{"id":4717,"date":"2019-12-05T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/?p=4717"},"modified":"2019-12-02T13:18:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T19:18:09","slug":"advent_week-2_2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/advent_week-2_2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent 2019- Week 2 Reflection and Children’s Message"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This advent reflection is part of ELCA World Hunger’s 2019 Advent Study. You can download the full study here<\/a>. The children’s messages are a part of ELCA World Hunger’s Sermon Starter series which is published via email every Monday. You can sign up for the weekly email here<\/a> on the right side of the page.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Week 2<\/h1>\n

From Good New to Bad News<\/h2>\n

\u201cHe shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear; but with righteousness, he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth\u201d (Isaiah 11:3b-4a).<\/em><\/h4>\n

In many rural villages in Guatemala, families tend to be large, and due to poverty, cultural traditions and other factors, daughters are often given away for marriage early. At 12 to 14 years old, girls are matched with husbands who are at least twice their age and sometimes older. Pastor Karen Castillo of the Augustinian Lutheran Church of Guatemala (ILAG) knows many of the girls\u2019 stories well. Pr. Castillo hears their frequent concerns about the lack of educational opportunities that can change the future for girls and women throughout Guatemala. Schools are often far from people\u2019s homes, and if instruction is available, boys are often given precedence. When girls are excluded from continuing their education, they are also excluded from new opportunities, including the opportunity to make many decisions about their futures.<\/p>\n

Holy Scripture assures us that God hears their stories, too. The promise of Isaiah, indeed the promise of many of the writings in the Old Testament, is that God has heard the people\u2019s pleas for liberation and salvation and will deliver them (Exodus 3:7-8). God\u2019s intimacy with the people of God is such that God is attuned to the many obstacles that undermine the people\u2019s well-being. God\u2019s anger is revealed most clearly in those places where injustice and inequity reign \u2013 and God\u2019s loving concern is revealed equally clearly when the children of God are blocked from enjoying life abundantly.<\/p>\n

In the Gospel of Matthew, John the Baptist echoes this anger when he sees a group of Pharisees and Sadducees gathered among those desiring baptism. \u201cYou brood of vipers!\u201d he calls out. \u201cWho warned you to flee from the wrath to come?\u201d (Matthew 3:7). John is not the meekest character in the Gospel, but here, he\u2019s about to get medieval before there was a medieval to be gotten. What was it that so incensed the Baptizer? We get a clue about the fault of the Pharisees and Sadducees later in Matthew, when Jesus denounces both groups: \u201cThey tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on the shoulders of others \u2026 they love to have the place of honor at banquets \u2026 [they] lock people out of the kingdom of heaven \u2026 [they make] gold sacred \u2026 [they] have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith,\u201d and so on (23:4-23).<\/p>\n

The Pharisees often get a bad rap in the Gospels. They serve as foils for Jesus and the disciples so often that the reader might think \u201cbrood of vipers\u201d is John the Baptist\u2019s way of going easy on them. In reality, the Pharisees were one of several Jewish groups at the time and, in some ways, weren\u2019t quite as bad as they might seem. They understood the life of faith as a life focused on obedience to the Law, so they rigorously held themselves to its high standards. The problem was, they held others to those standards, too, even when the Law seemed unclear or when the literal, traditional punishments for violations were downright deadly. For the Pharisees, being faithful meant obeying the Law and tradition, no matter what the consequences were.<\/p>\n

Jesus\u2019 teachings in the Gospels present a different understanding of faith. For Jesus and his followers, a relationship with God is not meant to be a burden. In fact, quite the opposite: \u201cFor my yoke is easy, and my burden is light\u201d (Matthew 11:30). Isaiah, whom John the Baptist quotes in Matthew, describes what true righteousness looks like for God\u2019s people: justice and equity, particularly for \u201cthe poor [and] the meek,\u201d those without the social or economic status to demand these things for themselves.<\/p>\n

As God draws near through the One prophesied by Isaiah and John the Baptist, the bad news of exclusion is transformed into the good news of hospitality, and the bad news of judgment is transformed into the good news of justice \u2014 for them and for the community. It is from among these people, whose lives are so circumscribed by legalism, tradition and inequity, that Jesus will draw both followers and leaders.<\/p>\n

