"Advent Sermon Series Ideas"

There is a wonderful source of Advent Sermon Series Ideas found at the following link (at the bottom of the webpage)...

http://www.faithandworship.com/Advent_themes_and_resources.htm

Also included on this website are short responsive liturgies that accompany several of these themes. Also, includes an Advent prayer journey.

Any of these can be used in a worship setting with proper acknowledgement (see website). Rec’d an e-mail OK to use anything from John Birch from the website
(anna murdock)

A Different Way of Preaching During Advent
(thoughts by Ron McCreary, UMC Pastor)
What a “visual anchor” for Advent! Perhaps this might be done either by a pastor and associate pastor OR by a pastor and lay leader/speaker.


I have never been able to pull this off, but I have an idea about how to give the readings for Advent a visual anchor.

I am in the habit of using the Epistle reading early in the service -- perhaps even with the lighting of the Advent Candle -- as a Word of Hope. That's almost always what they are.

Given that, I wonder what it would be like to have two lecterns, appropriately decorated, one for the Old Testament reading and one for the Gospel reading. Laity would read at least one if not both of the readings. Then, for preaching I would physically move between them as my message moves between them.

Ron McCreary, Pastor
Gray Memorial United Methodist Church / Tallahassee, FL