Advent

Advent is almost here. Will you be celebrating?

We are doing some new things this year as we prepare for Christmas. We will be doing a weekly study of the Advent wreath. It is already made & posted on the pantry door.

Fancy, I know... some green construction paper and an old file folder.

And we've got some candles ready and waiting to be colored, cut out and glued to the wreath.

We have our Advent coloring books, which I printed (free) from here.

I found it a little difficult to find a free weekly study about Advent, so the lessons will be from a combination of sources.

We're also bringing back a tradition that we started last year.

This is our Jesse Tree. It's some branches from our Tulip tree in the back yard that we put in a vase of cotton balls. We keep it on the dining room table, and each night we read the devotional after dinner. The boys take turns hanging up each evening's ornament.

We unpacked the ornaments and devotional yesterday.

Last year was our first year with the Jesse Tree, and we loved it. You can download your own here for free. Many thanks to Ann Voskamp for sharing this beautiful resource.

How will you be celebrating Advent?