Birth of John The Baptist - Luke 1:1-24, 59-end
Ideas 1
Read this story with the kids.
After you have finished reading, let the kids colour in the page.
As they are colouring, walk around and ask the kids the following questions
Who is this? (point to Zechariah)
What did the angel say to Zechariah?
Did Zechariah believe the angel?
What did Zechariah call his baby?
Idea 2
Play charades with the kids.
Cut out the Zechariah charades page and fold up all the little pieces of paper
Take turns letting one of the kids pick out a piece of paper and try to act out what is written on the paper. (they can’t say a word or make any sounds).
Once all the papers have been chosen and acted out ask the kids to put the papers in story order.
Idea 3
Read Luke 1:1-24 and 59-end in the bible
Ask the kids if they found anything interesting in the story.
Idea 4
Play true or false
Zechariah worked as a pizza maker. (false)
Elisabeth was old and lots of people made fun of her because she didn’t have any kids. (true)
Zechariah saw an angel. (true)
The angel’s name was John. (false)
Zechariah didn’t believe the angel and so he couldn’t speak until the baby was born. (true)
Zechariah and Elisabeth named their baby John. (true)
John was Jesus’ cousin. (true)
Idea 5
Talk about promises with the kids
Ask the kids if they can think of a time when someone made a promise and then didn’t keep their promise. How did it make them feel?
Then ask them if they can think of a time when someone did keep their promise.
Tell the kids a story from your own life when someone kept a promise.
Ask the kids who always keeps their promises no matter what? (the answer is God)
Talk about the promise God made was starting to come true with John being born.
Idea 6
Chant God keeps his promises
Ask the kids to do various activities while chanting “God Keeps His Promises”.
They can jump up and down, pretend to ride a bicycle, stand on one foot, pretend to swim etc.
Idea 7
Match the bible promises, with the bible verse, and the explanation.
cut out the pieces of the bible promises match sheet and mix them up.
Let the kids try to match put them together. All three pieces make a match.
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