This post is the first of many in a new series on this blog called "Looking For Signs of Christ This Christmas". We will be featuring posts about how churches/families/neighborhoods are preparing for Christmas. Our first post is about my own parish youth group.
Our youth group just got a brand new facility so we decided to come together as a group to decorate it for Christmas. We had a small crowd come in and spend the afternoon setting up, decorating the tree, and hanging lights. In the end, the room looked beautiful and ready for Advent. All of us felt a strong sense of accomplishment seeing what we created together. Youth group member Antonio said, "I really enjoyed hanging out with the youth group, hanging up lights, and giving back to the church."
For the youth group, this was about so much more than just making the room look festive. This was a way to be active in our ministry, and let our church know how important our faith is to us. This was also an opportunity to show how excited we are for Advent, and that we teens are not just about making Christmas lists. Season to season we are growing together in faith.
We would like to invite all of you to send us pictures of how your church/family/neighborhood is preparing for Christmas. Email us at dwellingwiththespiritmail@gmail.com with some pictures and a short description/message about how you see signs of Christ this Christmas in your life. This is our chance to share the Spirit of Christ with each other this Christmas. We have viewers around the world and I think this would be a great way for all of us to connect. Submissions will be taken through the 20th of December.
God Bless,
-Theresa.
