Tag: church calendar
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Christian Seasons Calendar
The Christian Seasons Calendar is now being offered with free shipping. When ours arrived a couple of weeks ago, at the beginning of Advent, we spent a few minutes looking through the beautiful artwork that will mark the church calendar for us this coming year. I love the idea behind this calendar and recommend it…
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Three Months Until Christmas
We’ve scaled back our Christmas gift giving over the past few years. I’m not sure who in my extended family first had the idea, but at some point we began making donations to favorite charities in lieu of presents. At Christmastime we can count on a few greetings cards letting us know which organization or…
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Watch for the Light
I was pleased to see my favorite book of Advent readings, Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas, on Christianity Today’s recent “Top 5 Books on Advent.” There are plenty of reasons to incorporate this book into your other Advent traditions. First, the book is a collection of writings, organized by days, by…
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an advent question
Yesterday was the first Sunday in Advent which, depending on your tradition, may or may not be a big deal. How do you commemorate Advent? Many churches have special liturgy (prayers and Scripture readings) this time of year. New Community will be updating our Advent page each Sunday with prayers and readings. In recent years…
David W. Swanson 