ADVENT

The Season of Advent marks the beginning of a new Liturgical Year in the Church. It focuses on the joyful expectation of the coming of God in the flesh, incarnate to be one like us: Jesus Christ. It is the time now to prepare the way, to stay awake, to rejoice, to be quiet, to be still, to give, to pray, and to love, more than ever!

The Advent Wreath in the midst of our church, helps us mark the passing of time in the next four weeks of Advent. Each Week of Advent there will be a lighted candle; one for each week. The Wreath itself will remind us of the eternity of God’s love and the passage of time that never ends. God’s time is not our time; it never ends!

The color Purple will remind us that is also a time for conversion and reconciliation.  A time to turn away from anything that interferes with our ability and determination to love as God calls us to love and live in the way that we are called to live in Christ Jesus.

We prepare as a family, as the Body of Christ, as individuals, and as disciples of Christ. We wait in joyful expectation for the coming of our Lord:  the gift of God wrapped in flesh!

Advent 2026

(coming in August)