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Advent (First Sunday)
The four-week season of preparation and expectation before Christmas.
📅 November 29 – 28 days
✦ Why It Matters
Advent is a season of anticipation, repentance, and hope — preparing the heart for the coming of Christ at Christmas and looking forward to his promised return. The word "Advent" means "coming" or "arrival."
✦ How It Is Observed
Advent wreath with four candles lit progressively each Sunday, Advent calendars, special church services, the Jesse Tree devotional, increased prayer and charitable giving.
✦ Sacred Text
“A voice of one calling: "In the wilderness prepare the way for the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God."”
— Isaiah 40:3 ↗