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Advent: Preparing Your Family to Welcome the Christ Child

by Lynn W. Gilliam

A scene from my home a few years back:
The soft glow of the single candle illuminates the faces of my children as we gather around the Advent wreath once again. Their eyes sparkle with anticipation and excitement. My 10-year-old daughter begins to read the scripture for the day’s devotion. It is a [...]

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Advent Litany

An Advent wreath has four candles (usually three purple ones and a pink one that is lit on the third Sunday) in a circle and a taller, white candle, the Christ candle, in the middle. You can buy an Advent wreath or make your own.

Use these devotions with your family or ask your Sunday-school [...]

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December Conversation Starters

Try out these questions around your dinner table or another time when the family is together:
What are you looking forward to about Christmas?

Does it ever seem hard to remember that Christmas is about Jesus? What makes it hard? What helps us remember?

What’s your favorite thing we do as a family to celebrate Christmas?

What do you [...]

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