LeaderSHIFT offers every Chinook Winds Region Community of Faith a gift this Advent season! Through a regional subscription, you can access an Advent Small Group Study created by The Prayer Bench entitled ’Advent Longing  ’ 

We hope this will be a gift for busy ministers and lay leaders in this Advent season who want a faith formation opportunity for their community of faith.

This Advent Small Group Study invites participants to nurture longing as a powerful spiritual gift through an imaginative pilgrimage in an old-growth forest. It encourages us to notice longing in our ordinary days, recognize its gifts during times of desolation and reclamation, and welcome “thin spaces”—those moments of connection, support, and hope. In the context of a planetary crisis, we explore how to activate Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love in the world God loves.

What You Receive with this Downloadable Resource   

·         A complete Leader’s Guide for three Advent sessions with ideas for Opening, Singing, Movement or Sound Prayers, Conversation prompts, a Group Spiritual Practice, and Closing.

·         Three 8-10-minute audio recordings.

·         Three scripts of the audio recordings to download and copy so participants can follow along.

·         Access to a Prayer Bench webpage with all the study materials, downloadable image for social media promotion, customizable poster for the series, and other resources related to the study.

If you didn’t receive the e-newsletter with the registration link, please email Michelle Slater, LeaderSHIFT.