Happy New Year! The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of the Church Year. Advent (from the Latin adventus, meaning arrival or coming) is the four weeks before Christmas; Christians have observed it for centuries as a time of waiting and preparation. We remember how God’s people waited for Jesus’ first coming, as we now wait expectantly for our King to come again. At church this season, the readings, music, and even the royal blue of the pastors’ stoles all point to our King’s first and second advent—the Good News of Immanuel, God with us.
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