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Wise Kids Still Seek Him

3 Christmas Lessons for December

Lessons from the Wise Men for Wise Kids OVERVIEW LESSON 1: They were looking for Jesus . LESSON 2: They brought a gift to Jesus . LESSON 3: They worshiped Jesus . 2-3 COMBO LESSON MUSIC The songs are all Christmas versions of popular children’s songs. Most are familiar. Below are links to the lyrics and overheads graphics on the KidologyWeb. If not linked (PDF version) go www.kidology.org and look up the December 2001 Newsletter.

ORIGINAL SONG CHRISTMAS VERSION (Link to Graphic with Words)

Pharaoh, Pharaoh Pharaoh Christmas!

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town Jesus Christ is Coming Again

The Fruit of the Spirit The Meaning of Christmas

You Gotta Run Through Life You Gotta Run Through the Mall

Soon and Very Soon Soon and Very Soon Xmas

Making Melodies Christmas Melodies

Happy! Happy! Christmas! Christmas!

Hosanna Give Me Presents to Give

ROOM SET UP

Stage, Theater chair set-up, with tables in the back that kids can stand at to work on the crafts.

LESSON 1: Wise Kids Will be Looking For Jesus. 12-16-01 WHEN WHAT PROPS / TECH NOTES 11:15 INTRO

Look for Jesus action figure. (under a star hanging on the ceiling) As the kids are arriving, announce that you have hidden a Jesus Action Figure in the room (or picture of Jesus if you do not have an action figure, or dress up an action figure as Jesus, blue sash is all that is needed.) Be sure to put a Star up high somewhere and place Jesus somewhere under it, but draw no attention to that fact, until the lesson.

Jesus Action Figure Star Hanging Up High

11:20 SING

Pharaoh Christmas! Jesus Christ is Coming Again The Meaning of Christmas You Gotta Run Through the Mall Soon and Very Soon Xmas

Overhead Projector Screen Overheads

11:35 GAME

GAME: POGO STICK HOPPING CONTEST Choose 2 kids to come up front and compete with pogo sticks. (or more, depending on how many pogo sticks you have!) Round One: Who can hop the longest. (lower elementary) Round Two: Hang a STAR on the end of a string hanging from a fishing pole and holding it over head, have them follow the star while hopping on the pogo sticks! (upper elementary) (Make sure the game area is clear, and give the kids helmets to wear.)

Pogo Sticks (2) Fishing Pole String Star to hang from pole

11:45 GUS

Gus is working on a Jesus Puzzle – Looking for Jesus. It is too difficult for him. Karl says that we aren’t talking about looking for the word ‘Jesus’ in a puzzle, but looking for the real Jesus in our life and in the world around us. “Good” says Gus, because this was waaaaaay too hard. Offer to give it to the kids. At the end, pass out the LOOKING for JESUS puzzle to the kids. (see the end of lesson) Talk about what it means to be looking for Jesus.

Jesus puzzle for Gus Pencil for Gus Puzzles for the Kids

11:50 SKIT

SKIT: Looking for Jesus A boy frantically looking for something. A friend greets him and asks what he is doing. “I am looking for Jesus, I can’t find him. Will you help me?” The 2nd kid goes into a speech about how you can not find Jesus in your room, he is not here on earth anymore. Just as the wise men had to look to the heaven’s to be directed to Jesus, so we must now look up and seek God above, for the heaven’s declare the handiwork of God. And yet, He is inside of each of is too, if we have accepted Him as our Savior. etc., etc., etc., other kid keeps saying, “Uh, huh, whatever” and continues to look. When ‘speech’ is over, he exclaims, “Ah ha! I found it! JESUS was in the dirty clothes!” And lifts up a nativity scene Jesus in a sock. The 2nd sighs, “oh, THAT Jesus. Why didn’t you say that Jesus. I should have known you’d find him in swaddling clothes!” (both exit)

2 puppets Nativity Jesus Figure Sock

11:55 LESSON

STORY: The Wise Men Looked for Jesus Read Matthew 2:1-10 What we can learn from the Wise men

1. They studied the Bible. 2. Saw God in creation. 3. Were willing to go out of their way to find God. 4. Were filled with JOY when they found him!

