The “Basics” download contains everything you need to get started with our 2024 Advent series, More Than Words. (Sample)

INTRODUCTION AND GUIDES:

• A series introduction
• An orientation to an extended Advent (if that’s your liturgical jam)
• A seasonal calendar that visually lays out the dates, scripture texts, and weekly themes for both a seven-week Advent and a four-week Advent

PREACHERS’ NOTES:

Preaching commentaries explore connections between each week’s lectionary texts and the More Than Words theme:

November 10: Care
November 17: Faith
November 24: Justice
December 1: Hope
December 8: Peace
December 15: Joy
December 22: Love
December 25: Christmas

CHILDREN’S MESSAGE STARTERS:

Kid-friendly connections to the week’s theme help to jump-start your brainstorm for a children’s message. Includes coloring pages to complement each week’s theme.

WORDS FOR WORSHIP:

Fresh texts for Advent worship include Greeting & Invocation, Prayer of Confession and Assurance of Forgiveness, Advent Wreath-Lighting, weekly Prayers of the Day/Prayers of Illumination, Offering Prayer, Eucharistic Prayer, Prayer After Communion, and Sending.

HYMN SUGGESTIONS:

Suggestions for hymns old and new that complement the Advent season, the weekly themes, and lectionary texts.

NEW HYMN:

“More Than Words” marries the themes of this worship series with Advent song.

A SOCAL MEDIA KIT:

• Branding graphics and branding kit: Images and guides that allow you to design your own graphics in concert with More Than Words branding, including links to Canva templates.
• Social media graphics: Graphics with curated excerpts from our Preachers’ Notes and Words for Worship, suitable for posting to your own church’s social media pages.