I meant to post this on December 1! We've started talking a lot about Christmas around here, and we're doing two types of Advent Calendars. One is just this fun countdown of the days that is easy for them to understand. After dinner each night they take turns opening the door for that day and find a treat.
We are also using the Jesse Tree that our children's director Jill gave to us last year. This Advent resource is for teaching about the coming of Christ and our anticipation of His redemption. It starts from the beginning and moves through the Old Testament to show God's provision for His people through the gospel of Christ.
You can do Jesse Trees in so many ways, but ours is a picture of a tree on the fridge that gets new "ornaments" every evening after we read the selected Scripture and lesson.
The girls enjoy it because they get to dig through all the choices and find the correct ornament. They aren't understanding the lessons that much, but I'm just thankful that they are excited about doing it.
We hope your Advent is filled with the wonder of Christ's coming as a baby to rescue the world, and also with deep longing for Him to reign as King forever in a new heaven and new earth.
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