Entering into Advent: Resources

As we enter into Advent together, we hope the following resources will be helpful.  

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General

• Episcopal Relief and Development Advent Toolkit:

https://www.episcopalrelief.org/1000daysoflove/2020advent/

• Gives for Life Advent Calendar, Episcopal Relief and Development - https://www.episcopalrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2020Advent-GiftsforLife2AdventCalendar.pdf

• Society of St. John the Evangelist, Advent Word, a Global Advent Calendar: https://adventword.org/en/home/

• Praying in Color, Advent Resources and Workshop: https://prayingincolor.com/tag/advent

Advent templates: https://prayingincolor.com/adventword-and-advent-calendars

• Journeying the Way of Love, Advent 2020 - https://episcopalchurch.org/files/documents/approved_-_advent_2020_calendar_2.pdf

• Tiny Devotions Advent Calendar (created and distributed without charge by Merry Waters and Thomas Moussin: https://thomasmousin.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/2020AdventCalendar.pdf

• Posadas: Celebrating Hospitality -  http://www.venadelante.org/posadas/

• Antiphons for Advent--https://buildfaith.org/antiphons-for-advent/

Devotionals

• Carol Howard Merritt, I am Mary: Advent Devotional

• Mark Bozutti Jones, The Womb of Advent

• Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas

• Tsh Oxenreider, Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent

• Russel J. Levenson, Preparing Room: An Advent Companion

• Fleming Rutledge, Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ

• Christine McSpadden, What are you Waiting For?

For Children and Families

• This excellent compilation of children’s books - https://www.growchristians.org/2018/12/18/christmas-reading-list/

• Gayle Boss, All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings

• Georg Dreißig The Light in the Lantern: Stories for Advent

• Marion Dran Bauer, The Longest Night

• “Nicholas: A Garland of Tales for the Night before Christmas”: http://www.baba-yaga.org/Nicholas-A-Garland.pdf

St Nicholas Day (Dec 6)

• Godly Play Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHHn3cKd9g8

• The story of St. Nicholas: https://www.stnicholascenter.org/for-kids/stories-more/real-santa

• Celebrating St. Nicholas Day at Home, for Families, “A Common Life:”:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dYs-YuqZRc

Playlists

• Advent Playlist (offered by Josh Hosler, rector of Church of the Good Shepherd, Federal Way): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2B6nAsxucgvSLWp7qx56Bu?si=wBN-CkkaRCKgDx0xQNP1RA

• Simple Advent Playlist (offered by Tsh Oxenreider): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qozFcOQkUTY7ahlydwVH1?si=tw2laTr0QICba3yyasMCmQ

• Surrendering to the Mystery Playlist (offered by Kyle Oliver) https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nPnVhwY28KHimLQGZWjza?si=piTFe6ZfSoirzfbwSFDpfQ

• An Advent Playlist (Arts & Theology): https://artandtheology.org/2019/11/16/an-advent-playlist/