# Advent! (First Sunday!)

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**Created:** [December 4, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://fursforchrist.com/t/advent-first-sunday/282 "2023-12-04T15:25:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 4, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://fursforchrist.com/t/advent-first-sunday/282/1 "2023-12-04T15:25:22Z")

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Yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent, the Sunday of Hope, where we look forward to Christ’s second coming!

How does Advent work at your church/family? My church uses special sung invocations each Sunday, and the one I grew up in had a big Advent wreath with a family coming up each week to light the candle(s) and read from the Bible. In my family, we had a little miniature 5-10 minute service we did together at home, after which we exchanged very small gifts. The bulletins are a little dated and heteronormative, but they’re from, like, the '50s. 😛 We tend to just assign roles based on whatever, since our family isn’t as simple in structure as they seem to have assumed.

Also, since it’s confusing this year, an FYI: Christmas Eve is a Sunday, so 12/24 will be both Christmas Eve _and_ the fourth Sunday in Advent. The way my church does it, you celebrate like it’s Advent until noon, and then celebrate like it’s Christmas Eve!