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Common Readings for Advent
Advent is the four-week season that leads up to Christmas,
and is the start of the Christian calendar. The church celebrated
this period of preparation, self-examination, and hopeful
waiting beginning about two hundred years before "Christmas"
was introduced.
Advent is a season for looking back to God's faithful preparing
the way of the Messiah, looking presently at our lives and
our need for ongoing repentance, and forward towards Jesus'
coming again in glory.
The book of Isaiah will be our "text" for this
Advent, and we'll be tracking two "threads " --
Isaiah's clear, repeated and powerful calls to self-examination,
repentance and returning to the Lord, and his incredible messages
of comfort and hope. Each day during Advent, you'll have the
opportunity to read one of the "tough "passages
from Isaiah, along with his words of comfort and hope. We
will also have a New Testament "thread " that will
reintroduce us to Mary, John the Baptist and sections from
Paul's letter to the Romans.
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Week of November 30
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Repentance |
Hope |
NT |
| Su |
Is 1:1-9 |
Is. 65:17-25 |
Rv 19:1-10 |
| M |
1:10-14 |
66:22-23 |
21:1-5 |
| T |
1:15-20 |
2:1-5 |
22:1-5 |
| W |
1:21-28 |
4:2-6 |
22:7, 12-13 |
| Th |
2:6-11 |
6:1-5 |
22:16-21 |
| F |
2:12-22 |
6:6-10 |
Ro 8:18-25 |
| Sa |
5:1-7 |
6:11-13 |
1 Co 15:56-58 |
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Week of December 7
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Repentance |
Hope |
NT |
| Su |
Is 8:11-17 |
Is 7:10-17 |
Lk 1: 1-17 |
| M |
10:1-4 |
9:1-5 |
Lk 1:18-25 |
| T |
10:20-23 |
9:6-7 |
Mat 1:18-23 |
| W |
13:6-13 |
11:1-5 |
Lk 1:26-45 |
| Th |
14:24-27 |
11:6-11 |
Lk 1:46-56 |
| F |
22:1-8a |
12:1-6 |
Lk 1:57-66 |
| Sa |
22:8b-14 |
25:1-8 |
Lk 1:67-80 |
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Week of December 14
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Repentance |
Hope |
NT |
| Su |
Is 24:1-13 |
25:9-12 |
Rom 1:18-23 |
| M |
24:14-18a |
26:1-11 |
1:24-32 |
| T |
24:18b-23 |
26:12-21 |
2:1-11 |
| W |
28:1-10 |
27:1-12 |
3:9-20 |
| Th |
28:11-22 |
29:11-16 |
5:12-21 |
| F |
29:13-16 |
29:17-24 |
6:1-10 |
| Sa |
30:8-14 |
30:15-21 |
6:11-23 |
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Week of December 21
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Repentance |
Hope |
NT |
| Su |
Is 31:1-3 |
32:1-8 |
Mat 3:1-6 |
| M |
33:1-4 |
33:5-6 |
Lk 3:7-14 |
| T |
34:1-4, 8 |
35:1-4 |
Mat 3:7-12 |
| W |
37:14-20 |
35:5-10 |
Lk 2:1-20 |
| Th |
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Is 42:1-9 |
Jn 1:1-14 |
| F |
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Is 49:1-7 |
Jn 1:15-18 |
| Sa |
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Is 50:4-11 |
Mat 9:16-17 |
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Week of December 28
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| Su |
Is 52:13-53:12 |
Jn 13:34-35 |
| M |
Is 61:1-7 |
2 Co 5:14-21 |
| T |
Is 42:10-17 |
1 Co1:23-25; Lk 22:20 |
| W |
Is 43:10-13 |
Rom 6:1-4 |
| Th |
Is 45:15-19 |
Gal 6:14-16 |
| F |
Is 45:22-25 |
Eph 4:22-25 |
| Sa |
46:8-10 |
Heb 10:19-24 |
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Week of January 4
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| Su |
Isa 48:6b-11 |
Mat 1:24-2:12 |
| M |
Isa 49:8-18 |
Mat 3:13-17 |
| T |
Isa 55:1-13 |
Jn 1:29-34 |
This year's Common Readings end on Tuesday, January 6, the
traditional date of "Epiphany, " which celebrates
Christ's manifestation ( = "epiphany ") to the world.
Highrock Covenant Preschool Opens in January!
Thank you for the ways that so many of you have helped support
the opening of Covenant's new Preschool, Highrock Covenant
Preschool (www.preschoolrocks.org). We have just a few weeks
before school starts in January and could use your help in
purchasing some final items.
We have created a registry that lists the items that we still
need. Use this as a guide and feel free to purchase it wherever
you desire, or we would welcome your used comparable item.
We are grateful for your gift and it is tax deductible. Details
refer to the current
newsletter.
Covenant School - Christmas Assembly
You¡¯re invited to gather with the Covenant School
community at our annual Christmas Assembly on Friday evening,
December 19, at 7 PM.
Covenant School - Annual Fund 2008
Great things are happening in our school, and your generosity
to the school¡¯s Annual Fund helps move us into
God¡¯s good future for this important ministry
of our church. Please respond as generously as you can when
our Annual Fund letter reaches you¡ªand know that
no gift is too small to make a big difference!
For more information about our ongoing and coming events,
please look at our current
newsletter.
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