WELCOME: Welcome, introductions. READ: Matthew 2:1-11 This lesson is focused on the Wise Men who traveled from afar to present valuable gifts to King Jesus. They risked everything to bring these gifts to Jesus, because they knew how important Jesus was! DISCUSS: What is the best gift you’ve ever received? Why did the wise men…

This lesson is based on Isaiah 9:6-7 and Luke 2:25-35, and teaches us that Jesus’ birth was the fulfilment of a promise that had beenmade a long time ago…. and that he is still saviour today. READ: Isaiah 9:6-7 and Luke 2:25-35. Many years before Jesus was born, God promised His people that He would…

This lesson is based on Matthew 2:1-9 about the Wise men following the star to find baby King Jesus and Luke 2:8-20 about the Angels. God used the star and he used angels to send messages to people in the Christmas story. READ: Matthew 2:1-9 and Luke 2:8-20 (from a Childrens bible or normal bible)…

Gentleness is one of those concepts that we don’t really understand. Often children equate gentleness with stroking a cat nicely and not pulling its tail, or driving it away! Toddlers are frequently told to be gentle with other children, and older children are told to be gentle with babies. Other than that, gentleness isn’t really…

What does it mean to be faithful when you are in school? Who should you be faithful to? How should you show your faithfulness? Why should you be faithful? Faithful means more than staying with someone; it means being loyal, trustworthy and dependable. A faithful person does the duties that they are asked to do.…

Patience is REALLY hard! But God tells us we need to learn it! We need time to just be – to learn to slow down and to wait. Waiting is valuable – it produces perseverance and trust in God. Also, when you are waiting, you learn things about yourself. Abraham waited many years for a…

Kindness is a fruit of the spirit, something we should expect, as Christians, to be cultivating. Being kind to people is something that requires effort on our part, it is more than NOT being unkind, it is a reaching out and saying or doing something positive to help another person. Ephesians4:32 32 Be kind and compassionate…

Peace. It is the third fruit of the spirit, and should be something that marks us out as different to other people. Peace in the biblical sense of the word is more than a dreamy feeling. Peace means feeling calm inside while you deal with the things that are going on around you. Peace means…

The second fruit of the spirit is joy. Paul lists it before peace in his list of the fruits of the spirit: joy is central to Christian life. The first response to Jesus is pure joy. Joy because your sins have been forgiven, joy because of the Holy Spirit taking residence in your heart. When…