The Episcopal Diocese of Washington’s fifth annual online Advent calendar supports the work of the Bokamoso Youth Program in Winterveld, South Africa, which helps young people thrive amidst the poverty, crime and despair of the AIDS epidemic.
Quilted wall hanging used during Advent at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Apostles, Hoover, Alabama.
One of our little ones gets an orange from St. Nicholas on the second Sunday of Advent, 2014. Taken at St. Columba Episcopal Church, Kent, WA Photo credit: Daniel Hershman
Lighting the Candle at the start of service, Third Sunday of Advent, Grace Episcopal Church Brunswick MD Photo Credit: Art Reid
Lighting the candle on the Advent Wreath at the start of service, 2nd Sunday of Advent, Grace Episcopal Church, Brunswick MD Photo Credit: Art Reid
Lighting the the candle for the Advent Wreath at the start of service, first Sunday of Advent. Grace Episcopal Church, Brunswick MD Photo Credit: Art Reid
Greening of the Church at St. James Church, Monkton, MD. Still, Advent so frontal hasn’t been changed yet to gold. Photo Credit: Susan Robinson
Christ Church in Bloomfield & Glen Ridge, NJ – Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols Photo Credit: The Rev. Diana Wilcox
Lessons and Carols, 2015-Dec-20 at St Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego. Photo by SL Forsburg/St Paul’s Cathedral Photo Credit: Susan Forsburg
In December 2015, we held our first outreach gifts fair, including a table by our knitting ministries, which raised more than $1,100 for the youth pilgrimage. Church of the Holy Communion, Memphis, Tennessee. Photo Credit: Cara Ellen Modisett
Wishing all a season of hope and joyful anticipation from Midtown Atlanta. Photo Credit: Jessy Briton Hamilton
Advent Wreath from All Saints Brookline, MA. Created by Peter Stringham. Photo Credit: AnneMarie Ellis
St. Thomas the Apostle in Dallas receives a robust visitor to kick off Advent with the Great Hall filled with decoration making. St. Nick was busy determining who was naughty or nice. Big Job. Photo Credit: Carl Youngberg
The Annual Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols at Christ Church in Bloomfield & Glen Ridge, NJ. Photo Credit: The Rev. Diana L. Wilcox
Annual Advent Festival of Lessons & Carols at Christ Church in Bloomfield & Glen Ridge, NJ. Photo Credit: The Rev. Diana L. Wilcox
Annual Advent Lessons & Carols at St. Paul’s Church, Diocese of Fond du Lac, in Marinette, Wisconsin. Photo Credit: Alyssa A Higley
Serving tamales, a traditional Christmas Eve meal, at the Advent Around the World Festival‘s Guatemalan booth at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Duluth, Minnesota Photo Credit: Sue Van Oss
The life of St. Nicholas What is being termed a “museum-quality” exhibit about the life of St. Nicholas is currently on display at St. James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago. The exhibit includes a collection of art, icons, toys and statues owned by the St. Nicholas Center in Holland, Michigan. Photo Credit: Episcopal News Service
