The way our family celebrates the relentless love of Jesus and His sacrifice

Our family is big on creating traditions...in this season of the year, we really strive to create opportunities to think of Jesus and the sacrifice that He made for us...this works for us, and if it gives you an idea of what you might want to do with your family, that is excellent. We do it all here...Ash Wednesday, Lent, Passover, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter. I am putting this here, not because I think it is the end-all, but for my children if they choose to do it when they are grown...hope you enjoy it as well. Thanks for stopping by.



Thursday, March 10, 2011

Construction of the Banner and Decorations

For the bulk of Lent, we have a Scripture Reading and a symbolic "ornament" each day. Instead of a tree, like Christmas, we have a banner with lots of little removable pockets in the shape of a cross. The pockets work similarly to an advent calendar, and are numbered. We start at the bottom (I think we did that because our children we small when we started, and they could reach that part) and work our way up.

Here are pictures of






  • the banner with the velcro pieces, which are sewn on



















  • the banner with the removable pockets in place






        • the banner with the decorations showing as they would on Maundy Thursday



















        To be ready for Day One (which would be the Thursday following Ash Wednesday) put all the decorations in the pockets and place them on the banner. You will also need to decide what stories you want to use from Jesus' life. If you can know all of those upfront, it will save you time later, because you won't have to think it up---you will just work through your list. You kind of want to end up right before Good Friday.




        The first year I did it, I just had the pockets up, and each day I made an ornament and snuck it into the next pocket, so you obviously don't have to have all those done. And if your kids like to do that kind of thing, they can help you with this.



















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