Advent For The Family - December 19, 2012

Advent For the Family

December 19, 2012

It's Wednesday!

Begin by lighting the same candles as last evening.

Christmas Carol:

Sleigh Ride

Ring ting tingling too
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you,
Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling "Yoo hoo,"
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
Let's go, Let's look at the show,
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
It's grand, Just holding your hand,
We're gliding along with a song
Of a wintry fairy land.

Our cheeks are nice and rosy
And comfy cozy are we
We're snuggled up together
Like two birds of a feather would be
Let's take that road before us
And sing a chorus or two
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.

There's a birthday party
At the home of Farmer Gray
It'll be the perfect ending a perfect day
We'll be singing the songs
We love to sing without a single stop,
At the fireplace while we watch
The chestnuts pop.

Pop! pop! pop!

There's a happy feeling
Nothing in the world can buy,
When they pass around the chocolate
And the pumpkin pie
It'll nearly be like a picture print
By Currier and Ives
These wonderful things are the things
We remember all through our lives!

Just hear those sleigh bells jingling,
Ring ting tingling too
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you,
Outside the snow is falling
And friends are calling "Yoo hoo,"

Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.
Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
Let's go, Let's look at the show,
We're riding in a wonderland of snow.

Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up,
It's grand, Just holding your hand,
We're gliding along with a song
Of a wintry fairy land.

Our cheeks are nice and rosy
And comfy cozy are we
We're snuggled up together
Like two birds of a feather would be
Let's take that road before us
And sing a chorus or two
Come on, it's lovely weather
For a sleigh ride together with you.

Bible Reading:

Luke 1

Zechariah's Song

⁶⁷His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:    ⁶⁸"Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,        because he has come and has redeemed his people.
   ⁶⁹He has raised up a horn^[⁴^] of salvation for us
       in the house of his servant David
   ⁷⁰(as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
   ⁷¹salvation from our enemies
       and from the hand of all who hate us--
   ⁷²to show mercy to our fathers
       and to remember his holy covenant,
   ⁷³the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
   ⁷⁴to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
       and to enable us to serve him without fear
   ⁷⁵in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
   ⁷⁶And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
       for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
   ⁷⁷to give his people the knowledge of salvation
       through the forgiveness of their sins,
   ⁷⁸because of the tender mercy of our God,
       by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
   ⁷⁹to shine on those living in darkness
       and in the shadow of death,
   to guide our feet into the path of peace."
⁸⁰And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel.

Activity: Christmas Luminaries

So easy! Create these now and light your walk on Christmas Eve. All you need are white lunch bags, votive candles, sand and a hole punch. Using your hole punch, create designs on your bags - use Christmas cookie cutters for ideas and patterns. Place sand on bottom of bags, place candle in bottom of bag with the sand. Light and enjoy!

Recipe Idea: Chocolate Snowball Cocoa

1 pint vanilla ice cream
1 cup coconut flakes
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1 quart milk
3/4 to 1 cup cream of coconut
1 teaspoon coconut extract
1/2 cup chocolate flavored chocolate sauce
8 Maraschino Cherries

Scoop ice cream into 8 small balls and immediately roll in coconut. Place on wax paper lined baking sheet, freeze until ready to use. Whisk cocoa into milk in a large saucepan. Stir in cream of coconut and coconut extract. Bring to a simmer over medium high heat. Pour into 8 large heat-proof mugs. Float ice cream balls in cocoa. If desired drizzle each ice cream ball with chocolate sauce and top with a cherry.

From the kitchen of Ariana Case

Closing Prayer: Only ONE week to go! Have you seen our "Greatest Gift" page yet? Jesus is the GREATEST GIFT of all.

WHY NOT: Draw a picture of a pretty package and label it "The Greatest Gift Comes from Above." Hang this picture on your bedroom door for a reminder of the Gift in Jesus.

Thank Him tonight for the gift of Jesus!

End with a GIANT GROUP HUG!