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Site: PresenceForChristmas.com
Presence for Christmas (P4C) is a "four week journey into the heart of Christmas." Ignited in 2010, P4C is Advent journey marked by weekly gatherings comprised of uplifting story, song and prayer. Each week individuals and families bring their "prayer candle" and placed it at the Burning Bush, which will collectively illuminate Jesus Christ in Exposition. Our Living IT Gathering Guide will help keep families talking and praying throughout the season of Advent.
Oh... the magic and wonder of Christmas! Remember looking through the Sears and JCPenny catalogues as kids? Wondering, hoping and praying for that special thing? Can you remember all the lights and colors, all the special decorations inside and out? The aromatic smells of something baking... most likely Bing Crosby or Nat King Cole singing in the background? How about Rudolph and Frosty on television, along with special gatherings and events....
Sure, for many of us there was the Advent Wreath, and Christmas Mass. But let's face it, for most of us these were momentary things to endure to get back to the main event.
Let's keep it real. Particularly for many of us Catholics, "faith" is often a tedious obligation, hoops you jump through-- that give us a sense of doing what we should. Is there more? Christmas has so much more to do with personal presence than with material presents. While presents are an important part of Christmas, at the heart of it all is the fact that we have been fashioned for God. We need God. We need so much more than cliche, or empty obligations... we need to know God. Christmas is a grace-filled season where God offers us His Presence. He is the Present. And He makes us Presents to each other!
Presence for Christmas is a journey into the Heart of Christmas... an invitation for you and your family to slow down, set aside the distractions and tune into God with expectant faith that He will be Present. God wants to be so much more than an obligation. He wants to do so much more than dwell among us. He wants to dwell within us.
Come join us for all four evenings. You'll be deeply touched by each of the stories. Come with your needs, concerns, hopes and prayers. Come join in a community seeking God together... enlivened by "something more." God bless!
To advance this movement, we depend entirely upon your generosity of prayers, involvement, and financial support (to the left). Thank you.
If you are interested in an Image Trinity event in your parish or community, please contact us: Stephanie@ImageTrinity.com
