Are you ready to make Room at the Table this Christmas?

This Advent on Sanctuary First we will be exploring all that it means to make room for God in our day to day lives, to make room for others, and what it means to take that step of generosity to welcome those in need out of the cold. 

Advent is a time of journeying, waiting, preparing and expectation. It resonates with the inward longing within all of our hearts to find a spiritual home, a place where we know we belong and where we are accepted. The story of Advent is primarily one of God journeying towards us, but it also uncovers unnumbered stories of very diverse people discovering they too are on a journey towards God. As you read this perhaps you too are thinking that’s me. Of course you might be also asking how will I be accepted, will I be too late? Am I fooling myself, is there a table? Is there a God? Is there a homecoming?

In the coming weeks and months we hope to invite members of the Sanctuary First Community to help us extract out the meaning of ‘Room at the table’ in such a way that we will see many more people start out on the journey to enter into the Kingdom of God.

And perhaps this Advent as you begin to make your preparations for Christmas you might literally think about what it would mean to leave room at your table for the unexpected guest.

Explore the Connect material: Room at the Table