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New Series: Advent Conspiracy & Living Water

Nov 28, 2008 Authored by Jacob Vanhorn | Category: Sermons

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Most everyone pretty much knows that Christmas is supposed to celebrate the birth of Christ. They may be somewhat familiar with the story, but too often things can be familiar to us and still lack deep meaning. This year we want to look forward to Christmas in anticipation of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ while asking, "What if we did Christmas different this year?" What if a deeper understanding of the biblical themes of hope, peace, joy and love led us to worship Christ more fully, to spend less, to give more and to love all?

Advent at Soma starts this Sunday evening at 6:00pm. Directions and info.

80% of all sickness and disease worldwide is attributed to unsafe drinking water
A child dies every 15 seconds because of the lack of clean water
Six times more people die from water-related diseases than from armed violence every year
Over 1 billion people lack access to safe, clean water
Lack of access to clean water perpetuates cycles of disadvantage which affect millions of people with illness and lost educational opportunities that contribute to cyclical poverty
98 cents = cost for Living Water International to provide clean, safe water to one person for one year
$450 billion = amount US spent on Christmas last year

This Advent season we will be partnering with Living Water International to help build water wells to provide safe, clean water. In partnership with LWI, 20% of our December offerings and 100% of your LWI directed giving will go to provide fresh, clean drinking water through building and rehabilitating water wells. Our hope is that, by celebrating Christ in a new way at Christmas, the church can serve as the leading movement behind ending the water crisis once and for all.