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Jesus' Birthday Party

Every year at church I have a birthday party for Jesus with the kids.  Here is my outline for the party this year:

Jesus' Birthday Party

Tonight we are going to celebrate by having a birthday party for Jesus.  So many times it seems like people forget that the whole reason we celebrate Christmas is because it is Jesus' birthday.


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Now we are going to talk about our cake.

The first thing you may notice is the cake is round which reminds us of God's never ending love for us   (We are all going to make mistakes, we're not perfect.  But we know that all we have to do is ask God to forgive us and if we are really sincere He will forgive us.)

The border of hearts around the cake sides represents each one of us standing as witnesses for Jesus. (How can we witness for Jesus)

The gold star in the middle of the cake reminds us of the star of Bethlehem which led the wise men to Jesus.

The yellow hearts around the star is the grace of God.

The red candle we have over to the side represents Jesus.  (Light red candle)

Read Christmas story.

Give everyone a candle and let them stick it in the cake and then light each of their candles.  When we have Jesus in our heart we are a light to the world for Jesus.  So many people won't read the Bible for themselves to learn more about Jesus so we need to be able to let them see Jesus in our life and our lifestyle.

Sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and blow out candles.

When we cut the cake you will notice three layers.

• The first layer is brown for our sins.  
• The second layer is red for Jesus' blood that He shed for our sins when He died on the cross.
• The third layer is green which stands for new life -- which is something we have in our heart after we accept Jesus and ask for forgiveness of our sins.
• The frosting is white and it stands for Jesus' purity and righteousness.

Trunk or Treat 2010

We had so much fun this year at the Trunk or Treat at our church.  Here are a few pictures:

A Very Special Day

October 17, 2010 was a very special day.  Our youngest daughter, Abbie, was baptized.  She had asked Jesus into her heart a few years back but for one reason or another had waited to join the church.  On Sunday, October 10th she walked down the aisle to make her public profession of faith. 
She is such a special girl and I am so thankful that God put her into our life.  I know God must have big plans for her and I can't wait to see what He has in store.  My world completely changed 12 years ago when I found out I was pregnant and it has been wonderful! 

Rite-Aid Savings

I ran into Rite-Aid today before work and picked up some candy for Trunk or Treat. 

I bought all of this candy for only $2.26, a savings of $24.00.  I also received $10.00 in UP rewards to use the next time I shop at Rite-Aid.

My coupon system

I have a rolling file folder cart that I have labeled with 12 hanging files for each month. In each hanging file I put in two file folders (one labeled Red Plum and the other one labeled Smart Source) When I buy the Sunday paper I use a marker to write the date on the front and then I file the entire coupon supplement in the correct folder. At this point I have not had to cut any coupons yet. Every week I go to the southernsavers.com website and I look at the stores I will be shopping at. This site will tell me what is on sale, what coupons are available and where I can find them. Then I can pull my coupons out of the file and cut the ones I will be using. I use a small envelope and write down on the envelope the name of the store and what I will be buying with my coupons listed. I then put all of the coupons in the envelope so they are handy for the store.


My rolling file cart that I use to store my coupons:

A close up of my files:

A picture of how I label my coupon papers by date:

Church Bulletin Board

Here's the new bulletin board Abbie and I made for the adult Sunday school class.