People in God’s World: Little Babies

“And she gave birth to her first born son and wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7

Call to Worship
(Sung to “The Bear Went over the Mountain”)
Let’s worship God, let’s worship God, let’s worship God,
With joyful hearts, with joyful hearts, with joyful hearts,
Let’s worship God with joyful hearts!

Joys and Concerns
Have the children share a few joys and concerns they have and follow with a prayer thanking God for our joys and asking God to be with us in our concerns.

Sharing
Ask: We have been talking about Communion and sharing God’s love with our friends. Today I want to talk about some different kinds of friends, babies! Have you ever helped take care of a baby? (I helped give my baby brother a bath, etc)

Listening
To introduce the story, wrap a baby doll in a baby blanket. Show the baby doll to the children.
Say: I brought a baby with me this morning! I’ve fed the baby, and talked to the baby and given the baby a bath and played with the baby and changed the baby abd finally, the baby is asleep. Babies need so much love and care! Let’s listen to a verse in the Bible about a mother taking care of a baby. “And she gave birth to her first born son and wrapped him in bands of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7 Does anyone know that the name of the baby from the Bible verse is? (Jesus) And what is the name of the babies mommy? (Mary) Mary loved baby Jesus, and she took good care of him. God wants us to love and care for babies too.

Exploring
Make a We Love Babies Collage. Explain to the children that since babies love to look at pictures of other babies, your group will create a We Love Babies Collage for the church nursery. Have the children work together to fill the banner paper with pictures. Remind them that in a collage it is ok if the pictures overlap each other. Add a label that says, “We Love Babies!”

Benediction
Say: Loving God, let us show our love for you. Help us to show our love for other people, for our families, for out teachers and for our friends. Thank you for being our guide. Amen.