Xapa to the World

Month: November 2013

  • Freebie Printable: December Bible Verse Calendar

    Dec 11 ESV

    If you remember, from last month, I posted some freebie downloads for a Bible verse calendar for November. To continue, here are downloads for the month of December in three versions, ESV, KJV, and NIV.

    Some of these verses are truly golden ones for the beautiful time of year we celebrate Jesus’ birth. I hope you enjoy these as much as the November ones.

    Dec 25 ESV

    Instructions:

    1. Download the .pdf file below.
    2. Print onto white 8.5 x 11 card-stock (other colors might be ok, but you’ll have to test that out yourself).
    3. Cut along the dotted lines then sort into numeric order.
    4. Prop up on a little stand, or keep in a drawer and swap out on the fridge. Or buy a recipe box with a ridge in the top for easy reading.
    5. Keep in a prominent place where the members of the household will easily see it. The kitchen table is good, if you have breakfast there.
    6. Discuss verse(s) with family and encourage reading the surrounding verses for context and meditation throughout the day.

    Download:

    December ESV (pdf)
    December KJV (pdf)
    December NIV (pdf)

    Bible In a Year Plan December

    Enjoy! Oh, and subscribe to this blog to the right if you’d like notifications of new posts and the next of these printables. I promise not to overwhelm your inbox. 🙂

  • Covenant House – Opening Doors for Homeless Youth

    I got a phone call today. It was a restricted number, and normally I don’t answer those, but I thought on the off-chance that it might be important, so I picked up.

    Plus, my husband was sleeping in the other room and I didn’t want it to wake him.

    I’ve had this organization on my radar for a few years now and love it when I have the resources to help out. That’s not often (working hard to get down our debt…so we can be more generous later).

    I’m glad I picked up the phone because they informed me about an amazing matching grant that is going on right now.

    Covenant House Logo

    Covenant House is an organization founded in the 1970s to help get homeless kids off the streets. This cause resonates all the more with me because I learned a while ago that homeless kids are at high risk of being trafficked. That’s true not just in the States, but across the globe…but let’s get back to Covenant House.

    Covenant House has shelters in 21 cities in the US, Canada, and Central America: Anchorage, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Managua, Mexico City, Milpas Altas, Newark, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, Orlando, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Tegucigalpa, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, D.C. and YOU can make a difference in the life of a child there.

    I told you that they have a matching grant – $500,000 to match donations made until the end of the year! That has the potential to become $1,000,000!

    Need an idea of what they do with that money? There’s a wonderful Christmas catalog on their website where you can get a clear explanation of what certain dollar amounts will provide.

    Covenant House Christmas

    There are a lot of great charities to support out there, but if you’re looking for one to make your own, I would encourage you to investigate more about Covenant House and then give give give!

    By the way, it’s a command of God to help those who are orphaned and abandoned. I don’t think any two kids have the same story of the things they’ve experienced. There are countless reasons that a kid will end up on the streets. However, there is a practical way to help get them off the street and into a warm, nurturing environment. And this is how you can make that happen.

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