Advent 2012 - #COHome

Our Advent plan is as follows:

Dec.2nd The prophets longed for home
Dec. 9th John points us towards home
Dec. 16th Jesus is making a new home (shepherds/magi)
Dec. 23rd Jesus' new home is in us (Mary/Joseph)

Chill song to sing together to signal time is starting-(Music Team)
Welcome, lighting and explanation of Advent candles -(Joshua)
Pray -(Joshua)
Pass the Peace- (Joshua) 
Start loud instrumental version of slow song to signal end of Pass the Peace -(Music Team)
Talk -(Visiting Speaker)
Talk Back -(Visiting Speaker)
Quiet Instrumental Song to allow Art Directors to speak (Music Team)

Art Direction (Art Directors) 

• Keep your directions clear and to a minimum. Consider using a slide to help with details.

Allow some quieter instrumental of slow song to continue so folks can get into the art experience -(Music Team)
Why and How we use music talk -(Music Leader)
Rest of Music Set -(Music Team)

• Remember to consider the flow of your set in a way that creates an arch, not a roller coaster. 
• Include Christmas songs.
• Include one Christmas song from another culture (connections with your art directors and/or solidarity prayer peeps)

Vision -(Joshua)
Solidarity Prayer (SPT)

• Keep your description clear and to a minimum. Use a slide to help with details.

Song (Music Team) Go out with a celebratory Christmas song

Music & Tech
PM Plan Goal: To create a safe space where our community can use music as one way of worshiping God together. 

• Find ways to collaborate with the community in the music making process.
• Create a sound that allows the community to be a part of the choir.
• Create a set that is well organized and easy to engage in.
• Make sure all understand the language we are using (other cultures and "christianese").

This Season’s Music Project: Make a connection with the art director or solidarity person on your team and sing a Christmas song in a Non-English language. 

This Season's Music Process (when, who & how):

Dec.2nd

Dec. 9th

Dec. 16th
Dec. 23rd

Arts 

PM Plan Goal: To create a safe space for our community to use art as one way of worshiping God together. 

• Find ways to collaborate with the community in the art making process.
• Even if individuals choose to not be a part of the art making process, they should still feel it's presence in some way.  
• Provide materials, designate a space and give simple and clear directions (1 Paragraph) on how to engage in the art making process.

This Season’s Art Project:  

This Season's Art Process:

Dec.2nd

Dec. 9th

Dec. 16th
Dec. 23rd

Solidarity Prayer

PM Plan Goal: Solidarity is worship, teaching, prayer, and opportunity for action.  We remember the suffering and rejoice with good works. We think God moves when we ask and may use us as part of the solution.

• To be informed, and to inform others about what is going on in this day and age, and to use prayer as one way of remaining connected with our brothers and sisters around the world.
• HERE is a simple Solidarity Prayer Format:

• Hi my name is ____and I am here to tell you about_____.
• Create 3-5 sentences to explain who we are praying for.
• Create 3-5 sentences to explain why we are praying for them.                                                  Create 3-5 sentences explaining how we can be more involved. 
• Offer 2-4 visual aides (slides, maps, props, etc.)
• Finish with “Please rise with me now and hold hands as I pray” or “Please rise and join me in saying this prayer together (show slide of pre-scripted prayer)”.

This Season's Solidarity Prayer project is: We are praying for different parts of our neighborhoods.

Solidarity Prayer process is (when, who & how):

Dec.2nd

Dec. 9th

Dec. 16th
Dec. 23rd