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December 3 & 4, 2016- Week 1 Basic Truth: Jesus wants to be my friend forever. Key Question: Why is Jesus special? Bottom Line: Jesus is God s Son. Memory Verse: I bring you good news of great joy. Luke 2:10, NLV Bible Story Focus: The angel told Mary she would have a special baby. The Angel and Mary Luke 1:26-33, 38, 46 Welcome Activity/Make It Fun Prepare following activity as your children arrive. Let one or two teachers lead small groups of children in activities throughout the room while another teacher greets parents and kids at the door. At this age not all children will participate, but most will want to be part of the fun. Welcome Activity - Bow Match Bow Match is an activity that teaches color recognition and sorting while introducing the basic concept of today s Bible story. What You Need: 5 gift bows in each of the following colors: blue, red, green, and silver/gray; and 4 pieces of construction paper in each of the following colors: blue, red, green, and silver/gray What You Do: Before the Activity: Place the construction paper in the activity area about two feet apart from each other. Place all the bows in a large pile next to the construction paper. During the Activity: Encourage the children to match the bows to the corresponding color of construction paper. When finished, take the bows off the paper and do it again! After the Activity: Introduce today s Bible story. What You Say: Before the Activity: WOW! Look at the all of these bows! I see a lot of different colors! I see blue (hold up a blue bow), green (hold up a green bow), red (hold up a red bow), and gray (hold up the gray/silver bow). 2011 Orange. All rights reserved. www.whatisorange.org 3

During the Activity: There are colored pieces of paper here too! Hmmm. It looks like the papers are the same colors as our bows! Can you help me match the bows to the same color paper? (Pause.) Awesome! We can lay the bows on top of the papers. After the Activity: Way to go! You did a great job matching the colors! We use bows to wrap gifts. Today in our Bible story, we are going to hear about the GREATEST gift of all! Make It True Worship- What You Need: CD player, this month s worship song, Away in a Manger 2016, downloaded from the Website, and the motions for the song LEADER: Good morning, friends! It s a brand new month! And it s a very special month. This month we celebrate Jesus birthday on Christmas day! And Jesus is special because [Bottom Line] Jesus is God s Son. Now let s learn our new song together. Lead children in singing Away in a Manger 2016. You all did a fabulous job with our new song. It s so exciting! Now tell me: Why is Jesus special? [Bottom Line] Jesus is God s Son. Bible Story What You Need: Bible STORYTELLER: Hey, everyone! I m SO glad to see you today. Merry almost Christmas! Are you counting down the days? (Pause.) Me too! You know, Christmas is a very special day because we celebrate a very special baby. Now, what made this baby so special? Could he do... karate? Hi-ya! (Perform a few karate kicks, and/or wax on, wax off like the Karate Kid.) Um, no. Was this baby special because he could he sing opera, like this? (Sit up straight, clasp hands in front of you, and sing a scale in an opera voice.) La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! Okay, the baby wasn t an opera singer either. So, if he didn t know karate and couldn t sing like an opera star, just what made this baby so special? This baby was the most special baby ever because... well, let me tell you a story from the Bible all about it. 2011 Orange. All rights reserved. www.whatisorange.org 4

(Open up Bible.) Our TRUE story begins with a young woman named Mary. A big bright angel appeared to Mary. Mary was so afraid! Show me your afraid faces! (Make an afraid face.) Wow! You guys look really afraid. The angel said to Mary, Don t be afraid. God loves you. And you are going to have a very special baby. You will call him Jesus and he is... drumroll on your legs, everyone; go ahead drumroll like this! (Pat your legs.) He is God s Son! WOW. That s why the baby is special. He s Jesus, God s son! And we celebrate His birthday on Christmas because He is God s special gift to us. And when Mary heard this, she said to the angel, I love God, and I will do whatever he says. And from then on, Mary counted down the days to Christmas too. She was waiting for the day the special baby would be born. Why is Jesus special? [Bottom Line] Jesus is God s Son. Say it with me. Why is Jesus special? CHILDREN and STORYTELLER: [Bottom Line] Jesus is God s Son. STORYTELLER: Let s pray and thank God for the promise the angel made to Mary. She would have a special baby named Jesus. Why is Jesus special? [Bottom Line] Jesus is God s Son. Let s pray. Dear God, thank You SO much for Christmas! Thank You for sending the angel to tell Mary about this special baby Jesus! We know that Jesus is Your Son. We are SO excited to celebrate His birthday. Thank You for sending Jesus to us. In Jesus name we pray, amen. 2011 Orange. All rights reserved. www.whatisorange.org 5

Make It Stick Complete the following activity to help make the Bottom Line stick. Craft/Activity Angel Craft Angel Craft is an activity that allows the children to create a visual of the Bible story. What You Need: Angel and Background from the Activity Pages on the Website, white cardstock, light blue cardstock, medium-sized coffee filters, glue sticks, and scissors What You Do: Before the Activity: Copy the Angel Activity Page onto the white cardstock. Each child needs one page. Copy the Background Activity Page onto the light blue cardstock. ***Attention Craft Team- This is a 2 step process. (1.)Please, cut out each angel along the dotted lines. Each child needs one angel. (2.)Cut the coffee filters or doilies in half. Each child needs one half of the filter. During the Activity: Give each child a light blue Activity Page and half of a coffee filter. Help the children glue the filter doily onto the Activity Page with the straight edge facing down/on the bottom. Give each child an angel. Help the children glue the angel on top of the coffee filter. The filter should look like the angel s wings. After the Activity: Say the Bottom Line together. What You Say: Before the Activity: We are going to make an angel just like the one in our story today! During the Activity: First, we are going to glue on the angel s wings. (Glue on the filter.) Perfect! Now we can glue on the angel. (Finish the activity.) Great job! Your angel is BEAUTIFUL! After the Activity: The angels you made remind me of our story today. The angel told Mary that she would have a baby! The baby would be God s Son! His name is Jesus! Why is Jesus special? [Bottom Line] Jesus is God s Son! 2011 Orange. All rights reserved. www.whatisorange.org 6

Dismissal Set any take-home creations where you or parents can get them easily. Greet parents at the door and tell them that this month preschoolers are learning that [Bottom Line] Jesus loves everyone. Dismissal Activity Memory Verse with Motions Memory Verse with Motions is an activity that uses repetition and movement to teach this month s memory verse. What You Need: No supplies needed What You Do: Before the Activity: Say the memory verse with the class several times. During the Activity: Teach the following motions to the children while saying the verse: I bring you (start with hands up and bring them in to chest like catching a football) good news (right arm up with jazz hand) of great joy (left arm up with jazz hand), Luke 2:10 (NLV). (Open your hands like a book.) Repeat it several times. After the Activity: Say the Bottom Line together. What You Say: Before the Activity: We have a new Memory Verse this month! It is: I bring you good news of great joy! Luke 2:10. Now let s say it together! (Say the verse together two times.) Nice job! During the Activity: Now I am going to teach you some motions that we can do while we say our verse. Watch me and we can do them together! I bring you (start with hands up and bring them in to chest like catching a football) good news (right arm up with jazz hand) of great joy! (left arm up with jazz hand), Luke 2:10. (Open your hands like a book.) You are all doing so well! Let s do it again! (Repeat as desired.) After the Activity: Great job! God gave us Jesus! He loves us SO MUCH that He gave us Jesus! That really is news of great joy! Why is Jesus special? [Bottom Line] Jesus is God s Son! 2011 Orange. All rights reserved. www.whatisorange.org 7