Most of us have experienced it … for many of us it is an annual phenomenon.  We enter December with the best of intentions about how we are going to enjoy and celebrate the Christmas Season, but then we find ourselves on Christmas night thinking one of two things:  “Thank God that’s over” or “I blew it again.”  Our next thought is often, “Next year it’s going to be different.”
What if ... what if ... what if this is the year it is different? What if, in the midst of all the obligations, commitments and expectations that fill the next four weeks, we are able to truly experience some real peace and real joy?
That’s going to be our aim in our worship gatherings during Advent! There won’t be any guilt trips about not doing things perfectly (because none of us will), just a lot of encouraging one another to experience a different and fuller celebration of Christ’s birth this year.