MATERIALS NEEDED:
The Parent Guide page printed, stuffed animals or action figures or a nativity scene, a blanket, a printer or paper/pencil, a Bible or Bible App.
WHAT YOU DO:
Open/download/print the PARENT GUIDE.
Gather your family together where you can watch the Bible video and you have room to do the activities.
WHAT YOU SAY:
Our December Life App is "Christmas: Celebrating Jesus, God's Greatest Gift".
A life app is something that God wants to do IN you to change the world AROUND you. And by keeping our focus on Jesus this month, we will begin to realize how that can help us bring hope, peace, joy, and love to ourselves and others!
The Parent Guide page printed, stuffed animals or action figures or a nativity scene, a blanket, a printer or paper/pencil, a Bible or Bible App.
WHAT YOU DO:
Open/download/print the PARENT GUIDE.
Gather your family together where you can watch the Bible video and you have room to do the activities.
WHAT YOU SAY:
Our December Life App is "Christmas: Celebrating Jesus, God's Greatest Gift".
A life app is something that God wants to do IN you to change the world AROUND you. And by keeping our focus on Jesus this month, we will begin to realize how that can help us bring hope, peace, joy, and love to ourselves and others!
WHAT YOU DO:
If you have a Bible, open it to Luke 2:1-7, or pull it up on a Bible App. Help kids find where the passage is located.
WHAT YOU SAY:
Christmas means celebrating Jesus, God’s greatest gift.
So far, we have talked about the hope we can have because God kept His promise to send Jesus and the joy we can have because God has a plan for us.
Today's story focuses on Jesus' birth and God's great love for us.
Show this video:
If you have a Bible, open it to Luke 2:1-7, or pull it up on a Bible App. Help kids find where the passage is located.
WHAT YOU SAY:
Christmas means celebrating Jesus, God’s greatest gift.
So far, we have talked about the hope we can have because God kept His promise to send Jesus and the joy we can have because God has a plan for us.
Today's story focuses on Jesus' birth and God's great love for us.
Show this video:
APPLYING THE MESSAGE TO OUR LIVES
WHAT YOU SAY:
In the most unexpected place at the most unexpected time, God showed His love. He sent His very own Son as a baby to rescue the whole world.
That's why our bottom line this week is: God loved us so much that He gave us a Savior.
On Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus, God’s greatest gift.
Now, let's do a KidsConnect activity to connect with today's Bible message.
WHAT YOU DO:
Open/view/download the PARENT GUIDE and do the activities together.
WHAT YOU SAY:
In the most unexpected place at the most unexpected time, God showed His love. He sent His very own Son as a baby to rescue the whole world.
That's why our bottom line this week is: God loved us so much that He gave us a Savior.
On Christmas, we celebrate the birth of Jesus, God’s greatest gift.
Now, let's do a KidsConnect activity to connect with today's Bible message.
WHAT YOU DO:
Open/view/download the PARENT GUIDE and do the activities together.
PARENT GUIDE:
| dec_20_parent_guide.pdf |
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CONNECT WITH OTHERS
Take a photo of your family doing one of the activities and post it to our private Facebook group @ Foothills Family Ministries or ask Ms. Lisa to share it lisastewart@foothillsumc.org. Seeing pictures of other KidsConnect families doing the activities will hopefully help us feel connected during this time of physical isolation!