THE GREATEST GIFT IS JESUS
Keeping to the structure of Sunday School, this lesson includes praise and worship, a lesson video, a teacher's sharing, and activity instructions and resources. Please pray with your child/ren before you start and follow the progression of the lesson by watching and engaging with the resources sequentially.
KEY BIBLE PASSAGE
The Magi Visit the Messiah
2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[a] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people’s chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 “In Bethlehem in Judea,” they replied, “for this is what the prophet has written:
6 “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for out of you will come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’”
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him.”
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
Matthew 2:1-12
PRAISE AND WORSHIP
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LESSON VIDEO
ALL AGES WATCH
Teacher Sharing
ACTIVITY + RESOURCES (below)
Age 3 - 7:
Activity: Colouring
Colour in the the sheet
Stick in your fridge/bathroom mirror/somewhere that you visit often to remind you and your family that a candy cane represents Jesus shedding his blood on the Cross for our sins
Candy Cane colouring
CandyCaneColoringPages.pdfAge 8 - 13:
Activity: J is for Jesus flipbook
Print out this resource
Cut on the dotted lined
Stick the left side together to make a flipbook
See if you can memorise the statements at the bottom of each page!
J is for Jesus flipbook
CandyCaneBooklet.pdfMEMORY VERSE
“Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Matthew 2:2
PRAYER POINTS
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Praise God that we are nearly out of COVID
Pray that we can help others
Pray from people to remain happy and positive
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