This session will lead kids to focus on the facts of the Christmas story, learning that Jesus’ birth is part of God’s plan to send a Savior. 

This session will focus on the praise that Elizabeth gave when Mary greeted her and on the praise that Mary gave to God. The birth of Jesus, God’s Son and the Savior, causes people to praise and worship God today.

God promised that the Savior would be born. The angels came to bring the good news to Mary and Joseph. The angel said that Mary would give birth to a Son, and His name would be Jesus. This session will emphasize that God planned for Jesus to be born. 

Kids: God had a plan to save sinners from the punishment for sin. Through the prophet Isaiah, God communicated His plan—to send a servant, a Savior, who would take the punishment for sin. We can lead kids to understand that God loves people and promised to send a Savior! We can have forgiveness of sin and eternal life through Jesus. 

Preschool: Deborah listened to God and told Barak what to do. When Barak was unsure, Deborah trusted and obeyed God and led the people. This session will focus on ways that Deborah listened to what God said and did those things. God has a plan for His people. God wants us to obey and follow His plan. 

God promised to be with David and to go with him. God kept His promise to help David. David trusted that God would keep His promises and help him. This session will lead kids to know God will help them and He can be trusted during difficult times.

God is everywhere at all times, and He promises to be with His people. This session will emphasize that kids can always talk to God and trust that He will hear them. They are never alone! God is always with them and can help them. We can lead older kids to understand that Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to believers. The Holy Spirit lives within those who trust Jesus as Savior and Lord. He is always with Christians and leads them to live in ways that God wants.

God promised to make Abraham a great nation. But both Abraham and Sarah were very old and had no children. God promised they would have a baby in spite of advanced age. This session will guide kids to understand God’s promise. God is faithful and dependable. There is no promise that God cannot keep.

This session will help kids know that God is in control of all things, and He will help bring about His will in people’s lives and in the world. We can lead kids to understand that God leads people to do His work, and He will help them accomplish whatever work He gives. God is fair, faithful, and just. He always keeps His promises.

In the Nazareth synagogue, Jesus read from the prophet Isaiah. He told the people that the prophet’s words were fulfilled in Him. This session will emphasize that Jesus taught that He is the Messiah that was promised in the Old Testament.

This session will emphasize that the Bible tells about God’s plan to send Jesus to be the Savior. We can help kids understand that the prophets told about Jesus’ birth hundreds of years before Jesus came. God planned to send the Messiah, His Son, and told that the special child would be born. The prophets wrote this message, and people waited for the Messiah.