Credits: ”Those Who Dream” song written and recorded by The Many | Art by Lauren Wright Pittman, Hannah Garrity, & Lisle Gwynn Garrity | Video by Lisle Gwynn Garrity | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org
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Advent 2020Welcome to the season of Advent, when we prepare our hearts to receive the Christ Child once again. Our theme this year is Those Who Dream. During this strange season of limited gatherings, we invite you to join us virtually each Sunday (or when ever is a good time for you). You can make your ow Advent Wreath to light at home. One tall white candle (the Christ Candle), surrounded by 3 blue and 1 pink candles. You can use votives or pillar candles. Decorate with greenery, ribbons, stars. Week 1 is the candle of hope. Week 2, the candle of peace. Week 3, light the pink candle of joy. The final Sunday of Advent we light the candle of love. On Christmas Eve light all 4 candles PLUS the Christ candle.
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Advent 1 - The Candle of Hope
I dream of sunflower fields.
I dream of key lime pie with a mile-high meringue.
I dream of the days when we could be part of a crowd.
I dream of snow days.
I dream of empty beds in jail cells.
I dream of a world that will let kids be kids.
I dream of full tables instead of empty bellies.
I dream of schools with enough money to teach.
I dream of parents with enough money to feed.
I dream to keep awake, because if we don’t dream of better days, then we might forget that this is not what God imagined.
So today we light the candle of hope, for hope is the very thing that keeps dreams afloat.
Light one blue candle.
May this light be an invitation to keep awake.
May this light be our invitation to be Advent people - people who dream.
Amen.
I dream of key lime pie with a mile-high meringue.
I dream of the days when we could be part of a crowd.
I dream of snow days.
I dream of empty beds in jail cells.
I dream of a world that will let kids be kids.
I dream of full tables instead of empty bellies.
I dream of schools with enough money to teach.
I dream of parents with enough money to feed.
I dream to keep awake, because if we don’t dream of better days, then we might forget that this is not what God imagined.
So today we light the candle of hope, for hope is the very thing that keeps dreams afloat.
Light one blue candle.
May this light be an invitation to keep awake.
May this light be our invitation to be Advent people - people who dream.
Amen.