Leader Guide
Game
- Bible or the Superbook Bible App
- Two small, purchased gift bags with handles; or any shopping bags with handles
- Optional: marker
- Tape
- Four unsharpened pencils, blunt sticks, or capped washable markers or pens
Write “Jesus, the Gift of God” on the front and back panels of both gift bags. If you want to reuse the bags, write this on paper and tape to the bags.
Share the gift of God: Explore the Superbook story with a game of sharing.
Let’s say our SuperTruth together: “I will tell others about Jesus, the gift of God.” The shepherds had no idea what was about to happen to them. This was just another night in the fields with the sheep—or so they thought! Suddenly an angel appeared proclaiming the birth of Jesus, the Savior of the World—and then multitudes of angels joined in praising God.
Read Luke 2:15–18:
When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” They hurried to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. After seeing Him, the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this Child. All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished.
The shepherds immediately went to see the newborn baby. After seeing Jesus, they could not keep the news to themselves; they had to share God’s gift with everyone! God gave us a gift, but He doesn’t want us to just keep it for ourselves! He wants us to share Jesus with others!
Hold up the gift bags.
These gift bags represent the gift God gave us—His son, Jesus! Now we will share the gift with each other by passing the bags to our teammates.
Divide the children into two teams. Each team divides in half again, forming two lines that face each other about 3 feet apart.
For each team, give a pencil to Player 1 —in the first row — and Player 2 standing directly across in the opposite row. Have Player 1 hang the gift bag on the pencil. Start the game. Player 1 carefully shares the gift by passing it across the row to Player 2’s pencil. Player 1 then quickly hands the pencil sideways to Player 3, who is standing next to him or her in the same row. Player 2 passes the bag across the row to Player 3’s pencil and hands the pencil sideways to Player 4. Continue in this fashion until the bag reaches the last player, then repeat the process in the opposite direction. The first team to return the bag to Player 1 and shout the SuperTruth wins! Play another round if time permits.
Note: The player who passes the gift across the row must also remember to quickly hand the pencil sideways to the next player to receive the gift. This makes it more fun, since players will often forget to do this.
