Week 1 | Mary's Song of Praise
Suggested Family Activities
Ten years ago, my (Andy) family and I started a new tradition. Each Advent, we select a theme from the Christmas story and focus on Jesus through that theme. We study aspects of that theme in great depth and hold family activities inspired by what we discover.
This year, we invite your family to join with us. You have already chosen to dig deep into the theme of “A Prophetic Christmas” with us. Why not also draw your family in? We encourage you to teach them what you discover and orient them on the Savior’s story through activities.
Here are some activities you might do in connection to Mary’s song in Luke 1:46-55:
Work together as a family to compose a song, using words from what Mary sang. Start with trying to create a melody for just a single verse. After you have done so, see if there are other verses from Mary’s song that you can incorporate.
The circumstances of Mary’s song was pregnant fellowship between her and Elizabeth. You too can bring joy and blessing to someone you know who is pregnant! Write out Mary’s song on nice paper or a greeting card, having your children add joyful colors. Then go and visit your pregnant friend and deliver the card.
As Mary sang, “he has filled the hungry with good things,” prepare or buy some yummy food, and then deliver it to someone currently going through humbling circumstances, in need of encouragement and perhaps something nice to eat.
And here is a song the entire family might likewise enjoy: