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1 Lesso 4 41 The So of God Is Bor! Luke 1:26-45; 2:1-20 If raised to believe i Sata Claus, childre this age are becomig skeptical. They ofte see the holes i the story but preted they do t. They wat to grow up, but they ejoy the myth ad wat to hold o to it for as log as they ca. Do t be the oe to disillusio them. This is the right ad resposibility of their parets. Use this lesso to focus o Jesus at church so kids uderstad that there is someoe they ca believe i without a doubt: Jesus really came to earth. What the Bible says about him is true. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started Good News Travels Fast (about 10 mi.) Play a game to lear good ews. Puppet People (about 10 mi.) Make puppets to represet people ivolved i Jesus birth. Waitig for God s So (about 10 mi.) Use puppets to tell about the people waitig for Jesus. Bible, markers, fabric scraps, lace, yar, several pairs of scissors, glue, 3 plastic spoos per child Teacher Pack: Bible Timelie puppets from the Puppet People activity Bible Poit Celebrate Jesus birth. Key Verse For to us a child is bor, to us a so is give, ad the govermet will be o his shoulders. Ad he will be called Woderful Couselor, Mighty God, Everlastig Father, Price of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will celebrate Jesus birth. 2 Bible Exploratio The Arrival (about 5 mi.) Tell about Jesus birth with puppets. tape, puppets from the Puppet People activity Teacher Pack: Jesus Is Bor! poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack), Nativity Set Figures puch-outs Puch out the Nativity Set Figures. Tape the tabs o the bottom of each figure ito a circle so the figures stad up. Isaiah 9:6 (about 10 mi.) Lear the Key Verse, ad sig a sog. Bible, CD player, 1 copy per child of the lyrics page (at the ed of the lesso) Teacher Pack: CD Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 4
2 42 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life Christmas Thaksgivig (about 15 mi.) Lear why we celebrate Christmas, ad thak God for sedig Jesus. My Bible Fu, CD player, paper, crayos, Christmas CD Tear out the Lesso 4 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. 4 Daily Challeges (about 5 mi.) Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. My Bible Fu, pes Lastig Impressios Weavig Faith at Home (about 2 mi.) Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. My Bible Fu Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Lesso 4 Grades 1 & 2
3 43 The So of God Is Bor! Luke 1:26-45; 2:1-20 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Mary ad Joseph s Egagemet Is Disrupted Mary ad Joseph s betrothal was quite differet from egagemets today. I fact, i Jewish culture at that time, a betrothed couple had already take public vows ad was legally boud as i a marriage, except that the couple was ot to live together or have itercourse util the appoited time. Furthermore, it is made clear i Luke 1:27 ad 34 that Mary was ideed a virgi. Mary s iitial respose to the agel (Luke 1:34) does t idicate ay hesitatio i watig the agel s message to be true. To be the mother of the Messiah was the dream of every Jewish woma. However, Mary had ot yet lived with Joseph, ad she kew the humiliatio she would experiece if it became kow that she was pregat. She also questioed the physical possibility of such a pregacy. The Jesus Coectio Mary was a willig servat of God. Her life provides a great example of the attitude we ca brig to our relatioship with Jesus. Read aloud Luke 1: Reflect o how scary ad excitig it was for Mary to declare her service to the Lord by givig birth to the Savior. How have you reacted to God whe he has give you a scary assigmet to serve him? Pray to God, askig him to give you the stregth to serve him o matter what he has called you to do. You ca write your prayer here. Mary Respods to God i Faith Whe Mary was told how the child would be coceived ad was remided that God ca do aythig, she respoded i humble obediece. She was God s servat, ad she wated God s pla to be fulfilled i her life. We do t kow if Mary wet aloe to visit Elizabeth, but it seems she left i a hurry, though the trip must have take five days. Elizabeth s proclamatio that Mary would bear the child of God was a fial cofirmatio to Mary of all that she had likely bee thikig durig those five days of travel. With that realizatio, Mary burst ito the poem we kow as the Magificat as she gave glory to God for sedig Jesus to earth through her. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 4
4 44 GETTING STARTED Good News Travels Fast Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Gather everyoe together. Sit with the childre i a circle. Say: I have some good ews for you! I m goig to whisper the ews to [ame the child o your right]. He [or she] will whisper the ews to the ext perso ad so o aroud the circle. [Name the child o your left] will say the message for everyoe to hear. Whisper the message Christmas is comig to the child o your right. Have the childre whisper the message aroud the circle. Have the child o your left say the message aloud. Move to aother place i the circle ad play agai. Sed the message Jesus is bor! Play oe more time, begiig i yet aother place. Sed the fial message God s So has come! Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What was it like to wait for the message i our game? Tell about a time you waited to celebrate somethig really great. Why do you thik Jesus birth is somethig to celebrate? Say: Good ews travels fast ad Christmas is good ews! Today we ll hear about some of the first Christmas messages messages of good ews ad discover that Christias CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH. Lesso 4 Grades 1 & 2
