#adventword Help create a giant online Advent calendar, as an individual of faith or as a worshiping community. This Advent join with Episcopalians and Anglicans to coordinate sending images and reflections up into social media...as a respite from the sadness of days, as a challenge to hear God's voice, as a Good News drenched hope. This past summer, literally Advent in July, people from across the denomination held the Scripture and prayers of Advent close to discern words that were both reflective of our texts and invitations to associate images. You, too, can look ahead to our Lectionary texts for Advent. Online, visit: www.lectionarypage.net/YearC_RCL/Advent/ Take a moment and think about this year's list of words. Do any of them bring to mind photographs taken at and of your church this past year? As we are thinking more and more about our faith through the lens of our baptism, do any of these words call forth our ongoing engagement with that covenant? It's a 2-(or more)for-1 proposition. Personal reflection + faith story + evangelism + Bible study + invitation for others to join you at this prelude to Nativity.
How?
Do you have an Instagram account? It's perfect for this project. Visit the account of AdventWord located at: www.instagram.com/adventword/ Post an image. Add some of your reflection. Maybe it's the backstory of the image, maybe it's a link to Scripture that is personally meaningful. Add some hashtags, they help people find your topic. At the least, add #adventword and the word of the day. Add @missouriepiscopal and we'll repost your image. Consider a few additional hashtags, like #Episcopal and #Jesus. These are how we identify and invite others to learn more.
Why this matters.
Last year's #adventword reached millions in over 30 countries. It's hard to predict which words had the most resonance. For instance, last year's #heal had the lowest number of people opening the daily emailed reflection, but had the largest number of views on social media, over 570,000. The campaign rolls out just as this Seek goes to the printer. You can read more at www.adventword.org.
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