ADVENT, CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR & EPIPHANY
Advent in a Jar – Free Download
“Using the Church Calendar to celebrate the whole story of God” – great explanation and resources by Paul Neeley at Global Christian Worship
Resources: Updated for 2023
- Welcome to Celtic Advent and Celtic Advent Resource List
- Resource List for Celtic Advent by Radical Honey
- Christine Sine’s Celtic Advent Spotify Playlist
- Celtic Musical (Online) Advent Calendar by Global Christian Worship
Prayers and Liturgies
Posts
- Welcome to Celtic Advent
- Celebrate Celtic Advent with Me
- Recovering Awe And Wonder In the Festive Season
- Experience LIGHT this Advent by Lilly Lewin
- Prepare the Way of the Lord by Lilly Lewin
- The Light is Coming
- Taize Style Contemplative Service for November 15, 2020
- Ready for Advent and Christmas
- Looking in the Right Way
- Grow Joy This Christmas.
- Waiting with Expectant Hearts by Elaine Breckenridge
- A Celtic Crèche by Elaine Breckenridge
Products
- Advent Retreat 2021 – Virtual: November 20th
- Lean Towards the Light this Advent & Christmas:
- Lean Towards the Light Advent Retreat Online
- Lean Towards the Light this Advent & Christmas Journal:
- Book, Bundle with Devotional, Downloadable Bundle
- Advent Prayer Cards: 1 set, 3 sets, or Download
- Celtic Prayer Cards: 1 set, 3 sets, or Download
Resources and Activities: Updated for 2023
- Gathering Advent Resources
- The 2021 Advent Project – Biola University
- 20 Creative Ways to Celebrate Advent in 2020 by Worship Times
- What Do We Do About Christmas?
- Advent Activities for Families and Kids
- Getting Ready for Advent/Christmas – Worship Resources
- Music from a Rich Array of Traditions
- Choosing a Scripture Reading Plan for the Coming Year
- Helping Kids Give Back This Advent/Christmas
- What On Earth Are the O Antiphons
- Celebrate with Simplicity this Christmas
- A Contemplative Service for Advent
- Moving Into Advent Resources
- Advent 2020 posts
- Advent 2021 posts
- Advent 2022 posts
Prayers, Poems and Liturgies
- Advent Candle Light Liturgy
- Litany for the First Sunday of Advent
- Litany for the Second Sunday of Advent
- Litany for the Third Sunday of Advent
- Litany for the Fourth Sunday of Advent
- An Advent Prayer by Walter Brueggemann
- An Advent Prayer by Jan Richardson
- Make Room – An Advent Prayer
- Advent poems, prayers & reflections by Carol Dixon
- Poetry Meditation for Advent by Jenneth Graser
- Art & Theology: Advent art, songs, poems
- The Advent Project: Poetry
- Waiting – Advent poems by Jeannie Kendall – Download
- Advent Poem by Jessica Powers
- An Advent Poem by Mary Oliver
- Advent Oratorio by Paul Spicer and N.T. Wright
Products
- Advent Retreat 2021 – Virtual: November 20th
- Lean Towards the Light this Advent & Christmas:
- Lean Towards the Light Advent Retreat Online
- Lean Towards the Light this Advent & Christmas Journal:
- Book, Bundle with Devotional, Downloadable Bundle
- Advent Prayer Cards: 1 set, 3 sets, or Download
- FREE: Advent in a Jar – Download
- FREE: Color Your Way Through Advent and Christmas – Download
- FREE: Waiting – Advent poems by Jeannie Kendall – Download
- FREE: Mystic Prayers Advent Retreat by Jenneth Graser
- Advent – Sacred Space Prayer Experience by Lilly Lewin
- Living the Season Well: Reclaiming Christmas by Jody Collins
Blue Christmas Resources: Updated for 2023
- Blue Christmas Online Event on December 8, 2020 hosted by Kathy Escobar, Lilly Lewin, Joanna Cummings & Christine Sine
- Acknowledging Our Pain – Resources for a Blue Christmas Service – Updated for 2023
- The Text This Week – Blue Christmas
- Litany for a Blue Christmas by Morgan Schmidt
- ‘I follow light’ – Blue Christmas by Kate Kennington Steer
- Blue Christmas 2017 by Kate Kennington Steer
- Blue Christmas 2022: Light is in the Horizon Yet by Kate Kennington Steer
- Ready or Not, Let it Be by April Yamasaki
- The Empty Stocking by June Friesen
Christmas Resources: Updated for 2023
Christmas Prayers, Litanies and Liturgies
- Christmas Sacred Space Prayer Experience by Lilly Lewin
- Christmas Liturgy by Christine Sine
- Make Room – A Christmas Prayer by Christine Sine
- Another Christmas prayer by Christine Sine
- A Christmas Creed
- Irish Christmas blessing
- At the End of the Year – A Poem by John O’Donohue
- Aaron Neville – A Christmas Prayer
- Christmas Prayer by Mother Theresa
- Christmas Prayer by Bebe Winan
- Christmas Prayer by Henri Nouwen
- The Mood of Christmas by Howard Thurman
- First Coming by Madeliene L’Angle
- Amazing Peace by Maya Angelou
- Advent Worship – Companions of Brother Lawrence Liturgy
- The Grace and the Impatience to Wait – Walter Brueggemann
- What is Coming to Our World? – Cathy Lawton
New Years 2023
- Times Square Celebration 2021 – Watch the Ball Drop Digitally!
- Ideas for Celebrating at Home with Family
- Celebrate the New Year with Traditions from Around the World
- Kid’s Activities for New Years Eve
New Years Posts
- Entering the New Year and New Decade with Hope by Lynne Baab
- What Ought We To Do?
- The Practice of Looking Back by Lilly Lewin
- 101 Affirmations for the New Year by Jenneth Graser
- Three New Habits for the New Year
- Unleash the Potential of the New Year with a Spiritual Audit
- New Year Practice by Lilly Lewin
- New Year’s Resolutions? by Jenneth Graser
- Life; a Poem for the New Year by Ana Lisa de Jong
- New Year’s Resolutions as Spiritual Discipline
- Opening the Door to the New Year! by Lilly Lewin
- Thriving In Between Times by Andy Wade
New Years Prayers
- A New Year’s Prayer by Ana Lisa de Jong
- New Year’s Prayer by Joyce Rupp
- May the God of surprise bring you hope today – A prayer at the end of the year.
- The Promise of Newness Beckons; A Prayer for 2019
- Prayer of Hope for New Year 2018
- New Years Prayer for 2016
- New Years Prayer for 2015
- New Years Prayer for 2014
- New Years Prayer for 2013
- New Years Prayer for 2012
- New Years Prayer for 2011
- The End of the Year by John O’Donohue
- The Promise of Newness Beckons
Epiphany
- In the Waiting, Will We Still Follow?
- Epiphany Path Prayer by Lilly Lewin
- Stargazing by Carol Dixon
- Epiphany’s Eve by Andy Wade
- A Prayer for Epiphany
- Ideas for Epiphany
- Season of Epiphany by Michael Moore
- Epiphany’s Long Ride by Lynn Domina
- Epiphany: The Light Shines To All Nations by Lynne Baab
- The Day of Epiphany is Here! by Emily Huff
- Feast of Epiphany: Time to Bless Our House and Chalk the Door
- A Liturgy for Epiphany