LakewayChurch 2023 Advent Guide - Flipbook - Page 3
First Week of Advent - Hope
A Hopeful Activity
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A great way to get to know your neighbors
or to remind them you care is to make
homemade Christmas cards or cookies to
share with them. Children love to help bake
and decorate cookies or to color and glitter
Christmas cards. Get out your mom’s or
grandmother’s cookie recipes. Share stories
while mixing and eating cookie dough. Allow
Advent to challenge you to get out of your
comfort zone to meet neighbors and to share
some homemade hope. You never know
how this simple gesture may really touch
someone. After all, our church’s goal is that
everyone in LTISD will be loved by someone
at Lakeway Church. Advent provides a great
boost to that effort!
he first week of Advent is a time dedicated
to hope. As we light the first candle on the
Advent wreath in worship services, a glimmer
of hope ignites in our hearts. Hope fills the air,
as anticipation for the coming of Christmas
grows. It is a time of reflection and introspection,
where we search for hope amidst the challenges and uncertainties of life. This week we can
remember that no matter how uncertain our
circumstances may seem, hope is steadfast. It is
the small flicker of light that promises better days
ahead. With hope in our spirits, we eagerly await
the fulfillment of this hope in the birth of Christ.