week 2 - nativity

 Last week we learned that God is made up of three parts.  Can we remember what they were?

God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit live in heaven which is a special place that we cant see.  We know it is there but we can't see it.   Can you see the wind?  No, but you know it is there cos you can see it blowing things ( use a windmill to demonstrate)   We cant see God but we can see what He does, (and in the past lots of people saw what God had done and wrote down these things in a book.  All the stories of what God has done are in the Bible and its a really good book to read if you want to know what God is like.   But God knows that its easier to understand stuff we can see so thats why He decided to show us what He looks like by sending the Son, Jesus.   Remember that Jesus is a part of God, but He is a part we can see!!!

God wants people to know what He is like.  What do you think God is like?

(let the kids tell you and help them out with some attributes - powerful, big, good, handsome? clever, rich etc)

Well, before Jesus came lots of people thought God was like a really rich and powerful king sitting on a big throne making rules and telling people what they could and couldnt do.  They were a bit scared of God because they had seen Him do some pretty amazing things in the past, but they didnt really know Him. 

Do you remember we said that God is three people, Father, Son and Holy Spirit?  Well, to show us what He is like He decided He was going to do something vey special.  The Father asked the Holy Spirit to go and visit a girl called Mary.  The Holy Spirit asked Mary if she would let God put Jesus into her tummy and Mary said yes.  So God put a tiny bit of Jesus into Mary and that tiny bit of Jesus grew into baby Jesus in her tummy and then He was born.  And when He was born in a stable in Bethlehem we could suddenly see God.  He was a person just like us!! So people were really surprised when Jesus came and He wasnt a big scary important king.  He was a baby!!!  https://youtu.be/v3656G6tWuI?feature=shared

( If anyone in the congregation this particular morning has a baby we can borrow to show the kids - brilliant. Kidnap said child for ten minutes 😁😂😁)

This is what God looks like!   How can God who made everything and is in charge of everything be like a baby???

Discuss what a baby is like - small, weak, perfect, helpless, dependant .  

But most of all a baby is just like us!  We have all been babies.  We were all born.  ( show a photograph of yourself as a baby)  This is me as a baby.  Jesus was born and had a family and was just like us.  And because He was a real live person who grew up and did lots of the same things that we do like eating and sleeping and playing and laughing it is much easier for us to understand what God is like.  When we look at Jesus we see God.


Activity    Baby collage.  Get the kids to stick pictures of babies onto the card that says Jesus became a baby so we could see God.  

https://coloringpagesonly.com/pages/baby-jesus-in-a-manger-printable



Worship and prayer      Sing Hillsongs King of Kings again from last week.  And to the tune of Frere Jacques

Baby Jesus, Baby Jesus   (cup and rock your arms)
Born to us, Born to us
You have come to save us, You have come to save us   (raise hands to heaven)
Amen, Amen.(prayerful hands)

Prayer- pocket prayer https://www.facebook.com/share/r/o2vLbdNmXv5r HKpD/ We are going to say  1) Hello Jesus!  2) Thank you for loving me  3) Thank you for giving me everything I need 4) Thank you for looking after me and the people I love. 5) Amen


Bless the kids


Free play time - dolls as babies to dress feed etc.

Sleeping Bunnies, get badges back. goodbye

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