BX1 NT St Peters

This afternoon I have been over to St Peters to do Bible Explorer New Testament.  I started by recapping some of the hand signs from last year and explained what the Jewish people had been looking forward to a Messiah, a saviour the Christ.  This led to the tell of the Christmas story - I know it is April but we have to start the story of the New Testament at the beginning.  We cover the birth, the visitors to the stable, the wise men, his escape to Egypt and return (at some point) then his trip south to Jerusalem as a 12 year old, then his baptism by John and then the 40 days in the wilderness.  On the way I explained who John was and how he came to be born.  Next week we look at the start of his ministry.