Show God’s Love: St. Nicholas Party, Dec. 16, 11:30am

St. Nicholas, out of love for God and a desire to imitate Him, showed love to others by helping them.  During this season where acts of charity abound, it is important for us to follow St. Nicholas’ example – strive to imitate God by showing love to others and helping them.  This is how we prepare ourselves and our children to meet the Lord at His birth.

Father Aidan will start the party with an opening prayer. Then each kid will go, buy, and light a candle, asking St. Nicholas to intercede for the poor people whom he loves so much.

Then we will make kits for poor people that we might encounter in the streets. We will decorate a card with an icon of St. Nicholas on it and put it in the kit.

While the children are making kits for the poor we will read the life of St. Nicholas to them and talk about how they feel about giving and receiving gifts.

We will play the St. Nicholas Coin Toss game, sing Christmas carols, drink wassail, and eat fast-friendly cookies and fruits.

Join us in sharing love and joy with the church family and the world.