Jesus is working all around us, are you watching? Are you praying? Are you looking for Jesus? Have you found him?

Bible A wise man robe

12:15 CRAFT

Make Jesus -Scope Give the kids some time to make a simple “Jesus Scope” Offer a few different models to choose from. They are to be a reminder this month to be ‘looking for Jesus.’

A few samples Construction paper, scissors,

tape, markers, stickers, etc. 12:25 MISSION

Look for Jesus this week. They could challenge their family to a 24 hour a day game this month to do ‘JESUS SPOTTINGS’ – whenever they see a figure of Jesus is 25 points, but whenever they can point out Jesus at work, that is worth 50 points!

JESUS HUNT rules for the kids.

12:30 CLOSING

Close in prayer asking God to help us to spot Him at work in our lives and in our world. Pray for those who have not yet found Jesus, that they would follow the signs and discover Jesus for who He is!

Look for JESUS WORD SEARCH J E S U S J E S U S J E S U S E J E E J E S U S J E S U S J S S E J E S U S J E S U S J E U S J E S U S J E S U S J E S S J E S U S J E S U S J E S U J E S U S J E S U S J E S U S E S J S J E S U S J E S U S S S U E J E S U S J E S U S U J U S S E S U S J E S U S J S E S J U S U S J E S U S J E E S J E S U S E J S U S U S S J U E S U S E J E U S U S U U E S S U J E S U S S J S E S S S J U S J E S U S U S E J E S U S S U S E J E S U S J E J E S U The word JESUS is in this puzzle 61 times, how many can YOU find? OPTIONAL GAME: 11:35 GAME

Star Cookie/Donut Eating Contest (A Looking Up Game ☺ ) Choose two (or more) kids and bring them up to the front. Hang as many star shaped donuts or cookies as you have kids playing from a pole above their heads. They will race to eat the ‘star’ off the string. If it falls to the ground, they are ‘out’ The kid who either finishes first OR eats the most of the ‘star’ wins! OPTION: Partners can play where one sits on a chair looking up and the other stands on a chair behind them holding the ‘star’ on a string for them. Must hold by the end of the string.

Donuts or Cookies shaped like a star. (If a cookie it can’t be too breakable!)

String Pole across 2 tripods 2 chairs on stage for

optional versions

LESSON 2: Wise Kids Bring Gifts to Jesus. WHEN WHAT PROPS / TECH NOTES 11:15 INTRO

WRAP A KID! Choose 2 kids from the audience and have them pick 3 friends to help. Then give them a roll of wrapping paper, scissors, and tape, and they are to compete to do the best job wrapping during the singing, and you will reward the best at the end!

2 large rolls of paper and scissors and tape.

11:20 SING

Pharaoh Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! Soon and Very Soon Xmas The Meaning of Christmas You Gotta Run Through the Mall Christmas Melodies Give Me Presents to Give Jesus Christ is Coming Again


11:40 GAME

Hot Gift! (Hot Potato with a Present) Every Kids Plays, right from their seat!! Put a present at the end of every other row, so that every row has a gift, but alternating at opposite ends. When the music starts they are to pass the present to the direction indicated. (Those at the end will pass back a row and the gift will go the other way. See graphic at end of lesson.) Round One: If you have the present when the music stops, you lose, and are out of the game. Hands on your head. Continue game, kids must pass past those with hands on their head, walking the gift to the next person if necessary. Round Two: Final round – if you end up with the present you get what is inside! The Point: When the point was to GIVE AWAY the gift made many rounds, once the game was about GETTING, it slowed down, some didn’t even want to pass it.

As many wrapped presents as there are rows in the room. (4 or 5)

Gifts for in the box. (candy worms)

11:50 GUS

Has a list (or actual props) of what he is getting Jesus for Christmas – a sleeping bag, (beats that hay); PJ’s (beats those swaddling clothes); a reservation at a fancy hotel (beats the stable), and an X-box.

Print out of gifts from Internet with pictures.

