Dec 1st Advent, Be Prepared
Game : Captains Daughter
List
of instructions :
1.
Port (run to left-hand wall)
2.
Starboard (run to right-hand wall)
3.
Fore (run to front)
4.
Aft (run to back)
5.
Climb the rigging (on the spot rope climbing actions)
6.
Swab the decks (Mopping actions)
7.
Cannon-ball coming (Lie flat on the floor)
8.
Admiral's aboard (Stop dead, stand straight and salute at attention)
9.
Captains Daughter (everybody stops and wolf whistles )
Explain
that the children are all sailors on a ship, and the captain is expecting a
visit from the admiral – so lots of preparations have to be made. Read out the
instructions before the game begins and make sure that everyone understands
what to do when each one is called.
One
player is chosen as the captain and is given the list of instructions from
which s/he can call at random. Once the captain calls "Admiral's
aboard" the last person to obey the command is eliminated.
Play
until one person is left and that person then becomes the captain & reads
the list, in random order...
Question: What is Advent
We showed the video below, then had a quick fire quiz
Questions:
- Advent is a period lasting for how long… four Sundays
- Advent the season of .. preparation
- Advent the season of …. looking forward
- Advent the season of… change
- In the video that we saw, how many Candles did we see .. 20
- Most common word displayed .. wait
- Preparing for the celebration of… Jesus birth
- In the video that we saw, how many SNOWFLAKEs did we see.. 25
- Title of the song “I will wait for you”
- We saw 2 people waiting and looking at a light shining down, what were they sitting on.. stairs
- What am I waiting for? Waiting for Jesus
- What does advent means? the coming of …. Something
CHRISTMAS TREE
Divide
the children into small groups and ask them to read the Christmas story as
recorded in Luke 2: 1-20.
Seek
answers to the questions:
When
was Jesus born (v 2)?
Why
did Joseph travel to Bethlehem?(v4)
Where
did Mary lay her baby? (v7)
What
did the angels say to the shepherds? (v 10)
What
was special about Jesus? (v 11)
Why
were people amazed at what he shepherd's said ?(v 18)
What
do you think Mary treasured? (v 19)
Why
were the shepherds glorifying and praising God (v 19).
Ask
the children to write on a blue bauble something that they have learned about
Jesus' birth, that they want to remember this Christmas. If they wish they can
copy a verse onto the bauble, or write something on their own. They can then go
and hang their bauble on the tree.
Examples
of baubles completed are below:
MEMORY VERSE - Pass
the Parcel
PASS THE PARCEL
Prep: A present with a word from the
memory verse in every layer of paper & a sweet
Memory Verse: “They will call him Immanuel which means God with
us" Matthew chapter 1 verse 23.”
We ran out of time for the following:
Reflection – Christmas Worship & Calendar drawing
we were going to how the video below, the kids were then going to think about how much God Loves them, not just at Christmas but all
year. They drew a picture on some coloured card with a 2014 calendar on
it.
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