God sent His son, King Jesus!

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1 God sent His son, King Jesus! Key Objective To start to share the Christmas story with the kids Bible Basis - Luke 1:26-33 Lesson Outline What Time needed Where Worship 10 minutes Page 2 Welcome and Introduction 5 minutes Page 2 Story 10 minutes Page 3 Activity / Craft 15 minutes Page 3 & 4 Memory verse 5 minutes Page 2 Review 5 minutes Page 2 Prayer time and Wrap up 10 minutes Page 6 Please note that this lesson has been based on and parts taken from the lesson series Christmas copyright Katie Rogers 2010, Belfast city Vineyard, UK Please Note: this lesson outline is a guide only. Please feel free to use any resources to tell the story including the wooden figures in the Kids Bizz room. Activity time - Children are able to do either craft, playdough, puzzles, drawing or reading during this time.

2 Christmas Lesson 48 Worship We believe in and value worship at Northridge. After the first bracket of worship the children all meet in the kids area and sing a few songs together. We have a desire to see the children at Northridge learning about and engaging in worship. We would love if you could help us by joining in and encouraging the children to join in also. Please ensure we are being positive role models for the children during this time, If you need to talk to someone, please do not do it in this space. Welcome Welcome everyone! Then go around the circle and ask everyone to tell you about something fun that they did this week. Ask if anyone can remember what we talked about last week we talked about The Lost Sheep! (give a snake to anyone who can remember) Review Questions: Who was todays story about? Who can remember something that happened? What was the angel telling Mary? Key words:: God sent His son,king Jesus! Key words Suggestion: Wrap up: Have a leader or helper close in prayer Make sure kids take their craft and a memory verse card at the end of the lesson Please ensure that they are signed out by a parent or guardian before they leave the room. (With ac ons point up for God, lower hands downwards for sent, rocks arms like holding a baby for His son, and pretend to put on a crown for King Jesus. Ask the children did God send a pop star / a teddy bear/ a doll, etc at Christmas? No! God sent His son King Jesus. Bless you

3 Story Please note: that you will need to provide all the things for these Story activities! 1. Peek-a-boo Tubs Get a selec on of objects that are related to the story an put them in li le tubs, to open with the children. As today s story is about the angel s message to Mary, In one put a postcard. In another put a mobile phone, with a text message to read out. In the last box, put a party invita on. Wow look at all these different types of messages. We must be having a story about messages today. Today we are going to hear all about a very special message that Father God sent. 2. Story (based on Luke 1:26-33) Video clip: 101 Dalma ons. Show the children a video clip, from 101 Dalma ons cartoon, where the dogs are passing on a message by barking. Use the clip as a way in to talking to the children about passing on messages. Bible: Who knows what this special book is? Yes! It s the bible and today we are going to think about what the bible says about the very first Christmas. Costume: Look at this dress! I m going to put this dress on. I am going to pretend to be a lady called Mary. Mary is a lady in the Bible and she loved God so much. Wedding ring: I wonder what this could be. This is a wedding ring. Mary was going to get married. She was going to get married to a man called Joseph. Angel wings: Oh look! Who can help me be an angel? Father God wanted to give Mary a special message. God sent an angel to speak to Mary and tell her the message. The angel said God is with you, Mary. You are going to have a Baby and his name will be Jesus. Picture of a surprised face: Mary was so surprised. But she loved God very much. She said I love God and I want to do what he asks. Wasn t that an exci ng way to get a message. God loves us and he wants to talk to us as well. God can send an angel to give us a message, but some mes he can speak to us just here right where we are. Lets all pray and we ll ask God to show us some special things he would like to say to us. 3. Key Phrase Can you copy me when I say this? God sent his son, King Jesus! (use ac ons). Those are our special words today. Let s say that together. God sent his son, King Jesus! Let s say it inour loud voices. God sent his son, King Jesus! Now let s say it in our quiet voices. God sent his son, King Jesus! A er this you may like to read the story from the children's Bible if you feel it would be helpful!

4 Directions: Before the lesson print these circles onto coloured paper. 1. Give each child one large circle and a smaller one from page Fold the larger circle in half. And decorate it this is the angels skirt. 3. Then draw a face on the smaller circle. Using a little glue attach the edge of it to the fold. 4. Using a small piece of pipe cleaner make a halo and attach it to the back of the head with a small piece of tape.

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6 Stop Prayer Time The following is the structure for leading prayer in Gap. This has been designed to be simple for the children and offer a consistent structure for both children and leaders. Posters with these pictures are available in the Gap room. Lay them in the middle of the circle one at a time as you do each stage so they understand which part we are up to. Ask children to stop everything else and sit on a cross. Explain that it is now time to pray. Please encourage the children to sit up and pray in loud voices. Talk Ask if there is anything they would like to thank God for or ask God. Give each child an opportunity to answer and then pray. If they are wanting prayer for healing ask them to sit in the middle and get the group to pray for them. Listen Now that we have talked to God we will stop and listen to see if there is something that he would like to tell us explain that this may be a picture, word, thought, person, colour, idea etc. God will speak to us all differently. Wait a minute for them to listen, then ask each of them if they had anything. It is fine if they say no just move on to the next child. For anyone who says yes please record what they say in the Gap Prayer journal with their name the date and service time. (prayer journal is a yellow book at the front of the room)