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What’s Your Mission? Material 1 deck of cards Steps Take out the deck of cards. Holding the cards face down, let each child pick one. Hold the cards so that only you can see them. Ask the children to guess which card they have drawn (2 or 3 tries). When after several …
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John The Baptist’s Lunch Material Lunchbox Images of grasshoppers (or real ones!) Steps Before the children arrive, prepare your lunchbox by placing images of the grasshoppers. As soon as they arrive, ask them: “What did you eat this morning? What do you usually have in your lunchbox? This morning, in my lunchbox, …
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Guided By God Joseph (New Testament), Devotional Read the biblical text: Matthew 1:18-25 Practical Put a blindfold on a family member’s eyes. Then ask another family member to guide him through different rooms by “directing” him by touching his shoulders (as if his shoulders were a steering wheel). Then the same route is …
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The Messenger Angels Material Marshmallows (for body and face) Marshmallows with toasted coconut (face) optional Chocolate icing (for mouth and eyes) Pretzels covered in white chocolate Tootsie roll with lemon Rice Krispies treats Lollipop sticks (lollipops) Steps Place the items on the table. Ask the children to put 3 white marshmallows on a lollipop stick. …
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Where Is Jesus? Material Images of Jesus at 12 Steps Print the images of Jesus at 12. Hide them in the room. Ask the children to help you find them. Refer to Joseph and Mary who searched for Jesus after their visit to the temple.
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Attention! Concentration! Material Plastic cups Steps Place the children 2 by 2 face to face, knees on the ground. Place a plastic cup between the two children. “Head, thighs, knees and cup” are the words you utter. Tell children that when you pronounce your head or thighs or knees, they must touch …
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Wooden Bookmarks Material Wooden sticks (popsicle sticks) Permanent markers (or burning iron if the children are older) Steps Distribute wooden sticks and permanent markers to the children. Ask them to decorate them to create beautiful bookmarks. Remind them that Joseph was a carpenter. He worked the wood.
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Obedience Makes Us Free Material 1 dog leash Steps Tell this story. A farmer had 2 dogs since they were puppies. Both were quite wild and always fled if they left the yard. Both dogs were trained to be useful to the farmer and not harmful. After a few years, one of the …
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God’s Phone Call Material Cell phone Steps You need an accomplice for this object lesson. Before the lesson, add your partner’s phone number to your contacts, but rather than use his name, write “God.” So when he calls you during the lesson, the name “God” will appear. At the beginning of the lesson, …
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Mary’s Faith Mary Devotional Read the biblical text: Luke 1:26-38 Practical Bring baby items to refer to the baby that will be born. It would also be interesting to have an angel figurine. Reflexion An angel appears to Mary The angel enters her house. The door to Mary’s heart is not closed. We can …
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