Goodlife Community Church

Ask: In what ways can you bless those around you this week?

Listen: “Hope” by the Brilliance https://open.spotify.com/track/2SLtSUwCKw9s7r8EVNubxw?si=3ef2bae3f02243f7 

Art: Christmas Scene by Kim Heung Jong

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

Ask: In what small ways have you seen the true beauty of Advent today?

Listen: “Canticle of the Turning” by Emmaus Way https://open.spotify.com/track/3j8k6tT6jczRskPID7KU0C?si=8b4d35020a064ecf 

Art: Adoration of the Shepherds (1689), Charles Le Brun

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

Welcome to the second part of our advent series for 2024! Mike is sharing on joy... not just a superficial joy, but joy for every season.

 

1. Joy Defies Circumstance

2. Grows In Community

3. Invites Us Into God's Upside Down Kingdom

 

"Consumerism only bloats the heart. It can offer occasional and passing pleasures, but not joy" - Pope Francis

Alongside our Sunday teaching, we have a daily advent reflection available on our social media & podcast platforms.

 

SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/5tgYs0DLkpe3yxj15nTRUh?si=KWSJIsI-Q7auMNx4WLn6xg

WEBSITE :: https://www.goodlife.org.au/ and https://www.goodlife.org.au/church-notices

 

CONNECT via socials

FACEBOOK :: https://www.facebook.com/goodlifecommunitychurch

INSTAGRAM:: https://www.instagram.com/goodlifecommunitychurch/

YOUTH:: https://www.instagram.com/goodlife_youth/

COLLECTIVE:: https://www.instagram.com/goodlifecollective_/

Ask: How does remembering the brevity of life add richness to Advent?

Listen: “Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus” by Chris Tomlin https://open.spotify.com/track/772u0BD76oq8c4JqCLxpUH?si=5c9b8debddbc4ad4 

Art: Nativity (1998), by Hiroshi Tabata

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

Ask: What are some examples of God’s beauty that you’ve seen today?

Listen: “The Maker of the Sun and Moon” by Laurence Housman.  Performed by Jenny & Tyler.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0vDagyGvbtixyKzmapxWlV?si=0a9dc81521bf4735 

Art: Gold, 2024 by Jess Le Clerc

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

Ask: What is your honest hope for this second week of Advent?

Listen: “All things new” by Andrew Peterson https://open.spotify.com/track/3uwWvEeyinWZsYY0VAkqjd?si=996ecf9b2d394de1 

Art: The Birth of Christ (1405) by Andrei Rublev 

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

 

Ask: In what ways have you enjoyed the season of Advent this week?

Listen: “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” by Sufjan Stevens  https://open.spotify.com/track/2HGauri7NDGHmTKM3C34g1?si=10ff1916d044485a 

Art: Mary and Joseph Look with Faith on the Child of Jesus at His Nativity (1995) by Elizabeth Wang. 

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

Week 1 Day 6

Ask:Where do you see the hand of God working in the midst of the shadows?

Listen: “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” by Ordinary Time https://open.spotify.com/track/2NZayHcOJvWHk2t1aUHZoH?si=bd9b3b88e6a84f18 

Art: Jose y Maria (2014) by Everett Patterson

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

Ask: Where have you noticed God today?

Listen: “May you Find a Light” by The Brilliance  https://open.spotify.com/track/1Bhq5TNKTHZ8nYVHDF7UlF?si=d7957ef463aa4fbc 

Art: The Annunciation (1898) by Henry Ossawa Tanner 

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider

Ask: What are you looking forward to about Christmas?

Listen: “Saviour of the Nations, Come” by Holy City Hymns https://open.spotify.com/track/182GkTkFgks9v5Vkf14fWD?si=5007581520bc4ec0 

Art: Dreamtime Birth, by Greg Wetherby 

 

Devotional based on the work Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent, by Tsh Oxenreider