Slide 1 What do we think of when we hear the word Advent? Any answers? Slide 2 CLICKS - Advent calendars, where you give up something, the candles, Jesus being born. Some of these are kind of right, some not. Slide 3 Time to wait. To pause. Reflect. Pray maybe. Slide 4 Here’s what happens when we rush ahead to Christmas or let things get it in the way. Especially chocolate. Chocolate volunteers to come forward. Explain how the story will work. Read out slowly – stop to speak to eaters throughout. CLICKS. A long time ago, God made the Galaxy Beautiful, rich, wonderful And filled it with people, people he made, people he loved, people like you and me, people who were all special to him. But the people wanted to do things their own way, they wanted to Breakaway from God. Trouble is, after the breakaway everything started to go wrong Really really Rocky. Suffering, pain, loneliness, bullying, violence, death. of way Because we’d chosen our way instead God’s Everything just got really Haribo. So to give them a Boost, God promised that things would change, that one day a special person would come and put things right. Many years later, there was a young woman called Mary, she believed in God and was known to be a good person. She was at home one day when an angel appeared and told her of plan. You and I might have been a little God’s scared and lion.” But Mary was different. responded, “No. You’re And the Angel Gabriel wondered if he be he to have a son, the Son Malteser fears “Don’t scared,” said, “You’re going of God, his name will be Jesus. A name that make them friends with God means he’ll save people, he’ll again.” Mary was engaged to Joseph, and though he was a bit confused, he was a good egg, you to meet a couldn’t hope Kinder man, so he decided to look after Mary, and baby. God’s So the story goes that Mary and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem Mary was heavily pregnant, and Joseph wondered if out on the journey she’d Flake They finally found a room full of animals - we really know what sort of animals were there, maybe an ox, maybe don’t a donkey, maybe a little Kit Kat. We do know that by morning there was Jesus sleeping in his mother’s arms.
Slide 1 What do we think of when we hear the word Advent? Any answers? Slide 2 CLICKS - Advent calendars, where you give up something, the candles, Jesus being born. Some of these are kind of right, some not. Slide 3 Time to wait. To pause. Reflect. Pray maybe. Slide 4 Here’s what happens when we rush ahead to Christmas or let things get it in the way. Especially chocolate. Chocolate volunteers to come forward. Explain how the story will work. Read out slowly – stop to speak to eaters throughout. CLICKS. A long time ago, God made the Galaxy Beautiful, rich, wonderful And filled it with people, people he made, people he loved, people like you and me, people who were all special to him. But the people wanted to do things their own way, they wanted to Breakaway from God. Trouble is, after the breakaway everything started to go wrong Really really Rocky. Suffering, pain, loneliness, bullying, violence, death. Because we’d chosen our way instead of God’s way Everything just got really Haribo. So to give them a Boost, God promised that things would change, that one day a special person would come and put things right. Many years later, there was a young woman called Mary, she believed in God and was known to be a good person. She was at home one day when an angel appeared and told her of God’s plan. You and I might have been a little scared and responded, “No. You’re lion.” But Mary was different. And the Angel Gabriel wondered if he Malteser fears “Don’t be scared,” he said, “You’re going to have a son, the Son of God, his name will be Jesus. A name that means he’ll save people, he’ll make them friends with God again.” Mary was engaged to Joseph, and though he was a bit confused, he was a good egg, you couldn’t hope to meet a Kinder man, so he decided to look after Mary, and God’s baby. So the story goes that Mary and Joseph travelled to Bethlehem Mary was heavily pregnant, and Joseph wondered if she’d Flake out on the journey They finally found a room full of animals - we don’t really know what sort of animals were there, maybe an ox, maybe a donkey, maybe a little Kit Kat. We do know that by morning there was Jesus sleeping in his mother’s arms.
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