Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This Sunday, we commence in the process of preparing the church for Christmas we call “the greening of the church.” We take the name for the live greens we use to decorate our worship space. It is a festive time and one full of memories and connections. Like …
Advent
Advent 2: Prepare
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! Thanksgiving weekend often lands right before the first Sunday in Advent. We spend this time with friends and family (physically or in memory) or perhaps alone as a kind of respite from them! But for many of us, it is a time to remember to be thankful. It is the …
Advent
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! This Sunday, we begin a new liturgical year again, with Advent, the four Sundays that precede Christmas Day. The themes for Advent involve anticipation, waiting, preparing, which are themes abundant in the culture this time every year as people prepare for …