Advent season is the time of waiting, of hopeful and painful expectation. This Advent season, we are leaning into the mess and the wonder of this season- of the mystery of God-with-us. Mess can be beautiful, exciting, terrifying, and sometimes more than we bargained for. Our invitation this advent season is to embrace that mess as we engage with the honest questions and mysteries of this season.
As a companion to this advent season, we have written four meditations to correspond with each week of Advent that we invite you to engage with each week. You can do this in a way that best suits your needs and/or the needs of your family. Which means if you don't get around to it on the actual Advent Sunday, no worries! If the best day for you to gather and do your meditation is a Wednesday at night that's fine! We also invite you to do the meditations around your advent wreath.
As a companion to this advent season, we have written four meditations to correspond with each week of Advent that we invite you to engage with each week. You can do this in a way that best suits your needs and/or the needs of your family. Which means if you don't get around to it on the actual Advent Sunday, no worries! If the best day for you to gather and do your meditation is a Wednesday at night that's fine! We also invite you to do the meditations around your advent wreath.
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This Christmas Eve we will be gathering at 10 am, in-person, out doors, on the Kendrick's Farm in Oregon City, surrounded by lowing cattle, hay, and holy chaos. Together, we will sing some carols, we'll sip some cocoa, we'll eat some cookies, and we will celebrate the story of this not-so-silent-night!
Bring your own mugs and outdoor chairs for your people!
Contact Sara@storylinecommunitypdx.org for location info!
Bring your own mugs and outdoor chairs for your people!
Contact Sara@storylinecommunitypdx.org for location info!
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First Sunday of Advent: Wonderful Counselor
Nov. 28th, 2021, Sabbath Sunday This is a Sabbath Sunday, so while we won't be gathering via Zoom, we invite you to engage with the FIRST week in your Advent Meditation (and don't forget to set up your Advent Wreath). |
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Second Sunday of Advent:
God Who Was, Is, and Is to Come 10 am, via Zoom Dec. 5th, 2021 This is Sunday, we are Gathering to meditate on the mystery the God who Was, at the creation of the world and at our birth, Who IS, in the present and in the midst of all your anxieties and joys, and Who Is To Come, stepping with us into all of our tomorrows. We also invite you to engage with the SECOND week in your Advent Meditation (and light your second Advent candle). |
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Third Sunday of Advent
Mother Mary (Gaudete Sunday) 10 am, via Zoom Dec. 12th, 2021 This is Sunday, we are gathering to rejoice in the resilience, the imagination, and the wonder of Mother Mary. Also, if you feel lead, we invite you to wear something PINK, the color of Gaudete Sunday We also invite you to engage with the THIRD week in your Advent Meditation (and light your third Advent candle). |
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Fourth Sunday of Advent:
Do Not Be Afraid (Of this) 10 am, via Zoom Dec. 21st, 2021 This is Sunday, we are Gathering around the invitation to "not be afraid", even if the good news, the good news of a world made new, is scary. Even if we fear and feel the pains of change, we must breathe and lean into those, because what is waiting on the other side is the beautiful cries of new life. We also invite you to engage with the FOURTH week in your Advent Meditation (and light your FOURTH Advent candle). |
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