City of Light Anglican Church and First Pres Aurora join to kick off this season of wonder and waiting together with caroling, dinner, and a Jesse Tree making event!! Join us for one or all of the events below.
First Pres Aurora
325 E Downer Place
CHRISTMAS CAROLING—3:00pm
We'll meet at First Pres. at 3pm to divide into caroling groups. Each group will travel to a nursing home and one or two individual homes to sing carols and spread the joy of the gospel.
DINNER—5:00pm
After caroling, we'll share a simple soup potluck at First Pres beginning at 5pm. Enter through the South door from the parking lot, go downstairs, and we'll be eating in the large hall on the right. If you'd like to bring soup or a side, click here to sign up.
JESSE TREE MAKING—5:45pm - 7:00pm
After supper, you'll have the opportunity to create & learn how to use a Jesse Tree for your household worship, which will help you wonder at God's story as you wait together this Advent.
WHAT IS A JESSE TREE?
The Jesse Tree tradition is rooted in Isaiah 11:1: "A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots." Jesse was the father of David, Israel's greatest king. And Jesus is descended from the line of David. He is the branch God promised would grow from Jesse’s family tree. Each symbol represents a story from within this family tree and a step toward the birth of Jesus.
A Jesse Tree is a way of preparing for Advent by journeying through the stories on Jesus’s family tree. Each day of Advent, read a Bible story about someone on Jesus’s family tree and hang an ornament symbolizing the story on your Jesse Tree. As you decorate your tree, you’ll see how God prepared for Jesus to be born through many generations
[excerpted from Reformed Church in America]