Family Advent Reading - An Experiential Workbook
Is Your Christmas more Santa than Savior? Reclaim your Holiday Season through Celebrating Advent 2019!
Calendars don’t lie and it’s now November . . . the holiday season is upon us.
Have you decided how you will approach this year?
Will you be swept up in consumerism or will you move counter-culturally and commit to stay connected to Jesus, the reason we celebrate Christmas?
If you long to have your holidays filled with profound joy joined by deep and satisfying peace as you discover (again or for the first time) the treasures of Christmas long forgotten, Reclaim Initiative has a simple tool to bring your desires into reality!
Check out Seeking the Christmas Lamb: a Family Advent Handbook.
Perhaps you’ve shied away from celebrating Advent because it felt too hard or disconnected from the reality of life as a family going in . . . way too many directions.
I have good news: I’ve developed a resource that gives you step by step instructions on how to make Advent a rich and meaningful experience for families of all ages.
I understand your struggle because I’ve been in your shoes. I was a mom to 3 young daughters and was extremely busy as the children’s director of a thriving church, volunteering in their schools, and had a calendar booked with activities almost every night from Thanksgiving to Christmas.
Despite that, or maybe because of it, I decided to Reclaim Christmas!
I made a decision that we would seek to spend 15 minutes after dinner, putting time with Jesus and our family--before our to-do list or calendar!
It was worth it!
When I ask our daughters what meant the most to them growing up, they point to our family Advent experiences.
When I ask them what formed them most spiritually, they point to Advent!
Here’s what they loved about it: it drew our family together ~ everyone was focused on the same thing for those sacred moments in our day.
It is multi-sensory: the candles burn brightly, the advent wreath is beautiful, the smell of the fresh pine entices us into memories of favorite Christmas experiences, the activities that are part of each reading are fun and take us beyond head knowledge into integration of their faith. Most of all, they experienced God’s presence as we read his Word to us and as we prayed together!
The best news is that Advent is simple to carry out with Seeking the Christmas Lamb: a Family Advent Handbook as your tool to make it happen!
Some unique features of this Family Advent Handbook include:
Weekly Themes
Background on Advent: how it started and why we celebrate it
How to Use this Book: what you need to get started
Fun Suggestions: such as “turn off the lights and use a flashlight to read” to take it out of the familiar into an unfamiliar treasure hunt
Colorful Graphics throughout the Book (see here)
Daily Readings which Include (see here):
Bible Passage
Short Reflection
Reflect Questions for Discussion
Children’s Activities
Here’s one of my favorite children’s activities: the reading is around the Israelites’ preparation to exodus Egypt after they painted the lamb’s blood around their doorposts. The suggestion is to eat dinner standing up with your coats on and then to walk around the block. I guarantee you they will never forget that experience as it puts legs (literally) on an important moment in our faith history.
These simple activities take Advent from Information into Transformation!
Here’s the benefit for the parents: you are able to maximize your energies into something meaningful that enhances all your other responsibilities.
It’s like breathing into the oxygen mask first and then putting it on your children so everyone is breathing in the pure wind of the Holy Spirit, becoming revived and renewed to Reclaim Christmas by putting your focus back on Christ; the greatest Christmas gift of all!
The next step is up to you.
Take a moment to think about your choice: will you follow the culture and let consumerism overtake you, or . . . will you make a decision to Reclaim Christmas by making the most of the Advent season this year in 2019?
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Don’t let this moment pass you by!
Reclaim your Christmas Season
with Celebrating Advent in 2019!
Learn a few tips and tricks to get ready for Advent 2019 by watching the video down below!