Journey with Joseph Through Advent

By Samuel G. Schaefer and Kyla Wiebe

Experience the Christmas story from a refreshingly creative angle, and keep your whole family engaged.

Explore the birth of Jesus by traveling through Advent with Joseph. The 25 short daily readings followed by questions will help you and your children connect this profound story to your own lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Siretona Kids
• Release date: Nov 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781988983561

Samuel G. Schaefer

Samuel G. Schaefer was born in Germany and spent over five years working in a developing country, where he met his wonderful wife Bonita. His desire to build into others grew throughout those years overseas and he was able to pass on the work, which is now growing to levels he had never imagined. Samuel shares openly out of his life experiences and likes to give others the chance through his writing to do same. Samuel and Bonita have two boys and are currently living in Cologne, Germany.

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title

Journey with Joseph through Advent © 2022 Samuel G. Shaefer

www.schaeferbooks.com/

Published by Siretona Creative • www.siretona.com

October 2022

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the author or publisher.

Schaefer, Samuel G., author

Journey with Joseph through Advent / written by Samuel G. Schaefer;

illustrated by Kyla Wiebe

English version

978-1-988983-55-4 (Softcover / Paperback)

978-1-988983-66-0 (Hardcover)

978-1-988983-56-1 (eBook)

German translation by Johanna Wiebe

978-1-988983-57-8 (Softcover / Paperback)

978-1-988983-67-7 (Hardcover)

978-1-988983-59-2 (eBook)

Ukranian translation by Inna Dmytriieva

978-1-988983-58-5 (Paperback)

978-1-988983-69-1 (Softcover / Hardcover)

978-1-988983-60-8 (eBook)

Russian translation by Inna Dmytriieva

978-1-988983-61-5 (Paperback)

978-1-988983-68-4 (Softcover / Hardcover)

978-1-988983-62-2 (eBook)

Interior design and layout by Julie Karen • www.juliekaren.com

Cover design by Kyla Wiebe and Colleen McCubbin

Printed in Canada by Van Pelt's Print Plus • www.vanpelts.ca

Distributed to the trade by The Ingram Book Company

contents

A Note to Parents

A Note to Children

Day 1. - Joseph

Day 2. - Mary

Day 3. - Elizabeth

Day 4. - Mary Coming Back

Day 5. - Mary is having a Baby

Day 6. - Mary’s Side of the Story

Day 7. - Joseph Obeys

Day 8. - Listening and Obeying

Day 9. - News from Rome

Day 10. - Walking to Bethlehem

Day 11. - Looking for a Place

Day 12. - The Birth Place

Day 13. - The Birth of Jesus

Day 14. - The Shepherds Find Jesus

Day 15. - The Shepherds and the Angels

Day 16. - The Shepherds and the Passover Lamb

Day 17. - The Shepherds Followed the Call

Day 18. - The Mark

Day 19. - Presenting Jesus at the Temple

Day 20. - The Wise Men Come

Day 21. - The Star

Day 22. - The Gifts

Day 23. - Herod

Day 24. - Dreams

Day 25. - Back in Town

Conclusion

Notes

note-parents

As a father of two sons, I wrote this book to tell my children the story of the Savior entering the world.

I chose to tell the story from the view of Joseph and put some of my own reactions to situations into the story.

I also wanted to create a way to tell my sons about their family and what their parents have experienced in their life.