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Week of Sunday 12/27 – Saturday 1/2
SERVANT
The Wise Men Visit Jesus
Check out the website for videos and
digital copies of the curriculum.
• Bible story video
• Puppet show video
• Wise men craft
• Wise men coloring sheet
• Popsicle stick puppet activity
• Read the Bible story together
• Share the Bible story with a friend
• Table Talk Questions
Looking for Jesus
• Pick a household item that represents
Jesus (i.e. a baby doll)
• Hide the item and set up a scavenger
hunt around the house or backyard.
• Have the children search for Jesus.
A Gift for Jesus
• Choose a family gift to give back to Jesus
(i.e. take something to a neighbor, give
to church etc.)
• Wrap the gift to give away.
• “Go Tell It on the Mountain”
• “Away in a Manger”
• “I Find My Joy”
• Memory Verse
• Pray together
Bible Activities
Family Fun Activities
Worship Together
Servant: The Wise Men Visit Jesus
The King of All Kings - The Jesus Storybook Bible (pg. 192-199)
Reference: Matthew 2:1-12
Far away, in the East, three clever men saw the very same star. The star that
God had put in the sky when Jesus was born. They knew it was a sign. A baby king
had been born.
They had been waiting for this star. They knew it would come.
“He’s here!” they shouted. “He’s here!” (And I’m sure if you’d been there,
you would have heard them laughing and dancing and singing until the sun came
up!)
At dawn, they packed up their camels and wrapped gifts for the baby. They
brought their most precious treasures of all: frankincense, gold, and myrrh. Spe-
cial, sparkly, lovely-smelling, gleaming things—just right for a king.
The three Wise Men (actually, if you’d met them, you’d have thought they
were kings because they were so rich and clever and important looking) set off.
They rode their camels across endless desserts, up steep, steep mountains,
down into deep, deep valleys, through raging rivers, over grassy plains, night and
day, day and night, for hours that turned into days, that turned into weeks, that
turned into months and months, until, at last, they reached...Jerusalem.
Jerusalem was by far the most important city for miles around and, as any-
one can tell you, that’s where a palace would be and kings are born in palaces. So
that’s where they went. But they were in for a surprise.
They went to see King Herod. Surely he’d know where this baby was.
But he didn’t. In fact, he didn't like the sound of a new king—it made him
cross. He didn't want anyone to be king, except him.
But Herod’s advisors told the three Wise Men what was written in their
Bible Story
books—what God had said about the baby king: “Go to Bethlehem. That’s where
you’ll find him.”
Suddenly the star they had seen in the East started moving again, showing
them the way. So the three Wise Men followed the star out of the big city, along
the road, into the little town of Bethlehem. They followed the star through the
streets of Bethlehem, out of the nice part of town, through the not-so-nice part of
town, into the really-not-so-nice-at-all part of town, down a little dirt track, until it
stopped right over...a little house.
But wait. It wasn’t a palace. And there weren’t any guards. Or servants. Or
flags. Or red carpets. Or trumpets. Or anything. Did they get it wrong? Or was this
what God meant?
Sure enough, in that little house—there, sitting on his mother’s knee—they
found him. The baby King.
The three men knelt before the little King. They took off their rich royal tur-
bans and gleaming, golden crowns. They bowed their noble heads to the ground
and gave him their sparkling treasures.
The journey that had begun so many centuries before had led three Wise
Men here. To a little town. To a little house. To a little child.
To the King God had promised David all those years before.
But this child was a new kind of king. Though he was the Prince of Heaven,
he had become poor. Though he was the Mighty God, he had become a helpless
baby. This King hadn’t come to be the boss. He had come to be a servant.
1. What did the wise men do when they met Jesus? How can you worship Him too?
2. What kind of gifts would you like to bring to Jesus?
Dear God,
Thank you for sending us Jesus! We are so excited to worship and praise Him! Help us to re-
member that He is a special gift to us!
