Happy Birthday Jesus!

This past Saturday we had a Birthday Party for Jesus. This is one of our big events that we do every year at Redeemer. Although this event is a lot of work for our team, we LOVE it. It is so fun to gather with our children and families and focus on this special birth during the Christmas Season. The children get so excited to have a huge carnival birthday party, sing Happy Birthday, blow out candles, and eat cake ALL for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. One little 2 year old boy said afterwards, "can it be Jesus' Birthday everyday?"

We have carnival games, pinatas, face painting and crafts!

We partner with Hope for New York to do a service project. This year we made hygiene kits for families who are homeless and we collected winter clothes for underprivileged children in the city. Our children were so excited to have the opportunity to help others. It is so fun to see them begin to grasp this concept at such a young age.

Before singing Happy Birthday and eating cake and goodies, we had a time of singing Christmas carols and a bible story. The children had the opportunity to watch and be a part of the actual Christmas story being acted out.

It is so fun to see these children soak up this celebration and really walk away learning more about the birth of Jesus and why we celebrate it. It is good for me as well to be reminded once again the real reason we celebrate Christmas!

Happy Birthday Jesus!