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DESCRIPTION:\n\nFamilies are invited to join with other families across the
  diocese in a fun and creative Advent project to help prepare your hearts 
 and homes for Christmas! A Jesse Tree is sort of like an Advent calendar 
 – each day through Advent you read a bible story and add an ornament rep
 resenting that symbol to your Jesse Tree (here's a short YouTube video to 
 explain what that is!) The stories trace the story of Jesus’s family thr
 ough scripture\, bringing you right to the birth of Jesus. \nOur Jesse Tre
 e Project will connect up to 24 families to one another as they journey th
 rough Advent together with their Jesse Trees. Each participating family wi
 ll get crafty and create 24 copies of one of the ornaments\, and send them
  into the Synod Office. The ornaments will be packaged up and redistribute
 d so that each family gets one for each day. All of the families will be i
 nvited to hop on a zoom call together at the start of Advent (on November 
 29th at 3 pm) to kick things off\, and then again for a wrap up around Epi
 phany. \nYou don't have to be super artsy or creative to be part of this -
  we'll send along some paper templates of ornaments and you can take it fr
 om there. Here's an example of what we will send out! You could do somethi
 ng as simple as colouirng the ornaments\, cutting them out and putting the
 m on a string\, or as elaborate as you'd like. We want this to be a fun an
 d engaging thing for your family - not for it to feel like an overwhelming
  undertaking!\nOf all of the things that impact faith formation through ch
 ildhood and adolescence\, practicing faith at home is the one that has the
  biggest impact\, and we hope that this project will help families do just
  that\, and help them dig deeper into stories of our faith and all that Ch
 ristmas means. \nStill got questions? Check out our FAQs!\nFamilies can re
 gister now to be part of this project\, or can get in touch with Allie at 
 youthandfamily@nspeidiocese.ca or (902) 789 3481 if you have any questions
 !\n\n
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