Amy Tongue worked as head of Lawns and Gardens and is the Naturalist for the coming summer. Steve Tongue is currently Operations Manager. They're from Alpena, Michigan on beautiful Thunder Bay of Lake Huron. They first lived at Holden Village in the early 1990s. The Jesse Tree is an Advent tradition during the days leading up to Christmas. It is meant to be done as a daily family devotional, or with a group.
Advent is a time of preparing and waiting. The word "advent" means "coming." The Jesse tree is named from Isaiah 11:1: "Then a shoot will spring up out of the stump of Jesse, and a branch will grow out of his roots." Jesse was the father of Kind David, and Jesus was born into the family tree of David.
For further information about the Jesse Tree tradition, see the following link. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bzuB8O7zXM-UcXldT6JKayLkZEnj4eyz/view?usp=sharing
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