Advent is a season of endings and beginnings. As the calendar year comes to a close, a new year begins. We are ushered into new ways of living and loving; and yet, the world as we know it spins madly on. When we ourselves navigate seasons filled with endings and beginnings, we need reminders. We need words that can feel like steady ground, like a path for our feet to find as we journey forward into the unknown.

This worship series is shaped around several reminders we all need from time to time: you are a blessing; we can’t go alone; do the good that is yours to do; hope is worth the risk; love knows your name; and the road isn’t straight (first Sunday in January). These reminders root us in the fundamental truths of our faith. Many of them are life lessons we teach to children—lessons that adults continue to learn and relearn. We invite you to move through this Advent season as if you are entering a sacred new chapter, holding fast to the reminders that will bolster you for the journey ahead. May you find words for belovedness and hope. May you find words for beginning again. For no matter what you are facing, no matter what this new day brings, Love is your beginning.