For the last couple of years I have created advent calendars which contain a craft or activity to do with the children. This year I decided to go for something a little different...
I've often thought that the greatest thing I could teach my children is how to pray. To be able to show them how they can speak to God, to share their happiness and their troubles with Him is really a gift that can be taken for granted. Our advent calendar this year will contain a heart in each pocket which represents a person or a country that we will pray for on that day. Hopefully we will do this with our Advent Candle lit and blow the candle out after we have prayed.
In putting together the advent calendar I asked the boys who they would like to pray for and then I added some of my own.
I'm hoping that throughout advent the boys will begin to lead us in prayer and grow spiritually.
In our church the children are asked if they would like to pray for the children's ministry and a child always offers to come out the front and say the prayer. Not only does it encourage children to talk to God, but also it acknowledges that children are equally important to God and to the church and enables them to gain confidence in public speaking.
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