When he was a child, Bill Amburgey’s family had an Advent wreath. It was traditional, he said, and looked “not a thing like this.” With hot glue gun in hand, Amburgey, in jeans and black T-shirt, his ...

When I was much younger (but old enough for some serious crafting), I designed a two-dimensional Advent wreath from construction paper and thumbtacked it to my bedroom wall. Each Sunday during the ...

Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Vestal has held wreath-making workshops for 25 years Advent comes from the Latin word for arrival or coming: adventus Advent wreaths contain evergreens arranged in a ...

The Fort Belvoir Garrison Chaplains Office hosted a time-honored tradition Sunday at the Religious Education Center: The annual Advent wreath making event. "Advent is the time that we prepare for the ...

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Morning kindergarten students at St. Jude’s School made their own wreaths to observe the Advent season. The students painted Styrofoam containers green, added construction paper leaves and berries, ...

With the start of Advent on Nov. 29, the staff, students and their families at St. Martin of Tours Catholic School in Whitney and Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in Bancroft, held Advent wreath ...

Wreaths, candles and calendars. These are sure signs of Advent for many Christian groups around the world. But what is Advent exactly? The word Advent derives from the Latin adventus, which means an ...

There is one week until Christmas Eve, and my life feels cluttered, crammed, jammed, listed and scattered. Nine of my 10 children are home, but we haven’t stopped to have a meal or a story together ...

The Hallowell and Winthrop events will be held Sunday, Nov. 22, at two of St. Michael Parish churches. Free gatherings to make Advent wreaths are traditionally held at different Maine churches to ...