Dusty Linn in Conway, AR brings Christmas alive...
For Christmas, I dress up as Mary and come in on a very serious note. I looked up info on her hometown on google and then described the "scene" to the girls from her eyes. Every year two or three girls end up crying b/c they identify with her so much. I talk about how she is looked at and how alone she feels... Then when I change and we have a dessert and discussion time we ask what part of Mary's story they identify with the most.
And in Georgia...
I also had the chance to visit Linda Norman's club last year in Griffin, GA. When she gave her club talk, she talked from Mary's perspective. She revealed the fact that Mary was a teen mom, how she was judged because she was not married and pregnant, how Joseph responded, and how shunned she was by the community. She talked through what her journey and birth experience truly would have been like. It was powerful. Then, she talked about how important and valuable she was...and what a chosen vessel of God she was!!!
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