Send Us Your Christmas Traditions!
For the past few years, we have spent the season of Advent traveling together around the world, experiencing Christmas traditions in different countries. This year, we’d like to travel around our own corner of the world and share traditions from the Desert Mission community – and your family tradition could be one of them!
We’ll be collecting your contributions over the next few weeks, and will select one to share during the Community Connection time each Sunday during Advent. Here’s what we invite you to think about as you consider participating: are there any special activities your family engages in every year at Christmas? Any special recipes that are always part of your Christmas meal? Any games you play or crafts you make when you gather to celebrate? These might be part of a cultural or regional tradition, or they might be unique to your family’s story.
If you have something you’d like to share, write a few sentences about it, including details about what the tradition is and how it became a part of your Christmas (if you know – if you don’t know, or if there are conflicting stories within your family, we’d love to hear that too!). If it’s a recipe that is NOT a secret, send that; if it’s a game, craft, or other activity, share an overview of the rules or instructions. You can even include a photo or two if you’d like, and if your tradition is selected, we’ll show the images on the TV screens in the sanctuary! Send your materials directly to Jen – if you don’t already have her email address, it will be in the newsletter for the next few weeks. You can also contact the office and ask Christine to share it with you OR email her your story. If you go that route, title your email “Christmas Tradition for Jen” so she can forward it on without having to read it first.
If your tradition is not selected to be included in one of our Advent services this year, don’t be disheartened! We’re hoping to receive more submissions than we can use, that way we can keep the extras in mind for next year. Thanks in advance for being part of this very special opportunity to connect.
