Family Advent at Home: Week 2 Silent Night

December 6, 2025

The four weeks before Christmas are a special time for God’s people and your family to come together in anticipation of Christ’s birth. This time is called Advent.

Click here for complete instructions on the Advent candles. Three of the candles can be purple, the traditional color of Advent. In the third week, use a pink candle to represent joy.

Light the second Advent candle, peace. You will also light the hope candle from the previous week.

Ask someone to say, “This is the second week of Advent. We first light the candle of hope from last week. Today, we light the candle of peace.” 

Dig Deeper

• Read together or talk about the devotion Advent at Home: Silent Night. You can use the prayer at the end of the devotion or your own prayer.
• To learn more about what peace means in the Bible, you can select readings from Isaiah 9:6-7, John 14:27, and John 16:33.
• Ask this self-reflection question: “What do you think could make kids your age anxious or afraid?” Allow space for kids to share. Maybe list their answers on a piece of paper. You can decide as a family if the lists can be shared or kept private. Ensure that everyone knows they can talk to you anytime, anyplace, about things that worry them. Then ask, “What do you know about Jesus that can ‘Shhhhhhh!’ those fears?” Examples: He is bigger than our greatest worry. He promises to be with us. Nothing can separate us from his love. If you wrote a list, write, “Shhhhhhh!” or “Jesus is here!” or “Peace” in capital letters over the entire list.
• Listen to (or sing!) a family-favorite Christmas carol about peace, like “Silent Night,” or find an Advent/Christmas playlist. You might play more songs as you discuss the optional family activity.
• Check out Kids Corner's audio Bible story The Birth of Jesus

Optional Family Activity: Create Peace from A to Z

Your family’s calendar can light up like a Christmas tree with extra activities, programs, and sugar. That’s why one of the best things you can do for your family is to create a peaceful space. Gather everyone in the same room for thirty minutes and power down all screens, devices, and distractions. Not possible? Then start with three minutes. Take a deep breath and enjoy one another as you Create Peace from A to Z.

1. Choose a hands-on activity.

• Young children: Build with alphabet blocks, form letters with Play-Doh® or pipe cleaners, write letters on a wall with the light of a flashlight, or trace letters on one another’s backs.
• Older children: Create Calming Jars. Fill a clean, recycled jar with warm water, chunky and fine glitter, a few drops of glycerin or glitter glue (this slows the glitter when the jar is shaken), and a few drops of dish soap (this keeps the glitter from sticking together). When finished, adhere the lid with a glue gun or clear glue. Shaking the jar and watching the glitter fall slowly to the bottom is calming for all ages. 

      2. Collaborate on an A to Z list.

• While working on your hands-on activities, team up to speak out an A to Z list of things you’re thankful for during the Christmas season. Examples: A—Aunt Shari’s funny Christmas letter, B—Baby Jesus’ birth, and C—Christmas vacation.
• If you have extra time, list things you see or hear at Christmas from A to Z. Examples: A—Angels, B—Bows, and C—Christmas carols.

We hope that this practice of participating in Advent focuses your family on Jesus and gives greater anticipation for Christmas. May God bless you during this Advent season.