An Unlikely Advent
Our Advent course will begin on Wednesday 29th November. The course will be weekly, for four
weeks at 8pm via Zoom. The course will be based on the book “An Unlikely Advent” by Rachel
Billups. Click here for the Zoom link.
It includes four sessions:
Session 1: What If I Missed It?
Life seldom works out the way that plan it will. We learn from Elizabeth and Zechariah that God’s
plans often differ from our plans. But, if we trust God, we will find that God blesses us in
unexpected ways.
Session 2: Playing the Villain
King Herod, ruled over Galilee and Judea at the time of Jesus’s birth, he was jealous and
obsessed with power. This led him to commit unspeakable atrocities. We know that God’s grace is
available to all people, regardless of what they’ve done. Since all of us are sinners in need of
God’s grace, this is good news.
Session 3: A Curious People
Jesus and his family were Jewish and the Gospel writers explain how Jesus was the Messiah that
some Jewish people had been waiting for. Early in Jesus’s story we meet the magi, who traveled
from the east and were not Jewish. The magi teach us that Jesus was a savior not only for his
people but for all people.
Session 4: When God Shows Up
Every Nativity scene includes shepherds. Luke tells us that they were the first people, outside of
Jesus’s family, to hear the good news of his birth. The shepherds had a difficult job and were
frightened by the angels’ presence but nonetheless responded to God’s sign, setting an example
for followers of Christ still today.
The book is widely available online, and through bookstores. However, please note, it is not
necessary to own a copy of the book, to join in.
Click here for the amazon.fr link to the book.
All are welcome on the course, wherever you might be on your journey.
