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We hope you enjoy this opportunity to read Fr Daniel’s Sunday sermons and to keep up with the changing seasons of the church. Sermons may have been slightly edited for length.

 
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St Simon’s Episcopal Church, 1522 Highway 138 NE, Conyers, GA 30013     tel: 770 483 3242/2036   

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SEASONAL SYMBOLS


  1. •   The colour for Advent is purple. It is the colour of penitence and fasting as well as the colour of royalty to welcome the Advent of the King


  1. •We count down the Sundays to Christmas with our Advent wreath. Each Sunday we light another candle.


  1. •The third Sunday in Advent is also known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete means Rejoice. We may use rose colours in our church as a sign that the waiting is almost over. The third candle in the wreath may be rose coloured.

Advent is a season of hope and expectation. We are not just marking Christ’s birth 2000 years ago but also looking forward to the Second Advent, when he will return to the world. Advent also marks the beginning of the Church Year. With Advent we enter Sacred Time as we await the coming of light into the world with the incarnation of our Saviour on earth.

ADVENT: God’s Promise of  Redemption

DECEMBER

LECTIONARY

Seasonal Thoughts

This is a time of anticipation, of preparation, of longing. Our double focus on past and future, on Christ’s First Coming as Saviour and his Second Coming as King, sheds light on our own spiritual journey. We long for our deliverance from the injustice and oppression of the world and we wait for Christmas with a joyous spirit. We know also that the promise of redemption comes with accountability as we will be judged for our actions. Some of our Advent readings remind us of this. But there is time in the rest of the Church Year to reflect on our sins. For now, we celebrate the promise with gladness. This is a season of prayer: prayers of humble devotion, prayers for deliverance, prayers from those walking in darkness who are awaiting and anticipating a great light (Isaiah 9)!