In Jesus’ name,
Amen
Questions & Prayer
to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring But the angel said
that will cause great joy to you good news
the town of David for all the people. Today in
has been born to you; he is a Savior
the Lord.” the Messiah,
Luke 2:10-11
Memory Verse
Servan
t: The
Wise
Me
n V
isit Jesus
The
Kin
g of A
ll Kin
gs - The
Jesus Sto
rybo
ok B
ible
(pg. 1
92
-
19
9)
Referen
ce: Ma
tth
ew 2
:1-1
2
Far aw
ay, in th
e East, three
clever me
n saw
the very sam
e star.
The star th
at Go
d h
ad p
ut in
the sky w
hen
Jesus w
as bo
rn. Th
ey knew
it
was a sign
. A b
aby kin
g had
bee
n b
orn
.
Th
ey h
ad b
een
waiti
ng fo
r this star. Th
ey kn
ew
it wo
uld
com
e.
“H
e’s here!” th
ey sho
uted
. “He’s h
ere!” (An
d I’m
sure if yo
u’d
bee
n th
ere, you
wo
uld
have h
eard th
em lau
ghin
g and
dan
cing an
d sin
g-
ing u
nti
l the su
n cam
e up
!)
A
t daw
n, th
ey p
acked
up
their cam
els an
d w
rapp
ed
gifts fo
r the
bab
y. They b
rou
ght th
eir mo
st precio
us treasu
res of all: fran
kincen
se,
gold
, and
myrrh
. Special, sp
arkly, lovely-sm
elling, gleam
ing th
ings—
just
right fo
r a king.
Th
e th
ree
Wise
Me
n (actu
ally, if you
’d m
et them
, you
’d h
ave
tho
ugh
t they w
ere kings b
ecause th
ey were so
rich an
d clever an
d im
-
po
rtant lo
okin
g) set off
.
Th
ey ro
de th
eir cam
els acro
ss en
dle
ss desserts, u
p stee
p, ste
ep
mo
un
tains, d
ow
n in
to d
eep, d
eep valleys, th
rou
gh ragin
g rivers, over
grassy plain
s, nigh
t and
day, d
ay and
nigh
t, for h
ou
rs that tu
rned
into
days, th
at turn
ed in
to w
eeks, th
at turn
ed in
to m
on
ths an
d m
on
ths, u
n-
til, at last, th
ey reache
d...Jeru
salem.
Je
rusale
m w
as by far th
e mo
st imp
ortan
t city for m
iles aro
un
d
and
, as anyo
ne can
tell you
, that’s w
here a p
alace wo
uld
be an
d kin
gs
are b
orn
in p
alaces. So th
at’s wh
ere they w
ent. B
ut th
ey were in
for a
surp
rise. They w
ent to
see Kin
g Hero
d. Su
rely he
’d kn
ow
wh
ere th
is ba-
by w
as. Bu
t he d
idn
’t. In fact, h
e did
n't like th
e sou
nd
of a n
ew kin
g—it
mad
e him
cross. H
e did
n't w
ant an
yon
e to b
e king, excep
t him
. Bu
t
Hero
d’s ad
visors to
ld th
e three
Wise M
en w
hat w
as writt
en in
their
bo
oks—
wh
at Go
d h
ad said
abo
ut th
e bab
y king: “G
o to
Beth
leh
em.
That’s w
here yo
u’ll fi
nd
him
.”
Su
dd
enly th
e star they h
ad seen
in th
e East started m
ovin
g
again, sh
ow
ing th
em th
e way. So
the th
ree Wise M
en fo
llow
ed th
e star
ou
t of th
e big city, alo
ng th
e road
, into
the litt
le tow
n o
f Beth
lehem
.
They fo
llow
ed th
e star thro
ugh
the streets o
f Beth
lehem
, ou
t of th
e nice
part o
f tow
n, th
rou
gh th
e no
t-so-n
ice part o
f tow
n, in
to th
e really-no
t-
so-n
ice-at-all p
art of to
wn
, do
wn
a little d
irt track, un
til it sto
pp
ed
right
over...a litt
le ho
use.
