In talking with my friend, Christa, I found out about a wonderful resource that I wanted to share with you all--Jesse Trees. I'm probably out of the loop, and you all know about this already, but I thought I would post it just in case.
I am ordering this next year, but the Jesse Tree uses all the days of advent to talk about Old Testament stories and prophesies leading to Jesus's birth. It starts with the fall of man in Genesis and works through the Old Testament. From what I understand, it is a good way to also cover the gospel message with your family.
I am sure there are multiple websites to view about this, but one helpful one I found was http://www.jesse-trees.com/. You need your own mini-tree (buy a fake one at Walmart) to decorate, and you can either make or order the ornaments for each day. There is a devotional that has a lesson aimed at children. The website I listed also has song ideas to sing each day, children's books listed that coorelate with the lesson and a free downloadable coloring page area. I would say the lessons are aimed at early to mid-elementary, but you can differentiate your lesson (there is some good teacherese for you!). The website has a new devotional this year if you want a study just for adults or teenagers.
I hope you take the time to check out the website. Our church's pastor's family does this every year, and I hope to start the tradition next year!
5 comments:
Love this Chiara and have not heard of it before. I will be sure to pass this one on! Merry Christmas!
Looks good. I'll have to bookmark it for next year also (I didn't know about it, btw). Other than that, I don't think differentiate is a teacher word. Actually, I would have guessed it was a word made up by salepeople:-) Anyway, I hope that you have a wonderful and blessed Xmas (Sorry, had to use that after watching Pastor Mike's video!)
Mark
Ok, I didn't know about this.
I will need to remember this for next year.
What a great Christmas tradition. I was going to suggest Festivus, but this sounds much better (and more Christ focused)....
This is a great idea! My mom and dad always did the Jesse tree with us as long as I can remember! She made one out of felt for the wall! We always had advent banners for every season, which is a wonderful family tradition we're carrying on!!! We didn't have all the worksheet or coloring sheets to go with it, so that's great to find out!!!!!!
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