The Season of Advent
Advent Articles
Free Family-Friendly Resources for Advent
It’s not to late to start a practice for the season of Advent. Free resources for at home Advent practices available for all ages.
The 99¢ Advent Wreath
With a handful of items, you can make a small Advent wreath, perfect for a child’s table or desk. Activity for church, Sunday school, or home.
Deepen Your Advent Observance With #AdventWord
AdventWord is a global, digital community joined in prayer during Advent by the sharing of meditations and images used by individuals, congregations and organization to share their hope for the season.
Three Teaching Points for Advent
During Advent we participate in the anticipation of the Nativity, while we prepare for the second coming of Jesus. How do we teach these deep mysteries?
Praying with Icons for Advent with Rowan Williams
Use these beautiful books by Rowan Williams on praying with icons for your Advent or Epiphany mid-week small group gatherings.
Webinar: Rebooting Advent—Preparing Hearts
In this webinar with Sybil Macbeth and Angela Nelson we focus on what churches and formation leaders can do during Advent, sharing ideas and tips for how to meet your congregation where they are and journey with them.
AdventWord Online! Your Images, Your Prayers: A Worldwide Practice
Each day of Advent will have a word, such as Awaken or Trust. Participants pray over that word, and then respond with an image on Facebook, Twitter, or IG.
Reverse Advent: A Spiritual Discipline of Reaching Out
A Reverse Advent Calendar encourages households to think about others’ needs during the season of giving. One congregation comes together to reach out to their community.
A Gift to Yourself: Make an Advent Playlist
Create an Advent playlist of the hopeful, expectant music of the season. Collaborate on the list, listen while you prepare for the season, or belt out favorites in the car on your way back to church!
Advent Calendars
Using an Advent Calendar to mark the days from the First Sunday in Advent through the Nativity can bring a spirit of joy, a moment of calm or a bright spot of reflection in a hectic, secular world.
The 99¢ Advent Wreath
With a handful of items, you can make a small Advent wreath, perfect for a child’s table or desk. Activity for church, Sunday school, or home.
Advent Wreath Prayers at Home: 4 Options
Many Christian households light Advent wreath candles in the home. Prayers at this time can deepen spirituality and bind the household together in new ways.
Advent Discussion Spirals from Candle Press
CandlePress offers four-week Advent prayer spirals for all ages, with discussion starters and ideas to carry scripture through the week.
Jesse Tree Advent Activity and Skit
Jesse Tree readings and ornaments become the basis for Old Testament Sunday school and an Advent skit.
Are You Good at Waiting? Online Resources for Advent
We begin the season of Advent on November 30th this year. The first Sunday of Advent is also the first Sunday of a new church year. It marks the end of the old church year and the beginning of the new. The last day of Advent is always December 24th. The word advent comes from a Latin word meaning “coming” or “arrival.” In Advent we are waiting for the coming of the birth of Christ. In our own lives, Advent can be a special time of learning to wait, slowing down, and preparing for the birth of Christ.
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