December 2019: Advent
This was a mid-Advent meditation, featuring photos by members of Grace that had been inspired by the season’s traditional Bible texts. We made our own Advent calendars, as the image below.
The Bible texts were:
1. Isaiah 2 2-5
2. Isaiah 9 1-7
3. Isaiah 11 1-9
4. Isaiah 11 10-16
5. Isaiah 40 1-11
6. Isaiah 52 1-12
7. Isaiah 61 1-4
8. Galatians 4 4-6
9. 1 Thessalonians 4 13-18
10. 1 Thessalonians 5 1-11
11. 1 Corinthians 15 20-28
12. Colossians 1 15-20
13. 2 Peter 3 3-13
14. Mark 14 60-65
Advent Calendar photobook
The Advent calendar full Bible texts and photos are available here as a PDF.
Maranatha
Maranatha is a traditional advent acclamation, with different interpretations:
The Lord comes!
The Lord is come!
Come O Lord!
We light candles to symbolise our prayers:
- faith that God is in a situation we yearn to see transformed
- gratitude for peace or hope we have already experienced
- exasperation that justice and change hasn’t come
If you like write on a piece of tape the situation you are praying for so others can acknowledge that situation before God too. Wrap it round the nightlight and light the candle.
We stand alongside you with the too difficult to write down and silent prayers. May God bring light to those situations. Please do light a candle to represent these too.
Maranatha
May the remainder of your Advent journey be a blessed time for you, your family and your community.
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