11:55 SKIT

SKIT: A Gift for Jesus A girl is looking through a catalog. Tow others walk by and asks what she is doing. The first says, “I am trying to decide what to get Jesus for Christmas.” The 2nd asks, “Why do you want to give Jesus something?” 1st says, “because it is his birthday, duh.” After asking if she has paper and a bow and getting a ‘yes’ the other kids say they know just the thing! “What?” the first asks as the others begins to wrap her up in wrapping paper ignoring the cries of the first. After done she says, “There, now you can give yourself to Jesus – that’s all He wants for Christmas!” First mumbles something, and then falls over! Other drag her off saying “I hope she fits under the tree!”

12:00 LESSON

What can we give to Jesus? Story: The Wise Men Brought Gifts to Jesus They brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh. GOLD: He was the Son of God, the King of Kings FRANKINCENSE: He would be offered as a sacrifice for us. MYRRH: He was born to die; He would die in our place.

Giant box wrapped for Jesus. Inside is

Bar of Gold ☺ Bottle of Perfume Incense

12:15 CRAFT

Make a card for Jesus, then we will display them in the foyer for folks to see on Christmas eve.

Construction paper, scissors, tape, markers, etc.

12:25 MISSION

Think of a way to give Jesus a gift this season. Maybe a special offering? Maybe a gift to a needy person? Be creative.

12:30 CLOSING

Pray and ask God to help us to remember HE is the reason for the season and to show him love by giving Him ourselves and loving the things that He loves, mainly PEOPLE!

GAME GRAPHIC:

LESSON 3: Wise Kids Worship Jesus. WHEN WHAT PROPS / TECH NOTES 11:15 INTRO

Christmas Show and Tell: Leader show something that you got for Christmas, and why you like it so much. Tell how much is it worth to you, but that if you had to choose between this and Jesus, you’d smash it to bits in a second!

11:20 SING

Pharaoh Christmas! Jesus Christ is Coming Again In the Stars His Handiwork I See


11:30 GAME

Name That Toy (Toy Picitonary) As kids come in have them write on a 3x5 card ONE THING they got for Christmas and turn it in. Put them all into a hat. (Don’t say what they are for, just say it is for a game.) Divide the room into two halves, and have a white board on each side. Each side takes a turn. Choose a kid from the first team (coin toss winner) and have him draw a card from the hat. He will have 30 seconds to draw what is on the card while his team tries to call out what they think it is. If they guess right, they get 100 points. If not, the other team gets 10 seconds to guess, but the drawing is complete. If the other team guesses, they get 100 points. Play several innings. The Point: Talk about the gifts. Talk about how great it is to give gifts. Ask what kids got LAST Christmas? Do any remember? What about the year before that? If they do, it will only be the most valuable – those are the gifts we remember – the gifts of great value. The rest are nice, but they fade. Jesus gave the Greatest Gift, and that is why we still remember it over 2000 years later!

3x5 Cards Pencils

11:55 GUS

Gus is wearing a price tag and has a calculator. What is the price tag for? He says that 1 Cor. 6:20 says we were bought at a price and so he is trying to compute the value of his salvation. He is taking the fair market value of the blessings he already has, multiplied by the number of days he has been alive, conservatively estimating the days he has left if he lives the average number of years, and then exponentially factoring the interest gained over an eternity of compounded dividends… HEY! His calculator broke!!! I guess you can’t compute the value of our salvation – it is worth everything.

Calculator with paper coming out of it.

11:55 SKIT


12:05 LESSON

The Wise Men Worshiped Jesus. Read: Matthew 2: 9-12 What does it mean to worship? Worship is a SHOW of WORTH. Anything we do that shows God how much He is worth to us, is worship. We can give of our Time, our Talents, or our treasure. GIVE SARA A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS TO SHOW HER HOW MUCH SHE IS WORTH TO ME.

Flowers for Sara

12:15 CRAFT

Jesus Poster, Illustrated with Names of Jesus & kids creative artwork. They can draw heaven, a gift for Jesus or whatever will remind them to worship. Kids take home and post in their room as a reminder to WORSHIP JESUS. Revelation 5:12 “Worthy in the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”

Large White Poster Paper

Colored paper, scissors, tape, stickers, etc.

