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At the center of a Christmas nativity scene is the manger holding the baby Jesus. But what is a manger, and what is the meaning of the manger in the Christma...
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- Seacoast Church
Merry Christmas! All around you see nativities and manger scenes but what is the big deal? What is the manger scene? Today’s Sunday School puppet show lesson...
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- The Bobby Channel
Dec 24, 2019 · 2019 Dec 24. Among our Christmas decorations, its so common to see a manger scene that many of us may take it for granted. What is the manger scene really about? What was St. Francis' goal...
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- Redeemed Online
Dec 24, 2017 · The Significance of the Manger Scene. The very first manger scene came to be the day of the very first Christmas: “[Mary] gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”
- Lesson 1: Introduction of Mary
- Lesson 2: Joseph and Jesus
- Lesson 3: Shepherds and Angels
- Lesson 4: The Wise Men and Closing
Week One (1st Sunday in December) 1. “What is a nativity?” Take input from the children. 2. “A nativity is a display that shows the birth of Jesus. Sometimes it is called a crèche.” 3. “Who do you usually see in a nativity scene?” Take input from the children. 4. “We see Mary, Joseph, baby Jesus, shepherds, the wise men, angels, and sometimes some ...
Week Two (2nd Sunday in December) 1. Set up the stable and Mary as you review with the children what they learned from last week about these two parts of the nativity scene. 2. Hold up Joseph. “Who is this?” Joseph. Choose a child to come up to place Joseph in the nativity scene beside Mary. 3. “Open your bibles to Matthew 1:19. We are going to rea...
Week Three (3rd Sunday in December) 1. Set up the stable, Mary, Joseph and Jesus as you review with the children what they learned from the two previous weeks. 2. Hold up the shepherd. “Who is this?” A shepherd. Choose a child to come up to place the shepherd in the nativity scene. 3. “Why would there be a shepherd in the nativity scene?” Take inpu...
Week Four (4th Sunday in December) 1. Set up the stable, Mary, Joseph, Jesus, the shepherd, and the angel as you review with the children what they learned from the three previous weeks. 2. “As we finished up our nativity lesson last week you may have thought we were still missing some important people. Who was missing?” The wise men. 3. “With Chri...
Nov 30, 2017 · Manger comes from the Latin word for chew or eat. It refers to a trough where horses and donkeys and cattle ate. For example, Luke uses it in Luke 13:15: The Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger and lead it away to water it?”
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Part 2 of a series of videos exploring various aspects of the nativity and the birth of Jesus as depicted in the Bible's gospel accounts.Written by Jordan Jo...
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- Bible & Archaeology
