Advent Jesse Tree - Christmas Manger Ornament

Celebrate the season of Christmas in your home with 26 colorful ornaments that trace the heritage of Jesus Christ

through the stories of the Old Testament.  As you journey from Eden to Bethlehem, your family will enjoy a new ornament each day of Advent. We’ve crafted each handmade ornament from durable plastic (approximate size 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches). The rich colors will accent your tree and blend nicely with your other decorations year after year.

To keep your ornaments safe from wear and loss, they will arrive in a cloth bag with a gold drawstring. We carefully package each ornament and its wire hanger in its own resealable, clear plastic bag. Your ornaments are made in the USA.

We recommend using your ornaments with the popular book, The Advent Jesse Tree. Or click here to download our free Roadmap to Advent.

“There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots,” Isaiah 11:1 (NKJV).

Order before July 31, 2010, and save with our special “Christmas in July”  introductory price of $24.95 plus $4.95 shipping via USPS Priority Mail.

Please allow up to 2 weeks for delivery.

Told in his own words, Joseph Bates’ (July 8, 1792 – March 19, 1872) story begins at sea, where in 1810 he is forced with other United States citizens into servitude for the British navy and eventually finds himself a prisoner during the War of 1812. After his release, his adventures on the open sea continue until his unlikely, life-changing encounter with God which leads to the founding of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a worldwide Protestant Christian denomination which today reports over 15 million baptized members with congregations in 202 countries.

3/4 c   Cashews
2 c       Water
1/4  c   Nutritional Yeast Flakes
1 tsp     Sea Salt
1 tsp     Onion Powder
1/2 tsp  Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp   Beef-like Seasoning
2 tsp     Paprika
3 Tbsp  Tomato Sauce
1/4 tsp  Celery Seed
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2 c     Vital Wheat Gluten
2 Tbsp  Whole Wheat Flour

1. In blender combine all ingredients except gluten and whole wheat flour.   Blend until smooth.
2. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the gluten flour and whole wheat flour.  Add liquid from blender and mix well.
3. Spray work surface with non-stick cooking spray.  Shape gluten mixture into a log shape.  Wrap in parchment paper….then in aluminum foil.
4. Bake at 325 F. for 1-1/2 hours.
5. Allow to cool completely before slicing.  Serve with gravy or use in sandwiches.

For parents looking for natural, drug-free approaches to managing or treating ADHD, here’s something to consider. Researchers and clinicians have long thought there is a link between lack of sleep and two of the main symptoms in ADHD, lack of attention and hyperactivity. A recent study of 7-8 year old children may confirm these suspicions.

Published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers found that children whose average sleep was less than 7.7  hours were more hyperactive and impulsive than children who slept more than 7.7 hours but less than 9.4 hours.

In the United States there is an epidemic of children not getting enough sleep, as they are allowed by their parents to stay up late watching movies, television, chatting on the Internet  or playing computer games, only to have to get up early in the morning to make their way to school. The study highlights the need for parents to set regular bedtimes for their children, and monitor their children’s sleep.

For children to sleep well, it is important to avoid stimulating activities before bedtime such as exciting television, movies or games. Also, caffeinated drinks and eating late in the evening can impair sleep. For a good nights rest, it is important to provide children with a quiet, darkened room and a comfortable bed.

Source: Pediatrics Vol. 123 No. 5 May 2009, pp. e857-e864)

Ingredients: 4 eggs, 3 oz. of sugar, 4 oz. of ground sweet almonds, 1/2 oz. of ground bitter almonds.

Instructions: Whip the whites of the eggs to a stiff froth, mix them lightly with the well-beaten yolks, add the other ingredients gradually. Have ready a well-buttered pie-dish, pour the mixture in (not filling the dish more than three-quarters full), and bake in a moderately hot oven until a knitting needle pushed through comes out clean. Turn the pudding out and serve cold.

Ingredients: 1 lb. of cold boiled potatoes, 1 small beetroot, some spring onions, olives, 4 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, 2 of salad oil, a little tarragon vinegar, salt, pepper, minced parsley.

Instructions: Cut the potatoes in small pieces, put these into a salad bowl, cut up the onions and olives, and add them to the potatoes. Mix the vinegar, oil, tarragon vinegar, salt, and pepper well together, pour it into the salad bowl, and stir it well. Garnish with beetroot and parsley.