12:25 MISSION

Place your JESUS POSTER in your room this week, and every time you see it, tell God ONE THING awesome about Him, Thank Him for something, sing a song of praise, or just say, HI GOD, I LOVE YOU.

12:03 CLOSING

Pray and ask God to help us to remember Him throughout the day, and to worship Him throughout the week, by doing things to show how much he is worth, not just on Sundays.

2-3 COMBO LESSON Wise Kids Bring Gifts to Jesus and Worship Him. WHEN WHAT PROPS / TECH NOTES 11:15 INTRO

WRAP A KID! Choose 2 kids from the audience and have them pick 3 friends to help. Then give them a roll of wrapping paper, scissors, and tape, and they are to compete to do the best job wrapping during the singing, and you will reward the best at the end!

2 large rolls of paper and scissors and tape.

11:20 SING

Pharaoh Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! Soon and Very Soon Xmas The Meaning of Christmas You Gotta Run Through the Mall Christmas Melodies Give Me Presents to Give Jesus Christ is Coming Again


11:40 GAME

JUDGE THE WINNERS of the WRAPPING CONTEST

11:55 GUS

Gus is wearing a price tag and has a calculator. What is the price tag for? He says that 1 Cor. 6:20 says we were bought at a price and so he is trying to compute the value of his salvation. He is taking the fair market value of the blessings he already has, multiplied by the number of days he has been alive, conservatively estimating the days he has left if he lives the average number of years, and then exponentially factoring the interest gained over an eternity of compounded dividends… HEY! His calculator broke!!! I guess you can’t compute the value of our salvation – it is worth everything. Why is Gus wanting to figure out the value of his salvation? So he can get Jesus something of equal value. What was he thinking of giving Jesus? Has a list (or actual props) of what he is getting Jesus for Christmas – a sleeping bag, (beats that hay); PJ’s (beats those swaddling clothes); a reservation at a fancy hotel (beats the stable), and an X-box.

Calculator with paper coming out of it.

12:00 SKIT on VIDEO

SKIT: How Much is Jesus Worth to You? Two kids are walking along and come across a poor man ringing a bell and asking for spare change for the poor in the Name of Jesus. Help a needy family with kids today! The first kid tosses in a penny. Other says, is that all Jesus is worth to you? I put in a nickel! A nickel? HA! I put in a dime. Dime!!!! A Quarter, take that! dollar – five dollar – twenty – one hundred – credit card – whole wallet – whole purse – stocks and bonds – title to car – deed to house – but what about your Mark McGuire autographed rookie card? – no way, only if you give your lucky bubble gun – no way, I’ve been chewing that for three years now! They leave mumbling about how they MUST have their baseball card/bubble gum. Bell ringer looks in the can and says, “kewl, this is sure gonna make the wife and kids happy! We’re not poor any more! Yiiipppeeee!” (Wrapped kid from previous skit wanders by walking dizzy-like in the middle of skit.)

Video

12:00 LESSON

Dress 4 kids up as wise men. Each has a wrapped box. As you go over each gift unwrap one and read or show what is inside. (Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh) The last wise man has a sign inside that says, ‘More of the Same’ since the Bible does not say there were only 3. What can we give to Jesus? Story: The Wise Men Brought Gifts to Jesus They brought gold, frankincense, and myrrh. GOLD: He was the Son of God, the King of Kings FRANKINCENSE: He would be offered as a sacrifice for us. MYRRH: He was born to die; He would die in our place.

Giant box wrapped for Jesus. Inside is

Bar of Gold ☺ Bottle of Perfume Incense

11:55 SKIT on VIDEO


Video

12:05 LESSON

The Wise Men Worshiped Jesus. Read: Matthew 2: 9-12 What does it mean to worship? Worship is a SHOW of WORTH. Anything we do that shows God how much He is worth to us, is worship. We can give of our Time, our Talents, or our treasure. GIVE SARA A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS TO SHOW HER HOW MUCH SHE IS WORTH TO ME.

Flowers for Sara

12:15 CRAFT

LAYERED CHRISTMAS BOOK

12:25 MISSION

Think of a way to give Jesus a gift this season. Maybe a special offering? Maybe a gift to a needy person? Be creative.

