Something to say and show (crackers)
What's your favourite thing about Christmas? (tree, food, being with family, presents?) Let me tell you what I really love...Christmas Crackers! You can get so many different ones, big ones, small ones, even ones that come with a free pair of nail clippers. The reason I love them is because they remind me of what Christmas is all about.
Choose some volunteers to come and help you open the crackers. Count down 5..4..3..2..1 Bang! What's inside? Oh look it's a hat but look it's not just any hat it's a crown, the crown of a king. At
Christmas we remember the King of heaven came down, born as a baby just like you and I and the reason that King Jesus came was to help us become friends with God. So when you wear this hat at Christmas remember that on Christmas day a king was born who came to help you become best friends with God. The message of Christmas is that God loves us and Jesus is that message of love
Ok lets pull the next cracker. Count down 5..4..3..2..1..Bang! What's inside? Oh look it's a joke. Christmas jokes can be great fun but Christmas is no joke! The message of Christmas is that God's son King Jesus came to earth and was born as a baby, born as a baby just like you and I and the reason that King Jesus came was to help us become friends with God. The message of Christmas is that God loves us and Jesus is that message of love
So let's pull another cracker. Count down 5..4..3..2..1..Bang! What's inside? Oh look it's a gift. Everyone loves getting gifts at Christmas. Gifts were given on the first Christmas. When the wise men visited Jesus they gave him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrhh. The gift in this Christmas cracker reminds us that on the first Christmas God gave us the best present ever. He gave us the gift of Jesus. The gifts we receive at Christmas will eventually wear out or we'll get bored of them but the gift of Jesus lasts forever. The message of Christmas is that God's son King Jesus came to earth and was born as a baby, born as a baby just like you and I and the reason that King Jesus came was to help us become friends with God. The message of Christmas is that God loves us and Jesus is that message of love
Something to pray
Ask the children to lie down and close their eyes and say "I thank you Father God that you sent your son Jesus, the king of kings, born a baby, just like me, so that we could be friends with God forever. I believe that the Christmas is no joke but the message of love in Jesus that out lasts all other gifts."
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