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AdventWord provides visual and written meditations during the liturgical season of Advent. In 2020, Advent begins on Sunday, November 29. The written meditations will be provided in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, and in American Sign Language on YouTube. Each morning during Advent, the meditations are distributed: on AdventWord.org, Email, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Join the international community of prayer this Advent season: https://adventword.org/en/home/.

Naming Jesus

This devotional - perfect for families of all shapes and sizes - is all about the many names we give to Jesus, and the life-changing names he gives to us. Organized around the season’s four traditional themes (Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love), it includes simple, home-based weekly Advent services for each week, including scripture, reflection, prayer, singing, and practices - plus a few fun “anytime” activities to do along the way. CLICK HERE to download.

A Mason Jar Advent

Before there was plastic, we preserved summer’s bounty in a simple mason jar, so that even in the barren days of winter, we could taste God’s goodness and foretaste the bounty and harvest to come.

Introducing, “A Mason Jar Advent,” a printable Advent calendar in the form of beautifully illustrated gift tags, each with an Advent prayer, activity, conversation starter, or social media prompt.  Each type of tag gets its own colored ribbon, and all the tags then go into a simple mason jar. As each day unfolds, you simply draw a card - and day by day, week by week, prayer by prayer, action by action, together we count down the Advent calendar days until that holy night when God slips into the world.

Advent is a season for stepping away from the frantic busy-ness, the clutter of stuff wrapped in plastic - and embracing instead a time to slow down, breathe, and refocus on God’s love and goodness.  Like mason jars themselves, this calendar is all about keeping things simple, helping preserve what’s truly important, and it tops our list as the best Advent calendar gift idea ever. CLICK HERE to download.