THEME Stories of Jesus as a Baby STORY The Baby that Everybody Wanted BIBLE Matthew 1:1-2:18 UABS Vol 7-1-1 MEMORY VERSE Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers.” FOCUS God’s plan fulfilled. FOCUS QUESTIONS PAGES 9-12 How do you feel while waiting for some exciting event or news? OUTCOMES TEACHING STRATEGIES At the end of this story students will: Talking/Writing Ordering Touching/Making Looking/Seeing Musical Write down what Genesis 3:15 really means. How many promises were made about Christ’s birth? Construct a time line of 4,000 years to show when the promises were made. Draw pictures to go on a timeline to show how many years it was for God to keep His promises. Practise singing Hymn 518 “Standing on the Promises.” Understand that the birth of Christ was part of God’s plan for saving everyone from the effects of sin. Appreciate God’s How can you group them? Try to explain how Try to find as Read each of the Draw some of the Write a psalm of praise to God for keeping His ♥ ability to keep His promises. God is able to keep His promises. many promises about Jesus as you can. promises about the coming Messiah. Choose a symbol to make to remind you that God keeps His own promises. symbols found in the promises. promise to send Jesus to this earth to save all of us. Make a promise box to share with others. Write out the promises neatly. Search for promises for others to write out. Make up the boxes and roll the promises tightly and put them in the box. Decorate the box and the promise notes. Put some of the promises to music and sing some for the class. WRAP UP QUESTION How do you see God in this story? THEME Stories of Jesus as a Baby MEMORY VERSE FOCUS STORY Great News From Heaven BIBLE Luke 1:26-38 UABS Vol 7-12 PAGES 13-17 Luke 1:30 “Don’t be afraid! God is pleased with you, and you will have a son. His name will be called Jesus.” God has a special work for each of us to do. FOCUS QUESTIONS Have you ever heard really good news? What did you want to do with it? OUTCOMES TEACHING STRATEGIES At the end of this story students will: Talking/Writing Ordering Touching/ Making Looking/Seeing Musical/Hearing ♥ Draw a comic strip showing the story. Understand how Mary felt about the good news. Write about how you think Mary felt when Gabriel arrived and told her God’s message. List the different feelings you think Mary had when Gabriel arrived and as she listened to his message. Using mime, show the different feelings Mary had. Act out the arrival of Gabriel and his message. Write a song of expectation that you think the other angels might have sung. Respond positively to the announcement of the birth of Christ. What would you say if an angel told you that Jesus birth is happening soon? How many reasons could you give for people to be happy when they were told of Jesus soon coming birth? Design an object that could remind people that Jesus birth is soon. Make a poster about the nearness of Jesus birth and how we should feel about that announcement. Create a readers’ theatre for this story. Willingly carry the good news of Jesus birth to others. Invite your friends to come and hear the announcement of Jesus birth. Tell them the story. Give a small gift to your friends after telling the story of the announcement of Jesus birth. Using pictures tell the story of the announcement of Jesus birth. Invite your friends to come and hear the readers’ theatre you have created. WRAP UP QUESTION How do you see God in this story? THEME Stories of Jesus as a Baby STORY Two Happy Mothers BIBLE Luke 1:5-20, 39-79. UABS Vol 7-1-3 MEMORY VERSE Luke 1:45 “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished.” FOCUS The announcement of John’s birth. OUTCOMES TEACHING STRATEGIES At the end of this story students will: Talking/Writing Ordering FOCUS QUESTIONS Touching/Making PAGES 18-22 Do you believe everything you are told? Why or why not? Looking/Seeing Musical/Hearing Understand the work God planned for John the Baptist. Write out a job description for John. How were John’s and Jesus’ work to be similar? What work has God got planned for John to do? As you look into the future, what do you see John doing? As you look into the future, what do you hear John doing? Plan a day for Mary and Elizabeth. Create a poster with all the words of happiness and joy that Mary and Elizabeth would use. Write an alphabet poem telling how happy Mary and Elizabeth were. Wear a small object on your shirt. When someone asks what it is, tell them the story of Mary and Elizabeth. Make a small noise. When someone asks “What are you doing?” tell them the story of Mary and Elizabeth. How was their work to be different? ♥ Appreciate how happy Mary and Elizabeth were to be part of God’s plan. How would you feel if God sent an angel to tell you exactly what to do in the future? How many happy words can you think of to describe Mary and Elizabeth? Share the story of the angels’ announcement with others. Tell a friend in the village about this story. How much time was spent praising God? Explain to a village friend what happened in the story. WRAP UP QUESTION How do you see God in this story? THEME Stories of Jesus as a Baby STORY The Wonderful Name BIBLE Matthew 1:21 UABS Vol 7-14 MEMORY VERSE Matthew 1:21 “Name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” FOCUS The meaning of the name Jesus. FOCUS QUESTIONS PAGES 23-26 What does your name mean? Who gave it to you? OUTCOMES TEACHING STRATEGIES Ordering At the end of this story students will: Talking/Writing Touching/Making Looking/Seeing Musical/Hearing ♥ Know that Jesus was given his name because he was going to do great things. What were some of the things Jesus would do? What were some of the great things Jesus would do? Write them down. Place them in order of importance. Show respect and acceptance of others regardless of their names. Tell the class the meaning of five names at school. Arrange the class names into alphabetical order. What were some of the great things Jesus did? Draw a couple of pictures showing the great things Jesus did. Tell of some of the great things you hear Jesus preaching. Act out the meaning of five other people’s names. Draw a picture of the meaning of someone else’s name. Put the name of a person in an acrostic poem. Each of their letters starts a new line of the poem. Carve the name Jesus into a piece of bark or clay. Give it to someone and tell them what it means. Invite them to accept Jesus. Decorate the name JESUS into a card. Give it to someone and tell them what it means. Invite them to accept Jesus. Share the name JESUS with someone. Tell them what it means. Invite them to accept him into their lives. Act them out. Explain why no name is more important than the other. Share the name of Jesus with others so they know he can save them. Tell someone what the name of Jesus means and ask them to accept him as their Saviour from sin. WRAP UP QUESTION How do you see God in this story?
