Ideas for Advent
Advent is a great season of the church year! Here are 15 ways you can make the most of it. Read a chapter of Luke each day. It’s 24 chapters long, so you’ll finish reading the reason for the celebration of Christmas on Christmas Eve. Get an Advent wreath and light the candles when you sit down to eat. Listen to Advent hymns: Listening to Christmas music is great, but you’ll find listening to Advent music to be a true blessing! Here are a few worth checking out. “ Life Up Your Heads, You Everlasting Doors ”, “ Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates ”, “ Prepare the Royal Highway ”, " On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry ”, " Comfort, Comfort Ye My People ”, “ Hark the Glad Sound ”, and “ O Savior, Rend the Heavens Wide ”. Fast : Go without breakfast, breakfast and lunch, or fast for an entire day. Fasting is a way to discipline your body and remind yourself that what you need more than food is the spiritual food God gives. Give alms : giving to those in need is an ancien