Sunday School @ Home - Second Sunday in Advent (12/7/2022)

Bible Passage
Second Sunday of Advent (Isaiah 11:1-10)

Today is the second Sunday in Advent. Advent is a special time in the church year. It is a time when we prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus. We prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus born as a baby in Bethlehem. We prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus among us here and now. We prepare ourselves for the coming of Jesus in glory at the end of time. There are four Sundays in Advent and that means there are now two Sundays left before Christmas, when we celebrate the birth of Jesus, born as a baby in Bethlehem. Advent is a time of waiting, but it isn’t a boring, sitting around kind of waiting. We are waiting in an active way. We are looking and preparing for Jesus to come.

In our first reading for today, from Isaiah, we hear about peace. Watch the video to learn more:

Isaiah was a prophet. He was a special man who brought messages from God. The people of Israel had been at war for a long time. They were tired and needed a leader who would help them. God promised to send a leader who would help them live in peace. Isaiah told them that this leader would come from King David’s family and would be part of the family of Jesse, King David’s father. God said, “I will always be with this leader.” God also said that this leader would be a child. God promised to make the child wise.

Speaking through the prophet Isaiah, God said that this child who would lead the people would be a wise judge who would bring justice to the poor. God said that when the child comes, wolves and lambs would live together in peace. So would leopards and baby goats, lions and wolves. Since animals who were natural enemies could live together in peace, so could people. The child would show them how to live together in peace and how to love each other.

During Advent, we remember this promise from God, and we believe that child that God sent to lead us and teach us how to live together in peace and how to love each other is baby born in Bethlehem, the baby is Jesus. During Advent, we prepare for the coming of Jesus, born as a baby and laid in a manger, coming among us here and now, and coming again in glory at the end of time.

Discuss

In what ways can you live in peace with other?
In what ways can you show your love for others?
How are you preparing for the coming of Jesus?

Song

Peace Like a River. Listener Kids.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7it5W1FVtTs

Activity

If your family uses an Advent wreath, light the first two candles today and use this litany as you do so:

One: When the world seems scary or uncertain,