Jesse Tree Tradition at Christ Church School
The Jesse Tree is a tradition that began in the Medieval Church and arose from the scripture in Isaiah 11:1 in which the coming of the Messiah is prophesied as being of the House and lineage of David, from the stump of Jesse. There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. The symbols from the Old Testament, which are used as ornaments on the Jesse Tree, are seen as foreshadowing the coming of Jesus. We have simply combined the Jesse Tree traditions with our school Advent Calendar. (Note: in order to cover all of the days of December through the 25th before school is out on Friday, 21st, the last week's schedule has extra days of reading from later in the month.)
Weekly Bible Verses for the
month of December
Every week the student's memorize
a Bible Verse from our Copybook Cursive Scripture and Poems Book and then
recite it to me on Friday morning's. For the month of December, I will choose a
weekly Bible Verse from the Jesse Tree Bible Stories. They will receive a copy of the Bible Verse every Monday morning, and will also write the Bible Verse in their Student Organizer.
For Friday,
December 7, 2012
Genesis
1:3-5
3. And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4. And
God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.
5. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was
evening and there was morning, one day.
