Worship Folder

Outline

Hook: When have you had to wait for something you badly wanted or needed?

I. THE DARK NIGHT
"The authentically hopeful Christmas spirit has not looked away from the darkness, but straight into it." - Fleming Rutledge

II. II. THE SUNRISE
"Someday all our Advents will end." - Tish Harrison Warren

III. THE CHILD
"Now burn, new born to the world, Doubled-natured name, the heaven-flung, heart-fleshed, maiden-furled, Miracle-in-Mary-of-flame.” – Gerard Manley Hopkins

Takeaway: Behold!

Resources

• Caroline Cobb, Advent for Exiles
• Tim Keller, Hidden Christmas
• Fleming Rutledge, Advent
• Tish Harrison Warren, Advent