The Season of Advent begins on Sunday, December 3 by gathering around the table and lighting the first Advent Candle and concludes with the fourth Candle being lit on Christmas Eve morning at 10:30am. We gather again on Christmas Eve nite for our family friendly impromptu pageant where we invite you to participate in this world shattering, life changing event when God in the flesh moved into our neighbourhood. It is the most wonderful time of the year and we invite you to take time, not just for worship, but daily as the light around us becomes brighter and brighter in anticipation of the Light of the World.
Family friendly worship happens every Sunday morning at 10:30am. You can find us in person or online on either Facebook Live or our YouTube channel. Our Christmas Eve Worship will be Sunday, December 24 at 6:30pm.
During the Advent Season (Dec 3-24) we invite you to use some of the individual and family helps below, that we believe will make Advent more meaningful , especially during the busy-ness of the Season.
Advent Devotions from Gospel in Life and Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York.
From Biola University a daily devotional sent to you that includes scripture, a devotion, artwork and music.
Family Devotions from Focus on the Family. This is a great resource for parents with little ones looking for child-helps.
Another resource from Focus on the Family that is a daily devotional.
On Christmas morning at 10:30am we will worship and then on Christmas Eve at 6:30pm we will be doing our Impromptu Pageant. It’s an evening of carols, lessons and candles and an opportunity for you to become part of the pageant. It’s a great evening and we would love for you to join us. And maybe even stay into the New Year with KesPres.
Each Christmas KesPres does what they call a GIVE MORE project during Advent. It’s about not getting caught up in the hype of Christmas and spending more, but spending less so we can give more away. Look for more information soon.
During the Advent season, KesPres has a “GIVE MORE” project, where we are invited to spend less on Christmas so that we can give more where the needs are. This year we are supporting Canadian Foodgrains Bank: a Christian organization offering “a Christian response to hunger.” Previously, we have supported CGB in their response to disaster relief in Turkey and Syria following devastating earthquakes earlier this year.
At present, it is difficult to look past the conflict in the Middle East. This is a complex situation. We stand with Israel against the horrific acts of violence and terrorism taken by Hamas in the attacks on Israel on October 7thand their ongoing acts of cruelty in refusing to release innocent hostages. At the same time, it is difficult to overlook or turn a blind eye to the harm being done in Gaza on a daily basis to innocent civilians, many of them children, caught in a war between Israel and Hamas, people who are displaced from their homes and have limited access to food, water, shelter and medical care. Indeed, the actions of Hamas have put innocent civilians in harm’s way on both sides of the border. One way we can get involved and care for the “widow, the orphan and the refugee” is through food aid. Canadian Foodgrains Bank supports all those who are hungry, whether in Israel or Palestine. CFB is one of the few trusted partners the Government of Canada has selected to ensure that support goes to those in real need, where it is most meeded and not to those involved in terrorism or executing violence.
Please GIVE MORE this Christmas Season.