Advent: A Time of Preparation

This past Sunday we celebrated the end of the liturgical year with Christ the King Sunday.  Now it's time to prepare for Advent.  During the next four weeks, I will be posting an Advent Devotional for you to use in your personal devotional time and also to save for future years as you make your Advent worship plans.

But first, during this week leading up to the first Sunday of Advent, it's time to lay the ground work for our preparation -- an Advent Candle.

To receive a free template and instructions on how to make this Advent Candle, e-mail me at joyfuljoan1955@gmail.com.

A Fresh Start

I am revamping my worship planning blog with a new name and more resources and inspiration.  I have found the need in my life to feed my creative juices and produce more seasonal devotionals and worship service ideas.  One of the skills I have been working on is writing prayers and litanies.  I have been studying "Let the Whole Church Say Amen!" by Laurence Hull Stookey.  My hope is to compile the original prayers & litanies that I have written and make them available to worship leaders.  I have also been working on an Advent Devotional booklet based on Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.  And finally, I am working on a choir devotional for the weeks between the Baptism of the Lord and Ash Wednesday when many times we look at the life and teachings of Jesus.  The main theme of this choir devotional will be the lyrics of "More About Jesus" by Eliza E. Hewitt.

I hope you'll follow my blog and download the resources that I will be making available.