Line children up on one side of the room. Choose someone to be “It” and have him or her stand at the opposite end of the room and call out “Red Light” or “Green Light.” On Green Light, the players move forward. On Red Light, the players freeze. Any child who “It” sees move returns to the starting line. The winner is the one who reaches the opposite side of the room first. Tell the child who is “It” to take long pauses after calling “Red Light” to remind us that the Israelites waited a long time for the Messiah’s coming.

Have children stand in a circle. Instruct them to walk clockwise while keeping an eye on the leader. When the leader holds up the Jesus paper, they must freeze. If a child moves when the Jesus paper is in the air, he or she is out. Play continues until one child remains.

Have children sit in chairs. Choose someone to be “It.” Have him or her walk around the circle, stop in front of a seated child, and say, “If you love Jesus, please, please smile,” and do something silly to get the child to smile (without touching the child). Without smiling or laughing, the seated child should reply, “I really love Jesus, but I just can’t smile.” If the seated child smiles, he or she becomes “It.” If not, the child who is “It” must try to make someone else smile.

Divide children into teams. On “Go” the first person on each team crawls “leaping like calves from the stall” (Mal. 4:2) by moving as fast as he or she can on all fours to the stack of cups. The child then picks up two cups and runs back to the team (on two feet). The next person repeats the process and the team continues until all cups have been collected. To finish the race, the team must unscramble the cups and spell Messiah, Savior, and Immanuel. The first team to finish wins.