Advent 1: Seeing God’s Face

Advent 1: Seeing God’s Face

12/03/2017

Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Isaiah 64:1-9

Curt Lowndes

Rev. Curt Lowndes is the Associate Pastor of the Gathering Church. He’s a graduate of Georgetown College (KY) and Duke Divinity School. He and his wife Jenny are both from small towns in Kentucky. Jenny graduated from the University of Kentucky’s Nursing School and is an experienced neonatal nurse (including in the NICU at Duke Hospital), but is currently a full-time mom to our daughters, Eloise (2012) and Olive (2014). They love cheering for the Kentucky Wildcats and Atlanta Braves, traveling to the mountains, having dance parties in our living room, and enjoying Saturday morning family breakfast.

This Sunday’s Songs

The Light Came Down by Garrels

Blessed Assurance by Crosby/Knapp

O Come Emmanuel by Traditional

Your Grace is Enough by Maher

Overwhelmed by White

Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus by Welsey/Prichard

O Come All Ye Faithful by Wade/Reading

Further Reading for Advent

Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany edited by Sarah Arthur

Praying with James Baldwin

Cardiphonia Resources for Advent compiled by Bruce Benedict

God is in the Manger by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Oak Church Advent Resources compiled by Chris Breslin

Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of God by Bobby Gross

Mary Had a Baby: An Advent Bible Study Based on African American Spirituals by Cheryl Kirk-Duggan & Marilyn Thornton

Song of the Stars: A Christmas Story by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Advent by Enuma Okoro

Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmas by Ann Voskamp

Advent Calendar (poem) by Rowan Williams

God With Us edited by Gregory Wolfe

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