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Advent and Christmas resources

ADVENT ADVOCACY Actions

Ideas for individuals and congregations who want to honor Jesus' birth with action for peace and justice.

Prayers and Petitions: A Call for Advent Prayer and Action, Advent 2007

Advent Advocacy 2006 (includes Five PowerPoints of Then and Now for Advent and Christmas Eve/Day)

Advent Advocacy 2005

Sword/Plowshare luminary design graphic for 2007

CPT "No Way to the Inn--Bethlehem Behind the Wall" Campaign

Devotions

Reflections for each Sunday in Advent focusing on lectionary readings from the Revised Common Lectionary and on a particular CPT project site are now available on CPT's website.

Goshen professors, staff members, and students provide daily reflections, based on lectionary Scripture passages. Available online at http://www.goshen.edu/devotions

Sojourners Living the Word Bible Study by Kari Jo Verhulst

"All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you" - an Advent reflection from Church and Peace

Sermons

Dissonance in Bethlehem: Rachel's Lament and the Angels' Song
Matthew 2:13-23
John E. Sharp

Impatience: How can this be?
Mark 13:24-37, Isaiah 64:1-9, Corinthians 1:3-9
Susan Mark Landis

Worship ideas

Advent Prayers by Carol Penner

Peace and Justice Lectionary Advent Readings

from Mennonite Church USA:
Ideas for Advent Worship
Making Space for God in Advent: Bulletin insert (MSWord .doc format)

litany by Mario Higueros, Guatemala

Celebration ideas

Nonviolent toy and book ideas

Video games for gift giving

What Gift Will You Bring To The Christ Child? Christmas Gift Ideas

Gift Ideas: At Christmas or Anytime Suggested books and videos

The Lion and Lamb Project

Bethlehem's Star is a mother's Christmas story to her child. She weaves the story of the birth of Christ out of the elements of the family Christmas tree in this children's story book.

Stories
The Christmas truce a true story from World War I

Work of Christmas:

When the song of the angel is still,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their sheep,
The work of Christmas begins:
to find the lost,
to heal the broken,
to feed the hungry,
to release the prisoner,
to rebuild the nations,
to bring peace among people,
to make music in the heart.
- Howard Thurman