{"id":11998,"date":"2016-10-13T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-13T00:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/news\/?p=11998"},"modified":"2018-11-03T20:27:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-03T20:27:20","slug":"vision-for-new-hope-advent-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2016\/vision-for-new-hope-advent-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vision for New Hope\u2019 is Theme of Advent Offering for Church of the Brethren Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><em>By Matt DeBall<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord\u201d (Isaiah 11:1-2).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/advent-offering-banner-for-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"235\" \/><\/em>The annual Advent Offering for Church of the Brethren ministries is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 4, the second Sunday of Advent. The theme, \u201cVision for New Hope,\u201d is inspired by Isaiah 11:1-10 from the lectionary.<\/p>\n<p>Worship resources related to the theme and scripture were written by Eric Landrum, pastor of Lititz (Pa.) Church of the Brethren. These free resources may be downloaded at <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/preview!www.brethren.org\/adventoffering\">www.brethren.org\/adventoffering<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>The biblical exegesis for Isaiah 11:1-10 was written by Debbie Eisenbise, director of Intergenerational Ministries for the Church of the Brethren, and a staff member of Congregational Life Ministries. A theme interpretation and children\u2019s activity sheet were prepared by Matt DeBall and Cherise Glunz of the denomination\u2019s Donor Relations staff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>&#8212; Matt DeBall is coordinator of donor communications for the Church of the Brethren.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The annual Advent Offering for Church of the Brethren ministries is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 4, the second Sunday of Advent. The theme, \u201cVision for New Hope,\u201d is inspired by Isaiah 11:1-10 from the lectionary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1403,1273,1278],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-11998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-matt-deball","tag-spiritual-life","tag-stewardship"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12002,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11998\/revisions\/12002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11998"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=11998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}