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Celebrating Extended Advent:

Why and How-To?

Suzanne Duchesne

Dr. Deborah Appler

hosted by

Taylor W. Burton-Edwards

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A little bit

about us…

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Rev. Suzanne Duchesne

Rev. Dr. Deborah ApplerRev. Taylor Burton-Edwards

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Let us pray.

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Why Advent?

To contemplate and

align our lives for the

culmination of all

things in Christ,

starting here and

now.


Why Advent?

To dedicate a

season of the year to

the work of

sanctifying grace,

and the works of

mercy and piety that

embody it.


Why Seven Weeks?

So Advent isn’t over-

run by Christmas

and we can keep

each season well.










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Why Seven Weeks?

So we have time and

practice enough to

re-align our vision of

the coming

culmination and its

impacts on us here

and now.


Why Seven Weeks?

So we give ourselves

the time needed to

develop habits of

mercy and piety that

point to and

participate in the

eternal

transformation

already underway.


Why Seven Weeks?

So we can

participate anew in

the earlier Western

and ongoing Eastern

practice of a seven-

week Advent.










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What is Expanded

Advent?

A restoration of the

Season of Advent to

its pre-11th century

status in the West


What is Expanded

Advent?

A movement

resourced by an

ecumenical working

group of pastors

and scholars known

as The Advent

Project.

http://theadventproject.org


How-to:

3 Ways to Introduce

Expanded Advent

to the Congregation

Full-out

Staged

“Clandestine”








http://theadventproject.org/





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How-to:

Practical Concerns

The Advent Wreath

Music

Lighting Services

and other Ritual

Preaching



How-to:

Practical Concerns

The Advent Wreath



How-to:

Practical Concerns

The Advent Wreath












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How-to:

Practical Concerns

The Advent Wreath

Music

Lighting Services

and other Ritual

Preaching



How-to:

Which Texts?

Use same

lectionary readings.

Advent 1 begins

with the Sunday

after All Saints

(November 8 in

2015)



How-to:

The Series

Year A Theme:

The World Is

Turning














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How-to:

Advent 1

November 8, 2015

Week 1 Texts:

Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17:

Ruth and

Redemption

Psalm 127

Hebrews 9:24-28

Mark 12:38-44: The

Widow’s Mite



How-to:

Advent 1

November 8, 2015

Week 1 Theme:

“Power in the

Powerless”

Poverty,

vulnerability and

widowhood

loyal, faith-filled,

foreign co-creators

of the new kingdom



How-to:

Advent 2

November 15,

2015

Week 2 Texts:

I Samuel 1:4-20:

Hannah’s Hope

Psalm 16

Hebrews 10:11-25

or 11-14 (15-18),

19-25

Mark 13:1-8: Old

Powers will Fall














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How-to:

Advent 2

November 15,

2015

Week 2 Theme:

Powerlessness of

the Powerful

Birthing new

Possibilities:

Hannah’s Prayer



How-to:

Advent 3

November 22, 2015

Christ the King

Week 3 Texts:2 Samuel 23:1-7: King

David’s Testimony

Psalm 132: 1-12, (13-

18)

Revelation 1:4b-8 The

Alpha and Omega

John 18:33-37 A

Kingdom out of this

World



How-to:

Advent 3

November 22, 2015

Christ the King

Week 3 Theme:

“A New King for

New Times”

Justice

Ever-lasting

Covenant

Testimonies of Faith














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How-to:

Advent 4

November 29, 2015

Week 4 Texts:

Jeremiah 33:14-16

The Arrival of the

Righteous Branch

Psalm 25:1-10

1 Thessalonians

3:9-13

Luke 21:25-36 The

arrival of the Son of

Man



How-to:

Advent 4

November 29, 2015

Week 4 Theme:

“The Day Is Coming”

Fulfillment of

Promise

The Kingdom of God

is near



How-to:

Advent 5

December 6, 2015

Week 5 Texts:

Malachi 3:1-4

Preparing for the

Messenger &

Refiner’s Fire

Luke 1:68-79:

Preparing the Way

Philippians 1:3-11

Luke 3:1-6 Prepare














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How-to:

Advent 5

December 6, 2015

Week 5 Theme:

“House-cleaning”

Preparation for the

Lord

Purification-

creating sacred

space



How-to:

Advent 6

December 13, 2015

Week 6 Texts:Zephaniah 3:14-20

Celebrate the Return

Isaiah 12:2-6

Celebrate the Holy in

our Midst

Philippians 4:4-7

Celebrate that the Lord

is Near

Luke 3:7-18 The

Recreation of

Community



How-to:

Advent 6

December 13, 2015

Week 6 Theme:

Rejoice and

Restore Zion

Restoration

Exaltation














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How-to:

Advent 7

December 20, 2015

Week 7 Texts:

Micah 5:2-5a Power

out of tiny Bethlehem

Luke 1:46b-55 The

Magnificat

Hebrews 10:5-10

Christ’s Sacrifice

Luke 1:39-45, (46-

55) Mary and

Elizabeth



How-to:

Advent

December 20, 2015

Week 7 Theme:

“Power in the

Powerless”

Little Town of

Bethlehem- Home

to the Prince of

Peace

The world is turning



How-to:

Advent Themes

“The World Is

Turning”

Power in the Powerless

Powerlessness of the

Powerful

A New King for New

Times

The Day Is Coming

House-cleaning

Rejoice and Restore

Zion















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How-to:

Advent Themes

“The World Is

Turning”


Powerlessness of the

Powerful

A New King for New

Times

The Day Is Coming

House-cleaning

Rejoice and Restore

Zion


Results of This

Extended Series

Celebrating and

contemplating God’s

saving revolution

Clarity about how

what’s coming impacts

the here and now

A call to holy living, in

acts of mercy and piety

Renewed minds and

hearts for celebrating

and living the

Incarnation

Questions?

Comments?

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Many More

Resources

Readings

Prayers

Bulletin Inserts

Musical Suggestions

and Communion

Settings

Proper Prefaces for

W&T II

Candle Lighting

http://theadventproject.org/resources.htm







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•Planning Advent and

Christmas Seasons

(2015)

•Planning Lent and Easter

Seasons (2016)

•Holy Communion in the

Bible and The UMC

•Baptism in the Bible and

The UMC

Upcoming

Worship

Webinars in

2015:

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