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\u201cWait and Hope\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0by Rhonda Pittman Gingrich is the 2018 Advent devotional, offering daily readings, scriptures, and prayers for Advent through Epiphany. This pocket-sized devotional is suitable for individual use and for churches to provide to their members. \u201cAdvent is a time for engaging God\u2019s word and grounding ourselves in the hope of the kingdom rather than personal wishes and desires,\u201d said a description from Brethren Press. \u201cThis season, examine the words and actions of both the prophets and the central figures in the Christmas story, and rediscover the gift of waiting in patient expectation for God’s ultimate promise, Jesus.\u201d Price per copy is $3.50. Order online at\u00a0www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=8488<\/a>\u00a0or call customer service at 800-441-3712.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAdvent begins in just a few days, on Sunday, Dec. 2, and there are new Brethren Press resources to help prepare for this special season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13675,"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":[1541,49],"wf_post_folders":[],"class_list":["post-13674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-advent","tag-brethren-press"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13674"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13734,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13674\/revisions\/13734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13674"},{"taxonomy":"wf_post_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_post_folders?post=13674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"25](\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/25-days-to-jesus-283x300.jpg\")
\u201c25 Days to Jesus<\/strong>,\u201d a hard-cover illustrated children\u2019s book written by Christy Waltersdorff and illustrated by Mitch Miller, is a colorful Advent devotional for young children. \u201cMeet those whose lives were changed by the birth of Jesus,\u201d said a promotion from Brethren Press. \u201cThrough a daily scripture, story, and prayer, begin a Christmas tradition the whole family can share.\u201d Price per copy is $18.95. Order online at\u00a0www.brethrenpress.com\/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=9033<\/a>\u00a0or call customer service at 800-441-3712.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Shine](\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/shine-early-childhood-winter-2018-225x300.jpg\")
The winter quarter of Shine<\/strong>, a curriculum jointly produced by Brethren Press and MennoMedia, also begins Dec. 2, on the first Sunday of Advent. This quarter\u2019s theme is \u201cJourneys with Jesus.\u201d Curriculum is offered for early childhood, primary, middler, junior youth, and multi-age classrooms. The Bible outline for primary through junior youth focuses on the Gospel of Luke, studying the Advent and Christmas narratives about Jesus\u2019 early life, followed by studies of several of the parables Jesus told. Order curriculum online at\u00a0www.brethrenpress.com\/SearchResults.asp?Cat=225<\/a>\u00a0or from customer service at 800-441-2712. For more information and sample sessions visit\u00a0shinecurriculum.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"