#AdventWord -- adventword.org
Brother Give Us a Word by the Society of St. John the Evangelist -- ssje.org/word
Daily Advent Reflections by SPCK -- spckpublishing.co.uk/advent
d365 Daily Devotionals -- d365.org
Busted Halo -- advent.bustedhalo.com