ADVENT
The Season of Advent
The four weeks leading to Christmas are a time to prepare our minds, hearts and bodies for the birth of Jesus Christ. Explore how you can bring the season of Advent, which means "coming" into your home and heart.
The First Sunday of Advent in 2025 is November 30. Advent in a Bag kits will be available after all services filled with ways to celebrate the Seasons of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany in your home.
Click on the images below for helpful information on what Advent is all about!
Marking the Season in your Home
As we move through the church season of Advent, a time of waiting and hope. You can participate fully into this time of expectation and hope in your home.
Whether you live alone or with others, there are several ways you can bring the season of Advent into your home.
Advent Resources Online
Advent Music:
- Waiting with Expectation and Hope– A Spotify playlist of songs for advent by Virginia Theological Seminary
- From Generation to Generation, a spotify playlist of songs for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany by A Sanctified Art.
- Online Passport for all of Washington National Cathedrals Concerts and Services for Advent and Christmas,
With this one-time Christmas Season Pass registration, you'll have access to all of their upcoming Advent and Christmas services and concerts. Just register here, and on the day of each program you'll receive access instructions by email.
Registration is free, with an option to pay what you wish in the drop-down. - Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols the Christmas Eve service held in King's College Chapel
- Blue Christmas Service Live event- Healing and hopeful service of prayer, music and reflection from Washington National Cathedral.
Adult Formation on Advent from the Greater Episcopal Church:
- The Episcopal Church Advent Web page
- Praying with Icons with Rowan Williams
- Several Online Short Courses on Advent from ChurchNext
- Forward Day by Day Daily Office (prayer) of the Episcopal Church
Advent at Home/ Advent for Families:
- Activities for “Advent at Home" in Community
- Family-Friendly Resources for Advent
- Christmas Eve Rituals at Home
God Glimpses in Advent
The four episodes below contain God Glimpses that were filmed in 2021; ways in which each of us can glimpse God in our daily lives. You are encouraged to watch it and see how Emmanuel = God with us can truly be present in each of our lives, for we are each beloved children of God. Thank you to all those who blessed our community by sharing their God Glimpses