12:30 CLOSING

Pray and ask God to help us to remember HE is the reason for the season and to show him love by giving Him ourselves and loving the things that He loves, mainly PEOPLE! Ask God to help us to remember Him throughout the day, and to worship Him throughout the week, by doing things to show how much he is worth, not just on Sundays.

GIFT IDEA for the Kids Make a sticker that says “KIDS” to place over the word “MEN”

$4.95 per dozen $3.95 per dozen Available from www.oriental.com Just search for “KALEIDOSCOPES”

OPTIONAL PUPPET ROUTINE: Gus: Hi, Pastor Karl! How are you? Pastor Karl: I'm really tired from all my Christmas shopping, but I'm fine. Gus: Oh, yeah. Christmas! I know who Christmas is. Pastor Karl: Who?? Christmas is a "what", not a "who". Well, actually, it is a "who". It's about a "who" anyway. It's about Christ and how he came as a baby. Gus: Oh, I know some songs about that! (Starts to sing loudly to the tune of Away in a Manger). Some hay in a manger and a kid dressed in rags.... Pastor Karl: (Stares at Gus for a moment). What in the world are you singing? Gus: A Christmas song I heard once. Pastor Karl: Well, you're singing it all wrong. It's "Away in a Manger", not "some hay in a manger" and it's swaddling clothes, not rags. Gus: Same difference. A whey in a manger, huh? Was Miss Muffet there? Pastor Karl: (Stares at Gus again). Huh? Gus: You know, a whey in a manger, did they have curds too and did a spider come down and scare the baby away? Pastor Karl: No, No, No. Not whey, AWAY, like far, far away, which is where I'd like you to be right now. Gus: Oh, sorry. I know the story though. Do you want to hear it? Pastor Karl: If I have to, I guess. Gus: Ok. It's a story about a baby who didn't want to sleep at an Inn, so he begged his parents to sleep

in a barn. That's where the manger comes in. I forget his parents' names, what are they again? Pastor Karl: You have it all wrong. He wasn't born yet, how could he tell his parents where he wanted to sleep? And anyway, he didn't want to sleep. He was getting ready to be born. And his parents'

names were Joseph and Mary. Gus: (Looks shocked). Did she have a garden and was she contrary? Pastor Karl: NO! She was not "contrary". It wasn't that Mary. This Mary was the mother of Jesus who was born in a stable. Gus: What's a stable? Pastor Karl: You know, it's like a barn with cows and sheep and.... Gus: (Interrupting) Oh, THAT Mary. The one that had a sheep follow her everywhere she went? Pastor Karl: (Moans). No, not that Mary either. Don't you remember this story? It's about the three wise men, the star, the shepherds and stuff like that? Gus: The three wise men? Were they the three men in the tub, rub-a-dub-dubbing? Pastor Karl: I think you are getting confused with nursery rhymes. This story is from the Bible. The shepherds saw the star in the sky and followed it, remember? Gus: Were they flying? Pastor Karl: NO! THEY WERE NOT FLYING. THEY WERE WALKING or ON CAMELS. There weren't any airplanes back then. Anyway, the three wise men brought the Christ child presents. Gus: Oh, I love presents! Did the baby get to unwrap them? My Mom won't let me because I eat the ribbon and the paper. What was in the presents? Pastor Karl: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Gus: They gave him a monster???? Pastor Karl: Not Frankenstein, Frankincense...that's a sweet smelling spice. So is Myrrh. And I think you know what gold is. Gus: I don't like those presents. They should have shopped at Wal-Mart and bought him something to play with. Pastor Karl: I've got an idea. Why don't we go home and I'll find the story in the Bible and read it to you again. I think you've forgotten ALL of it! Gus: Oh, boy! I like it when someone reads to me. Can you tell me all about how the wise men

celebrated Y2K? I'm dying to know how it turns out! Pastor Karl: (Moans very loudly and exits). Originally written by Teri Couture, used by permission.

