SPIRITUAL PRACTICES FOR ADVENT

/ Union Avenue Christian Church/

The Advent season is upon us. At Phillips Theological Seminary, we are honored to go on this anticipatory and preparatory journey with you. We are grateful that you are part of the Phillips community and choose to join us in reflection and thoughtfulness by reading the devotionals we have provided this year. Please use and share this as a resource in your home with your family, in your church with your congregation, or in your own quiet spiritual time. You can access the devotional here.

We have hope in the unchanging, sacrificial love of God, love of each other, our congregations and the love that brings equality and justice into the world through the coming of the Christ. We hope that as you read this booklet you are inspired to deepen your faith as your hope is renewed.

May you experience peace that passes all understanding this season.

This Advent season, our church will join together in prayer every Monday evening in a special time of online Advent Vespers. This short 30-min prayer service brings us together to hear the ancient promises of the God through prophets and angels, to treat our ears to special music of the season, to share with one another in our joys and concerns and goings on of life, and to offer to God our prayers for one another and for the world. This is a very meaningful and rich experience, and we hope that you’ll make time on Monday evenings to join us from wherever you are as we come together in a brief time of prayerful worship. HERE is your weekly link to the online, Monday evening gatherings, beginning Monday, November 28, at 7 p.m.