Advent & Christmas 2020
2020 Advent & Christmas Schedule
Sunday, November 29th
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10:00AM | Morning Prayer Service ![]() 11:45AM | Art in Advent Class ![]() |
Wednesday, December 2nd |
7:00PM | Agape Meal ![]() |
Saturday, December 5th |
9:00AM-12:00PM | Advent Retreat ![]() |
Sunday, December 6thAdvent II |
10:00AM | Morning Prayer Service ![]() 11:45AM | Art in Advent Class ![]() |
Wednesday, December 9th |
7:00PM | Agape Meal ![]() |
Sunday, December 13thAdvent III |
10:00AM | Lessons & Carols Service ![]() 11:45AM | Art in Advent Class ![]() |
Wednesday, December 16th |
7:00PM | Agape Meal ![]() |
Sunday, December 20thAdvent IV |
10:00AM | Christmas Pageant & Morning Prayer ![]() 11:45AM | Art in Advent Class ![]() |
Thursday, December 24thChristmas Eve |
5:00PM | Christmas Eve Service ![]() |
Friday, December 25thChristmas Day |
10:00AM | Christmas Day Service ![]() |
Sunday, December 27thChristmas I |
10:00AM | Morning Prayer Service ![]() |
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In the Waiting We Are Enlarged
The liturgical season of Advent marks the beginning of the Christian year. We light a candle each Sunday through the four weeks leading up to Christmas and read texts and sing songs that remind us to wait for God in Christ to come and fulfill all God’s promises to God’s people. “In our waiting,” writes former All Angels’ parishioner Bobby Gross, “we are enlarged.” Bobby continues:
“In Advent we focus on three ‘comings’ of Christ: his arrival in history as a baby born of Mary, his return in fearsome glory at the end of time and his intermediate entrance into our own lives. During Advent we are engaged by the prophets of Israel–Isaiah, Zephaniah, Micah, Malachi–and their messianic visions. We are confronted by John the Baptists’s stern call to prepare for Jesus by repenting. We are beckoned to walk with Mary and Joseph in their anxiety and expectation. We are sobered by the teachings of Jesus and his apostles on the judgment to come at the end of the age.”*
Beginning Sunday, November 29, All Angels’ will celebrate Advent and practice waiting together for the Lord, preparing the way for his coming afresh in our lives and in the world. We remember that the world is his, as are we, so we wait, we long, for his glorious reign to come “on earth as it is in heaven.” You are warmly invited to join All Angels’ as we wait together this Advent.
*Bobby Gross, Living the Christian Year, p. 38
The Art of Advent Class
Experience the Advent season in a deeper way through The Art of Advent: a painting a day from Advent to Epiphany by Jane Williams. As a group, we will learn the stories behind several paintings (featured on our bulletin covers through Advent!) and how faith is expressed through these works. Join us Sundays, 11:45am-12:30pm, November 29 to December 20 via Zoom. Register here to access the Zoom call here, and order your own copy of the book here. Contact Yunjoeng Seol with questions.
Agape Meal
Advent Retreat 2020 via Zoom
How do we wait with hopeful expectation in this Advent season? Join us for a time of reflection and exploration through music, images, Scripture and prayer. We will have solo-time offerings for those seeking quieter space and small group offerings for those looking for more communal connections. And, through it all, we anticipate meeting and being met by God. Register here to receive the Zoom link. We look forward to seeing you then!
Your 2020 planning team: Funmi Akintayo, Manny Cacciatore, Karina Glaser, Dan Glaser, Jen Knight, Seth Little and Philip Sheegog.