Sample Advent Services
This section features three sample services for the Sundays of Advent and two occasional services that may be held during Advent. The full texts of the Sunday services are presented along with commentary that articulates the theological and liturgical rationale for the various acts of worship and describes the non-textual dimensions of the services. Planners may adapt the entire service or parts of the service into a form suitable for their congregation. These texts and commentaries may also be used for study by liturgical planners or educational ministries in local congregations.…
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The following service is a creative adaptation of the traditional pattern and texts for worship in the season of Ad…
The following service is a creative adaptation of the traditional pattern and texts for worship in the season of Ad…
This service draws on the historical Advent service to model an Advent worship for the free-church tradition. Adapt…
The service below draws on the traditional Advent service, but incorporates elements of the praise-and-worship and …
The Service of Lessons and Carols was first developed in the late nineteenth century by Archbishop Benson for use i…
The hanging of the greens, or the greening of the church, is the act of decorating the church in the spirit of Adve…