Feasting Revelation 19:1-9 After this I heard what sounded like a huge crowd in heaven. They said, “Hallelujah! The salvation and glory and power of our God! 2 His judgments are true and just, because he judged the great prostitute, who ruined the earth by her whoring, and he exacted the penalty for the blood... Continue Reading →
4th Thursday of Advent
Christmas Lights 1 John 2:7-17 7 Dear friends, I’m not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message you heard. 8 On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you,... Continue Reading →
4th Wednesday of Advent
Bells Psalm 150 1 Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise God in his fortress, the sky! 2 Praise God in his mighty acts! Praise God as suits his incredible greatness! 3 Praise God with the blast of the ram’s horn! Praise God with lute and lyre! 4 Praise God with drum and dance! Praise God... Continue Reading →
4th Tuesday of Advent
Christmas Pageant Matthew 4:23-25 23 Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues. He announced the good news of the kingdom and healed every disease and sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all those who had various kinds of diseases, those in pain, those possessed by... Continue Reading →
4th Monday of Advent
Christmas Tree 1 Peter 1:10-12 10 The prophets, who long ago foretold the grace that you’ve received, searched and explored, inquiring carefully about this salvation. 11 They wondered what the Spirit of Christ within them was saying when he bore witness beforehand about the suffering that would happen to Christ and the glory that would... Continue Reading →
4th Sunday of Advent
The Love Candle John 3:16-21 16 God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. 17 God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever... Continue Reading →
3rd Saturday of Advent
Boar’s Head 1 Corinthians 15:54-58 54 And when the rotting body has been clothed in what can’t decay, and the dying body has been clothed in what can’t die, then this statement in scripture will happen: Death has been swallowed up by a victory.55 Where is your victory, Death? Where is your sting, Death? (56 Death’s sting is sin,... Continue Reading →
3rd Friday of Advent
Presents & Stocking Stuffers Luke 1:46-55 46 Mary said, “With all my heart I glorify the Lord! 47 In the depths of who I am I rejoice in God my savior. 48 He has looked with favor on the low status of his servant. Look! From now on, everyone will consider me highly favored 49... Continue Reading →
3rd Thursday of Advent
Crèche 1 John 4:7-14 7 Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. 8 The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how the love of God is revealed to us: God has... Continue Reading →
3rd Wednesday of Advent
12 Days of Christmas Leviticus 23:38-44 38 This is in addition to the Lord’s sabbaths and in addition to your presents, all the payments for solemn promises, and all the spontaneous gifts that you give to the Lord. 39 Note that on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered the land’s... Continue Reading →