In Guatemala, where poverty, traditions and sexism prevent communities from benefiting from the gifts and skills of girls, the ILAG is helping provide new opportunities. Opened in 2018 at the Augustinian Lutheran Center in Guatemala City, the MILAGRO (\u201cmiracle\u201d) Women\u2019s Education Center is a place for young women from these rural communities to continue their secondary education, faith formation and development of vocational and life skills that will help them be financially independent in the future. With support from ELCA World Hunger and ILAG, the young women at MILAGRO Women\u2019s Education Center are part of the work God is doing in their communities, proclaiming the good news of justice, equity and life abundant for all.<\/p>\n

Reflection Questions<\/h2>\n
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  1. What does it mean for God to hear the cries of people who face oppression, exclusion or injustice?<\/li>\n
  2. How does the church listen attentively to the voices of people facing poverty or hunger in the community today?<\/li>\n
  3. What is the difference between seeing faith as obedience to God and seeing faith as liberation?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Children’s Message<\/h2>\n

    Pastor Tim Brown is the writer of this Advent children’s message. Pr. Tim is a Gifts Officer and Mission Ambassador for the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and a pastor and writer out of Raleigh, NC. This Advent Children’s Message is cross-posted from ELCA World Hunger Sermon Starters<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

    Set up:<\/h4>\n

    The season\u2019s texts provide the leader with an opportunity to practice Advent anticipation, and each children\u2019s message with grow week-to-week until Christmas Eve\/Christmas Day.<\/p>\n

    Bring in a large wrapped box. Inside the box make sure to include two smaller boxes, one inside the other, like nesting dolls.<\/p>\n

    Inside the smallest box put a pocket mirror. Draw a large yellow star on the outside of this smallest box.\u00a0 Inside the second-largest box put the smallest box along with a bunch of new Band-Aids and draw a large red cross on it like an emergency first aid kit. And inside the largest box, put the other boxes along with a bunch of stickers. On the outside of this larger box, put a picture of a stump with a stem springing forth. On the tree you\u2019ll write the riddle below. Invite the children to come forward.<\/p>\n

    Script:<\/h4>\n

    \u201cLook here, folks, I have this box here, and I can tell there are things inside of it. How can I tell? Just listen!\u201d\u00a0Shake the box. \u201c<\/em>What do you think is in here?\u201d\u00a0Field answers as time allows.<\/em>\u00a0\u201cCould be any of those things!\u00a0 But look, on here is also a tree stump with this little twig coming out of it. It reminds me of what the prophet Isaiah said today that sometimes, out of things that don\u2019t look alive anymore, new things can spring. And look, it has writing on it!\u00a0 Can someone read it?\u00a0 \u00a0If the children are too young or too shy to read, go ahead and read it aloud:<\/em><\/p>\n

    At Christmas God does something new<\/strong><\/p>\n

    And we can do something, too!<\/strong><\/p>\n

    With each day comes the chance<\/strong><\/p>\n

    To make another heart sing and dance!<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Do something kind without pay<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Go and make someone\u2019s day!<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u201cHuh, I wonder what that means. Should we open it and see what\u2019s inside?\u201d\u00a0Open the box dramatically.\u00a0 If it has a lid, unveil it with panache. If it is sealed in wrapping paper, invite the children to help you tear it open. Show the box full of stickers, and the other box inside.<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u201cWow, there\u2019s a bunch of stickers in here, along with some other boxes. This other box we can\u2019t open until next week, I think, but what do we do with these stickers?\u201d\u00a0Pretend to think.<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u201cWait, I have an idea!\u00a0 Come in close.\u201d\u00a0Invite the youth forward and turn off your mic.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThe riddle invited us to go and make someone\u2019s day, so I think you should go out there to the people in the pews and stick a sticker on someone. Make it someone you don\u2019t even know! Put it on their hand, their shirt, or even their forehead! Go and spread some love today with this new thing in church, and next week we\u2019ll see if God has a new surprise for us in these boxes. Are you ready? Go!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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