B
ut w
ait. It wasn
’t a palace. A
nd
there w
eren’t an
y guard
s. Or
servants. O
r flags. O
r red carp
ets. Or tru
mp
ets. Or an
ythin
g. Did
they get
it wro
ng? O
r was th
is wh
at Go
d m
eant? Su
re eno
ugh
, in th
at little
ho
use—
there, sitti
ng o
n h
is mo
ther’s kn
ee—th
ey fou
nd
him
. The b
aby
Kin
g. The th
ree men
knelt b
efore th
e little K
ing. Th
ey too
k off
their rich
royal tu
rban
s and
gleamin
g, gold
en cro
wn
s. They b
ow
ed th
eir no
ble
head
s to th
e grou
nd
and
gave him
their sp
arkling treasu
res.
Th
e jou
rney th
at had
begu
n so
man
y centu
ries befo
re had
led
three W
ise Men
here. To
a little to
wn
. To a litt
le ho
use. To
a little ch
ild.
To
the K
ing G
od
had
pro
mised
David
all tho
se years befo
re.
B
ut th
is child
was a n
ew kin
d o
f king. Th
ou
gh h
e was th
e Prin
ce
of H
eaven, h
e had
beco
me p
oo
r. Tho
ugh
he w
as the M
ighty G
od
, he h
ad
beco
me a h
elpless b
aby. Th
is Kin
g had
n’t co
me
to b
e th
e bo
ss. He h
ad
com
e to b
e a servant.
Servan
t: The
Wise
Me
n V
isit Jesus
The
Kin
g of A
ll Kin
gs - The
Jesus Sto
rybo
ok B
ible
(pg. 1
92
-
19
9)
Referen
ce: Ma
tth
ew 2
:1-1
2
Far aw
ay, in th
e East, three
clever me
n saw
the very sam
e star.
The star th
at Go
d h
ad p
ut in
the sky w
hen
Jesus w
as bo
rn. Th
ey knew
it
was a sign
. A b
aby kin
g had
bee
n b
orn
.
Th
ey h
ad b
een
waiti
ng fo
r this star. Th
ey kn
ew
it wo
uld
com
e.
“H
e’s here!” th
ey sho
uted
. “He’s h
ere!” (An
d I’m
sure if yo
u’d
bee
n th
ere, you
wo
uld
have h
eard th
em lau
ghin
g and
dan
cing an
d sin
g-
ing u
nti
l the su
n cam
e up
!)
A
t daw
n, th
ey p
acked
up
their cam
els an
d w
rapp
ed
gifts fo
r the
bab
y. They b
rou
ght th
eir mo
st precio
us treasu
res of all: fran
kincen
se,
gold
, and
myrrh
. Special, sp
arkly, lovely-sm
elling, gleam
ing th
ings—
just
right fo
r a king.
Th
e th
ree
Wise
Me
n (actu
ally, if you
’d m
et them
, you
’d h
ave
tho
ugh
t they w
ere kings b
ecause th
ey were so
rich an
d clever an
d im
-
po
rtant lo
okin
g) set off
.
Th
ey ro
de th
eir cam
els acro
ss en
dle
ss desserts, u
p stee
p, ste
ep
mo
un
tains, d
ow
n in
to d
eep, d
eep valleys, th
rou
gh ragin
g rivers, over
grassy plain
s, nigh
t and
day, d
ay and
nigh
t, for h
ou
rs that tu
rned
into
days, th
at turn
ed in
to w
eeks, th
at turn
ed in
to m
on
ths an
d m
on
ths, u
n-
til, at last, th
ey reache
d...Jeru
salem.
