The teaching invitation for this week is to write what you learn about each person’s Christmas encounter with Jesus.
Teaching Tips for Kids
It might be helpful to show your kids a picture of the nativity. Then ask this question: If you could have been anyone there on that first Christmas night, who would you have wanted to be and why?
Their responses might look something like this:
Mary, because she was the first to hold the baby
The Shepherds, because they were the first visitors
The cow, because he gave the bed for Jesus to lay in
Teaching Tips for teens
Pass out a scripture reference for each of the people listed on the worksheet. Hand out one name from the sheet to each person in the class. Give the class time to read about that person’s encounter with the Lord and write down what they learned from that person’s experience. Then have each of them share with the group what they learned about their person. Give everyone time to fill in their worksheet as you move through each of the people and their experiences.
When you are finished, invite them to consider one of the people on the worksheet they want to learn from and set a goal to work on that lesson this week.
Teaching tips for individuals and couples
Study Luke 2 and Matthew 2. As you read through the accounts, write down what you learn from each of the people mentioned in the nativity scene. What do you learn about their encounter with Jesus? How can that response be part of the way you live your life?
Don't Miss This in the New Testament
Come Follow Me 2023 Study Tools
Maybe you know this about us by now, but we are both visual, hands on learners. Because of that, we are always trying to discover study tools that will help bring the scriptures to life in your home. We will be using several different study tools this year, here is what we love most about each of them:
Videos: For the New Testament we will be recording all new hour long vides, but this year they will be broken into ten minute segments in case you want to watch them for ten minutes every weekday, or you can watch them all at once. These videos are totally free and can be found on YouTube or on our APP.
Journal: The journals for the next four years have been totally redesigned with a theme in mind. You will find questions to ponder daily that can be used for teaching or family discussions. There are workbook pages based off of our most favorite part of each lesson that week. You can also use these workbook pages for lessons or discussion. There will also be a space for recording one name of Jesus Christ each week.
Devotional Book: Perfect for a 5-10 minute lesson, these books can be used as a devotional every day. This book is designed for personal study or family study. We love to use ours around the dinner or breakfast table.
Word a Week Posters: Perfect for a three minute study, these posters include one word and one verse a week for pondering. Hang them somewhere in your home where they will be a daily reminder of Come, Follow Me. This year we will be studying one name of Jesus Christ found in that week’s lesson. By the end of the year we will have come up with 52 names.
Tip Ins: These are small papers that can be glued right in your scriptures with tips and truths that will help to improve your study.
Stickers: Use these colorful stickers in the margins of your Scriptures or in your Don’t Miss This Daily study journal.
Hopefully these tools will make your scripture study something you look forward to!
THE APP
We created a Don’t Miss This App hoping to make your Come, Follow Me study easier and more convenient.
Here is what you will find at your fingertips all in one place:
YouTube videos
Podcasts
Newsletters with teaching tips for young kids, teens and adults.
Five minute DAILY studies to use first thing in the morning or just before bed.
A personal journal section where you can gather all things Come, Follow Me including pictures, videos, PDF’s, webpages. You can keep all of your study elements into one place.
The Old Testament timeline and other visual teaching helps.
We wanted to make this family friendly, so each subscription will include up to five users in the same household.
