Create a living nativity scene, including a crèche (crib), with this charming Christmas musical. Twelve delightful unison carols from around the world illustrate the Christmas scriptures. Legends trace modern Christmas customs to their Christian origins, including The Legend of the First Christmas Tree." Teaching suggestions and reproducible program included in Director's Score. Grades K-8, approx. 30 minutes."

Create a living nativity scene, including a cr che (crib), with this charming Christmas musical. Twelve delightful unison carols from around the world illustrate the Christmas scriptures. Legends trace modern Christmas customs to their Christian origins, including "The Legend of the First Christmas Tree." Teaching suggestions and reproducible program included in Director's Score. Grades K-8, approx. 30 minutes.

This delightful musical reinforces the true meaning of Christmas gift-giving as toys around the Christmas tree are granted the gift of life on Christmas Eve. Includes 9 easy unison songs, 6 speaking roles appropriate for grades K-4, approx. 20 minutes.

This creative story line is inspired by scriptural passages celebrating Jesus as the Light of Salvation and culminates with a beautiful candlelighting ceremony for cast and audience, challenging all people to become Carriers of God's Light." Reproducible program, costuming and staging suggestions included in director's Score. Fully-orchestrated recordings by Alan Billingsley. Grades K-8, approx. 20 minutes."

This charming musical is adapted from the nativity scriptures and reinforces the positive values of Christmas gift giving. Incorporates the beloved animals' tale from the 12th century carol, The Friendly Beasts." Costuming and staging suggestions included in Director's Score. Grades K-5, approx. 20 minutes."

For children's and youth choirs, or adult choirs with limited voices or rehearsal time, the flexible format of Journey to Bethlehem is the ideal Christmas program for unison or 2-part voices. Five suites, each lasting 3-5 minutes, journey from Advent through Epiphany with short rhyming narration and carol medleys. Sing them individually throughout the season or together as a single 20-minute program. Perform them with one choir or several choirs, each assigned to a different suite. A real "budget saver," Journey to Bethlehem features REPRODUCIBLE singers' pages right in the Director's Score, also great for audience or congregational participation!

The author of the bestselling celebration of discipline explores the great traditions of Christian spirituality and their role in spiritual renewal today. In this landmark work, Foster examines the "streams of living water" –– the six dimensions of faith and practice that define Christian tradition. He lifts up the enduring character of each tradition and shows how a variety of practices, from individual study and retreat to disciplines of service and community, are all essential elements of growth and maturity. Foster examines the unique contributions of each of these traditions and offers as examples the inspiring stories of faithful people whose lives defined each of these "streams."

Who is Jesus whom we are waiting on this Advent? Who is Jesus' family and where did they come from? How does Jesus connect all the way back to Abraham, Jesse, and even Adam? Teach your children, ages 4 and up, about Jesus this Advent and Christmas season through this 16-page children's book, using Jesse's tree to introduce Jesus' family tree, explaining that through Him we are part of the family of God, rooted in Christ through our Baptism.

This is an illustrated life of Jesus conveyed in stories retold from the Bible, and poems and prayers from the world's Christian heritage. The book features key episodes form the life of Jesus—his birth, childhood, miracles, teaching and stories, and his death and resurrection.