Christmas ST
Sharing time idea
# 2
(Friend Dec 1997) |
Bring a Nativity set to Primary.
On the bottom of each piece, tape a slip of paper with either the title of a
Christmas hymn/Primary song or a question about Christmas written on it.
You might use some of the following questions:
- What city were Mary and Joseph traveling to when it was time for Baby
Jesus to be born? (Bethlehem. Luke
2:4-6);
- When Jesus was born, where was He laid? (In a manger. Luke
2:7);
- What happened to the shepherds who were watching their flocks near
Bethlehem? (An angel of the Lord came and declared the glad tidings. Luke
2:8-10);
- What did the multitude of heavenly hosts say to the shepherds? (“Glory
to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke
2:13-14);
- Why did Joseph name the baby Jesus? (An angel revealed it to Joseph. Matt.
1:20-21);
- Whom did the Wise Men visit before going to Bethlehem and finding Jesus?
(King Herod. Matt.
2:1-3);
- What gifts did the Wise Men bring Jesus? (Gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Matt.
2:11);
- Why didn’t the Wise Men return to King Herod to tell him where Jesus was?
(They were warned in a dream to not return. Matt.
2:12);
- What was Joseph told to do after the visit of the Wise Men, and why? (He
was told to flee to Egypt because Herod would try to kill Jesus. Matt.
2:13);
- What happened to all of the little children in and near Bethlehem two
years old and under when King Herod found out that the Wise Men were not
coming back? (They were killed. Matt.
2:16).