At 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1, everyone is invited to celebrate the First Sunday of Advent at Bethel AME Church, 101 N. Fourth ...

As a result, the profound message of Christmas – light emerging from darkness – was unintentionally diminished. This year, ...

North Vancouver’s Highlands United Church members are building ... can come open a drawer and find a gift and a message about Christmas. What is Advent? Before it became a way to mollify excited ...

HARRISON — Bolsters Mills United Methodist Church ... Advent, A-J Alexander, Lay Pastor for Bolsters Mills UMC, plans to lead the morning worship by exploring “Thankfulness.” Her message ...

Most churches will have an advent wreath, holding four candles on the outside ... The Christmas story wasn’t the beginning of that message of hope because the old testament is full of glimpses of your ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

The Greek Church still continues to observe the fast of Advent, though with much less rigor than that of Lent. It consists of forty days, beginning with November 14, the day on which this Church ...

Advent is a four-week season dedicated to reflective preparation for the arrival, "advent", of Jesus Christ's Nativity at Christmas time as well and Christ's expected return in the Second Coming.

This scene plays out in the marginalized communities today—immigrants, people of color, those struggling on the fringes. Yet, Mary’s song transcends circumstance. It whispers hope, reminding us that ...

Join us from 1 December to open a daily family activity on our Advent calendar as part ... thank you for your promise and for the sign of a dove we have to remember that promise. Help us to join with ...

Sam Sawyer, S.J., editor-in-chief of America Media, returns to “Preach” to discuss his Advent homily series, designed to be ...

December can feel like chaos – lots of social events, services, Christmas presents to buy, never-ending to-do lists and the pressure to create the perfect Christmas. But in the midst of this chaos, ...