Shine Families Celebrate is part of a monthly series focusing on the “Six Practices that Grow Faith at Home.” Here is an overview of the Six Practices.
Digital versions
Black & white coloring page of the nativity
Books mentioned
Woven: Nurturing a Faith Your Kid Doesn’t Have to Heal From by Meredith Miller
Family: The Forming Center by Marjorie J. Thompson
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
One More Book Before Bed by M. H. Clark
Devotionals and materials for Advent at home
Read the stories of Jesus birth
Matthew 1:18 through Matthew 2:15
The Peace Table: A Storybook Bible, pages 168-179
Free at-home Advent devotionals
Together on the Journey by Talashia Keim Yoder
The Soil and the Seed Advent 2024
Make a Nativity scene with wooden figures or paper
Color and cut-out nativity figures
Shine’s Winter 2024-25 story figures
Make an Advent wreath
For younger children
25 Days to Jesus: A Children’s Advent Devotional written by Christy Waltersdorff. This picture book has an illustration, a short reading and a prayer for each of the 25 days from December 1 through December 25.
25 Days of Advent Family Devotional by Mosaic Mennonite Conference. Download and print on cardstock then cut out the cards. Read through the stack every day, adding one card a day.
Monthly Webpages
Shine Families Talk (November 2024)
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Shine Families Celebrate (December 2024)
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Shine Families Learn (January 2025)
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Shine Families Serve (February 2025)
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Shine Families Pray (March 2025)
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