This Advent, celebrate the joy of Christ’s coming with your small group by keeping Jesus at the center of the season. Amid all the hustle, it’s easy to get swept up in busyness, but Advent invites us to slow down, reflect, and focus on the good news of great joy. Here are five ways you can celebrate Advent with your small group:
- Join Jennifer Rothschild for the Prepare Him Room Virtual Event, an invitation to intentionally make space to seek Jesus amid the holiday rush. Throughout the event, you’ll experience worship with Michael O’Brien, encouragement, and teaching that will inspire you to create room in your heart, home, and community for the transformative power of Jesus Christ.
Host at your church or join by yourself! Starting as low as $15.
Streaming December 1–31, 2024.
- Join the Joy to the World online Bible study.
Starting December 2, join us for a special 4-session online Bible study that features music by Ellie Holcomb and devotionals to help you delight in Jesus’s birth.
- Listen to our Advent Spotify playlist.
Celebrate Advent through song in your house, car, or wherever you like to listen to music!
- Make Christmas spice tea.
Taste the flavors of Christmas with this spiced tea recipe by Chelsea Waack below!
SUPPLIES
- 26 oz pineapple juice
- 1 can frozen concentrate orange
juice - 6 oz fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups of sugar
- 4 1/2 quarts of water
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tablespoon of cloves
- 6 Constant Comment® tea bags
- Mini candy canes
DIRECTIONS
- Heat pineapple juice, orange juice concentrate, lemon juice, sugar, and 4 quarts of water in a large pan until sugar is dissolved.
- In a separate pan, add 2 cups of water, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and tea bags. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Combine both pans of ingredients. Serve hot in a small mug with a candy cane.
- Make an evergreen tablescape.
Decorate for the season with this beautiful tablescape. With a variety of fresh cut evergreens and a few candles, you can transform a dining table into an inviting, aromatic space to come together with your small group. As you work with your hands to create a beautiful tablescape, ask the Lord to fill your heart with joy for what is and what is yet to come.
SUPPLIES
- Assortment of evergreen clippings
- (Balsam Fir, Scotch Pine, and
- Leyland Cypress are a few good ones)
- Silver Dollar Eucalyptus
- Seeded Eucalyptus
- Pinecones
- Festive table runner
- 5 white pillar candles
- 8 small votive candles in glass jars
- Matches
DIRECTIONS
- Place the table runner down the center of the table. This will help protect your table from any sap residue.
- Arrange the evergreen clippings down the center of the table.
- Build out the greenery, interweaving sections of eucalyptus as you go down the left and right side to create fullness.
- Place pinecones in open spots within the greenery.
- Alternate pillar candles on the left and right sides of the table runner. The candles should be able to sit on the runner.
- Fill in votive candles in clusters beside the pillar candles.
- Light candles.
- Enjoy!