5 45 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppet People Ope your Bible to Luke 1, ad show kids the passage. Say: Today we get to CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH! Show kids The So of God Is Bor picture o the Bible Timelie. Say: Let s make puppets so you ca help me tell how it happeed. We ll each make a agel, a youg woma amed Mary, ad a older woma amed Elizabeth. Distribute supplies, ad guide childre as they use markers to draw faces o the tops of the spoos. Help them make simple costumes by gluig fabric scraps ad lace aroud the hadles. Fially, let them glue yar o their puppets for hair. Give the childre freedom to desig their puppets as they wish. Ecourage their creativity. Puppet People Bible markers fabric scraps lace yar several pairs of scissors glue 3 plastic spoos per child Teacher Pack Bible Timelie Say: Now that we ve made our puppets, let s lear more about Jesus birth. Waitig for God s So Gather childre with their puppets. Say: Show me your agels. Let the childre hold up their agels. Waitig for God s So puppets from the Puppet People activity Say: Agels are God s messegers. A agel gave a message to a ma amed Zechariah about how his so would prepare people for Jesus. Ad today we ll hear about a agel who brought a message to Mary. Have the childre show their agel ad Mary puppets side by side. Say: The agel s ame was Gabriel. Let s lear his special message. Show your puppets as you hear about them i the Bible. Have them act out what happeed. You ll have to liste carefully to keep up! Ready? Pause at the metio of each character so kids have time to respod with their puppets. Say: Oe day, Mary was workig i her home. Pause ad have the childre preted to have Mary work. Suddely Gabriel appeared. Greetigs, he said. God is pleased. He is with you. Pause. Show me what you thik Mary did whe she saw the agel. Pause, lettig childre use their puppets to create the scee. Say: Gabriel said, Do t be afraid, Mary. God is happy with you. You re goig to have a baby boy. Name him Jesus. He ll be God s So. Let the childre take turs havig Gabriel deliver the message to Mary i their ow words. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 4
6 46 Say: Mary could t imagie havig a baby. She was t eve married yet! But Mary wated to obey God. May everythig happe as you have said, she told the agel. The the agel left. Pause. Say: Mary was so excited that she wet to visit her relative, Elizabeth. Elizabeth was goig to have a baby, too. Have the childre hold up their Elizabeth puppets. Say: Elizabeth s baby would be Joh the Baptist. He was a ma who prepared people for Jesus. Elizabeth kew that Mary s baby would be very special that he would be God s So. You are special, Mary, said Elizabeth. Your so will be special, too. Let the childre have their Mary ad Elizabeth puppets give each other a hug. Say: Elizabeth was right. Mary s so is special. He is the So of God. We CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH because Jesus is God s So. Christmas is the day we remember Jesus birth! The Arrival tape puppets from the Puppet People activity Teacher Pack Jesus Is Bor! poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Nativity Set Figures puch-outs The Arrival Easy Prep Puch out the Nativity Set Figures. Tape the tabs o the bottom of each figure ito a circle so the figures stad up. The Arrival Say: The agel s message to Mary was oly the begiig of why we CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH. Several moths later, Mary ad Joseph traveled to Bethlehem. Mary was ready to have the baby God had promised. Choose oe child to use his or her puppet for Mary. Give the Joseph ad dokey figures to two willig kids. Let them make Mary, Joseph, ad the dokey travel to Bethlehem. Say: There was o room for Mary ad Joseph i the i, so they stayed i a stable with aimals istead. Choose other childre to arrage Mary, Joseph, ad the aimals o a table. Say: Whe baby Jesus was bor, Mary wrapped him i soft cloths ad placed him i a mager. Choose a child to add Jesus to the scee. Say: Meawhile, shepherds were carig for their flocks i the fields whe a agel appeared to them. Had out the shepherd figures. Choose oe child to use his or her agel puppet. Let the childre make the agel appear to the shepherds. Say: The agel said, Do ot be afraid. I have great ews for all people. The Savior has bee bor. He is Christ the Lord! Whe the agel fiished speakig, a whole choir of agels appeared i the sky. Let all childre hold up their agel puppets. Say: The agels sag, Glory to God i the highest, ad o earth peace to me o whom his favor rests. Have the childre say the setece a few times i sigig voices as they preted to make the agels fly i the air. Say: The the agels disappeared. The shepherds hurried to Bethlehem to see baby Jesus. Have the childre add the shepherds to the ativity scee. Lesso 4 Grades 1 & 2