It’s not necessary to have a backyard garden to put fresh vegetables on your dinner plate. Sprouting is so simple, a responsible child can do it! Sprouting kits and seeds can be purchased at your local natural food store or on Amazon.com. It’s also easy to make your own sprouting jar, using a wide-mouth mason jar,  a square of nylon screen from your local hardware store, and a thick rubber band to hold the screen over the mouth of the jar. Clean your jar well with soap and hot water, being sure to rinse it out well to remove the soap residue. Following the instructions on your seeds, you’ll usually place  no more than a tablespoon of seed in the jar. Seeds in the jar, fill it with water and soak overnight on your kitchen countertop. After that, pour out the water, and rinse the seeds daily once in the morning and once in the evening, by filling the jar with water, pouring it out and laying jar on its side or tipped with mouth downward in a small bowl. Within a day or two your seeds will start to sprout. Keep the jar where the seeds receive indirect sunlight, and within 3-4 days they’ll begin to green. Now you can eat them in salads or sandwiches!

Don’t let your sprouts get to big. Usually after about 5 days, you’ll want to stop rinsing them and keep them in the refrigerator. They won’t keep long, and you’ll want to eat them when they are fresh. When they get a slimy film on them, it’s time to throw them out and start a fresh batch.

A great gift for daughters, but moms and dadss can read it too. In dark times, the Waldenses protected the truths of the Bible from corrupt kings and evil popes who sought to banish God’s Word from the earth, while lighting their world with God’s love. Raised with this legacy, a young Paula finds herself in an unfamiliar world following her father’s untimely death. Placed in the home of her uncle where the discussion of religion forbidden, she is soon prohibited from reading her own cherished Bible. The foundations of her faith challenged, Paula must choose whether she will make the Waldensian legacy her own. For generations, Paula’s story has enriched and encouraged children and adults alike to be imitators of God, standing for truth and walking in love. Paula the Waldensian is an epic of faith and character that must be read by children and adults alike.

No stories capture the essence of what it means to take a stand for ones faith better than the stories of the martyrs. Though hundreds of Waldenses who gave their lives for the sake of loyalty to God remain nameless in history, their stories live on in the pages of this book, compelling today’s Christians to take their faith seriously. A fierce battle wages between Christ and Satan over the hearts and minds of every man, woman and child. On the front lines of this war are those who dare to shine the light of the Holy Bible on the darkness of those who would usurp God’s sovereignty. In the latter years of the Middle Ages, a people called the Waldenses dared to stand against the religio-political power of a corrupt Roman Catholic Church, pitting truth against tradition and greed.

This updated edition of the Scottish historian, James Aitken Wylie’s classic The History of the Waldenses, chronicles the perils, plight and persecution of the Waldenses across the centuries as they devoted all they had–even their lives–to preserving the sacred truths of the Gospel and taking them to the world. An new preface by Ellen G. White provides a compelling overview of the Waldenses faith and its implications for today’s Christians. An epilogue by the editor provides a brief glimpse at the Waldenses in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Do you suffer from sinusitis, seasonal or chronic allergies, frequent colds or sinus infections? Do you wish you could stop snoring when you sleep, or end bloody noses? It is possible to find relief through a simple, inexpensive procedure known as the sinus rinse. Suffering from a sinus infection a little over a year ago, I called for an appointment with my primary doctor. He was not available when I wanted to see him, but I was able to get in with on of his associates who encouraged me to get a neti pot.

I’d heard of the neti pot before. Shaped like a tea kettle with rubber tube attached to its spout, you fill the neti pot with a saline solution (i.e. salt and warm water mixture), and leaning over a sink, insert the tube in one nostril, tip the pot and run the water through you sinus cavity and out the other nostril. The water clears the sinus cavity of built up mucus and moistens the mucus membranes inside your sinus. The doctor recommended I do this a couple of times a day.

Well, while waiting for my antibiotic prescription to be filled at Walgreens, I looked for a neti pot and found the NeilMed Sinus Rinse Kit. Reading the instructions, it seemed easier to use and was less expensive than the neti pot. I took it home and tried it. I’ve been using it at least twice a day ever since, and have even convinced my wife and daughter to do a daily sinus rinse. As a result, we’ve had fewer sinus infections, fewer colds, fewer bloody noses, less snoring, and relief from allergies. I even take mine with me when I travel, and no longer suffer from dry sinuses from the dry air in airplanes and hotels.

It’s important to have a supply of the sinus rinse solution, and to use water with the chlorine removed. One can use bottled water purchased at your local grocery in gallon jugs, or a PUR or Brita water purifier hooked up to your faucet at home. When traveling, I take a water bottle that has a built in water filter. Who wants to pay $4 for the water in the hotel mini-bar?  Another money-saving tip for tough economic times–buy fine sea salt (without iodine) and use 1/4 teaspoon pf sea salt for every 8 ounces of water, instead of the saline solution.