Advent Archives

Each ornament in our printable set of Jesse Tree ornaments represents a story about someone on Jesus's family tree. Together…

Advent Jesse Tree

Here's a complete list of Jesse Tree symbols and the Bible stories that they represent. There are enough Jesse Tree…

Advent Jesse Tree

Each devotion in this family Advent devotional invites you into the story of someone on Jesus's family tree. These devotions…

Even though they’re off at college, your ministry to former youth group students doesn’t end.

Jeff FernandezDecember 18, 2019

Advent Church Life

Make your church’s holiday events even better by thinking like a visitor.

Rev. Liz TestaDecember 13, 2019

Christmas and Santa Claus. In the U.S. they seem inextricably bound...to many Christians' dismay. Our "right jolly old elf" somehow…

Laurie BaronDecember 5, 2019

Many churches and families light Advent candles to mark the progression toward the birth of Christ. Each week during Advent a new candle is…

Cards Make a giant Christmas card for the church gathering area. Invite people to sign it rather than sending Christmas…

This service will primarily be led by children. They will reenact the nativity story while a narrator reads Luke 2…

6 ideas for families and 6 for churches