6 Ways to Nurture Your Kids’ Faith in Advent
Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)
Danielle Bean
4.9 • 810 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Here we are, in the thick of Advent! Are you stressed yet? Let’s stay focused on the things that are truly important and help our kids to do the same. Danielle is sharing 6 ideas for ways to nurture your kids’ faith lives this Advent season:
Scripture Verses
You might add some relevant Scripture to an Advent calendar or spend some time reading the Book of Luke.
Nativity Scenes
There are lots of kid-friendly options to choose from! Here are a couple of them to get you started, from Fisher Price and Bible toys.
Jesse Tree
This doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. You can check out places like Etsy for beautiful ornaments or search online for printable versions.
Advent Wreath
This could not be simpler– even just small candles in holders with ribbons can help mark the season. Pray together when you light them!
Community Service
Think of someone you know who could use a visit, some service, or a surprise gift. Enlist your kids’ help in getting it done!
Advent Storytime
Make bedtime rituals extra special in the weeks before Christmas by reading some Advent-themed children’s books. Tomie DePaoloa is a favorite!
At the end of today’s show, Danielle shares a message from listener Karen who offers feedback on our recent episode about hospitality.
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| 0:00.0 | Girlfriends, episode number 401, six ways to nurture kids' faith this Advent. |
| 0:06.1 | Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a mission to help you. |
| 0:12.6 | Know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy and family living. This week, |
| 0:17.4 | we are talking about Advent, of course, and especially ways to nurture your kids' faith during this time of year. |
| 0:23.2 | Let's get going. |
| 0:30.6 | Hey, girlfriend. |
| 0:31.7 | Welcome to the newest episode of the Girlfriend's Podcast. |
| 0:34.0 | So glad you have joined us here today. |
| 0:36.9 | I love that we're always able, week after week, to connect right here in the podcast. So glad you have joined us here today. I love that we're always able, week after week, |
| 0:39.5 | to connect right here in the podcast. How's it going? How's your Advent going? This is such a |
| 0:45.3 | Catholic thing to say to each other, right? You run into somebody this time of year and say, |
| 0:49.1 | like, hey, how's your Advent? You know, we're on our way here, and this is an especially short Advent this time of |
| 0:55.8 | years. All right. So this week's topic is Advent focused as well, because as wives, as mothers, |
| 1:01.9 | as aunts, as grandmothers, as, you know, neighbors of kids during the Advent season, we want to |
| 1:07.7 | make sure that we are nurturing young people's faith during the Advent season. |
| 1:11.6 | And if you think back to your own childhood, if you were raised Catholic or if you were raised |
| 1:15.4 | observing the season of Advent, you probably have some pretty magical memories of this time of year. |
| 1:20.6 | I know that I do for sure. And, you know, just reflecting on that, I thought, what are some basic |
| 1:25.2 | ways that we can make sure that even as |
| 1:28.0 | where, you know, our kids might be distracted by ideas of Santa Claus or some of the materialism |
| 1:34.2 | that shoved in their faces this time of year or they might have a really bad case of the gimmies |
| 1:38.3 | as they're anticipating Christmas gift giving, you know, making sure that they are actually |
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