Unexpected: The Women Who Shaped Christmas

In the lineage of Jesus, God wrote a story of women who dared to believe that love and justice could still be born into the world.

The 5 Women in Matthew’s Genealogy

Advent 1              Nov 30                 Tamar                   Hope from the shadows.

Advent 2              Dec 7                    Rahab                  Faith from the fringe

Advent 3              Dec 14                 Ruth                      Love that redeems

Advent 4              Dec 21                 Bathsheba         Justice that restores

                                                             Incl. St Lucia    Bringer of the light

Christmas          Dec 25                 Mary                     Grace that overflows

This Advent and Christmas we explore how God’s redemptive story flows through surprising women, outsiders, risk-takers, the broken and the brave. Each woman carries a story of courage, faith, risk, and God’s grace breaking through unexpected people and places, a reminder that Christ’s coming often appears in the unexpected even today.