Je
rusale
m w
as by far th
e mo
st imp
ortan
t city for m
iles aro
un
d
and
, as anyo
ne can
tell you
, that’s w
here a p
alace wo
uld
be an
d kin
gs
are b
orn
in p
alaces. So th
at’s wh
ere they w
ent. B
ut th
ey were in
for a
surp
rise. They w
ent to
see Kin
g Hero
d. Su
rely he
’d kn
ow
wh
ere th
is ba-
by w
as. Bu
t he d
idn
’t. In fact, h
e did
n't like th
e sou
nd
of a n
ew kin
g—it
mad
e him
cross. H
e did
n't w
ant an
yon
e to b
e king, excep
t him
. Bu
t
Hero
d’s ad
visors to
ld th
e three
Wise M
en w
hat w
as writt
en in
their
bo
oks—
wh
at Go
d h
ad said
abo
ut th
e bab
y king: “G
o to
Beth
leh
em.
That’s w
he
re you
’ll fin
d h
im.”
Su
dd
enly th
e star they h
ad seen
in th
e East started m
ovin
g
again, sh
ow
ing th
em th
e way. So
the th
ree Wise M
en fo
llow
ed th
e star
ou
t of th
e big city, alo
ng th
e road
, into
the litt
le tow
n o
f Beth
lehem
.
They fo
llow
ed th
e star thro
ugh
the streets o
f Beth
lehem
, ou
t of th
e nice
part o
f tow
n, th
rou
gh th
e no
t-so-n
ice part o
f tow
n, in
to th
e really-no
t-
so-n
ice-at-all p
art of to
wn
, do
wn
a little d
irt track, un
til it sto
pp
ed
right
over...a litt
le ho
use.
B
ut w
ait. It wasn
’t a palace. A
nd
there w
eren’t an
y guard
s. Or
servants. O
r flags. O
r red carp
ets. Or tru
mp
ets. Or an
ythin
g. Did
they get
it wro
ng? O
r was th
is wh
at Go
d m
eant? Su
re eno
ugh
, in th
at little
ho
use—
there, sitti
ng o
n h
is mo
ther’s kn
ee—th
ey fou
nd
him
. The b
aby
Kin
g. The th
ree men
knelt b
efore th
e little K
ing. Th
ey too
k off
their rich
royal tu
rban
s and
gleamin
g, gold
en cro
wn
s. They b
ow
ed th
eir no
ble
head
s to th
e grou
nd
and
gave him
their sp
arkling treasu
res.
Th
e jou
rney th
at had
begu
n so
man
y centu
ries befo
re had
led
three W
ise Men
here. To
a little to
wn
. To a litt
le ho
use. To
a little ch
ild.
To
the K
ing G
od
had
pro
mised
David
all tho
se years befo
re.
B
ut th
is child
was a n
ew kin
d o
f king. Th
ou
gh h
e was th
e Prin
ce
of H
eaven, h
e had
beco
me p
oo
r. Tho
ugh
he w
as the M
ighty G
od
, he h
ad
beco
me a h
elpless b
aby. Th
is Kin
g had
n’t co
me
to b
e th
e bo
ss. He h
ad
com
e to b
e a servant.
Servan
t: The
Wise
Me
n V
isit Jesus
The
Kin
g of A
ll Kin
gs - The
Jesus Sto
rybo
ok B
ible
(pg. 1
92
-
19
9)
Referen
ce: Ma
tth
ew 2
:1-1
2
Far aw
ay, in th
e East, three
clever me
n saw
the very sam
e star.
The star th
at Go
d h
ad p
ut in
the sky w
hen
Jesus w
as bo
rn. Th
ey knew
it
was a sign
. A b
aby kin
g had
bee
n b
orn
.
Th
ey h
ad b
een
waiti
ng fo
r this star. Th
ey kn
ew
it wo
uld
com
e.
“H
e’s here!” th
ey sho
uted
. “He’s h
ere!” (An
d I’m
sure if yo
u’d
bee
n th
ere, you
wo
uld
have h
eard th
em lau
ghin
g and
dan
cing an
d sin
g-
ing u
nti
l the su
n cam
e up
!)
A
t daw
n, th
ey p
acked
up
their cam
els an
d w
rapp
ed
gifts fo
r the
bab
y. They b
rou
ght th
eir mo
st precio
us treasu
res of all: fran
kincen
se,
gold
, and
myrrh
. Special, sp
arkly, lovely-sm
elling, gleam
ing th
ings—
just
right fo
r a king.
