Seasonal Activities for Christmas Festivities is ideal for children's leaders looking for lively, thought-provoking session material in the run-up to Christmas.
The resource provides three years' worth of exciting programme ideas designed to unpack the true meaning of Christmas with 7-11s. Each programme contains five sessions that fit readily into the autumn half-term leading up to Christmas, and includes an optional short presentation for a Christmas service or related event.
Choose from three stand-alone but inter-related themes, each unpacked through icebreakers, discussions, games, crafts, dramatised Bible stories, prayers and take-home activities.
Christmas unwrapped
Explore the parts played by five nativity characters in the Christmas story and discover how we can reflect their gifts and attitudes today!
Christmas unpacked
Link five key Bible stories from Creation to Easter to tell the great story of God's love for us and to discover why we celebrate Christmas!
The gift of Christmas
Find out how five nativity characters symbolise the people Jesus came to befriend and think about those God wants us to remember at Christmas time!
Within each programme, the five sessions follow the same pattern and include the following sections:
Ready, steady...
Sets out the aim of the session and provides a short Bible reflection to aid the teaching of the material.
Go!
The resource provides three years' worth of exciting programme ideas designed to unpack the true meaning of Christmas with 7-11s. Each programme contains five sessions that fit readily into the autumn half-term leading up to Christmas, and includes an optional short presentation for a Christmas service or related event.
Choose from three stand-alone but inter-related themes, each unpacked through icebreakers, discussions, games, crafts, dramatised Bible stories, prayers and take-home activities.
Christmas unwrapped
Explore the parts played by five nativity characters in the Christmas story and discover how we can reflect their gifts and attitudes today!
Christmas unpacked
Link five key Bible stories from Creation to Easter to tell the great story of God's love for us and to discover why we celebrate Christmas!
The gift of Christmas
Find out how five nativity characters symbolise the people Jesus came to befriend and think about those God wants us to remember at Christmas time!
Within each programme, the five sessions follow the same pattern and include the following sections:
Ready, steady...
Sets out the aim of the session and provides a short Bible reflection to aid the teaching of the material.
Go!
