2023 Advent Resources

The First Sunday of Advent—when the church year begins again— is December 3, 2023. How will you, your faith community, and your household prepare to shine with the light of Christ?

Worship in the Season of Advent

From the Book of Occasional Services (BOS): Liturgies for a range of seasonal services, including notes on the Advent Wreath, an Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols, Las Posadas, and a Christmas Festival of Lessons & Carols, from the 2022 edition of the BOS. Click here (and scroll).

The Advent Antiphons (The “O” Antiphons): From the Church of England’s Common Worship, the texts of these ancient refrains for the seven days preceding Christmas Eve (December 17-23), as well as other seasonal materials for worship. Click here.

Advent prayers and Gospel Acclamations for Advent (Year B) from the ELCA. Click here.

Paperless congregational singing for Advent, modeled by St Lydia’s, Brooklyn. Click here.

Advent Resources for Communities & Congregations

The Episcopal Church

All Advent & Christmas resources: Click here.

“Journeying the Way of Love” Advent Curriculum & Calendar: Click here.

Building Faith at Virginia Theological Seminary

Building Faith’s collection of Advent resources—calendars, devotionals, event ideas, and more: Click here.

Praying with Icons with Rowan Williams: Click here.

Seminary of the Southwest, home of the School for Ministry’s partner the Iona Collaborative

Advent Meditations and Prayers: Click here.

Forward Movement

Advent Offerings: Click here.

Living Compass

Living Well Through Advent 2023: Click here.

Salt

“Advent Round-Up”: Click here.

Church Publishing

Advent Resources: Click here.

Advent Anywhere

Diocese of Minnesota

Two-page Advent Overview: Click here.

#AdventWord

A Global Interactive Advent Calendar: Click here.

The Rev. Reed Loy, St. Andrew’s, Hopkinton

Table Tents for the four weeks of Advent (Includes an icon image, a scripture passage, and a prayer) Click here.

The Rev. Tom Mousin and the Rev. Merry Watters

2023 Advent Devotional Calendar; the calendar they created includes daily scripture readings, a suggested devotion, and a poem. Download it here where there is also an option for subscribing to a daily email.

Advent Saints

St Nicholas (December 6): Resources from The St Nicholas Center at Virginia Theological Seminary. Click here.

St Lucy / Sankta Lucia (December 13): Click here for the story of this “bearer of the light.”

From Episcopal Relief and Development

Advent Toolkit: Click here.

From Building Faith at VTS

Daily Advent prayers & reflection questions: Click here.

“Blessing Your Christmas Tree”: Click here.

“Christmas Eve Rituals at Home”: Click here.

Advent Music

From the Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary, “Waiting with Expectation and Hope: A Spotify Advent Playlist”: Click here.