Matthew3, Mark 1, Luke 3
John the Baptist prepared the way for Jesus by telling others to get ready for the Messiah. The people repented and John baptized them. What does repent mean? What is baptism? These are the concepts we explore with this story. The Bible tells us that Jesus washes us and we will be as white as snow. One activity is to make snowflakes.
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John 1
This is an interactive slide presentation where the kids get to do the craft along with the story so that they can retell the story. Get the paper here. At the end there is a tic-tac-toe game which reviews John the Baptist’s ministry, Jesus’ baptism and John’s introduction of Jesus to his followers. Do you want to follow Jesus?
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Luke 3
Get ready for Jesus to come. Repent. Jesus washes our sins away. The kids will have an opportunity to see this in action as they do the object lesson. They will write sins with water soluble ink on a rock and good deeds with crayon. When washed in water the ink will disappear and the crayon will stay. For the craft they will make a texture picture of John the Baptist.
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