![]() The Double Arc calendar has its own space in the center for Christmas. The area surrounding the circle and/or the circle itself on the Stained Glass calendar can be used for Christmas. The Box Calendar has a space dated Dec 25. Each calendar has a space for Christmas.Ad vent Calendar 2018 Double Arcs–Dates (.pdf).Advent Stained Glass Calendar (.pdf) This one has no dates so you can choose your own path through Advent.Advent Tree Calendar 2018 Shapes–Dates (.pdf).Advent Tree Calendar 2018 Shapes (.pdf).Download first then print. Feel free to share the calendar templates with others, for individual or group use. When the image appears as a google doc, click on the download button at the top (the square with the downward facing arrow). pdf form.Ĭlick on the links below the pictures for the one you want. ![]() Here are six 2018 Advent Calendar templates in. Here are some samples of completed Advent calendars from past years. The words, marks, and color end up creating a beautiful tapestry in spite of your skill level! Advent calendars can also be just black and white. This is not supposed to be a great work of art. The Tree template might be a simple one for a child to use. Light a battery-powered votive candle and give them a quiet, secret place to work. Pray and ponder how that name for Jesus stirs, affects, annoys, delights, or inspires you.Ħ) For smaller children, print the calendar on 11″x17″ paper and just let them color. Use the Bible, Handel’s Messiah, Christmas carols, and hymns to uncover those names. Here are a few of the many ways we refer to Jesus: savior, messiah, friend, Prince of Jesus, Emmanuel…. ![]() Write one of the many names for Jesus in the daily box. Offer that idea to God as you draw, write, and color.ĥ) Advent means “coming,” and specifically the coming of Jesus. Keep a computer or notebook next to your calendar so you can write any insights or “ahas.”ģ) Write and ponder an Advent word– – prepare, wait, pregnant, hope, watch, darkness, longing, light…-as you doodle and color.Ĥ) Advent is a season of hope. What is the word saying to you? What does God have to say to you about the word? Listening + doodling+ coloring = praying. Write it in the shape and start to doodle and color around it. Choose a word from the reading that jumps out at you. When you have finished with your daily entry, say “Amen” or recite a short passage of Scripture appropriate to Advent like “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” (Psalm 27:1)Ģ) Combine your calendar with one of the many wonderful Advent books of meditations and reflections. Squeeze them onto the calendar in the shape or along the margins if they feel important. If words come to you as you draw and color, pray them. Think of each stroke of color or each doodled mark (line, dot, arc, spiral…) as a wordless prayer. This year’s calendar templates at the bottom of this post are downloadable for free.ġ) In a space or shape on the calendar, write the name of someone for whom you are praying. It is a record of the daily spiritual journey through Advent.Īdvent calendars are for adults and children. I like to think of this calendar as a “count-up” to Christmas rather than a “count-down.” It is a building up, rather than a tearing apart. The finished Advent calendar is a colorful reminder of what was in your head and on your heart each day. Instead of opening the door of the day with pictures or retrieving small gifts or candies from pockets, the calendar marks the daily journey to Christmas with your prayers and simple drawings. You create this one with words and doodles. If you have never done this before, it is a simple, daily but satisfying spiritual practice. This kind of calendar is different from the Advent calendars you buy in a store. If I had to choose just one Advent discipline or activity, it would be a doodled Advent calendar.
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