Love and peace to you all from your Youth Sunday School Class!In his book, Celebration of Discipline, Richard J. Foster writes, “Imagination often opens the door to faith.” As preparation for our devotion, we allowed ourselves to re-enter the Christmas stories, found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, as observers – taking in the words, the images, and then responding to that experience with comments, leading to questions to ponder.
Matthew and Luke both tell of Mary’s response to these events; she treasured them and pondered them in her heart. Likewise, we invite you to join us in visiting the Christmas stories with new insights – perhaps using our questions, perhaps adding your own, as we try to imagine what it might have been like to witness the awe, wonder and mystery of that Holy Night…
Questions to Ponder:
- Why was Mary chosen to be Jesus’ Mother?
- Why was mary’s cousin chosen to bear a son (John the Baptist?)
- What if Mary wasn’t willing to be Jesus’ mom?
- How did Mary and Joseph get to Bethlehem?
- What if the shepherds never saw the angels?
- Did anyone other than the shepherds see the angels?
- What if the kings got to Jesus before the shepherds?
- What if the innkeeper would have let Mary and Joseph into the inn?
- Why couldn’t King Herod’s people who were trying to kill Jesus see the star like the kings?
- Why didn’t people in Bethlehem see the angels or the star?
- Why didn’t they go back to Nazareth with the baby?
- Why part of the Christmas story will you treasure and ponder in your heart?
Lee Chirpas, Sam Oxley, Austin Budd, Matt Shideler, Sam Shideler, Grant Matthews, Josh Matthews, Erin Taylor, Hanna Taylor, Christian Griswold, McKenzie Cooley, Vinny Farrell, and Savannah Myers, Linda Summers, teacher
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