Additional online resources for Advent are given below. “Advent Kits” are still available (let Sheryl know you would like one) that include:
- Advent wreath candle holder (if requested)
- 4 Advent candles (3 purple, 1 pink)
- Simple daily liturgy for lighting the Advent candles
- Operation Brighten the Season instructions
- “Starry Black Night: A Womanist Advent Devotional”
- They have some additional resources on their website
- “Do Not Be Afraid: An Illustrated Devotional”
- Chrismon ornament (on loan!)
- Set of colored pencils
Following the Star: A Daily Online Advent Devotional Guide
This series features scripture, prayer, and meditative thoughts accompanied by gentle music. Following the Star is part of the year-round devotional website and app, d365, a ministry of Passport, Inc. The ministry is sponsored ecumenically by Passport, Inc., Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Presbyterian Mission Agency, and the Episcopal Church. Daily devotionals are available 365 days of the year on d365.org and through our free Apple and Android apps. d365 Daily Devotionals – devotionals 365 days a year
Advent Daily Prayer for Reflection Revised Common Lectionary Year B
Slideshows that present a daily selection from the Revised Common Lectionary Prayers for the Advent Season, with accompanying artwork.
- Advent Daily Prayer for Reflection Week 1
- Advent Daily Prayer for Reflection Week 2
- Advent Daily Prayer for Reflection Week 3
- Advent Daily Prayer for Reflection Week 4
Family Practices to Make Advent Sacred
The practices here, excerpted from the book, Faithful Families for Advent and Christmas: 100 Ways to Make the Season Sacred, invite you and your family to observe a holy Advent, rooted in waiting and preparation.
Low: An Honest Advent Devotional
In this honest Advent devotional, best-selling progressive Christian author John Pavlovitz reminds us that God came to meet us in the low places of our lives—and that Jesus continues to come low this Advent season: when we live humbly, when we seek forgiveness, in our grief and suffering, when we act on behalf of someone else, when we pray. As we walk the road of Advent, Jesus reminds us the invitation is not to escape this world to an elevated Heaven somewhere else, but to bring Heaven down. “God with us” is Jesus, getting low. Each devotional includes a scripture and Advent reflection on Jesus meeting us on the ground, in the grit.
https://johnpavlovitz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Low-Discussion-and-Reflection-Guide.pdf