Jesus Without Language

As part of this years update the lesson for Mary and Elizabeth was scheduled to have a paper craft. This is a really simple layered image, that pictures the two women in the time of preparing they spent together.

 
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Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Elizabeth & Mary (Luke 1).

Each hero’s page set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.

The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(Please note : these images have no watermark but are not copyright free, they are only intended for classroom use.)

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The christmas story has so many various crafts associated with it, and so this craft offering is more specific to just this one part of the story. After a good browse round the internet I found almost no craft project about pregnancy itself, so this craft tries to highlight the idea of pregnancy as a precious time.

 
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The worksheet for Elizabeth and Mary is deliberately designed to be paired with the worksheet for Joseph, so one focuses of fatherhood and the other on motherhood. For that reason I’ve shown the image from the sister worksheet (in grey), if you want that worksheet you need this link

This worksheet about Elizabeth and Mary touches on the ideas of waiting, advent, quiet, messages, and Angels. The sheet is suitable to do in small groups, but if needed could be done alone.

The sheet consists of three areas, an exploration of the emotions we connect with waiting, and the emotions Mary may have connected after the words the angel had said to here. A section on communication between Elizabeth and her husband, finding and practising ways of communication that don’t involve speech. Lastly there is a puzzle that reminds us of the amazing way Mary heard the news.

The PDF can be downloaded by clicking on the coloured image.

 
If you want the teacher sheet then click HERE

Elizabeth and Mary are today’s heroes because they show us the gift of Motherhood

Essential Teachers notes:

The of Christmas is often done in many parts, the birth of John the Baptist, the annunciation, the journey to Bethlehem, the shepherds account, and later the wise men and Anna and Simeon. All these parts are hugely important but this story wraps up the first two into one, giving those teachers who have a more hectic Christmas schedule a little breathing room. If you wish to split the story then this story probably works better for Elizabeth than Mary.

Main Passage : Luke 1
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The heroes in this story are Elizabeth and Mary. This lesson is written for those of us who don’t necessarily have 4 or 5 weeks of Christmas story teaching time, often because other Christmas events and special services take our time.
 

I went to Elizabeth’s – Version of ‘I went to grandma’s and took with me…’ The first child completes the sentence with an item, then second child repeats phrase ‘I went to Elizabeth’s and took with me…’ the first child’s item and adds their own. Continues adding items to the list until someone forgets one or more of the items. End the game by saying Mary went to Elizabeth’s and took with her a tiny little baby growing in her tummy.
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