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Wonder Lesson

Bible Passage: Luke 1:26–38, 46–55

(Mary and the Angel)

God Is a Promise Keeper

REMEMBER VERSE

For God so loved the world He gave His only Son. John 3:16

SERVICE SCHEDULE

Explore Welcome & Engage

10–15 minutes

Discover & Respond Large Group

30 minutes

Respond & Bless Small Group

25 minutes

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Inspire I promised to take my sister out on a Friday for a “sister date.” Throughout the week, I reminded her of the time we’d planned together and asked her what she wanted to do. I was thinking about taking her to my favorite tea lounge or maybe getting some ice cream. We were looking forward to it, especially since she went to school on the east coast, and we rarely got time together. Friday came, and I was exhausted; it had been a long week with some late nights. On top of that, my family was going camping that weekend, and my mom needed help with preparations. I drove across town to pick up some camping gear for her. When I got back, I passed out and took a nap on the couch. A few hours later, I woke up and went to help my sister, who was doing dishes in the kitchen. “Guess we aren’t going out tonight,” she said. “No, I think I need to stay home and help Mom. Sorry. Let’s do it another time,” I said casually. The following day, my sister told me how much she had been looking forward to spending time with me. My nonchalant request to reschedule had hurt her. Of course, I felt horrible and apologized. God used this situation to remind me that broken promises bring pain, but keeping them honors others—showing the love and respect I hold for that person. God is the ultimate promise keeper. When I reflect on how many promises I have made and later broken, both to others and myself, I have a new appreciation for God. None of His promises has ever fallen to the ground. Praise be to God, who loves us and keeps His promises.

Equip God is a promise keeper. From the beginning, He promised to send a Savior to restore peace and conquer sin. After the fall, God told the serpent that one day an offspring of a woman would “crush [its] head” (Genesis 3:15). This is the first prophecy in Scripture showing God’s plan to send a Redeemer. He promised David that the Redeemer would come through his line and would reign forever (2 Samuel 7:8–16). Isaiah describes the Messiah as a child who would be the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6) and says that God’s Spirit would be with Him in a special and unique way (11:2). Fast-forward many years later to a little town called Nazareth, where there lived a young woman named Mary. She was from the line of David and was a virgin. God sent the angel Gabriel to declare that she had been chosen to bear a son who would fulfill the promises and prophesies God made to Israel, for all people. Gabriel told her that He would be the Son of God, that He would reign on the throne of David and have an everlasting kingdom of peace (Luke 1:31–33). Mary asked one question: “How will this be?” Gabriel’s response: “Through the power of the Holy Spirit.” This explanation was enough for Mary. In faith, she believed that God would keep His promise to her. When Mary went to Elizabeth to share her news, she heard of Elizabeth’s own miraculous pregnancy. Elizabeth declared, “Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill His promises to her.” All along, God was keeping His promise to redeem and save His people. God had a plan from the very beginning to pour out His grace and love upon His people. Through Jesus, God fulfilled His promises, both to Israel and to us.

Support God kept the promise He made. The way He kept it, however, was not the way we would have expected. In His loving grace, God chose Mary to bear the Messiah. She found favor with God. In fact, Scripture tells us that she was highly favored. The favor God poured out over Mary’s life became a blessing for all mankind. Her life and her love for God directly impacted our lives. God’s love and grace fills us up so we can share His love with others. This week, take some time to sing or meditate on the following hymn, “The Love of God,” by Frederick M. Lehman:

The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell; It goes beyond the highest star, And reaches to the lowest hell;

The guilty pair, bowed down with care,

God gave His Son to win;

His erring child He reconciled, And pardoned from his sin. O love of God, how rich and pure! How measureless and strong! It shall forevermore endure The saints’ and angels’ song.

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Lesson Overview: Luke 1:25-38, 46-55

Respond Small Group Review/Bless/ Connect/Create

Bless Small Group

15–30 min. 5 min

Further process the story through discussion and interaction with others, and respond to God in worship through creative expression. Bless the children that they may experience God fully and be a blessing to others.

Wonder Questions

Small Group Resource (campus optional) Blessing

Blessing/Remember Verse

Create: Keeping Promises (per child)

Keeping Promises strips

Card stock (so each child has several strips)

Scissors

Tape, stapler or glue

Markers

Engage: Manger Minutes! (per small group)

Manger Minutes puzzles

Card stock (1 sheet per puzzle, white)

Resealable bags (11, quart-sized)

Timer

Scissors

Family First Look (hand out)

Experience Time Summary Supplies/Prepare

Explore Welcome & Engage

10–15 min.

