Play a game of dodge ball with soft play balls or paper wads. She was a good and faithful servant to God. ![]() God favored Mary because she always did what He said. Explain that now that students know the story, the Master is pretending to be God and all the servants are pretending to be Mary. Play the intro game again with the last student who won becoming the Master. So, remember that the name Jesus means, “God saves.” Game: Good and Faithful Servant Instead, we can live forever with God and Jesus. But Jesus came and died on the cross and went to Hell in our place so that if we believe in Jesus, we don’t have to go to Hell. God said that anyone who does anything wrong, anyone who sins, has to die and go to Hell for their punishment. The name Jesus means “God saves” because if we believe in Jesus, God saves us from going to Hell when we die. God was going to be Jesus’ Father.)Īnd do any of you know what the name Jesus means? We always need to listen to God and then, God will be happy with us.)ĭo any of you remember what Mary’s son’s name was supposed to be? (Jesus.)Īnd how was Jesus going to be special? How was He going to be different from other children? (Jesus wasn’t going to have a human father. We need to be like Mary and do whatever God tells us. She was willing to do whatever God told her to do.ĭo you think we should do what God tells us to do? (Yes. It’s because Mary was willing to listen to God. You remember that when the angel started talking to Mary, he said that God was pleased and happy with her. Mary was someone that pleased God, someone that God was happy with. Whatever God wants me to do, I will do.” And then, the angel left. The baby that I would give birth to would be God’s Son!Īnd so I said, “I am the Lord’s servant. Then, the angel told me that I was going to have a baby, a son named Jesus! And he said that Jesus wasn’t going to have a human father like everyone else does because God was going to be Jesus’ Father. I was afraid because I had never seen an angel before, but he told me not to be afraid because God was happy with me. He was even the great-great-great-great-great-grandson of the kings of Israel.Īnyway, just before I got married, this angel, one of the chief angels in Heaven, named Gabriel, came to me. And my parents had agreed to let me marry this wonderful man named Joseph! Joseph loved God and he always tried to do the right thing. I was only thirteen, but all the girls got married that young back then. And I was so excited! I was about to be married. ![]() A long time ago, I was an ordinary Jewish girl living in Israel. She’ll tell the following story based on Luke 1:26-38. But Zechariah and Elizabeth weren’t the only ones that the angel went and talked to. Last week, we went back and talked to Zechariah and Elizabeth and we learned that an angel named Gabriel told them that they were going to have a baby, even though they couldn’t have any kids before that, and that the baby’s name would be John and that he would be a great preacher for God. Last week, we pretended to be Luke the Doctor, who wrote the Bible book of Luke and the Bible book of Acts.ĭo you remember how Luke wrote his books? (The way Luke wrote his books was by going back and talking to the people who knew Jesus.) Even though some of them couldn’t find what you wanted, none of them said they wouldn’t do it. Play 2-3 rounds and then explain that they were all good servants because they all tried to bring you what you asked for. Part of the fun could be naming criteria that a lot of items meet and then narrowing it down to criteria that only a few items in your area meet. Something you would use for a certain purpose.Something that reminds you of the Bible.The last one in the game wins and becomes the Master for the next round. ![]() Items you already have in front of you count if they can apply it to meet the new criteria. If a student can’t bring you what you asked for within 15 seconds, they’re out. You’re going to name something you want, and they have 15 seconds to bring you what you asked for.Īnything that meets your criteria counts. Tell the students that you’re going to play a game in which you’re the Master and they’re your servants. Needed: volunteer to play Mary, soft play balls or paper wads Game: Good and Faithful Servant Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on Gabriel’s announcement to Mary to teach children why Mary was chosen to be Jesus’ mother.
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