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  Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

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  Open your heart to the good news of Christmas

  The Christian year is fundamentally a roadmap for pilgrims, as biblical witnesses lead spiritually hungry people on a journey to receive the full riches of God’s grace. During Advent, we take the first steps.

  In Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus, Andy Langford and Ann Langford Duncan invite you on an Advent-to-Christmas pilgrimage to draw closer to Jesus and invite others to join you on this journey. Traditional Scripture readings and acts of worship reveal anew the treasures of God’s grace for all people. Let this book guide you to open your heart to the priceless gifts of the good news. Start your pilgrimage today and experience the full riches of God’s love.

  During Advent and Christmas, explore:

  *An Early Prophet: Isaiah
  *Two Later Prophets: John the Baptist and John the Theologian
  *The Mother of God and First Disciple: Mary
  *The First Witnesses: Angels, Shepherds, Simeon, and Anna
  *Grace Born in Bethlehem

  In addition to the book, other study components include a Leader Guide and video available on DVD.

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  Being United Methodist Christians

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  Learn what it means to be a United Methodist Christian.

  How may we describe United Methodists? Where do we come from? What do we believe? How do United Methodists act? What are our distinctive characteristics? What is required to be a member of our denomination? How do we grow as disciples of Jesus Christ within this great communion?

  In this resource, we offer answers to these questions and others in broad strokes as we describe our United Methodist Church. We will introduce you to how United Methodists live and think as followers of Jesus Christ.

  The United Methodist Church possesses the characteristics of many other Christian traditions but has its own distinctive profile. Our denomination combines knowledge and vital piety, believing that serious theological reflection and spiritual practices are both part of the Christian life. United Methodists link personal and social holiness, expecting high personal integrity and deep concern for social justice. We are both evangelical and sacramental, showing concern for people who have not yet accepted Jesus Christ as Savior and honoring the transforming power of Baptism and Holy Communion. We welcome people with many different theological perspectives. Finally, United Methodists are both local and connectional, expressing our faith in local congregations, regional associations, and global missions, so that we might do more together than any of us could do separately.

  This book will help readers:

  * hear and claim for themselves the story of God’s love, God’s redemption, and God’s ongoing presence and power through Jesus Christ.

  * explore and claim for themselves the unique beliefs and emphases of United Methodist Christians.

  * identify ways to live day by day as United Methodist Christians as individuals and in community with other Christians.

  We invite you to claim for yourself the continuing story of God’s mighty acts of creation, redemption, and power through Jesus Christ within our great denomination. As you begin or continue to see yourself within this living, dynamic part of the universal body of Jesus Christ, we invite you to live, be, and grow as a United Methodist Christian.

  The book includes Small-Group Study and Leader Helps at the end of each chapter, including questions.

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