It is hard to believe that Thanksgiving is this Thursday! Where has the last year gone? For us, Thanksgiving week is full of travel and family. It also means the beginning of our Christmas family nights which start the Sunday after Thanksgiving.
Family night is my absolute favorite activity that our family does throughout the Christmas season. We have a total of five family nights which take place on the four Sunday evenings leading up to Christmas and Christmas Eve (or the last night that we are at home before Christmas). We make every effort to avoid scheduling conflicts and to protect this time.
Family night is my absolute favorite activity that our family does throughout the Christmas season. We have a total of five family nights which take place on the four Sunday evenings leading up to Christmas and Christmas Eve (or the last night that we are at home before Christmas). We make every effort to avoid scheduling conflicts and to protect this time.
Each family night has a theme, scripture/Bible story, discussion questions and fun activities to reinforce the primary lesson of the evening. We also work on memorizing our Christmas memory verse. This year, we are going to focus on following Mary's example and saying "yes" to God. Our verse is Luke 1:38--"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." I love the fact that this young girl did not hesitate when she was told that she was going to be the mother of the Son of God. She demonstrated amazing courage and faith when presented with what had to seem like a crazy calling. What an incredible example for us all.
If you need some ideas for your own family's Christmas memory verse, check out this old post to help get you started.
If you need some ideas for your own family's Christmas memory verse, check out this old post to help get you started.
"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6
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