God's Big Rescue - a family time activity
Want a simple idea to help families explore the Christmas story together?
Use the Jesus
Storybook Bible and make either Advent bracelets or key rings to
help your
families spend time together and explore the story of Christmas
at the same
time. Just give each family a pack containing all they need, and
every day they
can read the Bible story together and add the appropriate
bead to each child’s
bracelet/key ring.
WHAT TO DO
Make up packs for
each family. Each family will need a pack containing:
· -
The
Jesus Storybook Bible (available from SUNZ for $19.99)
· -
A
copy of the bookmark on the side of this page. These can be downloaded from our
website www.sunz.org.nz or click on this link to download them from our Dropbox folder. See the image below for an example of what the bookmark looks like.
· -
An
organza bag for each child containing
o
the
following beads - a silver heart and a gold heart, a star, a big beautiful bead
to represent Jesus, 3 purple beads, one sparkly bead, one each of green, grey, gold,
blue, and yellow beads. (A good brand of beads which include a sturdy plastic
bracelet is L’ll Rosie Pony Beads.)
o
Either a plastic band or shoe lace
for the bracelet or a key ring and with a shoelace attached.
Give out the
packs in church and suggest that families make a regular time each day to do
their packs together. Tell parents that this is a good opportunity to build
quality relationships and talk and pray as a family.
Suggest they find a comfortable place and turn
the TV off and don’t answer the phone. Bedtime can be good, or on the sofa
after dinner. Remind them that reading the Bible is more than just learning
information about God. The Bible is the story of his love for the world and for
us. Pray that families will meet with God and be transformed by him as they
read.
Click here for a free booklet, created by Christine Harrex for her church!
Click here for a free booklet, created by Christine Harrex for her church!
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