Merry Christmas

During the Advent Season our church has a Penance Service for all of the students. It is really nice to see everyone together showing our need for forgiveness. I have plenty of catholic books for the students to read while they are awaiting their turn so the time goes by pretty quickly. We also pray the rosary together.

Tonight is our last class for 2010 and since it's the Christmas season I made the students an edible manger with baby Jesus in the manger. For the manger I used pretzel sticks, marshmallow cream for the glue, graham cracker squares, and shredded wheat for the straw. For baby Jesus I just lined some gum drops up onto an unrolled fruit roll-up and then folded it like a blanket.

I pray that you have a very Merry Christmas and blessed New Year.

Advent wreath and Jesse Tree Celebration

Tonight was the big night for the Jesse tree celebration, the students have practiced so hard to do a good job. Grades 1 through six make ornaments representing a bible character and as the character is read the students put their ornament on the tree. The tree will be on display in the gathering room of the church throughout Advent. The students did a fantastic job reading the bible parts. Before the celebration we read the gospel for this coming Sunday and we talked about the Advent wreath. I made each student an edible wreath. I made cut-out sugar cookies the shape of a wreath and frosted them with green icing. For the candles I colored some store bought fondant and rolled it around toothpicks. It was very time consuming but well worth the effort.