Angels Announce A Birth
Children's sermon
... Let the Children Come
Fifty-two Object Lessons For Children In Worship
Object:
Angel stickers or tree ornaments
Good morning, boys and girls. Has anyone here ever seen an angel? (Responses -- Some may relate to pictures or statues of angels.) Well, does anyone know what an angel looks like? (Responses -- Wings, long hair, and so forth.)
It is interesting that we know so little about angels when there are so many stories about them in the Bible. Let me share with you some of the things that we do know about them.
There are multitudes of angels -- without number. It appears that God may have assigned one of them to watch over each one of us. That means that some of them must have to work awfully hard, doesn't it? Sometimes they have appeared like people and there may even be times when we have entertained them and not known they were with us. Angels are spiritual beings, a creation of God, and therefore may not be seen at times by the natural eye. There have been good and bad angels as well.
Yes, we know a lot about angels even though for most of us they are mysterious beings confined mostly to our reading about them in scripture.
Well, what do angels do? (Responses -- Take care of us, rejoice in heaven, make announcements for God.)
The word "angelos" means messenger. And especially at this time of year, that is how we think of them. Angels came to Mary and Joseph, to Zechariah (the father of John the Baptist), and to shepherds on the hills outside Bethlehem. They came to announce the coming of the Son of God to the world, and their message brought great tidings of joy to the world.
So it is that the message of the angels still comes to us in our Nativity celebration to tell us that a Savior has been born who is Christ Jesus the Lord. We are thankful for the message of the angels. (Give out angels.)
(Prayer: We welcome the good news of our Savior's birth and join with the angels in praising God and saying, "Glory to God in highest.")
It is interesting that we know so little about angels when there are so many stories about them in the Bible. Let me share with you some of the things that we do know about them.
There are multitudes of angels -- without number. It appears that God may have assigned one of them to watch over each one of us. That means that some of them must have to work awfully hard, doesn't it? Sometimes they have appeared like people and there may even be times when we have entertained them and not known they were with us. Angels are spiritual beings, a creation of God, and therefore may not be seen at times by the natural eye. There have been good and bad angels as well.
Yes, we know a lot about angels even though for most of us they are mysterious beings confined mostly to our reading about them in scripture.
Well, what do angels do? (Responses -- Take care of us, rejoice in heaven, make announcements for God.)
The word "angelos" means messenger. And especially at this time of year, that is how we think of them. Angels came to Mary and Joseph, to Zechariah (the father of John the Baptist), and to shepherds on the hills outside Bethlehem. They came to announce the coming of the Son of God to the world, and their message brought great tidings of joy to the world.
So it is that the message of the angels still comes to us in our Nativity celebration to tell us that a Savior has been born who is Christ Jesus the Lord. We are thankful for the message of the angels. (Give out angels.)
(Prayer: We welcome the good news of our Savior's birth and join with the angels in praising God and saying, "Glory to God in highest.")
