During Advent, the children of the Church School will be creating Christmons and decorating a Jesse Tree. This is a tree, or a large banner, with a symbolic tree that is decorated each week by the children with ornaments or objects that represent Old Testament events from Creation to the Birth of Jesus. The ornaments are traditionally handmade and are added one each day of Advent, or a group on each Sunday, with explanations of the symbols and a brief verse of Scripture from the story represented. We will make a different Christmon and study its meaning every Sunday of Advent. This will be done as we practice for the Christmas pageant.

November 18th: Pageant parts will be listed. Please sign up in the Parish Hall if your child will be in the Christmas Pageant (held during the 5:30 PM Service on Monday, December 24th).

November 25th is Craft Sunday. We will discuss the Jesse Tree and create our fist Christmons that Sunday. We will also begin rehearsing for the Christmas Pageant. This is an optional rehearsal.

Call Grace Hurst at 787-7590 or send e-mail to christianed@sttimothys.org if you have questions or comments.