Angels Spoke to Mary & Joseph 4pm: 3yr - 5/K Teacher Guide Bible Passage: Matthew 1:18-24 Main Point: God keeps His promises! Memory Verse: Numbers 23:19B What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he keeps. 3:45 4:00 Check-In / Playtime. One teacher take control of sign-in: One tag will go on the child, another will go on the clipboard, and one will be used for checkout. Just place the Pick Up sticker on the clipboard to check the child out. If someone is new to the church or not in our database they can fill out a guest tag. Please make sure that you get their phone number in case we need to contact them and any special instructions for the care of their child. One teacher lead orderly free play: 4:00 4:20 Coloring Sheet / Snack / Intro Activity COLORING SHEET: Have the kids color the sheet and ask them questions about the sheet. SNACK: Animal Crackers & Water Give each child animal crackers in a cup & water in a cup with a lid. Pray over them a simple prayer. INTRO ACTIVITY: Relay Have the kids line up in 2 lines across from one another. Instruct the first child to run to the person across from them and give them a high five, that child will then run to the next person in the line across form them. Continue until everyone has had a chance to go. Say: You did a great job listening today! Mary and Joseph did a great job listening to God. Today we re going to learn that God had a plan to give Jesus a family when He came to earth as a baby. 4:20 5:00 Story and Craft STORY: Have the children transition to the Jesus rug for story time. Read the Bible Story provided in the teacher aid bin. Say: God had a big plan for Mary and Joseph. Mary and Joseph loved God. God chose them to be the family of Jesus. God needed to send Jesus to keep his promise to us! God keeps His promises! Craft: Angel Items needed: half paper plates, printout of triangle, circle, crayons, stapler Instructions: (1) Give each child two paper plates and a printout of the triangle. Have the color it. (2) Help the child staple the pieces together to resemble an angel. (3) Have the child glue the head on the angel. Say: God sent an angel to Mary and Joseph to tell them they are going to have a baby. God picked Mary and Joseph to be Jesus family. God sent Jesus to fulfill His promise. God keeps His promises! Gospel Project: Christmas Lesson 1
4:50 5:10 Kid s Live in Room #12 4pm: 3yr - 5/K Teacher Guide Count heads before and after Kid s Live. 3yr olds: use the ring ropes to walk to and from Kid s Live Leaders: o Encourage orderly conduct, sitting in the chairs. o Engage in the worship and lesson with the children. o Encourage them to sit beside you, rather than in laps. 5:10 5:20 Return to Class / Activity / Memory Verse / Review ACTIVITY: Find Baby Jesus. Hide the baby doll in an easy to find spot in the classroom and invite the preschoolers to find it. Say: Jesus is God s Son! God promised to send Jesus to earth because He loves us. Jesus was born just as God promised. God keeps His promises! Memory Verse: Numbers 23:19B *Use the Memory Verse Sheet located in the Teacher Aid section of the bin. (Read aloud several times) Review What special job did God give Mary? (Jesus mommy) Who told Mary she was going to have a baby? (an angel) Who did Mary go see after the angel told her the special news? (her relative, Elizabeth) What special job did God give Joseph? (Jesus earthly daddy) Who is God s son? (Jesus) Say: God keeps His promises! 5:20 Parent Arrival Gospel Project: Christmas Lesson 1
What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he keeps. Numbers 23:19B PreK Coloring Sheet
What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he keeps. Numbers 23:19B PreK Take Home Sheet
Main Point: God keeps His promises! Memory Verse: What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he keeps. Numbers 23:19B PreK Take Home Sheet
The Gospel Project: Christmas L1 Pre-K MC Guide Angels spoke to Mary & Joseph Bible Passage: Luke 1:26-56; Matthew 1:18-24 Main Point: God keeps his promises. Memory Verse: Numbers 23:19B What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he keeps. Worship: (_:50) Play Video Countdown as kids arrive (3min): Go over Classroom Rules. Play Worship Video Background Have the kids all stand up and do the motions. Ask the teachers to help manage the kids but to stand to the outside walls so the kids can see. Pray a simple welcome prayer: Play Song 1: Your choice Play Song 2: Your choice Play Song 3: Your choice Have all the kids find a place on the carpet and have a seat. Lesson: (_:00) Play Lesson Video Background (Talk about how babies need their mommies & daddies to love them & take care of them so that they can grow.) All of us were born as tiny babies. We needed our mommies & daddies to take care of us. God sent His Son Jesus to earth as a baby, so God chose a special family for Jesus. Timeline View: Show the Timeline Pic Today s Bible story comes from the book of the Bible, Luke. Main Point: That brings me to today s MAIN Point. Show the Main Point Everyone say that with me Very interesting! Let s take a look at how he does this. Bible Story: Play the Bible Story Video Wow! God chose a family for Jesus when He came to earth. Jesus was born to rescue us. God sent Jesus to earth from Heaven to rescue people from sin. Show the Main Point Repeat after me Review Questions: Now it s time to see what you remember from the Bible Story 1. What special job did God give Mary? (Jesus mommy) 2. Who told Mary she was going to have a baby? (an angel) 3. Who did Mary go see after the angel told her the special news? (her relative, Elizabeth) 4. What special job did God give Joseph? (Jesus earthly daddy) 5. Who is God s son? (Jesus)
Show Memory Verse: Numbers 23:19B What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he keeps. Show Main Point Lets review our Main Point one more time Repeat after me God keeps his promises! Dismiss kids to class: (_:10) Play Dismiss Song Start with 3yr olds once they are out the door Send 4yr olds once they are out the door Send 5yr/K Bible Lesson: One day, God sent an angel named Gabriel to a town called Nazareth. The angel went to visit a young woma Mary was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph. The angel said to Mary, God is happy with you! He is with you. Mary was afraid and unsure. Why would with her? She had done nothing special. Do not be afraid, the angel said. He told Mary that she was going to have a very special baby. The baby s Jesus. Mary asked the angel, How can that happen? The angel said, God will be the father of the baby. The baby will be God s Son. Then the angel said, God can do anything! He told Mary that her relative Elizabeth was pregnant, even th and did not have any children. May everything happen just as you said, Mary said. Then the angel left. Mary hurried to Elizabeth s house. When she arrived, the baby inside Elizabeth leaped for joy! The Holy Sp Elizabeth and she said, What an honor, Mary! You and your baby will be blessed! Mary was so happy. She praised God with a song about how great God is. Mary knew families in the future was blessed because God was going to do great things through Jesus. God had kept His promise to Abraham to world through Jesus. Mary stayed with Elizabeth for three months. Then she went home. Joseph found out Mary was going to have a baby, but Joseph knew it was not his baby; Mary and Joseph we yet! Soon after Joseph thought these things, an angel appeared to him in a dream. Joseph! the angel said. Do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife. Mary is going to have a son. Name Hi He is going to save His people from their sins! When Joseph woke up, he did just what the angel said. He married Mary, and when she had a son, Joseph n Christ Connection: Many of God s prophets talked about Jesus before He was born. Everything they said about Jesus came tru the world, He planned to send Jesus. Jesus came to do God s plan, to rescue people from sin.