So, Why God? Session Plan

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1 STARTING OUT Photocopy this planning page, and then fill it in with the other leaders when you plan each session. Fill in the evaluation and attendance sections afterwards to have a complete record of what you have done. So, Why God? Session Plan Session: Date: Team: Overall aim: Resources needed: Brief session plan (with initials for the team member leading) Attendance: (List the names of all those who came to the session.) Evaluation: (How well do you think the session went? Be positive, eg what worked well?) 11

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4 Use with Why3 CLUE ONE This is Mary. Draw what has made her so shocked. CLUE TWO What did the angel tell Joseph? RRAMY RAMY! TEH BBAY S NMEA SI EJSSU CLUE THREE Can you remember the memory verse? CLUE FOUR Everyone can do this. Find Luke 2:1 4 and answer these questions. Who was the Emperor? Where did everyone have to go? Where did Joseph leave? Who had lived in Bethlehem? CLUE FIVE Spot eight differences in the pictures below. 14 Photocopiable page

5 Use with Why3 CLUE SIX In 15 seconds, think of as many words as you can to describe what the shepherds felt when the angels appeared. CLUE SEVEN Everyone quickly draw a picture of what the shepherds found when they came to worship Jesus. (Check how correct their pictures are by looking at Luke 2:15 20.) CLUE EIGHT Read out loud Luke 2:19. What did Mary keep on doing? Why did she keep doing these things? CLUE NINE Find Matthew 2:7 12 and answer these questions: What did King Herod ask the wise men? Did he really want to worship this king? What led the wise men to Jesus? Where was Jesus? What gifts did they give to him? What stopped them going back to King Herod? CLUE TEN Which of these two are the same? Photocopiable page 15

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7 Use with Why4 Prayer card How can I ask Jesus to be my friend? God sent Jesus to show us how much he loves us. He wants us to love and trust him. He wants each one of us to be his friends. We need to be sorry for the wrong things that we have done really sorry so we don't want to do them again. We need to believe that Jesus died on the cross so that we could be forgiven. If you want to be a friend of Jesus, you can pray like this: Jesus, I want to be your friend. Thank you that you love me. Thank you for living in the world and dying on a cross for me. I m sorry for all the wrong things I have done. Please forgive me and let me be your friend. Please may the Holy Spirit help me be like you. Amen. If you have prayed this prayer and you are really serious about being friends with Jesus, we would like to know so we can help you. Please fill in this part of the card, tear it off and give it back to the person who gave you the prayer card. Or if you go to a club with a Postbox, put it in there. Name... Address Postcode... God hears us when we pray to him and has promised to forgive us and help us to be his friends if we really want to. This card belongs to: Name... Date... Use with Why 2 Use with Why11 Name... What is your favourite bird or animal or plant? Why? What do you think is the most beautiful place in the world? Why? What s your favourite sound in nature? Why? What s your favourite colour? Why? Photocopiable page 17

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