Thursday, March 28, 2024

Advent Resources

Prepare the Way

Advent Wreath Litanies

Advent Arts

Christmas Tree of Hopes

I wanted to engage the community living and working near the church in a collaborative project at Christmas. With winter weather, earlier evenings, and...

Advent and Christmas Posts

Making Peace

A version of this sermon was preached at the First Baptist Church of Hyattsville on Sunday, December 6, 2015.  The Scripture texts were Malachi 3.1-4 and Luke...

Merry Christmas by Langston Hughes

This poem accompanied the sermon, "Making Peace." MERRY CHRISTMASby Langston HughesPublished In New Masses (Dec. 1930) Merry Christmas, ChinaFrom the gun-boats in the river,Ten-inch shells...

Peace on Earth

The Christmas Truce of 1914 during World War I reflected the real peace that Jesus brought at Christmas when God chose to be present...

Children's Resources for Advent

Children’s Chat: “Stuffed Animal Sunday” or “The Not So Peaceable Kingdom”

Whenever Isaiah's "Peaceable Kingdom" takes its turn in the lectionary rotation, I look forward to the opportunity to do something creative with the prophet's...

Heaven and Nature Sing: A Christmas Ornament Craft

Our 2013 Advent & Christmas theme was "Heaven and Nature Sing" and, to help integrate that theme into our worship setting, the congregation made...

Justice Projects

Christmas Call to Worship