Exegetical Aim: God can do some awesome things.
Props: A Bible and photographs (or replicas) of some big things: elephant, tree, world, stars, or universe. The bigger the photo the better.
Lesson: Good morning. (response) How is everyone doing? (response) Here is a question for you this morning, and I think you know the answer to it. How big is God? (response) Tell me. Show the respective pictur...
Object: A straight stick.
Good morning, boys and girls. Last week we said we were going to be talking about pride during the Christmas season because Christmas season is a time of honoring the humble things in this world.
Today our Scripture lesson is about when the angel told the Virgin Mary that she would bear a child and His name would be Jesus. Mary was overjoyed and she prayed a prayer in w...
Object: Bring a really nice new toy - one that the children would really like to have. (doll, truck, game, etc.)
Lesson: You are blessed by God above all other women, and your child is blessed.
(Show your toy.) Say: I went shopping yesterday and looked and looked. Finally I found this _______. I thought it was the very best toy I could buy. I brought it home and showed my family. They were impre...
Object: Some books and a Bible.
Good morning, boys and girls. I brought along some books with me this morning to help me tell you a story about Mary, the mother of Jesus. I think you will learn something special about her today, and maybe you will also learn something about books. I have this whole box of books I want to show you. I want to see what you think of them. (Begin to take out the books...
Object: A large chair with a big ribbon and the letters VIP written on the ribbon.
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I have something for you to see that will be impressive. First of all I hope that you have noticed this beautiful chair that I have taken the trouble to bring in and put in this place of honor. It is a lovely chair and quite unusual. Is there anyone here who has a chair that look...
Object: a branch from a Christmas tree, or a mini Christmas tree
Good morning, boys and girls. Do you have a Christmas tree at home? I love to pick out a new tree each year and decorate it for Christmas. Do you enjoy that too? Most of us probably use some type of pine tree for a Christmas tree. Do you know why? Because pine trees are evergreens. Evergreens are trees that stay green all year long....
Object: None
Have you had any complaints lately at home, any situations in which you told your parents you didn’t like something? Have you had to do something or eat something you didn’t like lately? (Let them answer.)
That’s right, you let your parents know what you thought of the creamed asparagus they made you eat, or how your bedtime is unfair because your friend down the street gets to stay...
Object: A magnifying glass.
Good morning, boys and girls. Imagine what it would be like to make yourself as big as you wanted to be with a magic wand, or a special word. How big would you like to be? (Let them answer.) That's big. There is something about being big that is exciting. We can hardly wait until we grow up to be as big as our fathers and mothers. To be able to grow tall is wonderful. ...
Object: Masking tape to make a circle on the floor about six feet in diameter, the dimensions of a tent, called an aqal (pronounced ak-ull), and a One Great Hour of Sharing coin box.
Some children don’t have houses like ours in which to live. Do you have a living room and a kitchen in your house? Do you have bedrooms? Then you have more than one room in which to live.
Some children live in only ...