Exploration stations create space intended to transition children—to lead them from the external world into an environment where they can commune with God, just as they are with all that they are.

I Love Them Collage (per child)

I Love Them Template copied on cardstock

Clip Art

Glue Sticks

Crayons Coloring Page (per child)

Lesson themed coloring page

Discover

Large Group

Respond Large Group

30 min. Facilitate interactive games, songs, and storytelling, allowing children to participate in discovering God’s Word. Create space for children to respond to the Holy Spirit in worship and community.

God Is a Promise Keeper Worship songs Mail Time/Remember Verse What’sIt: Baby Bottle

The Big God Story

Today in the Big God Story we will hear the story of Mary and the Angel

Worship through response

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Small Group

Explore 10-15 minutes

I Love Them

God’s promises and plan for our redemption are a result of His great love for us. Today the children will play a game

where they’ll think about and name people they love.

SUPPLIES (per small group)

I Love Them Template copied on cardstock

Clip Art

Glue Sticks

Crayons

PREPARE AHEAD

Copy the I Love Them Templates and the Clip Art. Cut apart the Clip Art

SET UP

Gather the supplies and place them in the middle of you group.

RELATE

Welcome children to the EXPLORE Station. Invite kids to think of people that they love. Browse through the clip art and

talk about the different people represented in the pictures. Tell them that they can choose pictures that represent people

whom they love to glue onto their I Love Them Template. While you’re working ask questions: Who loves you? Who

are some people you love? How do you show love to each other?

Clean up/Move to Large Group 5 min.

A CD with clean up music will be played. At this time, please encourage and assist the kids with clean up and proceed to the large group programming area. Be sure to model for the kid’s large group behavior. Please participate in all aspects of today’s large group time.

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LARGE Group Discover: (22 minutes)

Host/Storyteller

Children move into a large group setting and participate in discovering God’s Word through storytelling, worship, and interactive experiences.

Ponder Point

God Is a Promise Keeper

The Big God Story —>

SUPPLIES • Bible (large) with bookmark • Sound effects: Gabriel #1–3

Spot’s Rules —>

SUPPLIES

• Countdown video w/ theme song (in playlist)

• Spot’s Rules slide (in playlist)

• Worship music (in playlist)

Mail Time

—>

For God so loved the world He gave His only Son. John 3:16

Remember Verse Motions: For God: Point up to God so loved: give yourself a big hug the world: sweep arms across the front of your body with palms facing upward he gave: hands facing up, push them from belly outward as if presenting someone with a gift. his only Son: Rock a baby. SUPPLIES

• Remember Verse image or video

• Bible

Wardrobe of Wonder

—>

What’sIt: Baby Bottle

Mary received news from an angel that she was going to have a baby. A baby bottle can help us to remember that this special baby was Jesus—the promised Savior. God kept His promise to send a Redeemer.

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- this icon will help the tech

or storyteller to know when to advance the slides in the Wonder

playlist.

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Worship Response

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SUPPLIES • Pitchers (2, large, clear) • Construction paper (1–2 sheets) • Pan or dish to hold the pitchers • Tape • Food coloring or liquid watercolors

PREPARE AHEAD Cut a large heart out of construction paper and tape the heart to the front of one pitcher. Next, cut out people shapes and tape them to the outside of the second pitcher.

SET UP Fill the “heart” pitcher with water and add a couple of drops of food coloring or liquid watercolor. Place both pitchers on a table.

Spot’s Rules (2 minutes)

Host Each week children will begin their large group time with the rules of your preschool program. Spot’s Rules is a time for simple reminders about how to be a part of a loving community by respecting each other. ENGAGE Welcome children as they’re entering the large group meeting area. Direct the children to sit with their leaders in the designated area on the floor.

Begin countdown video after the kids have all sat down.

Be sure to introduce Spot to the children the first day he appears in your large group time. Say, “Okay boys and girls, it’s time to go over our rules!”

Show “Spot’s Rules” slide and go over the two rules, “Be Kind” and “Be Safe”

Once “Spot’s Rules” are over, cue the Mail Time intro clip

Mail Time (4 minutes)

Host Each week children will receive mail in the mailbox you’ve created. Written on the mail is the month’s Remember Verse from the Bible. It’s important for children to associate the message written on the “mail” as words from the Bible, so be sure to have a Bible visible for reference. Invite a child to come up on the stage to help you open today’s mail. ENGAGE After the child opens the mailbox and retrieves the mail, ask your volunteer to be seated with their small group. The Host will then read the enclosed Remember Verse as it appears on the screen. Talk about the meaning of the verse while interacting with the children and other leaders onstage with you. Define any unfamiliar words for the children.

