Advent Spiritual Resources
As you journey through this holy time of awaiting Jesus’ coming, here are some resources to help light your way.
- AdventWord: An online Advent calendar from Forward Movement offering a brief daily reflection on an Advent-related word.
- Advent Toolkit: From Episcopal Relief and Development, do-it-yourself projects for families for each week of Advent, including an Advent wreath, a creche, and its characters.
- Waiting With Expectation and Hope: A Spotify Advent playlist from Virginia Theological Seminary.
- Advent Meditations and Prayers from the Seminary of the Southwest.
- Forward Day by Day: A daily verse of Scripture with a reflection and questions to help you go deeper in prayer.
- Daily Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer podcasts, with daily scripture, from Forward Movement.
- Daily Meditations featuring writer Richard Rohr and the Center for Action and Contemplation.
Advent Season Offerings
• Haiti Advent Card Sales — November 23, 30, December 7, 14, 21 • Jewell Room
Support mission work through meaningful holiday giving.
• Advent Study Series —November 30, December 7, 14, 21 • 9:15am • Undercroft
Bite-sized formation to deepen your journey.
• Advent Taizé — Dec. 2 & 16 • 6pm • Nave
Contemplative music and candlelight to steady your spirit.
• Trailside Thursdays: Grief During the Holidays — Dec. 4, 11, 18 • 6–7:15pm • HJ’s
A compassionate space for those carrying sorrow into the season.
• Silent Retreat — Dec. 6 • 9am–3pm • Jewell Room
A quiet day of rest, prayer, and renewal.
• Parish Christmas Party — Dec. 14 • 3pm • Jewell Room
A joyful gathering for our parish family.
• Christmas on Wornall Road — Dec. 14 • 5pm • Nave
Join our neighborhood celebration of the season.
• Winter Free Store – January 17 • 9:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. • St. James Church
Volunteer to help us continue our 25+ year legacy of giving.
Haiti Advent Cards on Sale
“Joyeux Noël” Christmas Cards will be for sale in the Jewell Room November 23rd through December 21st. Each card represents a gift to help pay the salaries for the teachers at our partner school, St. Augustin in Maniche, Haiti. The school has grown to 440 students this year. So, your support is more needed than ever. Please, come talk to us at the Palm Tree!
Trailside Thursday: Living with Grief during the Holidays
While all avenues of media portray the holidays with scenes of happy families and unending joy, for some of us, things are just different because of losing someone we love. Whether this loss is recent or in the distant past, please know that all your feelings are valid.
The “Living with Grief during the Holidays” series will meet at HJs for three Thursday nights, beginning in December.
Dates: December 4th, 11th, & 18th, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
This series will be led by Chaplain Janette Platter, Spiritual Care Director at Bishop Spencer’s Place.
Experience Advent with New Eyes
You’re invited to participate in a four-part discussion during – and about – Advent. Join us to see this holy season with new eyes!
Together, and guided by Amy-Jill Levine’s book, Light of the World, we’ll make some interesting Advent connections: inter-generational connections, past-present-future connections, mundane and holy, Hebrew Bible people and Advent people, the Bethlehem “manger” and the Last Supper. We’ll reminisce, find humor and sorrow, learn more about the “supporting cast,” and clear up some misunderstandings.
We’ll meet between the two Sunday services, November 30 to December 21, from 9:15 to 10:00. The (short, four-chapter) book will be provided to participants. If you’d like to join in or have questions, contact Susan Paynter at sue-and-joe@hotmail.com.
Christmas Poinsettia Tributes
Celebrate someone special this Christmas with a $25 donation toward poinsettias that will adorn the church during the Christmas season. Their name will be featured in our Christmas Eve bulletin.
Click here to complete the poinsettia and flower donation form, then make your contribution online at standrewkc.org/give or by check to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
To ensure inclusion in the bulletin, please submit all names and tributes by Saturday, December 14. For questions, contact Ellen Junger.
Winter Free Store: How to Help
We continue the 25+ year legacy of Winter Free Store on January 17th at St. James Church. We invite you to join us in spreading hope, offering warmth, nourishment, and dignity to our neighbors during a challenging time of year.
Consider being a part of this outreach by:
Contributing financially to support the purchase of new winter clothing, hygiene items, and gas gift cards for our guests.
Serving as a volunteer to set up, serve a meal, shop with a family and more.
Praying for those who are experiencing homelessness, poverty, and food insecurity in our community.
Together, we receive as much as we give as we continue to bless our community and share God’s love. For more information please reach out to Melissa Rock or Janet Kelley.