Unfortunately, due to weather we have decided to cancel our Kid-Focused worship service scheduled for 5pm today. We took our plans for in-person worship and designed it for you to be able to worship at home with your kids today while we are snowed in! Follow along and play the videos and do the readings and dance & praise God together on this holy night!
Welcome Video from Pastor Kayla!
Opening Songs – Start out with some dancing to loosen up!
Call to Worship – Assign one person in the family as the leader or watch Pastor Kayla’s video. Click through the slide show and read together to begin your family worship time.
Carol Dance – Sing & Dance this fun carol!
The Christmas Story – Tell the Christmas Story in a fun way with kids.
The Christmas Story Interactive Click to Expand
Tell the Christmas Story in a fun way with kids. Assign each family member one (or more if you are a small family) of these roles in the image below and one person is the leader who reads through the story. Each time you hear the key phrase, use those phrases to make the story interactive.
When you hear “Shepherds” group one says “Yo, Sheep!”
When you hear “Sheep” group two says “Baaaa!”
When you hear “Night” group three sings: “Silent Night, Holy Night”
When you hear “Angel” group four sings: “Hallelujah! Hallelujah!”
When you hear “Good News” EVERYONE says “YES!” and does a fist pump!
When you hear “Great Joy” EVERYONE shouts for joy
When you hear “Baby” EVERYONE says “Ahhhhh”
Long ago in a country far away from this one, there were shepherds…
watching over their sheep…
by night.
Being good shepherds…
they protected their sheep,
made sure they had food to eat and water to drink, and gathered them together at night…
for protection. The shepherds…
were listening to the soft sounds of the sheep…
as they quieted down to go to sleep. The dark sky was full of shimmering stars that night.
And then…all sound stopped and an angel…
appeared to them. They were bathed in light, almost as if they glowed from within. The shepherds…
were frightened and so were the sheep.
The angel…
spoke to them. “Don’t be afraid. I have some good news…
to share. My good news…
will bring great joy…
to all people. The good news…
is this: this very day in David’s town, a baby…
was born. And this baby…
is your savior—Christ the Lord.”
The shepherds…
were amazed and so were the sheep.
What they thought was going to be like every other evening had turned into a holy night.
The angel…
told them to go into Bethlehem where they would find the baby.
Then the sky was filled with angels…
singing praises to God, proclaiming the good news…
with great joy…
then they were gone. The shepherds…
looked at each other and at the sheep.
They said, “We should go to Bethlehem and see the baby…,”
So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph and the baby…
lying in a manger. When the shepherds…
saw him, they told Mary and Joseph what the angel…
had told them about the baby.
And that they had come to see the good news…
for themselves so that they could share the great joy.
Everyone who heard what the shepherds…
said was amazed. Mary listened to all that was said and treasured it in her heart. The shepherds…
went back into the hills to their sheep…
singing praises to God for all they had heard and seen. It had been just as the angel…
had told them. They had knelt before the baby…
received the good news…
felt the great joy… and when they were finally settled down, turned to each other and proclaimed, “What a night!”
The Christmas Story – Hear the story a different way, through Scripture & the voice of Linus.
The Christmas Prayer – Pastor Kayla leads us through the Christmas Prayer
Carol Dance – Sing & Dance to these fun carols!
Closing – End your worship time by singing Silent Night, Holy Night by candlelight (or low light) and/or Happy Birthday Jesus!
Don’t be a stranger! Come & See us another time! Here’s some upcoming opportunities to connect.
Would you like to connect with Pastor Kayla? She is offering a Bible study on Wednesdays at 4:30pm throughout Lent. If you'd like to schedule a one-on-one, please call the church office to set up a time. Pastor Kayla loves getting to know the people of Clio and Otisville.