Week Two: Advent Family Toolkit

Theme: Peace

Scripture Text | Luke 1:1-25

Wonderings

1

How is God asking us to trust and keep our faith strong?

2

When has an “angel” spoken to you or you have been an “angel” for someone else?

Video Conversation and Reflection

Join Jane McBride, Soren and Shannon from First Congregational Church in Minneapolis for this week’s conversation and reflection.

Games/Movement

Feel the Heat

Materials: candle lighter or matches; Advent Wreath with five candles;

Prep: Set up an unlit Advent Wreath in an accessible space for children.

Watch: Light the first two Advent Wreath candles and observe them together as they melt down a bit.

Ask: How do you think it feels to melt? How do you think it feels to become a completely different shape?

Move: Step away from the flames: Invite everyone to be like a melting candle. Relax, drape, be loose. Repeat 5-6 times, encouraging creative body shapes and positions.

Reflect: How does it feel to be all floppy and loose? How do you decide what shape to take?

Creative Project

Make a Kindness Quilt

Celebrate the giving season with a colorful display of the kindness you share and receive throughout the holiday season. Print these quilt squares, or design your own, to create a continuously growing paper quilt as you celebrate everyday acts of love and compassion.

Reflect:

Each day ask: “How have you shared kindness today? How has someone shared kindness with you?”
Write or draw your answers on a kindness square and add them to your quilt.

Caring for the Common Good

Assemble & Share Stress Fidgets
These simple, tactile, and fun-to-create fidgets make sweet little gifts for the sometimes-stressful holiday season, and offer a chance to talk with kids about finding their own inner peace.