Book Study: The First Advent in Palestine (Holy Land Strategy Group)

A four-week Advent study focused on liberation, sacred storytelling, and subversive hope, presented by the Cal-Pac Holy Land Strategy Group

As we envision the first Advent, we often picture Mary and Joseph gathered by the manger, alongside angels, the magi, and shepherds beneath a radiant star. While these familiar images from scripture are sacred and important, there is still so much of the essential context of the original Advent story that is missing—as those who experienced the first Advent had to navigate through great darkness to reach the hope of Immanuel – God with us.

This Advent, join the Rev. Allison Mark and Rev. Mary Ann Pickard, as they lead a four-week Advent study based on the book The First Advent in Palestine: Reversals, Resistance, and the Ongoing Complexity of Hope, by Kelly Nikondeha. Over four sessions, this study will invite us to revisit once again the geographic, socioeconomic, and political backdrop of Advent, so that we might encounter an Advent that feels real for today, and so that we can explore what it means to more fully stand in solidarity with the oppressed peoples of our world, both during Advent, and throughout all the seasons of the year.

This four-week study will be offered over zoom and will take place on Sunday evenings at 7pm, starting Sunday, December 1^st, and going through Sunday December 22^nd. All are welcome to join.

Register at this link.

Questions? Contact us at calpacpalestine@gmail.com.