Presbytery of Riverside
Serving the Presbyterian Church (USA) in the Inland Empire

ADVENT MATERIALS:

A Christmas Gift-Making Workshop

An Advent Worship Service: Songs and Lessons for the Advent Wreath and Hanging of the Greens

Angel at McDonald's: Drama for Youth by Linda M. Goens

Angels We Will Hear on High! Stories for Christmas by Arthur F. Fogartie

Celebrating Advent/Christmas/Epiphany:Youth action curriculum - asst. years

Celebrating Advent Christmas Epiphany: Seasonal Action Course for Youth - asst. years

Chrismon - Symbol Patterns and their meaning - downloaded from www.umc.org/chrismons/patterns/

Chrismons - They Point to Jesus by Diane L. Gibson. Includes Order of Worship, Patterns and Instructions for Making Chrismons.

Clip-art for Feasts and Seasons: New expanded edition by Gertrud Mueller Nelson

Come to Christmas: The Customs of the Christmas & Advent Season

Creative Ideas for Epiphany by Linda S. Davidson

Design for Celebrating Advent/Christmas/Epiphany

Joy to the World: Christmas celebrations, customs and crafts from many lands for use in church, school and home by Phyllis Vos Wezeman and Jude Dennis Fournier

Kneeling in Bethlehem by Ann Weems

Let's Make a Jesse Tree! by Darcy James. 26 Full-size Patterns plus Instructions

Meditations for Advent & Christmas by James G. Kirk

Symbols for all Seasons: Environmental Planning for Cycles A, B & C aby Catherine H. Krier

Symbols of the Season by Phyllis Vos Wezeman and Jude Dennis Fournier

Teach Us To Number Our Days: Liturgical Advent Calendar - contains background information as well as How to's for paper, felt and cloth versions of the calendar

The Advent Wreath: A Light in the Darkness by Debbie Trafton O'Neal

The Alternatives Celebrations Catalogue by Milo Shannon-Thornberry

The Christmas Survival Book by Alice Slaikeu Lawhead

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Christmas Story

The Mouse at the Manger: A Children's Christmas Play by Martha S. Rabert

Things to Make & Do for Advent & Christmas by Martha Bettis Gee

To Celebrate: Reshaping Holidays & Rites of Passage: Another Alternatives' Celebration Catalogue

To Dance With God:Family Ritual and Community Celebration by Gertrud Mueller Nelson

We Believe: Keep It Simple and Sacred: Alternatives for Advent and Christmas

Worship Through the Seasons: Ideas for Celebration by Mary Isabelle Hock.


Two Great Web Sites for Advent Resources:

www.pcusa.org/advent

www.pcusa.org/ideas/0708winter/web.htm




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