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Year 1, Term 4, Week 3: Ideas for Junior Group
Week 3: Jesus is coming - The angel announces it!
Lesson Objective:
God sent an angel to tell Mary that she would have a son and call him Jesus. He would be a son of God and a King whose Kingdom will never end.
Bible Passage:
Luke 1:26-38 (Angel speaks to Mary)
Memory Verse:
Luke 1:32: He will be great and will be called the Son of God Most High. The Lord God will make him King, as his ancestor David was.
Story Idea: Act It Out!
Prepare:
Use the costumes and have the teacher and helper act as Mary and the angel
Recap & Intro:
- Ask the kids if they can remember last weeks lesson and prompt them to remember that the angel said Elizabeth would have a baby, even though she was very old. Her baby - John - had a special message for everyone -- Jesus could forgive their sins!
- Tell the kids that in today's story, an angel went to talk to somebody else!
Act it Out:
Angel: Hello Mary! You are blessed and God is with you!
Mary: (Looks afraid & confused): Umm... what do you mean?
Angel: Don't be afraid Mary - God is pleased with you! You are going to have a baby and you'll name him Jesus!
Mary: But I don't have a husband...
Angel: God is going to do a miracle, just like he did for Elizabeth - she is going to have a baby, even though she's very old! Your baby Jesus will be the promised King and his Kingdom will last forever!
Mary: I trust you and I trust God - let it all happen as you have said!
Quiz Questions:
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1. How did Mary feel when the angel first spoke to her? Scared/confused
2. What message did the angel have for Mary? She was going to have a baby
3. Why didn't Mary think she could have a baby? She didn't have a husband
4. Was God going to do another Miracle, just like he did for Elizabeth? Yes
5. What sort of leader would Jesus be? A King - a good leader!
6. Did Mary trust God and His plan? Yes
Game Idea: Musical Statues
- Make a circle with marker cones
- Put on some music and have the kids walk/dance around the circle of cones
- When you stop the music, everyone should stop and freeze
- Kids who are caught moving can sit off to one side
- The last child left in wins!
Remind the kids that Mary stopped and listened to the angel - she trusted God's plan to bring King Jesus into the world!
Craft Idea: Paper Plate Angel
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You will need:
- Paper plates
- Scissors, stapler, pva glue
- Things for decorating (glitter, sequins, sparkly pipe cleaners, wool, googley eyes, bits of lace & ribbon etc.
- Something for heads (eg. foam balls, cut out circles of card)
Before the lesson:
- Cut a paper plate in half, fold one half into a cone shape and staple to hold, cut the other half in half again to make two wings (one per child)
- Cut lengths of wool for hair
Have the kids:
- Decorate the wings and skirt with glitter/ribbon/lace/sequins and hair (hair can be attached to a foam ball with glue or by sticking a pipe cleaner into the foam at the front and back of the hair to hold in place)
- Make a halo from sparkly pipe cleaner and attach to head
- Attach eyes
Have an adult:
- Staple the wings to the body
- Staple the halo to the head (pull stapler open if using foam balls)
- Attach the head to the body (glue for paper, a pipe cleaner stuck in the bottom of the foam and stapled inside the dress for foam balls)
