Ideas for Advent Chain:
Find something warm in your closet to donate to charity
Bring food to church to donate to a local food bank
Make Christmas cards for your neighbors
Donate old toys to charity
Leave joyful chalk messages at bus stops or sidewalks around where you live
Write a letter to a sibling or other family member telling them why you love them
Leave a beautiful homemade bookmark in your library book when your return it
Deliver cookies to a neighbor who seems lonely
Write a note to a friend telling them how important they are
Sit next to someone you normally don’t and learn something new about them
Sit outside and draw something from nature
Send a care package to someone in the military or in college
Donate books to the library
Write a thank you card to a teacher, coach, scout leader or someone that has influenced you in a positive way
Clean up the area where you live by picking up litter.
Do something to help someone else
Donate pet food or blankets to a local shelter
Write a thank you note for the trash collectors or mail deliverer
Journal 30 things for which you are grateful
Make a christmas card for a receptionist who always has a smile
Make a thank you card or cookies for the fire or police station
Invite someone lonely for a meal
Work on making a new friend
Give out 3 compliments today
Try to go slower and notice things around you today
Smile extra today!
Call a relative you haven’t spoken to in a while
Spend 5 minutes in silent prayer
Pray for everyone you know in need
Read the newspaper and pray for trouble in the world
Go for a walk and enjoy God’s creation
Scripture Passage Ideas:
Isaiah 9:2 - The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shined.
Isaiah 9:6 - For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 12:2 - Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.
Isaiah 42:1 - Behold my servant, who I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
Isaiah 42:6 - I am the Lord; I have called you in righteousness; I will take you by the hand and keep you; I will give you as a covenant for the people, a light for the nations.
Micah 5:4 - And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth.
Matthew 1:21 - She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
Matthew 1:23 - Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel (which means, God is with us).
Luke 1:30-33 - And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.”
John 1:4-5 - In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Find a new favorite psalm.
Read the nativity story in Luke or Matthew.