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SCRIPTURE
Luke 1:5-17
In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.
Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
SONG
Little Drummer Boy
Come they told me
Pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see
Pa rum pum pum pumOur finest gifts we bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
To lay before the King
Pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pumSo to honor Him
Pa rum pum pum pum
When we comeLittle baby
Pa rum pum pum pum
I am a poor boy too
Pa rum pum pum pum
I have no gift to bring
Pa rum pum pum pum
That’s fit to give our King
Pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pumShall I play for you
Pa rum pum pum pum
On my drumMary nodded
Pa rum pum pum pum
The ox and lamb kept time
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my drum for Him
Pa rum pum pum pum
I played my best for Him
Pa rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pum,
rum pum pum pumThen He smiled at me
Pa rum pum pum pum
Me and my drum
ACTIVITY
To Christians, the ultimate symbol of Christ’s love and sacrifice for us is the cross. So, let’s make a Christmas themed “stained glass” cross.
Print this page on white cardstock. Cut out a piece of clear contact paper to fit over the cardstock.
Carefully cut out the cross in the cardstock (cut straight on the outside of the frilly details of the cross if you want the inside piece to be a separate craft or on the inside if you want the details to be on this craft) and set aside.
Carefully take the backing off of the contact paper and attach to the cardstock.
Put the cardstock contact paper side down. Now you will have a cross shaped sticky area to attach pieces of tissue paper.
Tear small pieces of tissue paper and stick to contact paper.
When you are done, attach to a window. The sunlight will stream through the tissue paper and create almost a stained glass window effect.
This project can be done with any color tissue paper, of course, I just chose red, green, and white to reflect Christmas colors.