The Host should lead the large group in reciting the Remember Verse several times together using a variety of

engaging methods. Using the hand motions listed below, go over the verse two or three times with the kids. Use as

much excitement and enthusiasm as you can! Treat this as a celebration—an exciting time of introducing your children

to God’s Word. Applaud them for a job well done!

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LARGE Group Remember Verse Motions (Teacher Tip: Take your time, go slowly, break it down and explain the words as you go…)

Cue Remember Verse motions video

For God so loved the world He gave His only Son. John 3:16

Remember Verse Motions: For God: Point up to God so loved: give yourself a big hug the world: sweep arms across the front of your body with palms facing upward he gave: hands facing up, push them from belly outward as if presenting someone with a gift. his only Son: Rock a baby.

Worship Song: “Joy to the World” (3 minutes) Host Invite the kids to stand and sing with you, using motions

Cue the worship song in the playlist

After the Host asks the kids to sit down, cue Wardrobe of Wonder intro clip

Wardrobe of Wonder (5 minutes)

Host

The Wardrobe of Wonder is a fun and interactive entrance point into God’s story. Each week a new object called a

What’sIt, which is connected to and sometimes used in The Big God Story, is hidden in the wardrobe. The Storyteller,

Host, or Worship Leader will select a child volunteer to assist her with retrieving the What’sIt. Together as a community,

the children will discover the identity of this object as they begin to ask questions from their observations and

experiences.

What’sIt Baby Bottle

Mary received news from an angel that she was going to have a baby. A baby bottle can help us to remember that this special baby was Jesus—the promised Savior. God kept His promise to send a Redeemer.

SET UP

Invite a child volunteer up front to help find the What’sIt. Along with the child, choose special thinking hats out of the prop or hat box before looking into the wardrobe. ENGAGE After putting on your silly thinking hats, lead all of the children in putting on their imaginary thinking hats and making their special thinking hat sound. Invite your child volunteer to “spy” on the What’sIt by peeking into the wardrobe.

When the wardrobe is opened, cue the Wardrobe of Wonder sound effect. Have him/her whisper the identity of the

What’sIt in your ear to ensure he/she knows what it is. Together, close the wardrobe, then sit at the edge of the stage (or teaching area) on two small stools. Lead the children in a few questions about the identity of the What’sIt. Children will guess what the object is by asking yes-or-no questions of you and your assistant (child). You can ask your own questions of your assistant if the kids are struggling with this activity. Once the children have finished guessing correctly, ask your assistant to retrieve the What’sIt from the wardrobe and bring it to you. Thank your volunteer and encourage her to sit with her small group.

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LARGE Group ASK Who can tell us what this is? Allow children to answer. A baby bottle, that’s right! How is a baby bottle used? Interact with children and their answers. How do you think this baby bottle might have something to do with The Big God Story? Allow children to share answers. Well, let’s get going! Let’s find out how the What’sIt fits into this part of The Big God Story. Do you know what time it is?

The Big God Story

Genesis Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 PRAYER OF RELEASE The Prayer of Release is a time for children and leaders to pause, be still, and ask God to quiet their hearts and minds. If you’d like, encourage kids to hold their open hands in front of them in a spirit of releasing worries and distractions, to better receive what the Holy Spirit might have for them. After the children quiet their voices and still their bodies, ask them to pray with you.

RELATE

Welcome children and lead them in a Prayer of Release. Storyteller opens a big Bible with a bookmark hanging out of it.

Friends, do you remember where we left off in The Big God Story? Allow kids to answer; interact with their

responses. Good remembering. God spoke to Samuel when he was a young boy. When he grew up, he became

God’s prophet. What’s a prophet? Allow kids to answer. Good thinking. A prophet is a person who listens to

God’s words and shares His message with His people. God sent prophets to speak to His people for many

years. They reminded the people of God’s promise to send the Savior to earth. After many years, the time had

come and God’s promise had come true. Why? Because God is a promise keeper, He always does what He

says He will do.

Mary lived in a town called Nazareth. She was a young woman who was getting ready to marry a man named

Joseph.

Six months after the angel Gabriel told Zechariah and Elizabeth they would have a baby boy named John, God

sent Gabriel to give Mary an important message. Let’s listen to what the the angel Gabriel said to Mary…..

Tech: Cue Gabriel #1 sound effect: “The Lord has given you special favor. He is with you.”

