Advent Prayer Journey ONLINE

Program Details

As we prepare our hearts for Christmas, we invite you to join Rolling Ridge for an ONLINE Advent Prayer Journey. Each Sunday during the weeks of Advent (beginning November 30th and concluding December 28th), we will offer ONLINE reflections and contemplative sharing at the Vesper Hour from 6:00 to 7:00 pm eastern. Celebrating Abundance: Devotions for Advent by Walter Brueggemann will be our guide this season as we remember his legacy and his passing this year in June 2025.

Click here to obtain a copy of the book.

Brueggemann's powerful devotional includes daily reflections on the Scriptures and stories of Advent in order to invite us to see beyond the world's faux extravagance and realize the true feast laid out before us. Twelve prayers are also included for the twelve days of Christmas.

For our Advent Prayer Journey, each of the five weekly vesper experiences will feature Christmas music, candle lighting, readings, prayers, silence, reflection, and lectio divina using one of Brueggemann's devotions to shape our time together online. Sessions will be recorded with a link sent to those who register.

Although there is no charge for our Advent Prayer Journey, your generous year-end donation will allow Rolling Ridge to continue offering spiritual opportunities to encourage and support those who are seeking a touch of the Divine during these challenging times. Thank you for your support and partnership in this important work.

We invite you to also join us for our annual Advent Quiet Day on Monday, December 1st with overnight retreat options with our Advent Companioned Retreat.

About the Leaders

Larry Jay

As the Executive Director of Rolling Ridge, Rev. Dr. Lawrence Jay works in partnership with the staff to ensure that the guest experience at the Ridge is top quality. He also partners with retreat leaders to provide excellent programming at the Ridge, and is available to speak about the ongoing ministry and historic mission of Rolling Ridge as a place of rest, retreat, and transformation. A trained spiritual director and ordained American Baptist pastor, Larry (as he is known by friends) is a graduate of UCLA, Golden Gate Seminary, Franciscan School of Theology, American Baptist Seminary of the West, and the Gateways to God Missional Spiritual Direction Program. He is also Adjunct Faculty at Merrimack College in the Masters of Spirituality and Spiritual Direction programs. Eco-spirituality is his passion (and was his doctoral dissertation), encouraging everyone to live into the fullness of our connection with nature, God, and all people.