Sunday School Lesson from December 11th

God Dwells With Us

John 1:1-14

The Word Became Human

1 In the beginning, the Word was already there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was with God in the beginning.
3 All things were made through him. Nothing that has been made was made without him.
4 Life was in him, and that life was the light for all people.
5 The light shines in the darkness. But the darkness has not understood it.
6 A man came who was sent from God. His name was John.
7 He came to give witness about that light. He gave witness so that all people could believe.
8 John himself was not the light. He came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
10 The Word was in the world that was made through him. But the world did not recognize him.
11 He came to what was his own. But his own people did not accept him.
12 Some people did accept him. They believed in his name. He gave them the right to become children of God.
13 To be a child of God has nothing to do with human parents. Children of God are not born because of human choice or because a husband wants them to be born. They are born because of what God does.
14 The Word became a human being. He made his home with us. We have seen his glory. It is the glory of the one and only Son.

Worship Theme:
Jesus lives in us.

Sunday School Lesson from December 4th

John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus

Mark 1:1-8

1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,
2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
       “I will send my messenger ahead of you,
         who will prepare your way”
3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”
4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River
6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7 And this was his message:
        “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Worship Theme:
We can welcome Jesus into our lives.

Weaving Faith Into Life:
Children can make changes in their lives to prepare to welcome Jesus.

Story:
Make our paths straight

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