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The Uncluttered Heart
Making Room for God During Advent and Christmas
Led by Rev. Tom Downing

Book CoverSponsored by the Genesis Class
Beginning November 27th
in Wesley Hall
during the Sunday School hour

Advent is the season when we prepare our lives—hearts, minds, and spirits—for the coming of the Christ child. We sweep out the corners of our hearts, cleaning up the clutter, to make space for God’s hope, peace, joy, love, and presence.

The Uncluttered Heart offers four weeks of guided reflection through the weeks of Advent on through Epiphany. Each day provides a quote, scripture passage, reflection, prayer and words to carry with you through the day. Join with your FirstChurch family in making the Christmas Season a time of devotion and rededication to Christ. We will have opportunities for classes to study together, neighborhood groups who can spend more dedicated times and study within your Sunday School Class. Watch for the registration table on Harwood Landing.

About the Author
BETH A. RICHARDSON is an ordained deacon in the Tennessee Conference of The United Methodist Church. She currently serves as editor of upperroom.org (Upper Room Ministries) and as deacon at Edgehill United Methodist Church. Beth received her Master of Divinity from Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. Beth grew up in Oklahoma and enjoys liturgy, music, and photography. Her first Advent book was Child of the Light. She has contributed her writing to Alive Now magazine, The Upper Room Disciplines, and two volumes of The Storyteller's Companion to the Bible.

"OPENING THE PAGES OF THIS BOOK is like entering a holy place. You meet wise teachers through their quotes, comforting and challenging biblical texts, simple words for your pocket, prayers for the heart, and Beth who weaves it all together with her own story, so we can approach the manger with an uncluttered heart—and kneel."
—Larry J. Peacock
Executive Director, Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center
North Andover, Massachusetts
Author, Openings: A Daybook of Saints, Psalms, and Prayer


Rev. Downing

Rev. Tom Downing, Minister of Adult Education here at FirstChurch, will lead the study in Wesley Hall.

 

 
   







 
 
 

 

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