Today we celebrated Epiphany. This is traditionally when the Lutheran church celebrates the arrival of the three Wise Men. Although there has been much discussion about the Wise Men and their exact time of arrival - we celebrated the "light" of the star that led them to Baby Jesus. To help us understand the concept of following the star, we went in search of the Wise Men ourselves. It was lots of fun to follow the star around the preschool to finally find the Wise Men and the entire Nativity in a dark room. We sat quietly as the story of the arrival of the Kings was read and were so excited to receive tiny tokens of light. You can't see from the picture, but everyone received a small flashlight to remind them that Jesus is the light and that we should always let His light shine in our hearts. One by one we illuminated our little lights to make that dark room much brighter. It was a fun way to see how much light we can give off if we share God's love together. One of us is not as bright as all 15 lights together. Can you even stop yourself from singing...."this little light of mine..." These sweet faces are so full of His love and I hope you have a little celebration of light in your own home. Happy Epiphany!
PS - We already knew about Frankincense,
Myrhh & Gold and agreed that these would not be the kind of gifts we would bring to a sweet little baby. There is a class book that will start on Monday with
everyone's idea of the perfect gift for Baby Jesus. Look for it in your child's bag.
Today we celebrated Epiphany. This is traditionally when the Lutheran church celebrates the arrival of the three Wise Men. Although there has been much discussion about the Wise Men and their exact time of arrival - we celebrated the "light" of the star that led them to Baby Jesus. To help us understand the concept of following the star, we went in search of the Wise Men ourselves. It was lots of fun to follow the star around the preschool to finally find the Wise Men and the entire Nativity in a dark room. We sat quietly as the story of the arrival of the Kings was read and were so excited to receive tiny tokens of light. You can't see from the picture, but everyone received a small flashlight to remind them that Jesus is the light and that we should always let His light shine in our hearts. One by one we illuminated our little lights to make that dark room much brighter. It was a fun way to see how much light we can give off if we share God's love together. One of us is not as bright as all 15 lights together. Can you even stop yourself from singing...."this little light of mine..." These sweet faces are so full of His love and I hope you have a little celebration of light in your own home. Happy Epiphany! 
PS - We already knew about Frankincense, Myrhh & Gold and agreed that these would not be the kind of gifts we would bring to a sweet little baby. There is a class book that will start on Monday with everyone's idea of the perfect gift for Baby Jesus. Look for it in your child's bag.
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