Luke 2:1-7 · The Birth of Jesus

1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to his own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.

Christmas Carols · O Little Town of Bethlehem
Luke 2:1-20
Children's Sermon
by Wesley T. Runk
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Object: A pillow

Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to learn something new about a wonderful Christmas carol that all of you have sung many times. The name of this carol is "O Little Town of Bethlehem," and it was written by a very famous minister named Phillips Brooks. We have a very strange object to help us tell the story, but it played a very important part. (Hold up the pillow.) I want you to see how this pillow helped make the Christmas carol "O Little Town of Bethlehem" come true.

One day Pastor Brooks was sitting in his study when the Sunday school superintendent came to visit him. He told Pastor Brooks that he had been asked by some of the children in the church to ask the minister if he would write a very special poem for their Sunday school program. The children …

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