I wonder … How do you think Mary felt seeing and talking to an angel? Allow children to answer. Good thinking.

Mary may have felt upset and confused. Let’s hear what Gabriel told her: Tech: Cue Gabriel #2 sound effect:

“Do not be afraid, Mary. God is very pleased with you. You will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You must

name Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High God. The Lord God will make Him a king

like His father David of long ago. He will rule forever over His people, who came from Jacob’s family. His kingdom will

never end.”

Gabriel told Mary she was going to have a baby. That baby was going to be Jesus! Tech: Cue Wardrobe of

Wonder sound effect. Friends, do you know what that sound means? Children answer. That’s right! We’ve found

our What’sIt in The Big God Story. The baby bottle can help us to remember that God kept His promise to the

world. He came to earth as a baby—baby Jesus! When Mary heard all of this, she had a question. “How will

this be?” she wanted to know. The angel Gabriel told her that God would keep His promise and make sure

TEACHER NOTE The lesson is written in such a way that there are interaction opportunities for the kids to participate verbally or with actions. YOU as the large group communicator can decide if you want to include them as you teach or if you want to skip over it. It may depend on how your kids are responding that morning and if you feel it will help or hinder the teaching for that particular day.

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LARGE Group everything happened just as God planned. He said: Tech: Cue Gabriel #3 sound effect: “Your relative Elizabeth is

old. And even she is going to have a child. People thought she could not have children. But she has been pregnant for

six months now. Nothing is impossible with God.”

Mary trusted in God and believed He is a promise keeper. She rushed over to see Elizabeth and tell her

everything. When Elizabeth saw Mary, the Holy Spirit caused the baby inside her to jump for joy. Elizabeth told

Mary, “God has blessed you more than other women. And blessed is the child you will have. You are a woman

God has blessed. You have believed that what the Lord has said to you will be done!” Then Mary worshipped

God with a song, praising Him for keeping His promises.

God always keeps His promises. He is a promise keeper. Throughout The Big God Story, we’ve been

discovering how God promised that He would always be with His people, bless them, and make them into a

great nation. But what happened? Over and over again, God’s people chose to ignore God’s words and

disobey Him. How did God respond to the people? Did He forget His promises? Encourage responses. No way!

God’s love is big. His love is strong. Nothing can stop God’s love! He kept His promises then, and He keeps His

promises today. He never left His people. He was making the way for all people to be with Him forever and ever.

There’s still so much more for us to hear about this very special baby, Jesus. Next time we’re together, we get

to hear about a very special journey that Jesus’ mommy and daddy took. Oooh! I’m so excited, I almost can’t

wait! But for now, let’s celebrate that God is a promise keeper!

Worship Song: “Jump for Joy-Jesus is Born” (3 minutes) Host

Invite the kids to stand and sing with you, using motions

Cue the worship song in the playlist

Respond: 10–15 min.

RELATE

God loves us so much that He sent Jesus to come and make a way for us to be with Him forever. God promises

to love us always, no matter what we do. He is a promise keeper. Hold up the “heart” pitcher for the children to see.

This heart represents God and how much He loves us. Show them the empty people picture. This pitcher

represents us. Begin to slowly pour water into the “people” pitcher as you dialogue with the children. I wonder … Do

you think God loves us even when we make mistakes? Allow children to answer. Pour more water into people

pitcher as you ask the next question. How about when we disobey our parents? Continue filling the people pitcher as

you interact with kids’ answers. The people pitcher should be full by the time you reach the end of this dialogue.How

about when we do lots of nice things at school? How about when we’re at home? Yes! God loves us all the

time. Now let the people picture overflow into the pan under it. No matter where you are, or what you’re doing, God

will always pour His love into you! He loves us so much that it is more than we can hold. Just the way it was

more than the pitcher could hold.

Let’s take some time to thank God for keeping His promise to love us. In The Big God Story, Mary worshipped

God by singing a song. We can do that too. Let’s sing a song of worship to God together, thanking Him for His

love

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LARGE Group Worship Song: “He is Born” (3 minutes) Host

Invite the kids to stand and sing with you, using motions

Cue the worship song in the playlist

*Close with a corporate prayer of blessing and dismiss to small groups.

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Small Group

Respond 30 min.

Snack/Wonder Questions God loves His people so much that He promised to send a Savior who would heal our broken world. God

fulfilled His promise by sending His Son, Jesus. Out of His perfect love and grace, God chose Mary to carry His

Son. Everything God promised happened, just as He said it would!

SUPPLIES (per table/small group) • Snacks • Small Group Resource (campus optional)

What do you think it was like to see an angel?

