ADVENT at our HOUSE
This Christmas season we will...
focus on Christ's birth,
give generously to others not ourselves,
hide God's word in our hearts
and celebrate Christ birthday
by
spreading a little joy though small acts of kindness!
and made our CHRISTMAS countdown chain.
Each night we are reading our SCRIPTURE, a story and doing an activity(many from hubbards cupboard)!
DAY ONE
"Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with a child and will give birth to a son, and we will call him Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14
The boys were given a nativity set tonight. Hopefully playing with this will spark some questions...Tanner wants to know "what a birgin is?"!!!!
DAY TWO
Luke 1:13
We went as a family to select our Angel Tree Family....we choose a family with boys to teach our boys the great JOY in giving to others.
Tonight we talked about NEEDS and WANTS...we talked about how blessed we are as a family!!
DAY THREE
Luke 1:30-32a
Tomorrow morning we will buy breakfast for the family behind us at Chik-fil-a!
other ideas...
make gingerbread houses
clean out and donate toys
make nativity pb and pretzel for lunch
make peppermint playdough for friends
make a science experiment star
make wrapping paper
video tape family telling about why we are thankful
leave candycanes for mail lady, garbage men and our public librarian
take from our piggy banks to give to Salvation Army bell ringers
memorize Luke 2:11
memorize Luke 2:14
make nativity puppets and let Tanner tell Christmas story
playdough Chrstmas trees...decorate with buttons
make Gospel cookies for neighbors
buy groceries and donate to Food Ban
Movie night... Polar Express?
J is for Jesus scavenger hunt
HOPE Dec. 23rd @ 5:00
singing Christmas songs with my family
Alpine Christmas Village
Christmas lights...and hot cocoa
deliver cookies to neighbors
bake a cake and have a party for Baby
