Elementary Week 4 December 23/24, 2017 Bttm Line Gd gave us Jesus! Staging: Wd backdrp Tree standee Cardbard fireplace Christmas trees Buffal Plaid wrapped gifts Game: Candy Cane Hk Em Supplies Needed 4 plates f candy canes 4 empty plates (8 plates ttal) Table facing the audience Prizes (One prize fr the winner each service hur) Hw t play Chse 4 vlunteers (wuld be fun t include small grup leaders t) When the hst says GO, the vlunteers will need t mve all f their candy canes frm their plate, t the empty ne. Here s the catch: players can t use their hands. They must take ne f thse candy canes and stick it between their teeth with the hk side hanging ut. The vlunteers gtta use the candy cane in their muth t hk em grab the ther candy canes ff f the plate and mve them t the empty ne. The first player t mve all f his r her candy canes wins!
PROGRAM Give_Pre-Service Give_O Cme, all ye Faithful_Vide Give_Intr_Vide Give_Lg_Slide Hst Enters Hst What s up everyne!!! I can t even tell yu hw excited I am that Christmas is almst here! I thught it wuld be fun if we started ff ur time with a game! Okay Wh enjys a gd candy cane this time f year? Shw me thse hands. (Wait fr respnse) Candy canes, peppermint bark, peppermint mchas, r peppermint ht chclate... this is basically the flavr f the Christmas seasn! And tday, I need fur vlunteers t play Candy Cane Hk Em! Chse fur players and set them up behind the table, facing the audience, behind a plate f candy canes. Give_Game Give_Candy Cane_Slide w/music Here s hw this will wrk. When I say GO, yu need t mve all f yur candy canes frm this plate, t this empty ne. Sunds easy, right? Well, maybe nt s much. Here s the catch: yu can t use yur hands! Take ne f thse candy canes and stick it between yur teeth with the hk side hanging ut. This is called Candy Cane Hk Em because yu gtta use the candy cane in yur muth t hk em ff f the plate and mve them t the empty ne. The first player t mve all f his r her candy canes wins! Gt it? Okay, ready set GO! Hst leads game Give_Hk Em_Slide w/music Ww! That was a clse ne! But we d indeed have a winner! (Award prize t winner) And my ther three players, yu are ging hme with the candy cane yu used as a hk! Give_Lessn Christmas is such a GREAT time f year. Give_Perfect Christmas_Slide Lk at that! (Referencing the details in the picture) Mary and Jseph gathered arund the baby Jesus. Everybdy has hals. The animals are perfectly behaved, all lking at baby Jesus. Mary s hair is lking great the perfect first Christmas!
But Christmas isn t always picture perfect, is it? What can make smene feel like Christmas is ging wrng? (Pause fr respnse) Maybe a gift smene rdered desn t arrive n time, the turkey burned in the ven, yur family can t be all tgether, r smene gets sick,. Did yu knw that the very first Christmas didn t g as expected either? It wasn t as cute and perfect as ur picture appears! Let s check it ut! Give_Wk 4_Bible Stry_Vide Give_Lg_Slide Okay, s mst f us have heard this stry s many times befre we can cmpletely miss the details, but really think abut this fr a mment. Nt nly did they have t travel all the way t Bethlehem, but nce they gt there, they culdn t find anywhere t stay! And did yu catch where they put the baby after He was brn? (Pause) In a manger. What is a manger, anyway? (Pause fr respnse) It is a fd trugh fr animals. And in the part f the wrld where Jesus was brn, they usually carved them ut f rck! S what des that tell yu abut Jesus? He was brn where the animals were kept. And what d we knw abut farm animals? They stink And, yet, we can t miss the mst imprtant thing this is hw Jesus entered the wrld! This is hw Gd chse t send His wn Sn t us t save us. Out f the unexpected, Gd did the mst amazing thing. Gd gave us Jesus! Which brings us t ur Bttm Line fr tday! Give_Wk 4_Bttm Line_Slide Say it with me Gd gave us Jesus! We dn t celebrate this first Christmas because every detail was perfect. We celebrate this first Christmas because Gd gave us Jesus. And it gives us hpe that Gd can cntinue t d amazing things in the midst f the unexpected! Give_Key Questin_Slide S here s ur key questin: What des Christmas mean t yu? Nt what s yur favrite thing abut Christmas, but hw des Gd s mst generus gift f Jesus change the way yu live and see the wrld? (Pause fr respnse)
Give_Wrship I m verflwing with jy and excitement t sing Gd s praises with yu tday. Let s give glry and praise t Jesus. Let s jin with the angles as we sing in celebratin that Jesus is brn. Tday I have a new sng fr yu tday called Jin the Angels. We dn t have mtins fr it, s I thught we culd cme up with sme tgether. Here s the chrus: Hst cmes us with sme mtins with the kids Brn this day in Bethlehem There's a King in a manager N rm in the inn The wise men seek Him The shepherds, t Brn fr me and yu. Cme n, jin the angels Singing, "Glry t Gd in the highest..." Jin the angels Shutin', "Peace n Earth, gd will t men..." It's been a lng time cmin' He's the ne we waited fr S, jin the angels And praise the Lrd All right, let s wrship! Give_Jin the Angels_Lyric Vide Give_Baby By_Wrship Vide Give_Lg_Slide Give_Annuncements Give_Offering_Slide Great time f wrship! All mnth lng we ve been talking abut keeping the Grinch ut f yur celebratin this year by giving with a generus heart! Fr the mnth f December, we have been challenging everyne t BE A LIGHT in ur city thrugh ur ffering. Hw des ffering d that? Yu re giving thanks t Gd fr His blessings, and yu re helping t give HOPE t thse wh will hear the message f the Gspel thrugh yur ffering. They will hear that Jesus is the light f the wrld! If anyne has ffering, please place it in (Indicate area). Give_Gift Wrapping_Slide I just want t take a mment and thank everyne wh gave a present fr ur LOVE GIVES tree.
The gifts yu gave were given t families in ur prisn ministry as well as ther families that ur Missins team partners with. Yu never knw the impact yu and yur family will make by shwing a kid that they are NOT frgtten and that they have a Gd that lves them! Give_Snw_Prm Vide Give_Snw_Slide We are still frecasting SNOW right here in CF Kids! Cme check it ut after service at (indicate lcatin). Give_Pancakes and Pajamas_Prm Vide Give_Pancakes and Pajamas_Slide Just when yu thught church culdn't get any better, it is! NEXT weekend, CF Kids is hsting ur first annual Pancakes and Pajamas! That's right, we said Pajamas and pancakes! Rll ut f bed n the weekend f December 31st and jin us at any CF Kids service fr sme yummy pancakes and fun games. I can t thank yu enugh fr cming in tday! Let s end ur time in prayer! Lead kids in Prayer Heavenly Father, please help us t remember what tmrrw (r Mnday) is really abut: the greatest and biggest lve f all Yur lve. Yu lve us s much that Yu gave t everyne. Thank Yu that Yu keep n giving us this lve tday. We lve Yu, and we celebrate the birth f Yur Sn, Jesus! We pray this in His name, amen. If time permits, play the fllwing interactive game vides: Give_Snwman Race_Game V2 Give_Guess the Present_Game Vide G Give_Bring n the Hlidays_Vide Give_Little Drummer By_Vide