Summary
Join the Iona Community this Advent as we travel with star-maker God through Advent. You’re invited to three wonderful events and we’ll point you towards a suite of Advent resources.
Writing Collects for Advent
7pm (GMT) Sunday 3rd December
Have you always wanted to have a conversation with the animals whose mangers a small child was sleeping in? Or with the people whose living space was used as a place for birth? Join Pádraig Ó Tuama for a session exploring responding to advent texts with collects.
Register to join our Zoom meeting
Advent Readings
7pm (GMT) Friday 15th December
You are invited to the Wild Goose Publications evening of Advent readings, with guest readers including Nicola Slee, Rachel Mann, Thom Shuman, Rosie Miles, Jan Sutch Pickard and more.
Register to join our Zoom meeting
Watchnight Service
11.30pm (GMT) Sunday 24th December
Watch and pray with the gathered and dispersed Iona Community as we wait for the dawn of a better possible world.
You will be able to watch this service live via YouTube
Iona Books Advent Calendar
Throughout December, we’ll open a new door and reveal a new thought for the day.
Candles for peace
Nightly at 7pm
Iona Community Members will be lighting candles each night to call for peace from all sides in Israel/Palestine.
You’ll find prayer resources on our website.
The second Advent Candle
The second Advent Candle in the Christian tradition, is often known as the Bethlehem Candle. In solidarity with Christians around the world, we will leave the second candle left unlit in 2023. Find out more about how and why your church community might leave the second candle unlit on the URC website.
Bright star-maker God
Bright star-maker God,
travel with us
through Advent
shine into our
dark corners
lead us into
ways of justice
warm us
with joy and wonder
bring us
to new birth.
Ruth Burgess, from Candles & Conifers: Resources for All Saints’ and Advent, Wild Goose Publications, www.ionabooks.com
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