Happy New Year!
Immediately after Christmas we celebrate Epiphany on Thursday 6 January, usually marked on the following Sunday. You can find some resources below to help you celebrate with children and families in your church.
Matthew 2:11 NIV
On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshipped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
As I reflected on this verse, I noted that whilst in our time, 2021-2022, only a few days have elapsed since we have celebrated Jesus arriving as a baby, the astrologers arrive several months, possibly years later, when Jesus is a small child and now living with Mary and Joseph in a house. They faithfully follow the guiding star and when they arrive offer their precious gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the young child, trusting God for his provision of a little boy king. I wonder whether we have the same attitude as we give our time, thought and effort to working with children and their families in our churches? Do we listen to God's guiding and offer what is most precious and costly to us to be used for others?
Our next Children and Families Leaders' meeting, Evolve, will be on Monday 17 January at 1.30-3pm on Zoom. If you'd like to join in, email me directly and I'll send you a Zoom invite.
PS: As ever, resources below are denoted in green if they have been offered previously-new resources are in white. Inevitably there will be some 'repeats' from previous years.
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