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This Sunday...

...will be our last meeting of THE VILLAGE before Christmas.

8PM / 96 North Oval

The Coming of Jesus Christ

This past Sunday - December 2nd - marked the first Sunday in Advent. Similar to Lent, Advent exists as a time of preparation/examination/meditation. If you're interested in taking the time to recentre your thoughts on the coming of Christ this Christmas, here's a list of suggested readings (adapted from The Book of Common Prayer), which include daily Psalm, Older Testament, Epistle & Gospel readings:

Sun, Dec 2
am: Ps 146, 147 / pm: Ps 111, 112, 113
Amos 1:1-5, 13-2:8
1 Thess 5:1-11
Luke 21:5-19

Mon, Dec 3
am: Ps 1, 2, 3 / pm: Ps 4, 7
Amos 2:6-16
2 Peter 1:1-11
Matt 21:1-11

Tues, Dec 4
am: Ps 5, 6 / pm: Ps 10, 11
Amos 3:1-11
2 Peter 1:12-21
Matt 21:12-22

Wed, Dec 5
am: Ps 119:1-24 / pm: Ps 12, 13, 14
Amos 3:12-4:5
2 Peter 3:1-10
Matt 21:23-32

Thur, Dec 6
am: Ps 18:1-20 / pm: Ps 18:21-50
Amos 4:6-13
2 Peter 3:11-18
Matt 21:33-46

Fri, Dec 7
am: Ps 16, 17 / pm: Ps 22
Amos 5:1-17
Jude 1-16
Matt 22:1-14

Sat, Dec 8
am: Ps 20, 21 / pm: Ps 110, 116, 117
Amos 5:18-27
Jude 17-25
Matt 22:15-22

Sun, Dec 9
am: Ps 148-150 / pm: Ps 114, 115
Amos 6:1-14
2 Thess 1:5-12
Luke 1:57-68

Mon, Dec 10
am: Ps 25 / pm: Ps 9, 15
Amos 7:1-9
Rev 1:1-8
Matt 22:23-33

Tues, Dec 11
am: Ps 26, 28 / pm: Ps 36, 39
Amos 7:10-17, 24-25
Rev 1:9-16
Matt 22:34-46

Wed, Dec 12
am: Ps 38 / pm: Ps 119:25-48
Amos 8:1-14
Rev 1:17-2:7
Matt 23:1-12

Thur, Dec 13
am: Ps 37:1-18 / pm: Ps 37:19-42
Amos 9:1-10
Rev 2:8-17
Matt 23:13-26

Fri, Dec 14
am: Ps 31 / pm: Ps 35
Haggai 1:1-15
Rev 2:18-29
Matt 23:27-39

Sat, Dec 15
am: Ps 30, 32 / pm: Ps 42, 43
Haggai 2:1-19
Rev 3:1-6
Matt 24:1-14

Sun, Dec 16
am: Ps 63, 98 / pm: Ps 103
Amos 9:11-15
2 Thess 2:1-3, 13-17
John 5:30-47

Mon, Dec 17
am: Ps 41, 52 / pm: Ps 44
Zech 1:7-17
Rev 3:7-13
Matt 24:15-31

Tue, Dec 18
am: Ps 45 / pm: Ps 47, 48
Zech 2:1-13
Rev 3:14-22
Matt 24:32-44

Wed, Dec 19
am: Ps 119:49-72 / pm: Ps 49, 53
Zech 3:1-10
Rev 4:1-8
Matt 24:45-51

Thur, Dec 20
am: Ps 50, 59 / pm: Ps 60, 33
Zech 4:1-14
Rev 4:9-5:5
Matt 25:1-13

Fri, Dec 21
am: Ps 40, 54 / pm: Ps 51
Zech 7:8-8:8
Rev 5:6-14
Matt 25:14-30

Sat, Dec 22
am: Ps 55 / pm: Ps 138, 139
Zech 8:9-17
Rev 6:1-17
Matt 25:31-46

Sun, Dec 23
am: Ps 24, 29 / pm: Ps 8, 84
Gen 3:18-15
Rev 12:1-10
John 3:16-21

Mon, Dec 24
am: Ps 45, 46 / pm: Ps 89:1-29
Isa 59:15b-21
am: Gal 3:23-4:7 / pm: Phil 2:5-11
Matt 1:18-25