Advent Devotional

Check out this amazing resource to support you through our Advent series: How does a weary world rejoice? Take part in spiritual practices that equip you in encountering rest and joyousness through creative arts and be inspired by art and literature create to reflect on this time in our current world.

Children's Advent Calendar

Follow along with our family Advent Calendar to make your neighborhood and the world surrounding us a little less weary and a little more joyous.

Adult & Youth Advent Calendar

Take a moment or two each day this Advent to be thoughtful and mindful. This year's Advent Calendar challenges us to better the world we live in by doing the small things.

We Make Room

Regardless of where the birth occurs, we know that Christ is born in a crowded, unlikely place. And yet, God makes a place here anyway.

Luke 2:1-10

 

Rev. Jenny Smith Walz, Princeton

We Sing Stories of Hope

When Zechariah's voice returns, his first words are of gratitude and blessing: a song of hope. 

Luke 1:26-45

Luke 1:67-80

Rev. Jenny Smith Walz, Princeton

We Allow Ourselves to be Amazed

Wonder is all around us - can we recognize it? As we learn how to rejoice in a weary world, can we live in a way that allows amazement and wonder to surprise us often?

Luke 1:57-66

Psalm 126

Rev. Jenny Smith Walz, Princeton

Kingston Pageant Cast

We Find Joy in Connection

In community, our joy expands. When we can't rejoice, we can carry each other's joy. This is the comfort we ccan give to and receive from each other during this season.

Luke 1:24-45

Isaiah 40:1-11

Rev. Jenny Smith Walz, Princeton

Rev. Skitch Matson, Kingston

We Acknowledge our Weariness

Sometimes weariness can harden us and prevent us from living fully. Let us Acknowledge the ways we, too, are hardened by disbelief. Like the psalmist, let us ask, "how long?" and plead for restoration.

Luke 1:1-23

Psalm 80:1-7; 17-19

Rev. Tayler Necoechea, Princeton

Rev. Skitch Matson, Princeton