Last Sunday (1st December) was the first day of Advent, or as it is called Advent Sunday. It is A double celebration, It is the first day of the Church Year and also starts the run upto Christmas. So what us Advent all about? It is a time of expectant anticipation in which we have to wait for the Big Day. I am not good at waiting, like many people. In today’s instantaneous get it anywhere world the idea of waiting seems to go against what we are told.  The modern world allows us to order whatever we want and have it delivered to us the next day or even in a few hours meeting our need. However God makes us wait and gives us time to prepare. It takes 9 months to produce a baby from ordering to delivery, so to speak. In that time a lot happens, and I don’t mean biologically. It allows the parents time to prepare, to get ready, to prepare the house, to collect needed supplies, to come to terms with the changes that a new baby will bring. As Christians we spend this advent time preparing ourselves for the celebration to come, the arrival of that babe born to a couple 21 centuries ago, who was destined to change the world through love.  As the carol says:-

“let every heart prepare a throne and every voice a song”

(Rob Fair Web Manager)