[Magdalen] Local Advent Calendar

[Jay Weigel]

That's very neat! I live  up here in the Shenandoah Valley, out in the
country among the cows and Mennonites. I was somewhat amazed but delighted
to find out that Mennonites observe Advent, although slightly differently
from us, and do take it seriously.

On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 10:54 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> This is very cool!’ Thanks for sharing it with us, Scott!
>
> > On Nov 29, 2019, at 10:29 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > In the next neighborhood to our south is a "Jesus People" community. Many
> > of its members live in a building called Wilson Abbey, where they run a
> > coffee shop and some social services. They observe Advent by turning the
> > facade into a giant Advent calendar. I'm just fascinated at this
> observance
> > of Advent in a very public way at the right time (not starting the 12
> days
> > of Christmas before Christmas, or some such nonsense). I'm not sure what
> > each of the calendar's windows represents, but it'll be interesting to
> find
> > out.
> >
> >
> https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/11/29/uptowns-massive-advent-calendar-is-back-counting-down-to-christmas-with-elaborate-window-displays/
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott R. Knitter
> > Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>