Suggested Activity for teenagers for the week of December 3!

Make a "date" or "appointment" with your teen(s). It doesn't have to be anything fancy...just some time where you can get together alone with them. One suggestion is just to have a family-style meal time together. No television. No answering the phone. Just arrange a time when you'll be together.

Have that meal around your Advent wreath and light some other candles, too, if needed.

Read the Scripture used in the devotional.

Tell your teen a story of your favorite Christmas and tell them why it was.

Ask them which one has been their favorite thus far and why.

Then tell you teen the story of how your life is more abundant because Christ is in it. In other words, share your "testimony" with your teen. If you've already done that and are sure they know it, share with them the current work of Christ in your life and what feelings/emotions/thoughts this brings out in you.

Ask them to tell you what their favorite story about Jesus is and why. Really listen to their response. Ask them to describe their thoughts about Christ and what, if any, reality that has in their day-to-day life.

Ask them what your family can do to make this holiday season more meaningful than those in the past. What attitudes or actions would need to change in either of your lives to make this happen?