Advent Words 2024 Closure It is with a heavy heart that I announce that we will not have an Advent Words Challenge for 2024. I am having sh...

  Word 15: Word Jesus Through the Advent season we have journeyed through the prophets and the story of Christmas in Luke’s gospel, as wel...

  Word 14: Immanuel Jesus “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and ...

  Word 13: Messiah Jesus As the Advent season draws to a close, we now turn our focus for the final words to the main character of the Chr...

  Word 12: Redemption Anna “Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices;      together they shout for joy. When the  Lord  returns to Zion,...

  Word 11: Light Simeon Throughout the Old Testament we read of One who was promised to God's People who would rescue and redeem them fr...

  Word 10: Glory The Angels Angels play a significant role in the Christmas story as God’s messengers to his people. An angel of the Lord ca...

  Word 9: Joy The Shepherds “An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. Bu...

  Word 8: Star The Maji “After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem   a...

  Word 7: Ponder Mary "Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them. Glorious and majestic are his...

  Word 6: Rejoice Mary God, speaking through Isaiah, declared that there would be a sign of the coming Messiah: "Therefore the Lord him...