Hope, Love, Joy, Peace
An Advent Study Guide

This Advent study invites individuals and groups to journey through the four weeks of Advent. Each week focuses on one of the Advent themes: hope, love, joy, and peace. The resource provides you or your group with tools to move from reflection, meditation, and celebration to action and engagement. It is designed to be flexible so that you can pray and reflect at your own pace and in a way that fits your schedule.

Sharing Christ’s Love
An Advent Resource for Grades K-8

For each of the four weeks leading up to Christmas, you will find lessons designed to help young people understand that the world in which Jesus was born 2,000 years ago and today’s world are not that distant from each other. Through stories—from the Bible and present day—and through creative and engaging activities, participants will learn how poverty and injustice affected people in the Christmas story and how they continue to affect people today. Participants will also consider ways that they can act as Jesus’ hands and feet by sharing His light and hope this Christmas with people who struggle under the burden of poverty and injustice.

Week One: Out of the Shadows

Week Two: Predator

and Welcome To My Village

Week Three: Water