Activities for Day 1 of Advent

1. Share a Story from the Jesus Storybook Bible

2. Make an Advent Wreath

Use Real Greenery in an Advent Wreath – Not Fake.

The Greenery in an Advent Wreath Represents Jesus and God’s Promise of Everlasting Life. Use Evergreens in Your Advent Wreath–Magnolia Leaves Are Gorgeous in an Advent Wreath.

3. Light a Candle

The Tradition of Lighting Candles During Advent

Why Do We Light Candles During Advent?

4. The First Sunday of Advent is Hope Sunday – Let’s Learn to Hope.

A Lesson in Faith – Faith is the Essence of Things Not Seen — Faith Exists in Our Hope for Things We Cannot See.

Hope & Advent + Faith & Light – The First Sunday of Advent is Hope Sunday – #Advent

5. Sing a Song about Light

Advent Is A Season of Light -Disney’s I See the Light Is My Anthem of Advent

7. Be the Light

8. Create a Jesse Tree

What Is A Jesse Tree?

A Jesse Tree is a representation of the Family Tree of Jesus Chris

Before the first Christmas, Joseph took Mary to Bethlehem for taxation. Joseph and Mary lived in Nazareth, but Joseph’s ancestor King David was from Bethlehem. David’s father was Jesse. One way to celebrate Advent is to retell the Bible Stories of the people who preceded Jesus—the people in His family tree. Afterward. you might consider making an ornament each day for your Jesse Tree. Typically, a Jesse Tree is not the same as a live Christmas Tree. A Jesse Tree represents the past. A dead tree limb with branches is good for a Jesse Tree.

You might create a sample Jesse Tree from construction paper. Explain how the limbs of the tree are representative of a Family Tree. 

Draw a Tree with no Leaves or Branches:

Create Your Family Tree as Follows:

Feel Free to Print the Following Blank Family Tree Form and Fill in the Blanks:

Begin to Understand Some of the History of the Bible Lands at the Time of the Birth of Jesus.

On Day 2 of Advent, I’ll Begin Sharing Bible Stories from the Old Testament. Advent ends on December 24. Advent is Not the Christmas Story. Advent is a Way to Prepare Oneself to Embrace the Miracle of Christmas–to Understand God’s consistent hand in preparing the world for the birth of Jesus. On December 25, I’ll begin sharing stories that include the Birth of Jesus and Jesus’s Early Life: That Celebration is The Twelve Days of Christmas.

According to the Anglican Calendar, the First Day of Christmas is December 25. The Last Day of Christmas is January 5. On January 6. I’ll celebrate Epiphany with the story of the arrival of the Wisemen.