{"id":31406,"date":"2022-12-01T10:15:18","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T15:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=31406"},"modified":"2022-12-27T11:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T16:28:58","slug":"2022-advent-schedule-brings-us-home-12-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=31406","title":{"rendered":"2022 Advent Schedule Brings us Home (12\/2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s only one month, but it’s a journey.\u00a0 Advent means “Coming” or “Arrival”; something’s coming up.\u00a0 In the Christian Calander it’s a time when we prepare for the arrival of Christ (both on the first Christmas and in the End Times).\u00a0 \u00a0But it’s also an everyday preparation for the here and now.\u00a0 To look forward to an “Arrival,” we\"\" need to know our destination.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To help us understand that destination and to guide us along the journey of this Advent Season, PUMC is organizing a series of activities.\u00a0 Officially, “Advent” starts on the Sunday closest to November 30 (St. Andrew’s Day) and ends on Christmas Day (for 2022, this is the period between November 27 through December 25).\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

During this period, our church offers activities and tools for worship, fellowship, and reflection.\u00a0 Attend these activities and make use of these tools to help you discover your own “advent” this season.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Home…<\/span><\/h3>\n

Advent calls us to long for a destination that we desperately want to reach. When someone is living out their last days in a hospital, they desperately want to go “home.”\u00a0 On one hand they want to reunite with a departed spouse on the other side of glory.\u00a0 On the other, they want to be with family in the house they call home.<\/p>\n

Home….<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

This is the destination we all want to reach.\u00a0 Not necessarily heaven or house, but also a state of mind.\u00a0 To get home, we must clear our minds of selfishness, anger, and worry; the road to “home” is easily littered with the roadblocks of sin.\u00a0 But with God’s help, we can persevere around the roadblocks and reach a place where we’re “in synch” with God.\u00a0 When we’re in tune with God, we can experience the gifts of being “home”:\u00a0 Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love.<\/p>\n

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Guideposts to Help us Find Home…<\/span><\/h3>\n

Here are some opportunities that PUMC is offering throughout the Advent season to help all of us “come home” by navigating through the roadblocks that dampen our connection with God.<\/p>\n

Sunday Sermon Series…<\/span><\/h4>\n

During the 2022 Advent season, Pastor Jim will preach a 4-part sermon series on “Coming Home:”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n