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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Upcoming Events
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Staff
    • Vestry
    • Membership
    • Stewardship
    • Gallery
    • Facilities
    • History of Christ the King
    • Important Links
    • What is an Episcopalian? (Humor)
  • Worship
    • Visitor Information
    • What We Believe >
      • The Bible
      • The Book of Common Prayer
      • The Creeds
      • The Catechism
      • The Sacraments
      • Baptism
      • Communion
      • Baptismal Covenant
      • Vestments
    • Liturgical Seasons >
      • Advent
      • Christmas
      • Epiphany
      • Lent
      • Easter
      • Pentacost
    • Annotated Eucharist
    • Sermons
  • Calendar
    • Members >
      • Sunday Servants
      • Altar Flowers
      • Birthday/Anniversary
      • Christ The King T-Shirts
    • Events >
      • Worship >
        • Ash Wednesday
        • Blessing of the Animals
        • Blue Christmas
        • Boar's Head Festival
        • Christmas Eve
        • Easter Sunday
        • Good Friday
        • Holy Saturday
        • Lessons & Carols
        • Maundy Thursday
        • Palm Sunday
        • Stations of the Creche'
        • Stations of the Cross
      • Outreach >
        • Blessing of the Backpacks
        • Car Show
        • Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper
        • Vacation Bible School
      • Fellowship >
        • 5th Sunday Dinners
        • Birthday/Anniversary Celebrations
        • Christmas Play
        • Christ the King Day
        • Friendship Tea
        • Ladies Night Out
        • Lenten Suppers
        • Messianic Seder
  • Outreach
    • Angel Tree
    • Episcopal Relief & Development
    • Food for the Poor
    • Good Samaritan Orphanage
    • Guardian Ad Litem
    • Honduras
    • Local Shelter
    • Kid's Pack
    • Navajo Ministries
    • St. Martin de Porres
  • Ministry
    • Acolytes
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    • Cursillo
    • Daughters of the King
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Liturgical Seasons: Advent

What is Advent?
Advent comes from the Latin word adventus, meaning "coming." Advent begins the church year, starting four Sundays before Christmas. The season of Advent has been set aside as a time of preparation for Christmas since at least the last half of the 6th century. Advent is a time for self-examination and asking for forgiveness as the church is preparing for Christ’s Second Coming even as it prepares for Christmas. This is why the color of the season is purple (or sometimes blue), which is used for marking Lent, the season of self-examination preceding Easter. The third week in Advent is set aside as more celebratory than the others. Rose is the color of this week rather than purple to mark the week, which is why a rose candle is used in Advent wreaths.
Holy Days & Events
  • Blue Christmas
  • Stations of the Creche'
  • Christmas Play
When is Advent?
It begins four Sundays before Christmas and is set aside as a season to prepare for Christmas, Christ's first coming, and to remember that he will come again.
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Adult Sunday School 9:00 - 9:45 AM
Sunday Service 10:00 AM - Rite II
Nursery - Infant  to 5 years old​
Children's Chapel during service for  Kindergarden through Middle School
Christ the King Episcopal Church
6400 N. Socrum Loop Road
Lakeland, FL  33809
​Phone:(863) 858-1948