Making ornaments for the Jesse Tree ornament swap
Celebrating the start of Christmas with the Marseille Girls
The Jesse tree is the family tree of Jesus. It goes back to the very
beginning, to Creation, and traces His family through the Old Testament. It ends when He is born on Christmas day.
A Jesse tree is a little like an advent calendar, except that it emphasizes
the true meaning of Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ.
Like any advent countdown, the Jesse tree has one ornament per day.
Unlike a calendar, though, the Jesse tree tradition focuses on a Bible
story, a character, a devotion each day.
Over the four weeks we will read about kings and common people, about widows
and children and brave fighters, the great and wonderful
things that God orchestrated on our behalf, and then we will rejoice in His birth on Christmas Day!
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