Advent Worship Resources
Readymade worship & formation resources to guide your community through Advent (Non-Lectionary). Now with a Christmas Pageant plus Christmas Eve, Christmas, and Epiphany content!
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Be Not Afraid:Â Fear and Good News in the Greatest Story Ever Told
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Across the stories of Advent and Christmas, angels show up and say “do not be afraid” - not because there’s nothing to fear, but because in fact, the opposite is true: there is much to be afraid of. But fear never gets the final word.
In this season, we learn that courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s being afraid and doing the scary thing anyway. Through stories of ordinary people finding their courage and doing scary things, we discover the good news that was there all along.Â
What you'll get in this digital resource:
All resources will be available by October 8, 2026 except for the Christmas Pageant content which will be available by September 15.
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Preaching Prompts for Advent and beyond!
- Advent 1: Zechariah/Elizabeth - Luke 1: 5-25
- Advent 2: John the baptizer - Mark 1: 1-8, or Matthew 3:1-12
- Advent 3: Mary - Luke 1: 26-38
- Advent 4: Joseph - Matthew 1:18-21 (or 25)
- Christmas/Christmas Eve: Shepherds - Luke 2:8-20
- Christmas 1: Simeon and Anna - Luke 2:25-38
- Epiphany: Wise Ones - Matthew 2:1-12
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All the tools you need for worship and discipleship:
- Sermon Prompts (for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany!)
- Liturgical Elements & Music Suggestions (plus original music by Andy Pokel, "Don't Be Afraid")
- Candle-Lighting Litanies for worship and home
- Musical Advent Calendar with reflection questions
- Children's Sermon Ideas
- At-Home & Kid-Friendly Activities
- Justice, Stewardship, and Neighboring Reflections from Jia Starr Brown, Miguel Escobar, and Nick Tangen
- Original Christmas Pageant: Then Do It Scared:Â Finding Your Place in the Greatest Story Ever Told
- PLUS: Longest Night Worship Outline for Solstice/Blue Christmas
Pay What You Can Pricing
We’ve adopted a new pricing model to make our resources accessible to all: Pay what you can - if you’re able to contribute more, your generosity helps support others. Suggested donation: $100
Buy NowDid we mention the Christmas Pageant?!
It’s time to begin rehearsals for the Christmas pageant, and all the participants are a little nervous – will they get the part they’ve been hoping for? Will they remember their cues and their lines? Will their grown-ups come to watch, or will they be too busy? What if they sneeze right in the middle of Silent Night?? Then a new kid shows up, very sure there’s a part for him (spoiler alert – he has a drum!), but there’s one issue – no one can find him in the pages of the story they’re looking to tell.
Then Do It Scared is a flexible, forgiving, joyful Christmas pageant made for faith communities of all shapes and sizes. It’s about fear and courage. It’s about anyone – of any age – who has ever wondered if they really belong, and who has ever stepped up to do the scary thing not because they had no fear, but rather with their fear tucked right alongside them.
Pageant Resources will be available by September 15, 2026
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