Café con Leche with Pastor Achim Kunze - Where is the time?

Café con leche with thoughts on Advent by Pastor Achim Kunze - Protestant Church Costa Blanca

Don't you know the feeling that time is slipping away between your fingers? This is particularly noticeable just before Christmas. There's so much to do. But Advent is supposed to be completely different. The church year gives us four long weeks to prepare for this celebration. Sunday after Sunday, we light one candle after another on the Advent wreath. Only at the end do the many candles on the Christmas tree finally light up.

In some churches in our region, the nativity scenes are gradually being set up. Mary and Joseph set off on their journey. Two nativity figures travelling through the whole church. They begin their journey at the entrance door and slowly make their way to the altar. Little by little, they are joined by animals, shepherds and kings - until they all arrive at the cot on Christmas Eve. Advent means arrival. There is a long way to go before Christmas so that the soul can follow.

Advent, this old tradition, knows about this. Hidden within it is the realisation that things need to grow and develop. People need leisure, especially for the big festivals. Not everything has to be quick and fast, on the contrary: only those who take their time will discover how valuable this time is. I am learning to wait. I have patience. I expect something. And while nature around us becomes darker and cooler, the symbols and signs become stronger. First the Advent wreath, then the tree. First a candle, then a wreath of lights. First a biscuit, then the festive meal.
By the way: according to time researchers, an average of four minutes a day belong to God. That's not much, but at least it's a start. And what was that again? Advent means arrival. God himself makes his way to us, quietly and secretly. And he who comes brings a lot of time for us. His gift in the middle of a time in which time is becoming ever more precious. We cordially invite you to spend this time together in a church service!
Church service times and locations
in Advent

- Every Sunday at 10am in the Ermita las Rotas in Denia (Carretera Provincial del Barranc del Monyo, 49) - (the Anglican church meets there for a service at 12pm)

- Additionally on Saturday 7 December at 17 h in La Nucia (Montebello retirement home - (Calle Serra Bernia, 34) and in Valencia on
- Sunday 8 December at 5pm (Parròquia Sant Joan d'Àvila, Carrer d'Alemanya, 1)
On Christmas Eve 24.12.24
- 15:30 h Benidorm - Christmas Vespers in the Església de Sant Jaume i Santa Ana - Plaça de Castelar, 1
- 22:00 h Denia - Christmas mass in the Ermita las Rotas (Carretera Provincial del Barranc del Monyo, 49)

More information and dates: https://ev-kicb.com