Christmas Articles
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Below are Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany articles that appear on the various General Board of Discipleship websites. Recent articles as well as articles from years past are included.

Advent and Christmas

Advent Wreath Meditations for Home and Church (2005)

Advent Study Guide 2005 from The Upper Room

Advent Articles and Planning Helps from the Center for Worship Resourcing, General Board of Discipleship

Christmas Articles and Planning Helps from the Center for Worship Resourcing, General Board of Discipleship

Christmas and Advent Music and Lyrics from the Center for Worship Resourcing, General Board of Discipleship

Advent and Christmas Books and Resources from The Upper Room

Finding Joy in Unexpected Places — A Poem for Advent

Family Litany for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany (2004) from Pockets Magazine

Life Lessons from St. Nicholas

Advent-Christmas-Epiphany: Services and Liturgies from the Center for Worship Resourcing, General Board of Discipleship

Advent, Christmas, Epiphany Resources for Music, Preaching, and Worship

Advent: A Season of Flashbacks and Previews

Traditional Hymns for Blended and Contemporary Worship— Volume One: Advent-Christmas-Epiphany

Easy Piano Hymn Arrangements for Advent and Christmas for Use with The United Methodist Hymnal

A Hanging of the Greens Service

Advent Prayer Service

Where Did the Season of Advent Come From?

Keeping It Light (Hearted)

Christmas CDs Worth a Listen

Celebrating Advent in the Home

In the Still of the Winter (A New Hymn for Advent)

Advent and Christmas . . . and we are doing that why?

(November-December 1998) Preaching in Advent: What Do We Do in the In-Between Time?

Blue Christmas/Longest Night Worship With Those Who Mourn

Christmas Eve Hospitality: Twelve Ways to Welcome

Christmas Eve Musical Hospitality

A Gift to Remember

A Wise Gift

Celebrate the Season of Giving

Share the Joy of Giving

(1999) Christmas Today and Always

(1999) How Do You Celebrate Christmas?

Christmas Day Prayer for the Family

Single Adults and the Holidays

(November-December 1999) Interest in Spirituality Is an Evangelistic Opportunity

(November-December 1998) Give the Gift of Faith

Celebrating the Holidays in the Small Church

(1997) The Godbearer

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa Reflections

Resources for Celebrating Kwanzaa

New Year's Eve/Day

Articles and Planning Helps for New Year's Eve/Day from the Center for Worship Resourcing, General Board of Discipleship

Planning for New Year's Eve: Covenant Making or Prayer?

Watch Night (December 31) Vespers

Watch Night (December 31) "Owlah" Service

Hymn for the New Year

Hold a Celebration of Your Family Night on January 1

Epiphany

An Epiphany Blessing of Homes and Chalking the Door

Articles and Planning Helps for Epiphany from the Center for Worship Resourcing, General Board of Discipleship

Lighting the Christ Candle on Christmas Eve or on Epiphany

(1999) Epiphany Prayer

Epiphany: Revealing, Radiating, Reminding


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