First Sunday of Advent
December 1, 2024
This page has links to information used or encountered in preparing this online service. Bethel Worship Planning Documents
2024 Monthly Worship Calendar
2024 RCL 2 page Summary
Bethel Weekly Worship Planning worksheet
2023 Annual Program Planning worksheet
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Topics for Today
Wikipedia is a frequent source
for information in these articles.
Advent
What is Advent?
What is Advent?...again
What is the Advent Wreath?
Celebrate with a Jesse Tree
Meaning and History of Advent Calendars
Some Beautiful Advent Songs
An Advent Message
An Advent Devotional Based on the Chrismon Tree
Booklet of Advent Readings
To View or To Print
Nothing to do??...try:
The Most Christmas Information on the Web
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Chrismons
A History of the Chrismon Tree
Chrismon Tree wikipedia article
Booklet of Chrismon Symbols
A Look Back to an earlier service
Symbols and Secret Codes
This is a Children's Sermon from 11/29/2000 about the FISH
as a Christian symbol...the next item, below, is used in this.
FISH (Greek ICHTHUS) as an Acronym
An Advent Devotional Based on the Chrismon Tree
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Guidance from UMC Discipleship Ministries
Weekly Worship Planning Series
Note: This material from UDM is not the basis for today's message
but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
Worship Series: "Come Let Us Adore Him" but is provided here for your personal study and reflection. Click here for suggestions about how to use this material.
from umcdiscipleship.org
The Season of Advent is one of the highlights of the Christian Year. With this season, we launch another cycle of living into the story of Jesus and the church that emerges—of which we are a part. We sometimes think we need to find a new way of telling this story and do something fresh and unique. There is certainly space for that, but tradition and remembering the songs and stories from our beginnings can be a powerful invitation to grow as disciples as we grow closer to Christ. So, we invite your church community to consider the Preparations and the Passion of Advent so that we might embrace the Presence and Promise of the Christ who comes. And through it all, we will gather to worship. So, come, let us adore him.
This is the First service of a 6 service Worship Series from the Discipleship Ministries.The graphics at the top of this page list the topics for the services of the Series.
(Click on another graphic to see that session's resource page)
This Service's Theme: "Preparations"
Liturgical Resources
With Advent comes, for many communities, the lighting of the Advent wreath. As you plan for how to incorporate the lighting of the Advent wreath into worship, consider what role this ritual plays in worship.
Worship Planning
NotesPreaching Notes
Lectionary Scriptures:
Jeremiah 33:14-16; Psalm 25:1-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13; Luke 21:25-36;
Suggested Hymns . Music Notes. DM Accompaniments Sources of Music for the following hymns are:
- UMH CD.....UDM - DM Accompaniment.....
MM/DD/YY - Recorded Service
Hymns Considered For this week: .
Verses - "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus"
202 -
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Verses -
"People, Look East"
206 -
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Verses - "I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light"
2085 -
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Verses -
"He Came Down"
2090 -
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Verses -
"Advent Song"