Advent Resources
Children and Families
“Christmas is an exciting time where families can see how God has given us hope, love, joy, and peace! Each week’s devotion will explore one of these themes as you open the Bible as a family and read a part of the Christmas story. After you read the story, we have included discussion questions to help get the conversation started and connect this story from Scripture to your kids’ lives.”
Jesus Storybook Bible Advent Reading Plan
“The days leading up to Christmas are called “Advent.” Advent means the “arrival.” It means the long waiting is almost over. As we wait for Christmas, we’ll go on a journey together. We’ll read a story every day and tell the story of God’s Secret Rescue plan—from the very beginning ... and wait, along with God’s people ... for Christmas.
God’s Big Promises Advent Calendar
“This beautiful Advent calendar for children aged 2-7 years old is linked with God’s Big Promises Bible Storybook. It also comes with a booklet containing 25 short, simple devotions for December, to help families explore the Christmas story together. Young children will enjoy learning about and interacting with the Christmas story.”
The Jesse Tree Story: A Family Advent Devotional
Each devotion in this family Advent devotional invites you into the story of someone on Jesus’s family tree. These devotions will show young children how God was preparing for Jesus to be born across many generations. Each story pairs with a symbol you can hang on your own Jesse Tree.
“Prepare Him Room has been written to help Christian families and churches lead their children through a study of Old Testament promises, Jesus' birth narratives, and New Testament explanations of Jesus Christ's person and work in the 4 weeks leading up to Christmas. The memorable and meaningful activities, songs, and stories of Prepare Him Room will become the fabric of your family's Christmas memories. So gather them to watch the amazing gospel story unfold every December for generations to come!”
Tiny Theologians ABCs of Christmas
“This Advent, teach your Tiny Theologians all about Christ! This set of ABC cards helps your kids understand what the holiday season is all about: JESUS! With simple and concise definitions on each card and Gospel-centered conversation prompts, you and your family can make the month of December all about Jesus.”
Children’s Books
Devotionals and Liturgies
Come, Let Us Adore Him by Paul David Tripp
“This book of daily readings for the month of December by best-selling author Paul David Tripp will help you slow down, prepare your heart, and focus on what matters most: adoring our Savior, Jesus.”
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel: A Liturgy for Daily Worship from Advent to Epiphany by Jonathan Gibson
“A 40-day devotional liturgy guiding readers through Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany―helping them keep their eyes fixed on Christ. Designed as a resource for the holiday season, each reading includes a guided meditation, applicable Scripture readings, hymns, prayers, creeds, and prompts for petition and confession. For individuals and families, this devotional will help Christians focus on Jesus and meditate on the mystery of his incarnation.”
Good News of Great Joy: 25 Devotional Readings for Advent by John Piper
“Come, let us adore him. This beloved Advent refrain captures the heart of the season. Advent is for adoring Jesus. It is a season of preparation to ready our hearts for the glory of Christmas Day as we celebrate the coming of the eternal God in our frail humanity. These twenty-five short devotional readings from John Piper aim to help you keep Christ at the center of the Advent season.”
Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge
“Advent, says Fleming Rutledge, is not for the faint of heart. As the midnight of the Christian year, the season of Advent is rife with dark, gritty realities. In this book, with her trademark wit and wisdom, Rutledge explores Advent as a time of rich paradoxes, a season celebrating at once Christ’s incarnation and his second coming, and she masterfully unfolds the ethical and future-oriented significance of Advent for the church.”