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10.12.22 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Little Christmas Project Done in Single Day

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Make Printable hand puppets to use for telling small children about the Christmas story! Immediate printout and then cut each puppet from the paper. Done quickly with no prep time, which makes it a perfect little project for the busy Christmas Advent season. If you are having Advent devotions, this is a wonderful activity for…

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16.12.17 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Preparing for Joy

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Promises to David, Foretelling Christ’s Kingship 2 Samuel 7:14-16 “I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.  But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away…

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05.12.16 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Thankful for a Glimpse of the Spiritual World

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Most of us have dreams, and sometimes nightmares, and it feels like we enter unknown worlds. Jacob had a dream that revealed a vast spiritual world that was beyond anything he had imagined. He saw a ladder that reached between heaven and earth and saw the angels traversing back and forth on it. Jacob’s Dream…

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09.12.13 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Make Me A Sheep

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I am not kidding! I want Jesus to make me into a little sheep who follows him and listens to him. When we aren’t like sheep we will be like something else…like maybe a pushy little goat who chews up things and butts people.   Sheep Craft Activity Today, however, we want to make a…

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08.12.13 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Making Christmas Bright

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Christmas, through the eyes of a child, is incredibly bright and full of promise. Promise of goodies, of joy and cheer, of colorful lights and tinsel, it is a time that smells delicious and wonderful, with hope for gifts and fun things to do. Expectations and hopes are what prime our hearts minds to flow…

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08.12.09 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

(10) A Promise is a Banner

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Scripture: Isaiah 62: 10-12 10 Pass through, pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Build up, build up the highway! Remove the stones. Raise a banner for the nations. 11 The LORD has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your Savior comes! See,…

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01.12.08 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

All Sorts of Seeds

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Monday, December 1 Scripture:“He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree” -Matthew 13:31-32 Thoughts:This week is…

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14.12.06 | The Candlelighter | No Comments

Dec. 14, Snowmen

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Make an ornament out of clothespins: Snowmen Directions from Amanda Formaro of Familycorner.com You will need wooden clothespins 1 1/8″ wood circles 3/4″ x 5/8″ wooden spools craft wire ribbon or material scrap acrylic paint in black*, white, and orange white craft glue small foil Christmas tree or other embellishment * You can use a…

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