12/23/2018
Luke 1:39-55
Mindy Erdmann
(Bumper music:Because the Night is Longby Music from the Gathering Church (2010))
Mindy Erdmannworks for Intervarsity Christian Fellowship. Her love for the city began in 1994 when, as a student at the College of Wooster, she participated in the very first Cleveland Urban Plunge. She joined InterVarsity staff in 1998 in order to develop Cleveland’s urban program. After a six-year break to teach math, get married and start a family, Mindy came back on staff to pick up where she left off, designing programs that help college students get a fuller picture of the Gospel through an experience in the city. Mindy currently works part time as the Cleveland Urban Project Director, and enjoys being mom to Isaac and wife to Mark. She is passionate about racial reconciliation, the Word of God, mathematics education and the city of Cleveland.
This Sunday’s Songs
Magnificat by Oakes
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus by Wesley/Prichard
Do You Hear What I Hear? By Regney/Baker
Steadfast by McCracken/Jordan/Silverberg/Nouwen
The Advocate by Baltensperger
O Come Emmanuel by Traditional
Doxology: O Come All Ye Faithful by Wade
Further Reading for Advent
Light Upon Light: A Literary Guide to Prayer for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphanyedited by Sarah Arthur
Bearing the Wait: An AdventCompanion (Evangelical Covenant Church resource)
Cardiphonia Resources for Adventcompiled by Bruce Benedict
God is in the Mangerby Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oak Church Advent Resourcescompiled by Chris Breslin
Living the Christian Year: Time to Inhabit the Story of Godby Bobby Gross
Mary Had a Baby: An Advent Bible Study Based on African AmericanSpiritualsby Cheryl Kirk-Duggan & Marilyn Thornton
Song of the Stars: A Christmas Storyby Sally Lloyd-Jones
Silence and Other Surprising Invitations of Adventby Enuma Okoro
Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christby Fleming Rutledge
Unwrapping the Greatest Gift: A Family Celebration of Christmasby Ann Voskamp
Advent Calendar (poem)by Rowan Williams
God With Usedited by Gregory Wolfe