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Kids & Families Resources for Dec 27 Online Gathering
Vineyard Canada is hosting another National Worship Gathering on December 27th, 9am/PDT. Various Vineyard churches across the country will participate as we worship, reflect on 2020, and prepare to enter the New Year together. Please let your church know and plan to join us! This gathering will be live on our Facebook page as well as well as posted on our Youtube channel and linked here, on our website.
Bringing the Story To Life:
Sensory Storm Bottle: Make your own storm in a bottle to remember this lesson and the peace that Jesus brings.
Build a Boat: Build a boat as a family out of the items in your house. As you sit in the boat you can talk about the story or pray together.
Rain Stick: A great craft for older kids! Make a rain stick that sounds like actual rain. Decorate it and write the memory verse for the week on the outside.
Draw a Storm: A great activity for little ones. Have them draw a storm, see what they come up with.
Bail the Boat: A game to play if you have multiple kids in your household. Mark a boat on the floor of your house with painter's tape. Crumple up lots of blue paper (to be the water). Take turns having one person "in" the boat. Everyone else is the "storm". Those who are the storm are throwing the "water" into the boat, while the person in the boat is trying to bail it out as fast as they can.
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I'm thankful I was asked to write on the Advent week that celebrates Love. I love Advent in part because my husband Jon and I celebrate it each year with our kids Elena and Atticus. Atticus' birthday is Dec 16. Most years we read Advent readings on either side of Atticus’s birthday and the kids open one more box in their advent calendars.
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Third Sunday of Advent – JOY
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Save the dates/ VC National Prayer & Fast 2023
