Read the Story from the Bible together as a family.
After you have read it, watch the Bible Story Video shown during the Sunday Kids Service. Questions will include conversations about the Bible story to allow you and your children to reflect on the biblical truth and share your thoughts about the video with each other.
Included are coloring pages, activity sheets, games, additional questions and ideas to engage with the Bible story further at home with your child.
Hometown Bound
Mary and Joseph got a surprise trip to Bethlehem just when it was coming time for the baby to be born. Since Caesar Augustus was king of the Roman Empire, he was in charge of God’s people. If he said they needed to be counted, then off they went. Let’s play a game where you’ll register in your hometowns, too!
Gather the family around and one piece of paper per family member. Use the first letter of each person's name to create an imaginary hometown and write the name of the hometown on the piece of paper. Display the hometown papers around the room.
Instruct the family that everyone races to get there as quickly as possible when you call out a hometown! Repeat as many times as desired!
Say: Bethlehem wasn’t just Joseph’s hometown but King David’s, too. King David had been Israel’s best and most godly king. Perhaps that fact sounded a tiny alarm in Joseph and Mary’s minds. Kings come from Bethlehem! Let’s see what happened in Bethlehem.