DECEMBER 27, 2020 - CGKIDS

Parents - 

Below are some resources for our children in children’s ministry. Please note that our Preschool - 3rd grade children are hearing the same story so that portion of the resources for the Sunday will be the same. The response options are different and have been created to be age appropriate. However, if you choose to reenact the story, you can have all ages participate. If you have multiple children in your family the Godly Play option for the K/1 grade room is a good option to adapt to all family members. 



For Our Younger Preschool children:

  1. Pray with your toddler. It can be something simple like - God, thank you for loving us. Thank you for all of your promises that you made and that you keep. Thank you for Jesus. Amen.

  2. Sing Happy Birthday to Jesus Our King. This song is sung to the tune of Happy Birthday. Here are the lyrics:

Happy Birthday we sing, to Jesus our King.

Whose birthday is Christmas.

Hear the happy bells ring.

  1. Watch the video above with today’s story.

  2. Today we talked about the birth of Jesus. Color a picture of Mary, Joseph and Jesus




For Our Older Preschool Room children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. Thank you for all the people in the Bible. Thanks for all of your promises that you keep!

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above of our Godly Play story. We have heard this story a few times now, so I am asking the kids to help tell the story and to remember all the important people in it!

  4. Wonder - Answer the wondering questions on the video. 

  5. Respond - Color the people that are part of the Christmas story. Have you parents help you cut out and paste them onto the “I love baby Jesus page”.

  6. Sing Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.



For Our Kindergarten and 1st Grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. We thank you for the promises that you made to the People of God and to us. 

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above. We have heard this story a few times now, so I am asking the kids to help tell the story and to remember all the important people in it!

  4. Wonder - Color the people that are part of the Christmas story. Have you parents help you cut out and paste them onto the “I love baby Jesus page” (Katie - please attach the Holy Family and Manger file here)

  5. Sing Oh Little Town of Bethlehem.




For Our 2nd and 3rd grade children:

  1. Have your child say a prayer before they begin. If they struggle, it can be something simple like: Thank you God for today. Thank you for sending us your Son, Jesus. Please help us make others aware of Jesus’ love for them and how He gave to save us from our sins. 

  2. Remind the children that the story they are about to watch is from the Bible.

  3. Watch the video above. Our 2nd and 3rd graders have heard this story a few times. I would encourage them to tell the story on their own. They can pause the video after each card appears and explain what each one means. I provide some clues in the video.

  4. Wonder about the questions in the video. 

  5. Response- PIck your favorite part of the story and draw a picture of what you think it looked like. Find the Bible verse related to this portion of the story in your Bible. (Hint: you will probably find it in the first few chapters of Luke or Matthew).

  6. Think of a Christmas Carol or Christmas song. Is there one that you know that reminds you of today? Sing it or have your parents play it on their phone for you.

 

For Our 4th and 5th Graders:

  1. Have your child pray.

  2. Pastor Sam talked about Jesus calming the storm today. Read Mark 4:35-41.

  3. Journal your thoughts to these questions: How did the disciples react to the storm? Did they trust Jesus? Jesus asked them if they had faith. Why did he do this? 

  4. Sometimes we call hard times “storms in life.” Have you faced a hard time? Did it feel like you were “drowning”? Did you trust Jesus? Why or why not? 

  5. Spend some time in prayer and ask God to help you trust Him.


I want to highlight some resources for you to talk to your children about race, racism and diversity. 

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