ADVENT 2023
Becoming Human: Embracing our humanity in light of god becoming human
SERIES OVERVIEW: JouRney Into the Love of God Become Human this Advent
What does it mean to be human? This advent season, we are drawing close to Jesus in our own human experience, walking with God come in the flesh to be with us. We’ll be exploring how Jesus came to show us what God is like, and how he models for us how to be fully human in relationship with him.
TEACHINGS IN THE SERIES
1. BEING GOD’S IMAGE: Introduction to the Advent Season
Sunday, November 26, 2023, Wendy Gierhart
2. PEACE: A DIFFERENT KIND OF STRONG:
Advent Week 1
Sunday, December 3, 2023, Wendy Gierhart
3. HOPE: WHAT DO WE DO WHEN LIFE HURTS? ADVENT WEEK 2
Sunday, December 10, 2023, Matt Shetler
4. JOY: Being Known: ADVENT WEEK 3
Sunday, December 17, 2023, Wendy Gierhart
5. WONDERS OF HIS LOVE: CHRISTMAS EVE
Sunday, December 24, 2023, Matt Shetler
ADVENT GUIDE
Join in reading through the Book of Luke, one chapter per day in December up until Christmas Eve!
As we do, we’ll be walking with Jesus to experience in a new way this season both His humanity, and what He came to show us about what God is like. A God who loves us personally.
Use THIS GUIDE to help you enter into these scenes in a different way, using Imaginative Prayer as you read.
ADVENT PODCAST
Advent Guided Reflections are released on each Monday, Wednesday, Friday of Advent. Click to play.
Week 1: PEACE
Week 2: HOPE
Week 3: JOY
ADVENT SONGS
by Britton Roberts, Creative Arts Director
Other Resources on Becoming Human
Want to read more even after this series? Here are some books we recommend that were used in this series:
Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters by Carmen Imes
The Deepest Place: Suffering and the Formation of Hope by Curt Thompson
The Other Half of Church: Christian Community, Brain Science, and Overcoming Spiritual Stagnation by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks
Does God Really Like Me? Discovering the God Who Wants to Be With Us by Geoff & Cyd Holsclaw