Family Advent devotional booklet available
Seattle Presbytery
From Lilly Schneider, Bellevue Presbyterian Church:
I am an active member of Bellevue Presbyterian Church and a high school senior working on a Girl Scout Gold Award I’ve noticed that a lot of young people growing up in the church these days are missing out on some key (and fun) parts of the liturgical year, so for my Award project, I created an Advent devotional and activity booklet for preschool- and elementary-age children and their families. The booklet includes information about Advent and its meaning, instructions for weekly Advent practices (candle-lighting, scripture-reading, discussion questions, songs, and fun activities like crafts and games,) and devotions for adults. This Advent season, my church distributed about 400 copies of the booklet to families, folded its lessons into their Advent Sunday school programs, and based their Stations of Advent event off of its curriculum. The Gold Award requirements state that the project must reach a wider audience than just my immediate community, which gave me the idea to share this curriculum and booklet with churches in the surrounding Seattle Area through the Seattle Presbytery.
