WAIT FOR IT: Week 3
A 4-WEEK SERIES ON ADVENT & CHRISTMAS
Who doesn’t love a board game? Waiting for the the game to unfold is a part of the fun, but it can be frustrating if kids don’t know why they are playing or what they need to be a part of it. In, Wait For It, our kids will learn how to watch for and put their hope in Jesus. Everyone will meet John, Mary, Simeon and Anna— people who waited for a Savior to change their lives. Kids will learn that everyone needs a Savior, that the Savior will change everything, that God will do impossible things, and that Jesus is the one they’ve been waiting for!
Click HERE to watch this month’s memory verse video.
Wait and see, God will do impossible things
MEMORY VERSE:
"But as for me, I watch and hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me." Micah 7:7
READ: An Angel Appears to Mary: Luke 1:26-38
WATCH:
Preschool: teaching video
Elementary: teaching video
SONG: Celebrate
ACTIVITY:
Every week in this series, try out a new board game with your kids to reinforce
the idea of having to wait before getting a win. You can play any game you have available.
IDEA: Check out “Pancake Pile Up,” a fun relay game!
COLORING: coloring sheet
DISCIPLE:
Read Luke 1:26-38 together. Have one family member retell the story in their own words.
Family Activity
Give each kid a lollipop, a styrofoam cup, 3 coffee filters, and one gold pipe
cleaner. Help the kids put together their angel in this way: Turn the cup upside down, then cover it with a coffee filter. Then poke the lollipop through the filter and center of the cup base, but leave a little but of the stick showing. Take a second filter and now cover the lollipop and the cup. Make a small circle out of the pipe cleaner and rest it on top of the lollipop, then wrap the rest of it around the lollipop stick and second filter. Take the last filter, fold it in half to make wings, and glue it to the back of the angel. (here is what final product might look like.)
God used angels to announce that God would be doing impossible things with Jesus’ help. Let this angel you made today remind you that God can do anything! Wait and see, God will do impossible things.
Pray
Dear God, Thank You for sending Gabriel to tell Mary about Jesus. Help us to believe that you can do impossible things, like Mary did. We know that you have the power to do anything, like sending Jesus to us! Amen.
DISCUSSION:
What was the name of the angel that God sent to tell about Jesus?
Why would Mary have thought that what the angel was saying would be impossible?
How did Mary respond to the message?
Read Psalm 89:6-8. What does it mean that no one can compare to God?
What is something that you are waiting on God to do in your life (or in someone else's life) that seems impossible?
How can we be more like Mary while waiting?
Why do you think it is important for us to praise God while waiting for the impossible?