Diocese Advent 2020 Events and Resources

Please find below the Diocesan Advent Quiet Day notice as well as resources developed for the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway for Advent 2020.

Diocesan Advent Quiet Day

Sat., 12 December 2020 – online

A Diocesan Advent Quiet Day will be held online over Zoom on Saturday, 12th December 2020, 10am–12.30pm. Entitled “Going Out, Coming Home”, it will reflect on the exile of the Holy Family to Egypt and the return to Nazareth in the context of Covid-19.

Details for the Zoom meeting will be circulated nearer the date. If you would like to register or know more, please email the Rev Les Ireland on Les949@btinternet.com. Everyone welcome!

Programme:

• 10am: Welcome and opening worship with Bishop Kevin.
• 10.20–11.00am: Going Out—reflections on leaving our home country, the journey to exile and the journey to safety.
• 11.00–11.30am: Break (includes a video reflection).
• 11.30–12.10pm: Coming Home—reflections on finding home, returning to peace, and seeking safety.
• 12.10–12.30pm: Final thoughts and worship with Bishop Kevin

Colouring Sheets

Several stained glass windows from churches in the diocese have been digitally edited, with the colour of the glass panes removed, converting the resulting lineart into colouring sheets.

PDFs with instructions, information, relevant Bible verses and collects can be found here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApeOYRncxKZcgZl71hAS0c-XPtUEXQ?e=4NrhLn.

More sheets are planned for the following weeks and months, if you have a window you’d like to propose, let me know!

Journey through Advent in Music

A collection of Advent hymns and contemporary music to suit the season has been curated over on Spotify: 

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6a5YpncsFXlHWwQCc258mp?si=3gXAUcIuRLqwr9yznaUiDQ Your suggestions are warmly welcome!

Journey Through Advent, a playlist by Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway on Spotify

Journey through Advent with hymn and song. Created with suggestions by the people of the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway in the Scottish Episcopal Church, add yours: digitalmissioner@glasgow.anglican.orgopen.spotify.com

AdventWord 2020

#AdventWord is a global, online Advent calendar. Each day from the first Sunday of Advent through Christmas Day, #AdventWord offers meditations and images to inspire and connect individuals and a worldwide community of believers to the themes of Advent.

You are invited to participate by posting your own images using the hashtag #AdventWord and the word of the day, for example, #journey. Individuals, congregations, organizations, and institutions can all participate.

This year, the Diocese plans to participate in AdventWord again, your contributions are welcome and encouraged, please contact me if interested, some days have already been planned but more entries are welcome!

Petko Marinov – Digital Missioner

digitalmissioner @ anglican.glasgow.org