What Will I Bring to the Manger? (Advent 2005)

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Table of Contents:

  • Bulletin art — page 3
  • Dear Mr. Advent: Letters to a Minister with Questions about Advent — pages 4-5
  • We Bring to the Manger…Our Longing for Joy — a meditation — page 5
  • Advent Wishes — Pages 6-7
  • Lectionary readings for the Sundays in Advent — Page 7
  • The Hanging of the Green — a service — pages 8-10
  • Crowd at the Creche — an idea for your nativity scene — page 10
  • Quotes, Poems and Pithy sayings — page 11
  • Bulletin art — page 12
  • The Blessing of the Womb — a sermon for early Advent — pages 13-15
  • Fear Not — an excerpt from a service called “Angelsong” — page 15
  • Los Posados — A new twist fro the Mexican Christmas tradition — page 16-18
  • A Word from the Census Manager — a more-true-than-funny monologue — page 19
  • Birthing God’s Realm — a sermon for Christmastide — pages 20-21
  • A Parable for Christmastide — page 21
  • Thoughts at the approach of Epiphany — pages 22-23
  • A Return to our First Love — some thoughts for January — page 24
  • Benediction — page 25