Advent is a season of waiting, but is idle waiting what God wants of us? In preparation for the coming Messiah, we wonder together—what things can't wait? What demands our immediate attention? What requires our work and preparation? During our Advent season, First United will ask together, "What is it that God can't wait for?" Is it our praise, reconciliation, and proclamation? Is it the end of suffering, isolation, and fear? This Advent, we invite you to join us in imagining, prioritizing, and preparing. This week in worship, we are going to talk about how God can't wait for us to participate in hope. On this, the first Sunday in Advent, we will focus on the need to hold onto hope - to continue dreaming of and reaching for God's promised day where there will be peace and all will know love. Pastor Sarah shares from the book of Isaiah and its telling of "God's promised day" — a day when wars end, swords are beaten into plowshares, and spears become pruning hooks. Together, we will ask — How does unrelenting hope change us? What does Hope look like in Costa Mesa today? Where are places where the kingdom is here and now even when it feels so distant?