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Advent Devotions for Busy Families

Author : Laurie Ostby Kehler

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Page : 82 pages

File Size : 38,46 MB

Release : 2014-11-25

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ISBN : 9780985015039

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Make this Advent simple, meaningful and done! Instead of a frenzied blur of activities and crisis shopping, your children can learn the true meaning of Christmas. Advent Devotions for Busy Families is a simple guide for bringing families together to celebrate the season. Each day families can read the provided Scripture passage and specially written devotion with a short mini-history lesson and free activity to help children of all ages understand the true Reason for the Season. Wrapping gifts, decorating a tree and Christmas cookies are all opportunities to teach children how they relate to the birth of our Savior. With free ornaments to copy, cut and color and other free activities, this Advent devotional will bring your whole family together in a Christ-centered way. A devotion for every day in December Several ornaments for each day to copy and color Free activities to engage the whole family Scripture readings for each story Fascinating history facts about Christmas trees, poinsettias and other symbols of the season. Are your holidays a cuddly, reflective time of making memories with your children? This year, they can be! Simplify your teachable moments and make this Christmas one to remember."



A Moment of Christmas

Author : Anna Rendell

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Page : pages

File Size : 13,17 MB

Release : 2019-11-05

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ISBN : 9780578606309

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The Christmas season seems to get shorter and go faster each year. Make this year different by taking a moment for yourself, and filling your heart for a season that is intentional and full of joy. A Moment of Christmas will help you prepare your heart for Christmas with 25 days of devotions and Scripture readings, reflection questions, and extra moments - recipes, inspiring quotes, and time-saving tips. Toss this book into your diaper bag or purse, and let your heart be encouraged in the moments on even your busiest day.



Advent Family Devotions

Author : Marilyn Williams

Publisher : WestBow Press

Page : 89 pages

File Size : 19,42 MB

Release : 2010-11

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1449708234

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What does Christmas mean to you and your family? Do you look forward to it with great anticipation and joy, or with dread at the thought of crowded shopping malls, depleted bank accounts and a jam-packed calendar? In today's commercial culture, it's easy to see how Jesus has gotten lost in the frenzy of the Christmas Season. Our families desperately need a refreshed perspective. Advent Family Devotions will help you and your family to keep Christ at the center of your Christmas. Advent Family Devotions are simple yet significantly life-changing, connecting your family's Christmas season with biblical past and future prophecies. In as little as five minutes your family can enhance their Christmas Season with the true gifts of the season. Change your chaotic Christmas season into a season of joy, peace and eternal hope. By celebrating the Advent Season together, you and your family will celebrate all that God has done, and all that God is going to do. This family devotional can be used year after year as a cherished Christmas tradition for children and adults of all ages. "Every family needs tools to keep the main thing, the main thing. This power packed Christmas devotional is a must have for any family wanting to keep Christ in Christmas and their family unity nurtured." Pam Farrel Bestselling author of over 30 books including 10 Best Decisions a Parent Can Make



Advent Devotions & Christmas Crafts for Families

Author : Victoria Duerstock

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 21,90 MB

Release : 2020-10-06

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1680996789

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Gold medal Illumination Book Awards winner, finalist in the Best Book Awards, and 1st place winner of the Selah Awards for Inspirational/Gift books! Keep the Focus on Jesus this Christmas with 24 Family Devotions for Advent! The flurry of shopping, gift giving, recitals, and parties adds a certain amount of tension to a season meant to be infused instead with awe and wonder. Ask most families what the focus of Christmas really is and they will readily answer that it is the birth of Christ, yet so many of us find ourselves overwhelmed with activities, travel plans, hosting, and more. Trying to prepare our hearts and our families to celebrate His birth becomes secondary while we try to survive the busyness! Victoria Duerstock wants to support families in their desire to make Christ the focus of all their celebrations this Christmas. Each day of this family devotional includes not only a Scripture and short short reflection for the twenty-four days leading up to Christmas, but also inviting full-color images and simple Christmas crafts that can be done as you focus on the rich meaning of this season. Find easy-to-follow instructions for: Stained Glass Ornaments Cinnamon Oatmeal Soap Mason Jar Luminaries Homemade Marshmallows Scrap Ribbon Tree Ornaments And many more! Each devotional through the four weeks of Advent is focused on the themes of Hope, Preparation, Joy, and Love and is meant to be read with the entire family, or by the older child who needs something just for them in this special season. Advent Devotions & Christmas Crafts for Families will be your new favorite holiday tradition. It makes a wonderful early Christmas gift for kids, parents, or grandparents!



