Aspirational Advent series available online.

"A Saviour has been born to you; He is Christ the Lord." – Luke 2:11

By registering online, participants have access to a personalised webpage, with suggested scriptures for prayer and reflection, stories of lives transformed, crafts, colouring-in activities for younger children, meaningful gift ideas for Christmas and more.

The cbm Advent series includes stories of people whose lives have been transformed by cbm’s intervention and ministry that brings God’s hope, peace, joy and love to people with disabilities in the world’s poorest places.

An example includes the story of an eight-year-old boy who was going needlessly blind from congenital cataracts. John lives with his parents and younger sister in the Philippines. He is a star student and he dreams of becoming an engineer, however, those hopes were fading along with his eyesight.

He needed a miracle and it needed to happen while it was early enough for cataract surgery to be successful. His parents were struggling to earn enough money to buy food and other basic needs so they were not in a position to pay for specialist eye surgery … But there is hope for John. Join cbm’s advent series to hear more.

Participants can enjoy and deepen their experience of ‘Advent at Home’ or share these inspiring online activities with a home group, book club or coffee group.

If you feel moved by the Holy Spirit, please consider sharing this inspiring series, complete with slides, with your church leadership. Together, we can unite with cbm and other churches in Aotearoa to celebrate Advent, the true meaning of Christmas.

One previous participant said, “I’m really being blessed as I have taken the time to celebrate advent for the first time, in my 81st year!”

Others say:

“...weekly PowerPoint slides were a blessing for busy clergy.”

“...beautifully crafted, reflective and meaningful.”

If you or your Church would like to view the Week One Advent presentation to see how it could support your Advent services (including the short video), please email elizabeth@cbmnz.org.nz by 15 November.

May God bless you during this Advent time.