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 8, 2024
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 and harpist Rebekah Atkinson 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
Wednesdays, December 4, 11 and 18
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. For two Wednesdays in December guest artists will play Advent music for the service. On December 6 Rachel Nozny will play the flute, including An Advent Prelude by Charles Callaghan. Harpist Rebekah Atkinson will be featured on December 13. Please come if you can—and invite others.
Live-Stream link for December 4
Children's Chapel
Reverse Advent
As we approach Christmas, our children will be learning about the Church season of Advent in Sunday school. We will learn that Advent is about more than receiving – it is also about giving. Our “Reverse Advent” outreach activity will allow our families 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.
The children will decorate special baskets in Sunday School in which to collect the items on the list. They will return them at church on Sunday, December 22.
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Advent at the Cathedral
Advent begins on Sunday, December 1.
All of our Advent materials will be on a table in the Chapter House. 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, December 1, 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 receive our weekly emails, you will receive the daily readings. If someone wants to join us, please ask them to sign up for our emails by clicking the Subscribe link at the bottom of our website landing 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 2024 Advent posters are available on the ministry table
For our Families
Reverse Advent
As we approach Christmas, our children will be learning about the Church season of Advent in Sunday school. We will learn that Advent is about more than receiving – it is also about giving. Our “Reverse Advent” outreach activity will allow our families 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.
Episcopal Relief and Development has created a DIY Advent Creche to use to prepare for the coming of the Lord. We have printed the instructions for you.
Pick up a booklet for Celebrating Advent in the Home and get a new package of Advent candles. “Dog in the Manger” books are available for young families.
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Advent Links
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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.