A Youth Activity Make your own Creation Quilt using these coloring pages Most children enjoy coloring. They can color the days of creation on fabric and make quilts that can be used on their beds, as lap quilts, or as wall hangings. A youth group could work together to color a wall hanging for the church nursery or a Sunday school classroom. To make the quilt blocks for a creation quilt you will need… coloring pages which can be ordered by clicking
Advent is a special time of year as we each look forward to Christmas in our own ways. Some decorate with gusto while other shop ’til they drop. Some bake cookies, fruitcakes, and candy to give to friends. Some will use Advent calendars to count the days. Many attempt to do several or all of the above. I’m afraid that would wear me out! I believe it is beneficial to analyse our activities to see which honor the Christ
by Deborah Hopkinson, il. by James Ransome One of my favorite children’s picture books is Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. Clara, a very young slave girl was separated from her family and sold to another plantation to work in the fields. She learned to sew and used her talent to create a quilt that helped many slaves escape to freedom. I feel a connection to Clara with my vision for Bible quilts for children’s beds. Just as Clara’s quilt pointed