Wise Kids Still Seek Him Skits

1 Looking for Jesus

A boy is frantically looking for something. A friend greets him and asks what he is doing. “I am looking for Jesus, I can’t find him. Will you help me?” The 2nd boy goes into a speech about how you can not find Jesus in your room, he is not here on earth anymore. Just as the wise men had to look to the heaven’s to be directed to Jesus, so we must now look up and seek God above, for the heaven’s declare the handiwork of God. And yet, He is inside of each of is too, if we have accepted Him as our Savior. etc., etc., etc., other boy keeps saying, “Uh, huh, whatever” and continues to look. When ‘speech’ is over, he exclaims, “Ah ha! I found it! JESUS was in the dirty clothes!” And lifts up a nativity scene Jesus in a sock. The 2nd sighs, “oh, THAT Jesus. Why didn’t you say that Jesus. I should have known you’d find him in swaddling clothes!” (both exit)

2 A Gift for Jesus

A girl is looking through a catalog. Another walks by and asks what they are doing. The first says, “I am trying to decide what to get Jesus for Christmas.” The 2nd asks, “Why do you want to give Jesus something?” 1st says, “because it is his birthday, duh.” After asking if she has paper and a bow and getting a ‘yes’ the 2nd girl says she knows just the thing! “What?” the first asks as the 2nd begins to wrap her up in wrapping paper ignoring the cries of the first. After done she says, “There, now you can give yourself to Jesus – that’s all He wants for Christmas!” First mumbles something, and then falls over! Second drags her off saying “I hope she fits under the tree!”

3 How Much is Jesus Worth to You?

Two kids are walking along and come across a man ringing a bell and asking for spare change for the poor in the Name of Jesus. Help a needy family with kids today! One kid tosses in a penny. Other says, is that all Jesus is worth to you? I put in a nickel! A nickel? HA! I put in a dime. Dime!!!! A Quarter, take that! dollar – five dollar – twenty – one hundred – credit card – whole wallet – whole purse – stocks and bonds – title to car – deed to house – but what about your Mark McGuire autographed rookie card? – no way, only if you give your lucky bubble gun – no way, I’ve been chewing that for three years now! They leave mumbling about how they MUST have their baseball card/bubble gum. Bell ringer looks in the can and says, “kewl, this is sure gonna make the wife and kids happy! We’re not poor any more! Yiiipppeeee!” (Wrapped girl from last skit wanders by walking dizzy-like in the middle.)

RESEARCH:

frank·in·cense (frngkn-sns) n.

An aromatic gum resin obtained from African and Asian trees of the genus Boswellia and used chiefly as incense and in perfumes.

[Middle English frank encens, from Old French franc encens : franc, free, pure; see frank1 + encens, incense; see incense2.]

Pronunciation Key

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

frankincense \Frank"in*cense\, n. [OF. franc free, pure + encens incense.] A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indian trees, of the genus Boswellia; a commoner sort, from the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) and other coniferous trees. The frankincense of the ancient Jews is still unidentified.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

frankincense n : an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or E African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation [syn: olibanum, gum olibanum]

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

frankincense (Heb. lebonah; Gr. libanos, i.e., "white"), an odorous resin imported from Arabia (Isa. 60:6; Jer. 6:20), yet also growing in Palestine (Cant. 4:14). It was one of the ingredients in the perfume of the sanctuary (Ex. 30:34), and was used as an accompaniment of the meat-offering (Lev. 2:1, 16; 6:15; 24:7). When burnt it emitted a fragrant odour, and hence the incense became a symbol of the Divine name (Mal. 1:11; Cant. 1:3) and an emblem of prayer (Ps. 141:2; Luke 1:10; Rev. 5:8; 8:3). This frankincense, or olibanum, used by the Jews in the temple services is not to be confounded with the frankincense of modern commerce, which is an exudation of the Norway spruce fir, the Pinus abies. It was probably a resin from the Indian tree known to botanists by the name of Boswellia serrata or thurifera, which grows to the height of forty feet.

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

myrrh (mûr) n.

1. An aromatic gum resin obtained from several trees and shrubs of the genus Commiphora of India, Arabia, and eastern Africa, used in perfume and incense. Also called balm of Gilead.

2. See sweet cicely.

[Middle English mirre, from Old English myrrha, from Latin, from Greek murrha, of Semitic origin. See mrr in Semitic Roots.]

