Advent–Christmas is a season of hope and joy. It is a perfect time to emphasize the Christian spiritual disciplines of waiting for Christ’s second coming and joyous hope in Christ’s redemption. This eNewsletter features some helpful worship planner resources for Advent and Christmas from our rich library.
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Come and visit our new website and let us know what you think. Send your comments to info@ReformedWorship.org. We love to hear from you. | | |  | | | A Series for Advent and Christmas Waiting is one of those spiritual disciplines that we as Christians exercise as we await Christ’s second coming, but also as we wait for answers to our prayers and as we show patience toward individuals or circumstances that we wish would change but haven’t yet. As the world around us rushes toward Christmas and demands instant gratification, the church pauses to experience the waiting of Advent.  | | | | | |  | | | A Christmas Eve Service This Christmas Eve service tells the story of God’s salvation plan from the Garden of Eden to Jesus’ resurrection. It shows how all of Scripture is one big story of God calling his people back to him. | | | | |  | | | | How can we help our children understand what Christmas is all about? This candlelight service, while involving members of all generations, lets children and young people take part in real responsibilities in worship in order to form and nurture their faith through meaningful participation. | | | | |  | | | | | | Articles and resources in this eNewsletter marked with are premium content for Reformed Worship subscribers. They are available to non-subscribers until November 30, 2021. To access premium content at the Reformed Worship website and our digital library, please subscribe today. | | | | | Worship planning Resources | | | | | Reformed Worship has rich resources for preachers and worship planners whose worship services follow the Lectionary. Check out this chart for Year C resources for the Advent to Epiphany season. Read more » | | | Advent does not depend on optimism. Advent is rooted in promise, the promise that makes hope a way of life for God's people. God's promises thread their way through the Scriptures and through history. Read more » | | | Emily Brink shares four songs for the Christmas season composed by Keith Getty in collaboration with others. Read more » | | | Advertisement |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | I am reminded to be grateful for God’s gift of plenty and pray for those in need whenever I see a pumpkin. | | | | | | | | | | | Confession is a good and fitting dimension of what we do in worshiping the One who is completely holy and righteous. | | | | | | | | | | | When we gather each week, we participate through thick and thin practices. We benefit from both and both play important parts in the liturgy. But given a choice between the two, choose thick. | | | | | | | | Subscribe to our award-winning quarterly worship journal and be able to read articles with this symbol:
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