Celebrating Advent

Author : Ann Hibbard

Publisher : Revell

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 17,42 MB

Release : 2011-10

Category : Religion

ISBN : 0800720644

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A book of devotions and fun ideas to help families spend intentional time focusing on Christ during the Advent season.



A Catholic Family Advent

Author : Susan Hines-Brigger

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Page : 0 pages

File Size : 50,5 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Advent

ISBN : 9781616364922

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For many families, the four weeks leading up to Christmas can be a time of great stress, unrealized dreams, a commercial blur, and a financial burden. Susan Hines-Brigger, the mother of four children, knows well that the days counting down to Christmas can easily become for parents and grandparents a nightmare of whiny behavior, crowded to-do lists, and a less-than-spiritual experience. That’s why this mother who has seen and heard it all in her own home during Advent created this resource with prayers and activities: She wants to put Christ back into the family holiday celebration and help families--even hers--become holier. Using A Catholic Family Advent on a daily basis will give Catholic families time together to pray, reflect on Scripture, and do a simple activity together. This daily source of inspiration can be used in the family setting as prayer before or after meals, as morning and evening prayer, or as family time in front of the Advent wreath or Christmas crèche.



All Creation Waits

Author : Gayle Boss

Publisher : Paraclete Press

Page : 75 pages

File Size : 20,51 MB

Release : 2016-10-01

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1612618790

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Open a window each day of Advent onto the natural world.



Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room

Author : Nancy Guthrie

Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Page : 112 pages

File Size : 23,72 MB

Release : 2011-10-12

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1414365977

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How many Christmas mornings have you found your family gathered around the tree with presents beautifully wrapped and a scrumptious feast on the table, but with hearts that have not been prepared to truly take in the wonder of God become human? Not this year. Let Every Heart Prepare Him Room, a family Advent devotional from Bible teacher and mom Nancy Guthrie, is designed to bring your family together during a season that is oftentimes too much about programs and presents, and simply not enough about Jesus. Along with devotions for every day in December, this resource includes explanations of some hard-to-understand aspects of popular Christmas carols, and discussion questions to draw in your elementary through high school-aged kids, transforming this time together from a dry lecture into a treasured family experience.





Unwrapping the Names of Jesus

Author : Asheritah Ciuciu

Publisher : Moody Publishers

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 26,78 MB

Release : 2017-10-03

Category : Religion

ISBN : 080249630X

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How to focus on Christ during Advent Most Christians agree that Christmas is all about Jesus, yet most of us spend little time preparing our hearts to celebrate Him. Why is this? Partly because we don’t know how. In Unwrapping the Names of Jesus, Asheritah Ciuciu leads readers through the four weeks of Advent (Hope, Preparation, Joy, and Love). Each week: Begins with an interactive family devotional that equips readers to celebrate Advent together Offers five daily reflections that focus on that week's name of Jesus Includes suggestions for fun-filled family activities or service projects This devotional can be used by readers in their own personal worship times or as a tool to engage in family worship during the busy holiday season. Either way, participants will gain a greater sense of awe and wonder at who Jesus is. By focusing on the person and character of Jesus throughout the Advent season, readers will prepare their hearts so that when they admire the live nativity, sit in the candlelight service, or wake up on Christian morning, they can join the faithful who sing from the bottom of their hearts, "O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord!"