Object:
A name book (available from most libraries or purchased
inexpensively from a bookstore)
Everyone has a name. Do any of you know how you got your name?
(Let them answer.) Did you know that every name also has a
meaning? Do you know the meaning of your name? (Let them answer.
If no one answers, or in addition to their answers, look up the
meaning of your name in the name book. Do the same with several
of the children. Look up names of children expected to attend so
that there are no unexpected and embarrassing surprises from the
name book.)
Usually parents give a child a name, but Jesus got his name