Th
e th
ree
Wise
Me
n (actu
ally, if you
’d m
et them
, you
’d h
ave
tho
ugh
t they w
ere kings b
ecause th
ey were so
rich an
d clever an
d im
-
po
rtant lo
okin
g) set off
.
Th
ey ro
de th
eir cam
els acro
ss en
dle
ss desserts, u
p stee
p, ste
ep
mo
un
tains, d
ow
n in
to d
eep, d
eep valleys, th
rou
gh ragin
g rivers, over
grassy plain
s, nigh
t and
day, d
ay and
nigh
t, for h
ou
rs that tu
rned
into
days, th
at turn
ed in
to w
eeks, th
at turn
ed in
to m
on
ths an
d m
on
ths, u
n-
til, at last, th
ey reache
d...Jeru
salem.
Je
rusale
m w
as by far th
e mo
st imp
ortan
t city for m
iles aro
un
d
and
, as anyo
ne can
tell you
, that’s w
here a p
alace wo
uld
be an
d kin
gs
are b
orn
in p
alaces. So th
at’s wh
ere they w
ent. B
ut th
ey were in
for a
surp
rise. They w
ent to
see Kin
g Hero
d. Su
rely he
’d kn
ow
wh
ere th
is ba-
by w
as. Bu
t he d
idn
’t. In fact, h
e did
n't like th
e sou
nd
of a n
ew kin
g—it
mad
e him
cross. H
e did
n't w
ant an
yon
e to b
e king, excep
t him
. Bu
t
Hero
d’s ad
visors to
ld th
e three
Wise M
en w
hat w
as writt
en in
their
bo
oks—
wh
at Go
d h
ad said
abo
ut th
e bab
y king: “G
o to
Beth
leh
em.
That’s w
he
re you
’ll fin
d h
im.”
Su
dd
enly th
e star they h
ad seen
in th
e East started m
ovin
g
again, sh
ow
ing th
em th
e way. So
the th
ree Wise M
en fo
llow
ed th
e star
ou
t of th
e big city, alo
ng th
e road
, into
the litt
le tow
n o
f Beth
lehem
.
They fo
llow
ed th
e star thro
ugh
the streets o
f Beth
lehem
, ou
t of th
e nice
part o
f tow
n, th
rou
gh th
e no
t-so-n
ice part o
f tow
n, in
to th
e really-no
t-
so-n
ice-at-all p
art of to
wn
, do
wn
a little d
irt track, un
til it sto
pp
ed
right
over...a litt
le ho
use.
B
ut w
ait. It wasn
’t a palace. A
nd
there w
eren’t an
y guard
s. Or
servants. O
r flags. O
r red carp
ets. Or tru
mp
ets. Or an
ythin
g. Did
they get
it wro
ng? O
r was th
is wh
at Go
d m
eant? Su
re eno
ugh
, in th
at little
ho
use—
there, sitti
ng o
n h
is mo
ther’s kn
ee—th
ey fou
nd
him
. The b
aby
Kin
g. The th
ree men
knelt b
efore th
e little K
ing. Th
ey too
k off
their rich
royal tu
rban
s and
gleamin
g, gold
en cro
wn
s. They b
ow
ed th
eir no
ble
head
s to th
e grou
nd
and
gave him
their sp
arkling treasu
res.
Th
e jou
rney th
at had
begu
n so
man
y centu
ries befo
re had
led
three W
ise Men
here. To
a little to
wn
. To a litt
le ho
use. To
a little ch
ild.
To
the K
ing G
od
had
pro
mised
David
all tho
se years befo
re.
B
ut th
is child
was a n
ew kin
d o
f king. Th
ou
gh h
e was th
e Prin
ce
of H
eaven, h
e had
beco
me p
oo
r. Tho
ugh
he w
as the M
ighty G
od
, he h
ad
beco
me a h
elpless b
aby. Th
is Kin
g had
n’t co
me
to b
e th
e bo
ss. He h
ad
com
e to b
e a servant.