Advent

Advent transforms the weeks before Christmas into a meaningful season of spiritual preparation and anticipation.


During these four weeks, believers join the global church in remembering humanity's need for a Savior while celebrating the gift of Jesus's birth and the promise of His return.

Advent Calendar PDF

Below are resources for your family to encounter God and walk into a deeper relationship with Him through daily Scripture readings and meditation.

Advent Books, Studies, & Plans

Family Activities

  • Take cookies to people who are working on Christmas Day/Eve
  • Share around the table something that you are grateful for this Christmas
  • Make an ornament and write today's scripture on it
  • Act out the story of Christmas (use toys, invite friends, use Luke 2 as a reference)
  • Make your own Nativity Scene out of play doh or clay
  • Make a Birthday Cake for Jesus and have a party to celebrate his birth
  • Play Christmas Freeze Dance or go caroling as a family
  • Find ways to serve as a family, in the church or in your community
  • Pray together as a family
  • Share the good news of Christmas with someone you know

Family Questions

After reading the daily scripture, consider asking some of these questions to continue the conversation:

  • Retell this verse in your own words.
  • What does this verse teach us about God?
  • How does this connect to the Christmas story?
  • What does this make you thankful for?
  • Who can you share this verse with?

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