Welcome
Getting Ready to Worship
Introduction to the Unit
Gathering Song
Getting Ready for Bible Storytelling
Interactive
Storytelling
Saying Sorry to God
Saying Sorry Action
God Gives us a New Start
Prayers for Other People
Prayer Action
Thank You God
Creative Response
Sharing God's Peace
Taking God's Love
Into the World
Introducing to the Unit
➜ Book 1, pp.129-166.
Introducing the Unit: Option 1
It’s time to get ready for Christmas!
Baby Jesus is coming!
Introducing the Unit: Option 2
Focus: the liturgical colour, purple
Who can tell us what colour season we’re in now?
If appropriate: You may have seen it in church.
The colour purple
reminds us it’s time to ‘get ready’!
Baby Jesus is coming at Christmas!
If appropriate: Let’s all look out for purple
when we go back into church.
Or: Let’s remember to look and see what colour
we’re in next time we go into church.
Introducing the Unit: Option 3
For Christmas Day or the week after Christmas
It’s Christmas!
Baby Jesus is here!
If appropriate:
We have our Baby Jesus doll here to remind us.
If your church uses visible liturgical colours:
Who can tell us what colour Christmas is?
If appropriate: You may have seen it in church . . .
Invite a child to respond and accept his or her response.
Gold and white are the colours of joy!
Baby Jesus is here!