Pronunciation Key

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

myrrh \Myrrh\, n. [OE. mirre, OF. mirre, F. myrrhe, L. myrrha, murra, Gr. ?; cf. Ar. murr bitter, also myrrh, Heb. mar bitter.] A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose.

False myrrh. See the Note under Bdellium.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

myrrh n 1: aromatic resin used in perfume and incense [syn: gum myrrh, sweet cicely] 2: aromatic resin burned as incense and used in perfume [syn: gum myrrh]

Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University

myrrh Heb. mor. (1.) First mentioned as a principal ingredient in the holy anointing oil (Ex. 30:23). It formed part of the gifts brought by the wise men from the east, who came to worship the infant Jesus (Matt. 2:11). It was used in embalming (John 19:39), also as a perfume (Esther 2:12; Ps. 45:8; Prov. 7:17). It was a custom of the Jews to give those who were condemned to death by crucifixion "wine mingled with myrrh" to produce insensibility. This drugged wine was probably partaken of by the two malefactors, but when the Roman soldiers pressed it upon Jesus "he received it not" (Mark 15:23). (See GALL.) This was the gum or viscid white liquid which flows from a tree resembling the acacia, found in Africa and Arabia, the Balsamodendron myrrha of botanists. The "bundle of myrrh" in Cant. 1:13 is rather a "bag" of myrrh or a scent-bag. (2.) Another word _lot_ is also translated "myrrh" (Gen. 37:25; 43:11; R.V., marg., "or ladanum"). What was meant by this word is uncertain. It has been thought to be the chestnut, mastich, stacte, balsam, turpentine, pistachio nut, or the lotus. It is probably correctly rendered by the Latin word ladanum, the Arabic ladan, an aromatic juice of a shrub called the Cistus or rock rose, which has the same qualities, though in a slight degree, of opium, whence a decoction of opium is called laudanum. This plant was indigenous to Syria and Arabia.

Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Layered Christmas Book

What you will need: Tan, green, dark blue, black, red, and yellow computer paper, and a piece of heavy card stock for the back of the book, paper glue, shiny star sequin, gold trim, staples, and scissors.

What to do:

1) Print out the patterns:

Print Pattern Page 1 (below) out onto tan paper and cut out the middle.

Print Pattern Page 2 (below) out onto green paper and cut out the middle.

Print Pattern Page 3 (below) out onto yellow paper. Cut out the middle, the star and the angels.

Print Pattern Page 4 (below) out onto dark blue paper. Use pattern Page 3 as a template to cut a frame from black paper. Glue the black frame on top of pattern page 2. Glue the yellow angels from pattern page 3 onto the top corners of the black frame.

2) Glue the yellow frame from pattern page 3 on top of Pattern page 4 (the blue page. Glue the yellow star in the center of the picture.

3) Place the pages together in order. Use a piece of card stock for the back cover. Staple the book together at the left side. Cut a one inch strip of red paper and fold it in half long ways. Glue it onto the edge of the book to cover the staples. Cut a strip of gold trim and glue it on the edge.

Additional Ideas: Glue a shiny star sequin in the center of the yellow star. Use gel pens to write Bible verses on the bottom of each page to match the pictures.

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The word JESUS is in this puzzle 61 times, how many can YOU find?

Look for JESUS WORD SEARCH

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The word JESUS is in this puzzle 61 times, how many can YOU find?

Enjoy this fun family game that will helpyou keep the CHRIST in CHRISTMAS!

RULES: Enter the family's names below, and keep this card in the car or at the dinnertable. Whenever a family member 'spots Jesus' they get 25 points for a picture or figureof Jesus, and 50 points for identifying when Jesus is at work in the lives of the family or

the world. Any "Jesus Sighting" can only be used once by ONE family member!

NAME: POINTS: TOTAL:

PLAY THIS GAME AND BRING THIS BACK NEXT WEEK -

and your family will be entered in a drawing and your WHOLE family could win a neat-o Christmas Prize!

GOLD

He was the Son of God,

the King of Kings

FRANKINCENSE

He would be offered as a

sacrifice for us.

MYRRH

He was born to die; He would die

in our place.

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