Big Idea
Jesus is God’s light who came to live with us, and everyone who welcomes him becomes part of God’s family.
Memory Verse
“The Word became flesh and lived among us.” — John 1:14
Object Lesson
Turn off the lights and let the room feel dim. Light one candle or turn on one flashlight and pass it around. Ask, “Did the dark win?” Explain that Jesus is a light the dark can never put out, and he came to live right here with us.
Craft
Stained-Glass Light Catcher: Tape tissue-paper squares onto clear contact paper cut in a simple shape, then hang it in a window so the sunlight shines through.
Three ways this craft can look:
Materials
Flashlight or candle, Clear contact paper, Colored tissue paper, Yarn, Scissors
Full passage
Scripture Reading
10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him. 11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him. 12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name: 13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth. 15John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’” 16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. 18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
John 1:10–18 · World English Bible (public domain). Read this passage in the NIV
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