Week 2~
The Shepherd's & The Christmas Tree
This week we light two candles in
our advent wreath and we add a
shepherd and a lamb to the
centerpiece as we continue telling
them the story of Jesus birth.
We give each of the kids their own
little trees and we talk about how
small it is now but how one day it
will be as big as our Christmas
tree !
*This is the weekend we get our tree to
wrap in with advent topic.
We go to a tree farm
and cut it down bring it home and
add to the decorations in the house that we are
getting all ready for Jesus birthday !
Then Mike asked them what a tree
needs to grow ? He talked about
how we need to be growing as
Christians like the little trees and
that we need to water ourselves with
the bible so we~ like Jesus ~
can grow in stature and in
wisdom *Matthew 1 :18 and how it
is Gods SON who is our SUN and
his mercy and grace are what help
us to change and keep growing to be
more like him.
Then we sang Joy to the World and
talked about how we need to prepare
our hearts to make more room for
Jesus in it we each shared an
area in our lives we would make
MORE room for him to come in and
help us to grow in,,,
The topics were …patience~
obedience~ kind words~ … no
screaming :) ~and self discipline ~
Week 3~
The Wise men & The Star
This week we add the STAR onto the
chandelier and hang it above the
hurricane & Nativity scene.
A BRIGHT STAR that was nothing
less than a miracle as it appeared
right above the babe and his mother!
His very own spot light!
Then we add the wise men to the
nativity scene and we talk about
how they follow the star to find
baby Jesus.
What really is “awe” – some are the
gifts that they brought !
NOT only that they searched the
skies for years looking for signs of
the messiah- but only wise men
could give the gifts that they did!
Gold
symbolized royalty and
acknowledged Jesus as a King.
Myrrh
was used in preparation
for burials
Frankincense
was used in worship ! Who would
give gifts like these to a baby ?
WISE MEN who studied the
scriptures and knew who they were
beholding!
We Light three candles in the wreath
sing “Angels We Have Heard On
High” and talked about why the
Angels were rejoicing then we talked
about times in our lives our hearts
rejoiced……
{ of course it was when they were
each born :)
{ I totally forgot to get pictures ! }
Week 4 ~
Baby Jesus = the true GIFT !
On Christmas Eve we add baby Jesus
To complete OUR Nativity Scene!
We talk about the symbolism of
giving presents and how Jesus is the
best gift we have ever been given !
And about how every day is a gift
from him and how we need to have
thankful hearts… every day!!~ for
what He has done for us ….coming
to earth ….to save us ….Gods own
son…born in a barn…..the Prince of
Heaven …..FOR YOU! .. For me !…
That is the real meaning of
Christmas!
