Theme

The Advent 2024 theme is "Hope is Near."

Focus Text

The focus text for Advent 2024 is the Magnificat, Luke 1:46-55.

Mary’s song of praise to God, the Magnificat, is joyful and prophetic, a sharp confrontation to systems that destroy and oppress, and a hopeful vision for the future. Empowered by the sacred life forming within her, she dares to envision the world as it can be. We are invited to join Mary this Advent Season; in joyful anticipation of what is to come, singing a resistance song against the forces of division and destruction around us as we birth God’s future into being!

[God] has brought down the powerful from their thrones and lifted up the lowly; has filled the hungry with good things...

Resources

Use these resources as you journey through the season of Advent. 

• Download the Advent Devotion for Families and Households. Coming soon!
• View Advent Worship Helps and Lessons for All Ages. Coming soon!
• Subscribe to Daily Bread for daily Advent reflections.
• Follow Community of Christ on Instagram and Facebook for reflective content for the season.

Weekly Themes

• 1 December 2024—Joy Before Us
• 8 December 2024—Love Overflows
• 15 December 2024—The Lord is Near (Hope)
• 22 December 2024—The Magnificat: A Vision of Justice