Small group Leader Blog

December 23rd

Monthly theme: God gave us Jesus. 

Announcements: 

• See the lesson layout below.  I have planned everything for you, so you can just show up.  All materials will be in your rooms.  Plan to arrive just a few minutes early and/or review the summary below.  Hope this helps remove an extra something "to do"  this week. It will be a great Sunday!  

December  Scripture:  Please go over scripture each week with the motions.    Click here for the December  motions  "God has given a son to us."  Isaiah 9:6

Plan for Sunday Dec. 23rd:   The focus of the lesson this week is:  Happy Birthday Jesus!  It is focused around a birthday party theme.  Since we already had an "official" happy birthday Jesus party, we are not going to do cupcakes,etc.  Although we will stick with the birthday party theme for the lesson.  The story is basically an overview and can be told during the "table activity" part of the lesson.  I am supplying materials for the following activities which you can do that morning.  

Game before the story:  Balloon Race.  Tape up the colored balloons around the room and children will match their balloon color with those around the room.

Group game before the story:  Birthday party match up.  There will be one larger poster that you can do as a group.  It matches birthday party symbols together.

Bible story/Table activity:  This is the story part of the lesson.  EAch child will receive a set of cards to put in order of the Christmas story.  Guide children through the story and help them put in order and then glue on their sheet.  They can color these if they want later.

Happy Birthday Jesus craft:   Lead up to this craft with the culmination of a birthday party-cake and singing.  Could sing happy birthday to jesus.  Children will decorate a die cut birthday cake and then glue to a sheet.  They will also add the manager and baby Jesus.