Advent Candle walking liturgy

Written By:
Chloe Axford
Themes: christmas, advent
Bible Refs: Heb 10:23, 9:6, John 3:16, Luke 1:14, John 1:4-5

This simple interactive Advent candle liturgy involves the whole congregation and uses the whole church. It offers an alternative take on the traditional lighting of the Advent crown on the four Sundays leading up to Christmas.

Beforehand set up an “Advent candle” station in each of the four corners of the church – one for each Sunday of Advent. Use large candles decorated with holly and ivy etc.

Make four labels out of card, one saying HOPE, one saying PEACE, one saying LOVE and the other saying JOY. Place one by each of the candles.

On the final piece of card write LIGHT OF THE WORLD – this is for the candle to be lit on Christmas Day at the front of the church.

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Chloe Axford lives in Devon with her husband Nick and their very new baby girl. They are volunteer worship leaders at their church and run an alternative worship stream in the evening service called Creative Space. Chloe spent two years working in creative arts ministry at a church in London and now works as a journalist (when not dreaming up imaginative uses for tea lights, post-it notes and stones).

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Alethea Hartwell
20 Dec 2010 06:37
I used a modified version of this at my MOPS meeting last week. It went great! The ladies loved it and I was able to share God's message of salvation with them in a creative way. thanks so much for the great idea! ;O) - Alethea
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