Jesus: God's Unlikely Revelation

Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany Services includes biblically-based sermons, suggested scriptures, children's time, hymn and prayers, as well as litanies for lighting the Advent wreath.  Also included are suggestions for seasonal funerals. These services offer a completing message of hope during this important church season, when people often visit a church for the first time.

Each service focuses on and celebrates a different aspect of the theme: Jesus: God's Unlikely Revelation  

1. First Sunday of Advent-
Jesus: The Unlikely Image of God (Genesis 1:26-27; Colossians 1:15-17)

2. Second Sunday in Advent 
Jesus: The Unlikely Gift from God (Isaiah 55:1-9)

3. Third Sunday of Advent 
Jesus: The Unlikely Story of God with Us   (Matthew 1:18-25)

4. Fourth Sunday of Advent
Jesus: The Unlikely Messiah (John 7:25-31)

 5. Christmas Eve 
Jesus: An Unlikely Peacemaker (Luke 2:8-20)

6. Christmas Day 
An Unlikely Christmas Card (Matthew 2:13-23)

7. Epiphany 
John the Baptizer: Jesus' Unlikely Herald (John  1:1-14)

Seasonal Funerals

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• ISBN: 978-1-4267-0680-6
• Author: F. Belton Joyner Jr.
• Pages: 96
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: April 2010
• Size: 8.52" x 6.6"

Abingdon Press is an imprint of The United Methodist Publishing House, in operation since 1789. In the early 1920s, Abingdon began publishing a wide array of high-caliber academic, professional, inspirational, and life-affirming religious literature to enrich church communities across the globe. Now beginning its ninth decade, Abingdon Press has a commitment to providing the best, most effective religious publications available.