The Christmas Letters Leader Guide: Celebrating Advent with Those Who Told the Story First
Ebook
Hear from “those who told the story first.”
The Leader Guide contains discussion questions and session plans for a four-week Advent study. It includes opening and closing prayers, optional activities, and session goals for each week, and is designed to be used with the book and DVD.
You may or may not know the story of your birth. If you do, there is something special about hearing your origin story again and remembering how it all began for you. That’s why we observe Advent: to celebrate how it all began for us. In The Christmas Letters, Magrey deVega invites you to hear about the miracle of Christ’s birth from those who first told the story. The letters in the New Testament, known as the Epistles, contain the first attempts by the church to understand and celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation. They point us to the origins of what we believe about Jesus, fully human and fully divine. By spending time with these holy, ancient words this Advent, you’ll come to know the meaning of Christ’s coming like never before.
Read the New Testament letters, Romans, 1 John, Philippians, and Colossians as your first Christmas letters of the season and find within them an invitation from God to deepen your understanding of the Incarnation and embrace a fuller commitment to Jesus Christ.
Provide an Advent study that explores a broader range of New Testament writings, going beyond the gospels and offering a unique approach to the season
Each chapter connects with key moments in the Christmas story and the Advent themes of hope, love, joy, and peace
Lifts up the enduring relevance of the New Testament letters for us today
From the author of Awaiting the Already and principal author of Almost Christmas
- Title: The Christmas Letters Leader Guide: Celebrating Advent with Those Who Told the Story First
- Author: Magrey deVega
- Publisher: Abingdon Press
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781791033262, 9781791033248, 1791033245, 1791033261
- Resource ID: LLS:9781791033262
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-07-28T07:43:39Z
Magrey R. deVega is the Senior Pastor at Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa, Florida. He is the author of several books, including The Bible Year, Savior, Almost Christmas, Embracing the Uncertain, One Faithful Promise, and Songs for the Waiting. Magrey is a graduate of United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, and Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida, and the father of two daughters, Grace and Madelyn.