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| EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (20–30 minutes) Say: We are going to hear a very familiar story, but before we do, I want you to know something about shepherds in Palestine 2000 years ago. Shepherds were kind of like our modern-day migrant workers—they had jobs that many people didn’t want. They were seen as “unclean” and couldn’t even go into the synagogue. To be a shepherd in those days was to be in a lower class of society—somebody that most people did not want to relate to. Now, let’s see what happened to the shepherds in our story. Read the scripture passage together, Luke 2:1-10. Divide the class into groups based on what they would like to do: 1 Write a rap song from the perspective of the shepherds—what they saw, what they did, what they thought about this whole strange sequence of events. 2 Create a skit that tells the story from the shepherd’s perspective. The story should include “reading between the lines” of the scripture passage. What did they do when the angels showed up? Did they argue later about if they were seeing things? What did they think when they got to the stable? 3 Paint or cartoon the shepherd’s story. See suggestions in #2. After each group has completed their activity, share them with the whole class. Continued... |
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