ADVENT AT THE CATHEDRAL
The first season of the church year, beginning with the fourth Sunday before Christmas and continuing through the day before Christmas. The name is derived from a Latin word for "coming." The season is a time of preparation and expectation for the coming celebration of our Lord's nativity, and for the final coming of Christ "in power and glory."
An Advent Service of
Lessons and Carols,
Sunday, December 7, 2025
10:00 a.m.
A traditional service of choral works and congregational singing, our Advent Lessons Carols Service is not to be missed. Presented by our Cathedral Choir, this service will set the tone for your holiday. A nursery is available for this service and the service will be live-streamed.
Advent Service of
the Simple Presence
Wednesday, December 3, 10 and 17
at 5:15 p.m.
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Our Wednesday early evening service is a time for quiet reflection in God’s presence in the middle of the business of life. Please come if you can—and invite others.
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​Live-Stream link for December 3
Advent in the Blessing Box
Advent is about more than receiving – it is also about giving. Our Advent outreach activity will allow members of the cathedral family to gather food and personal items to share with our neighbors through our Blessing Box outside. Please note that many people depend on our box for daily essentials and prefer cans with pull tab lids.
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Advent at the Cathedral
Advent begins on Sunday, November 30.
Look for all of our Advent materials on a table in the Chapter House. There you will find Celebrating Advent in the Home, candles, Henri Nouwen's daily meditations, an Advent calendar, and adult UTO boxes to be brought back on Ingathering Sunday, January 25. More links will be on the Advent at the Cathedral email we will send next week.
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We invite you to take the time to celebrate Advent. Advent can be a wonderful time to pause and reflect not just on what has happened, but what is to come. To help you celebrate this season, we are sharing some resources. We pray that your Advent is filled with health and hopeful anticipation.
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Daily Advent Readings
An email will be sent each day of the season beginning Sunday, November 30, and ending on Christmas Day. Our hope is that our email subscribers will find them a reflective way to begin each day during this season. If you have received our weekly emails, you will receive the daily readings. If you want to join us, please sign up for our emails by clicking the Subscribe link at the bottom of this page.
The Daily Office
Advent is an appropriate time to adopt a new spiritual practice, such as reading the Daily Office at home. We recommend the Forward Day by Day app that offers the daily meditation from Forward Day By Day, daily morning and evening prayer from the Book of Common Prayer of the Episcopal Church, and the daily scripture readings from the lectionary. https://prayer.forwardmovement.org/pray
Slow down. Quiet. It's Advent.
Use the poster to mark the days through the Advent season. The 2025 Advent posters are available on the ministry table.
For our Children
In Children's Chapel, we will distribute Advent packets for children to take home. In the packet, you will find a booklet for Celebrating Advent in the Home, a Creche magnet, a small calendar of Advent and Christmas events at the Cathedral, and a United Thank Offering Box to color. ​
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Advent Links
For Children:
For Youth:
For Adults:
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
CHRISTMAS OFFERING
ADVENT
Advent means 'Coming' in Latin. This is the coming of Jesus into the world. Christians use the four Sundays and weeks of Advent to prepare and remember the real meaning of Christmas.
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There are five candles on an Advent wreath. Four of the candles represent the four weeks of Advent, and one candle is lit each Sunday. The fifth is the white candle which is lit on Christmas Eve.