When does God keep His promises?

What promises does God make to us?

Who can you tell about God’s promises this week?

Bless Today, we heard about how Mary worshipped God with a song when Elizabeth called her blessed for believing

God’s promises. Today, let’s take some time to bless the other friends in our small group. Begin by singing this

blessing over your kids to the tune of a familiar song. Preschoolers are usually familiar with “The Alphabet Song” or

“Jesus Loves Me.” This might feel uncomfortable, but preschoolers are very forgiving. Once you’ve blessed one child

with a song, encourage him to turn to his neighbor and sing the same blessing over her. Go around your small group

singing blessings over one another until everyone has been blessed.

Blessing: May you be filled with God’s love! Remember that God will keep His promises and always be with you.

For God so loved the world He gave His only Son.

John 3:16

Remember Verse Motions: For God: Point up to God so loved: give yourself a big hug the world: sweep arms across the front of your body with palms facing upward he gave: hands facing up, push them from belly outward as if presenting someone with a gift. his only Son: Rock a baby.

Extra Small Group Resource: (Campus Optional)

Each week additional questions/images are provided for your group to go a little deeper in its exploration of The Big God Story during your snack time. You can show this picture to your group to help remind them of the

story as they are answering the Wonder questions listed in your curriculum.

If time allows, there are also questions on the back of the picture. Please use your own Bible or the Bible provided in your small group bin to look up the specific verses that correspond with the questions. The kids

will be challenged to listen for the answers while you read scripture as well as helping them learn how to look for truth in God’s Word!

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Small Group

Create: Keeping Promises

SUPPLIES (per child)

• Keeping Promises strips

• Card stock (enough so every child has several strips when cut apart)

• Tape, stapler or glue

• Markers

PREPARE AHEAD

Print the Keeping Promises strips onto light-colored card stock and cut them apart.

SET UP

Scatter the strips down the center of the table. Place the markers on the table.

RELATE

What are some of the promises God has made to us? Allow children to answer; interact with their responses. God

has given us promises in His Word, the Bible. Let’s read some together. In Psalm 46:1, He promised to be with

us whenever we’re in trouble. In Romans 8:38–39, God has also promised that nothing can separate us from

His love. And in Romans 10:9, God has promised that when we trust and follow Jesus, we’ll be with Him forever

and ever.

God’s promises are strong, like a chain that can never be broken. Today we heard how God sent Jesus and

fulfilled His promise to make the way for us to be with Him forever. We also saw how Mary trusted in God’s

promises. Today we’re going to make a chain as a reminder that God’s promises will never be broken; He is a

promise keeper. Help the kids select a strip with a promise. Give them a few moments to decorate or color their strip

with the markers. Then help them make a chain of all the promises God kept by looping the strips of paper into a circle

and taping or gluing them together. They can take their chain home as a visual reminder that God keeps His promises.

Engage: Manger Minutes! SUPPLIES (per small group)

• Manger Minutes puzzles

• Card stock (1 sheet per puzzle, white)

• Resealable bags (11, quart-sized)

• Timer

• Scissors

PREPARE AHEAD

Print the Manger Minutes puzzles onto white card stock. Cut along the black lines. Put each puzzle set into its own

quart-sized resealable bag.

SET UP

Place the puzzle sets and a kitchen timer in the middle of a table or floor space.

RELATE

Invite children to come and join you in a circle on the floor or around the table. Pass a bag with puzzle pieces to each

child. Have kids pair up if there are more kids than puzzles. We have so much to celebrate! Jesus was born, and

He’s alive today! Let’s keep our party going with some fun puzzles. We’re going to play a really fun game called

“Manger Minutes!” You have one minute to put together a puzzle that has something to do with the night baby

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Small Group Jesus was born. It might be one of the animals or people who were at the manger the night Jesus was born.

You each have a bag with a puzzle in it. Take the pieces out and set them in front of you … but don’t start yet!

I’m putting one minute on this timer. You have until the timer runs out to put your puzzle together. Are you

ready to give it a try?

Set the timer and make sure all children have their puzzle pieces ready. While they’re working, walk around to see if

they need help and give them hints. If the group needs more time, add a few more seconds and have children keep

going. When they’re finished, suggest they pass the bag and puzzle pieces to the right and try a new puzzle.

Family First Look

Be sure to hand out this week’s Family First Look to the parents as they pick up their child.

This resource will help parents review this week’s lesson with their child and look ahead to next week’s lesson. It also has this week’s Blessing and the current

Remember Verse their kids are learning.