Tag: baby Jesus

• Journey to the Manger: Shepherds

  Today we ran to Bethlehem with the shepherds on our Journey to the Manger. Once they got over the shock of being face-to-face with an angel, the shepherds soaked in the amazing message of hope and the chorus of praise echoing across the fields. The Savior, the Messiah, was in Bethlehem, just a few miles…

  Jill Cobb

  December 18, 2014

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown, Journey to the Manger

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• Away in a manger

  Christmas Countdown Day 15 focused on the manger. The Son of God’s first baby bed was a feeding trough. In order to help us imagine sweet Baby Jesus’ head laying down in the manger, we recreated the scene. We built a manger out of a woven basket, and added yellow tissue paper like straw. Animals,…

  Jill Cobb

  December 15, 2013

  Christmas, Christmas Countdown

  Away in a Manger, baby Jesus, Bethlehem, Christmas, Christmas Countdown, Joseph, manger, Mary, stable, Truth in the Tinsel