Advent at the Abbeys continues

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!