These simple 10-minute family devotions for Advent, with graphic-novel-style illustrations, explore the Gospel accounts of the first Christmas in an engaging way, and will help families keep Christ at the heart of their celebrations.
With all the Bible passages and questions already laid out, you can lead these devotions without needing any extra time to prepare, making family devotional time an achievable joy, not an unrealistic burden. There are different sets of questions for 3-4s, 5-7s, 7-12s, teens and even parents, so the whole family can enjoy looking at the Bible together.
For inspiration on leading family Bible times, you can watch Ed's 5 Top Tips video below in the "Free extras" section. It can also be downloaded and used in your children's ministry group or church services.
(Review written for 'The Adventure of Christmas')
Our family is using this for Advent 2021, and we (4, 7, 42 and 42) are loving it. It's just the right length for young ones to stick with, and having questions aimed at different ages means we all get something out of it, and can share Bible time together.
The format is easy, and requires minimal preparation (also useful for tired parents trying to cram in Bible time as part of the bedtime routine!), but there is also flexibility ...so we can do as much or as little as we think they can manage on any given day. We sometimes do the suggested activities, which make it more interactive and fun, but if time is short we can just have the reading and questions and pray.
We find it works really well with the advent calendar, too.
We were fans with Ed Drew's Easter devotional for families, and this is just as good. This will not be the only year we use it, I'm sure!
(Review written for 'The Adventure of Christmas')
Clear, biblical, and easy to do with a variety of ages, with helpful suggestions for each age. A good length to be able to actually manage each day. My 3 year old, 5 year old and my husband and myself all get something out of it each day.
(Review written for 'The Adventure of Christmas')
We've started our adventure early (school and shops have been full of Santa and presents for ages, so we wanted to get in with the real Christmas!), and we are really enjoying it! The studies are brief but full of truth and helpful application for all of us - our kids are 5, 8, 10 and 12, and all get something out of this. As parents we are being refreshed in the joy of Christmas too. The activities are really good - the kids loved making biscuit eyeballs to remind them that Luke used eyewitness testimony, so we can trust ...what we read! We would recommend this to any family.
