Advent Series Scripts

Below are the scripts we used for shooting our Advent series. I will try to post the videos later one but enjoy.

Advent - Christ Candle

On the Eve of our Christmas Celebration, the birth of our Savior, we light all of the candles in our Advent wreath. Each week another candle glowed, and our wreath shone more brightly.

First we light the candle for HOPE because Jesus is our hope.

Second, we light the candle for PEACE because Jesus is our hope and peace.

Third, we light the candle for JOY because Jesus brings joy.

Fourth, we light the candle for LOVE because Jesus is love.

Finally we light the center candle. This is the CHRIST candle. Jesus is born. Salvation is here. The time of waiting is over; our Savior is born.

Isaiah spoke of this hope when he wrote: The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. And He will be called 'Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God. Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace!' He will bring justice for the poor, and defend the rights of the helpless.

Now we light the Christ candle to remind us that all of God's gifts - Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love - are to be found in God's greatest gift, His Son, Jesus Christ.

Advent - Candle of Love

Today we relight the first three candles of the Advent Wreath -- the candles of HOPE, PEACE and JOY. Now we light the fourth candle of Advent. This is the candle of LOVE.

Advent is a time for kindness, thinking of others, and sharing with others. It is a time to love as God loved us. The bible says that "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life."

Jesus shows us God's perfect love. As God is love, let us also be love. Love is like a light shining in a dark place. As we look at this candle we celebrate the love we find in Jesus Christ.

From the Gospel of John we hear: "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." Love never ends.

We light the candle of love to remind us that Jesus brings us God's love and shows us how to love others.

Advent - Candle of Joy

We have lit the first two candles, one for hope and one for peace. Today we light the third candle, the candle of joy. As the coming of Jesus, our Savior, draws nearer, our joy builds with our anticipation of his birth and His future return. 

When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the angels brought good news of a great joy, which shall be to all people.The good news of Jesus' birth is still tidings of great joy for us today.

The Christmas season is one of Joy. But in the midst of gifts, lights, and celebration we can easily forget the source of our Joy, the Joy that Isaiah prophesied when he said:

But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight.

And because God revealed His salvation through Jesus’ birth, life, death, and resurrection, we look forward with joy to that day when our faith shall be sight, that time when we will gaze upon His face, the One who saved us by His grace.

We light this candle to remind us of the Joy we have in our Savior.

Advent - Candle of Peace

Last Sunday, we lit the first candle in our Advent wreath, the candle of hope. Let us light it again, remembering that the light of hope shines for us in the darkness.

Peace. It is a word we hear a lot right now. Peace is one of God's gifts to us. John the Baptist was a prophet calling the people of Israel to repent, to find peace with God. John also declared that it is in our actions of love and justice that God's peace is shown.

May we by our actions help to prepare the way for the coming of Peace that Isaiah talked about: "For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace."

We light the candle of peace to remind us that Jesus is the Prince of Peace and that through him peace is found.