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Celebrate Advent 2020 with Beneficent Church
Beneficent Church's 2020 celebration of Advent - the beginning of our Christian year - looks a little different. This year, our expressions of Christian love start by caring more for our neighbor's health than for our desire to celebrate "like we always do." So rather than try to create a calendar full of carefully orchestrated and restricted events which require lots of hand sanitizer, half-covered faces, and physical distance, we are opting to fling open the (virtual) doors and invite everyone to join us for this blessed Advent season! On this page, we've highlighted just a few of the ways you can join us and experience the joy of Advent - ways that are meaningful, rooted in the gospels, and full of the rich spirit that is our hallmark. You'll find even more in the "Advent with Beneficent Church" activities guide. We invite you to join us weekly for our virtual Sunday worship and stop by often throughout this time of preparation and anticipation, and witness the many miracles which take place along the way until, finally, we celebrate as a community the joyous birth of Jesus! |
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Advent Activities Guide
The "Advent with Beneficent Church" activities guide is a great starting point. Use it to plan the events and activities you want to join, and mark your calendar! Click this image to download your copy!  Click to download
Daily Meditations Booklet
Beneficent's Senior Minister, Rev. Elizabeth Chandler Felts, has written a series of seasonal meditations to accompany us on this journey. Based in scripture and full of personal anecdotes, these daily readings will give you words to consider throughout the season. Click the image and download your copy today! |
All-Church Viewing of Trinity Rep's "A Christmas Carol"- Sunday, December 20
All are invited to join Beneficent member Pat Falcon and her partner Gwen Howard for a congregational viewing of Trinity Rep’s free online performance of A Christmas Carol!
We will gather via Zoom at 4pm on Sunday, December 20 and settle in to enjoy this classic reinterpreted for a COVID time. (The great part is there’s no traffic or parking hassles, and no line at the restroom.) Be sure to bring your own hot cocoa and Christmas cookies!
Note that while this performance is made available for free from Trinity Rep, we are encouraging all who attend this virtual performance to make a donation to Trinity Rep (https://www.trinityrep.com/support/give/) in appreciation of all the hard work they did to create this seasonal event!
Look for the Zoom information in our weekly worship bulletin or email us at office@beneficentchurch.org.
All are invited to join Beneficent member Pat Falcon and her partner Gwen Howard for a congregational viewing of Trinity Rep’s free online performance of A Christmas Carol!
We will gather via Zoom at 4pm on Sunday, December 20 and settle in to enjoy this classic reinterpreted for a COVID time. (The great part is there’s no traffic or parking hassles, and no line at the restroom.) Be sure to bring your own hot cocoa and Christmas cookies!
Note that while this performance is made available for free from Trinity Rep, we are encouraging all who attend this virtual performance to make a donation to Trinity Rep (https://www.trinityrep.com/support/give/) in appreciation of all the hard work they did to create this seasonal event!
Look for the Zoom information in our weekly worship bulletin or email us at office@beneficentchurch.org.