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Advent and Christmas » Advent Wreath

Advent Wreath
Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas day. Making an Advent wreath is a great way to prepare the mind and hearts of your family for Jesus' birthday celebration!

What you need:

1 flat Styrofoam disk per wreath, green pine branches to cover the top of the Styrofoam, ribbon-enough to cover outer edge of Styrofoam, glue, 3 purple candles, 1 pink candle, 1 white candle. Small pine cones can be added for decoration.

What you do:

Glue the ribbon to the outer edge of the disk. Push the white candle into the center of the disk. Push the other candles evenly around the white candle, towards the outer edges of the disk, as shown in the picture. Push the pine picks into the disk, around the base of the candles to cover the top of the Styrofoam. 
 

THE MEANING:

1st CANDLE- (purple) "CANDLE OF HOPE"
We can have hope because God is faithful and will keep the promises he made to us. Our hope comes from God. (Romans 15:12-13)

2nd CANDLE- (purple) "CANDLE OF PREPARATION"
Preparation means to 'get ready'. "Help us to be ready to welcome YOU, O GOD!" (Luke 3:4-6)

3rd CANDLE- (pink) "CANDLE OF JOY"
The angels sang a message of JOY! (Luke 2:7-15)

4th CANDLE- (purple) "CANDLE OF LOVE" 
God sent his only Son to earth to save us, because he loves us! (John 3:16-17)

5th CANDLE - (white) "CHRIST CANDLE"
The white candle reminds us that Jesus is the spotless lamb of God, sent to wash away our sins!  His birth was for his death, his death was for our birth! (John 1:29 and John 3:1-8)

Set aside a few minutes each day during Advent to light the candle(s) and pray.

On the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day burn the first candle, read the Scripture references, sing a carol and pray.

On the next Sunday, you will burn the first and second candle.

Continue in this manner until the Sunday before Christmas when you will burn all four candles.

On Christmas Day you burn the 'Christ Candle', signifying that Jesus has come!







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