7 47 Show the Jesus Is Bor! poster. Say: God kept his promise to sed a Savior. He set Jesus, who was bor i a stable ad slept i a mager. We CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH at Christmas because Jesus was bor! Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What s iterestig to you about Jesus birth? Why do you thik it s importat to remember Jesus birth at Christmas? Say: Christmas is a great time! It s a time we see our families, ejoy festive traditios, ad lear about givig. But most importat is the reaso Christias bega celebratig Christmas because they wated to CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH. Let s celebrate Jesus this Christmas by rememberig how God set our Savior. Isaiah 9:6 Gather the childre i a circle. Say: Today we re learig why we CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH at Christmas. Ope your Bible to Isaiah 9:6, ad show kids the verse. Say: Our Key Verse remids us that Jesus is God! Liste while I read it: For to us a child is bor, to us a so is give, ad the govermet will be o his shoulders. Ad he will be called Woderful Couselor, Mighty God, Everlastig Father, Price of Peace (Isaiah 9:6). Isaiah 9:6 Bible CD player 1 copy per child of the lyrics page (at the ed of the lesso) Teacher Pack CD: Woderful (Isaiah 9:6) (track 8) Christmas is the day we CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH. Jesus was a very special baby! His birth is woderful because he s God ad he s our Savior. Let s say our adapted Key Verse together: Jesus is bor to us (Isaiah 9:6). Have the childre repeat the adapted verse with you several times. Say: Let s sig a sog about Jesus to celebrate his birth. Had out the lyrics page. The play Woderful (Isaiah 9:6) (track 8 o the CD), ad lead the childre i followig alog. For a child is bor to us. A so is give to us, Ad the govermet will rest Upo his shoulders. For a child is bor to us. A so is give to us, Ad the govermet will rest Upo his shoulders. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 4
8 48 (Chorus) We will call him Woderful Couselor, Mighty God, Everlastig Father, The Price of Peace. We will call him Woderful Couselor, Mighty God, Everlastig Father, The Price of Peace, Price of Peace. (Repeat from the begiig; the repeat chorus.) Woderful (Isaiah 9:6) by Be Glover Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What does it mea to you that Jesus was bor for you? Our Key Verse called Jesus Woderful Couselor, Mighty God, Everlastig Father, Price of Peace. Give Jesus a ame of your ow based o what he is to you, ad explai why you chose that ame. Say: Jesus was bor for each of you. Ad whe you believe i him, you ca be forgive of all your sis. That s why Jesus birth is so special. That s why we celebrate Christmas to CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH! Christmas Thaksgivig My Bible Fu CD player paper crayos Christmas CD Christmas Thaksgivig Easy Prep Tear out the Lesso 4 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Christmas Thaksgivig Say: Today we re learig that we CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH at Christmas. Let s do a activity to thik more about that. Have kids form four groups. Give each group a sheet of paper ad some crayos. Have kids aswer the questio Why do we celebrate Christmas? as a group. Let each group draw a picture to aswer. Explai that everyoe i the group eeds to cotribute to the picture. Lesso 4 Grades 1 & 2
9 49 Whe groups have fiished their pictures, have everyoe sit i a circle. While you play Christmas music, have the childre pass oe of the four pictures aroud the circle. Stop the music aytime you wish. The child holdig the picture whe the music stops ca show the picture to everyoe. Let the group that desiged the picture tell what it meas. Repeat the activity usig the remaiig three pictures. Give each child a Lesso 4 My Bible Fu page. Say: I m thakful God set his So, Jesus. I m glad that Jesus was bor! Let s thak God for Jesus, the best Christmas gift of all! Let kids write or draw thak-you otes for Jesus o their My Bible Fu pages. 4 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges Say: Let s thik about how we CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH. Daily Challeges My Bible Fu pes Have kids fid this week s Daily Challeges i their My Bible Fu pages ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Have a adult help you bake a birthday cake ad decorate it. Ivite your frieds over to celebrate Jesus birth! Each ight before you go to bed, write dow oe reaso you re thakful Jesus was bor. The read your list to God ad thak him for sedig his So, Jesus. Sig a sog of celebratio to Jesus, thakig him for comig to earth to save you. Make sure you choose a Daily Challege as well, ad tell kids what you chose. Kids will be more iclied to follow through o their commitmets whe they see you doig the same. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What s a practical way you re goig to do your Daily Challege? Iclude a time, a place, ad other ideas. Say: Christmas is the time we remember to CELEBRATE JESUS BIRTH. Durig this Christmas seaso, let s remember that as we follow through o our Daily Challeges. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 4
10 50 Weavig Faith at Home Weavig Faith at Home My Bible Fu Ecourage kids to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about how we celebrate Jesus birth. Kids ca also do the activities i the HomeCoect sectio of their My Bible Fu pages with their families. Talk to your Director about ig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Take a couple of miutes to pray with your kids, thakig God for sedig Jesus. Ivite childre to read their thak-you otes o the My Bible Fu pages. The pray: God, we re so thakful for Jesus. Help us focus o celebratig him this Christmas. I Jesus ame, ame. Lesso 4 Grades 1 & 2
11 51 Lyrics Woderful (Isaiah 9:6) For a child is bor to us. A so is give to us, Ad the govermet will rest Upo his shoulders. For a child is bor to us. A so is give to us, Ad the govermet will rest Upo his shoulders. (Chorus) We will call him Woderful Couselor, Mighty God, Everlastig Father, The Price of Peace. We will call him Woderful Couselor, Mighty God, Everlastig Father, The Price of Peace, Price of Peace. (Repeat from the begiig; the repeat chorus.) Woderful (Isaiah 9:6) by Be Glover Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved.! OK TO COPY Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 4
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