This year I made a little tiny, portable Nativity for every family at church - plus extras!
I gave out 1 piece of the Nativity each week of Advent.
We jokingly called it the "Happy Meal Nativity" - a new prize each week :)
In all seriousness I designed it to motivate each of us to think about each "major" player in the Nativity story in a special way.
We tend to put our Nativity out and think,
"OK. That part of my decorations is finished and not think about it in detail."
Maybe you are more intentional than I am but the busyness of the season distracts me! Easily.
My components were Joseph, Mary, The Manger with a star above it and Baby Jesus, of course!
It all fits in a sandwich size baggie with a sticker on the front with a verse from Luke.
They were very popular and people were excited to get each piece. People put them on their desks at work (there's on in high finance and another at the Space Center in Huntsville!), gave them to grandchildren, friends, shut-ins, family at nursing homes and more.
(That's where the extras went.)
They put them on the dash of their cars and mini vans, carried them in their backpacks and shared the story of each piece with people they showed it to.
A church visitor on this past Sunday was so intrigued she took pictures and asked for details so she can take the idea back to her church in North Carolina.
These little Nativities really got around!
Merry Christmas!
Love this idea!
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was a lot of fun!
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