ONE GOOD NEWS AMONG so many bad news . UMA BOA NOTÍCIA no meio de todas as más notícias

'The News' - O Come O Come Emmanuel - Christmas Mini-Movie from rethinkworship on GodTube.

credits owed to Liberty University

CHRIST JESUS, 
the Man that came to suffer the penalty we would have never been able to pay.

No suffering or tragedy compares to eternal death.

We are unable to save ourselves.

That means separation from God: hell, excruciating suffering without endng.

But the HOLY PERFECT RIGHTEOUS GOD entered the history of mankind 

as a 

HOLY PERFECT ROGHTEOUS BABY BOY

JESUS was born WITHOUT SIN

JESUS lived WITHOUT SIN.

JESUS CHRIST accepted to live CARRYING THE PENALTY OF OUR SINS

and so...

 made available ETERNAL LIFE TO EVERYONE that repents 

and accepts His calling of submission to His Will.

THE paper NATIVITY - O NASCIMENTO DE CRISTO em papel

https://www.danstevers.com/store/the_paper_nativity
A handcrafted telling of the Christmas story

Produced by Dan Stevers
Crafted and filmed by Soymilk Studio
Music by Blake Ewing

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O Advento e O Nascimento de Cristo em trabalho manual em Escola do Largo do Leão

Na disciplina de Religião e Moral Católica preparou-se o Advento e o Natal DEUS CONNOSCO com trabalhos manuais sobre os SÍMBOLOS DO NATAL ~ EMANUEL» DEUS CONNOSCO, por crianças da primária. O vocabulário foi aprendido em português e inglês: Advent Wreath, Nativity Scene, Christmas Star, Present, Candle, Holly, Light, Carolers, Candy Cane,...
Segue uma reportagem de fotos que sugere como se pode conhecer um pouco melhor o que é o Natal.

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Craft work ~Trabalho Manual - Advent Calendar ~ Calendário do Advento

Countdown to Christmas with the Names of Christ!

Credits for all these ideas are owed to Mary-Kate Warner ⇊

http://teachsundayschool.com/i/adventcalendar/

Print out our templates on standard 8.5 X 11 computer paper (or get fancy and use red or green colored paper).

Help the kids cut & assemble a 25-link paper chain.

You only need paper, scissors, & a stapler (or tape) to assemble these advent calendars. Ages 4-16.

No Big Mess.The only “clean up” required is throwing paper scraps in a trash can.

Kids can snip off one link of their chain for each day of Advent and families can read the referenced scripture together as they celebrate the season!

Display your Names of Christ Advent Calendar!  As each day of Advent passes, remove one link of your chain and mark off one candle on the calendar.

Fun idea: Wrap your Christmas tree using the Names of Christ Advent as garland!

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Oh Children Come

https://youtu.be/YU2DviZy0Dw

http://vevo.ly/1TdcHr

A grateful Heart sees many blessings

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ChrisTmas - NaTal : the symbols and their meanings

http://www.celebratingholidays.com/?page_id=1462

/http://teachsundayschool.com/i/printandgift/

A few Crafts to Bring the Spirit of Christ to Your Thanksgiving Table! Alguns Trabalhos Manuais para o jantar do Dia de Ação de Graças

 THANKSGIVING DINNER - in Canada it takes place on the second Monday of October; in the USA the family gathers on the fourth Thursday of November.
Celebrado em outubro, no Canadá, e em novembro, nos EUA.

Credits for all these crafts are owed to Mary-Kate Warner
http://teachsundayschool.com/i/thanksgiving/

GIVING THANKS to GOD for...- DAR GRAÇAS a DEUS por...

PENTECOST Sunday and Monday- Domingo e Segunda feira de Pentecostes

What is Pentecost?

O que é o Pentecostes?

http://www.gotquestions.org/portugues/dia-de-Pentecostes.html

Originally, Pentecost was a Jewish holiday held 50 days after Passover. One of three major feasts during the Jewish year, it celebrated Thanksgiving for harvested crops. However, Pentecost for Christians means something far different.

Before Jesus was crucified, he told his disciples that the Holy Spirit would come after him:

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. John 14:16–18

And 40 days after Jesus was resurrected (10 days after he ascended into heaven), that promise was fulfilled when Christ followers were gathered in Jerusalem for the jewish Pentecost:

When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:1–4

Pentecost Sunday falls this year on May 19. Below 10 things you should know about the holiday.

1. Pentecost Sunday marks the day when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.

2. Pentecost Sunday occurs 50 days after Easter.

3. The Bible records the Pentecost in Acts 2:1-13.

4. Pentecost comes 10 days after the Ascension of Jesus Christ.

5. Pentecost is also known as "the birthday of the Church".

6. Pentecost fulfills Jesus' promise to send the "Counselor" and "Spirit of Truth" in John 16-5-15.

7. Pentecost launches the large-scale spreading of the Gospel after Jesus' ascension. Acts 2:41 records that after Peter spoke to the crowd after receiving the Holy Spirit, some 3,000 people were baptized.

8. The Pentecostal movement derives its name from the New Testament event in Acts 2.

9. Jews also celebrate Pentecost, but not for the same reason as Christians. The celebration by Jews of Pentecost is to observe God giving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai 50 days after the Exodus. The Pentecost in Jewish tradition takes place 50 days after Passover.

10. In Western Churches, Pentecost is usually represented with the color red, which symbolizes the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-pentecost-sunday-96192/#MTmQA6A2r8MlpwKJ.99

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvDf6WqxWeY

Ascensão de Cristo - Celebração com Subida de Balão, Ascension of Christ- celebrated with a Balloon Ascent

Just as He was lifted up to heaven with the clouds, will He one day come back in the clouds
Tal como subiu ao céu nas nuvens, também um dia voltará nas nuvens.