The Grinch
The name of the citizens that woke up joyful even after the Grinch stole the items of Christmas.
Who are the Whos?
The overall main idea of Matthew 1:18-25, Luke 1:5-17, Luke 2:26-38, and Luke 2:39-45.
What is the Christmas story or the birth of Jesus?
The founder of the Methodist faith.
Who is John Wesley?
The name of joyful songs in worship or during the Christmas season.
What are hymns or Christmas carols?
Joyful singing in The Grinch that Stole Christmas connects with this story/Scripture from today.
What is Exodus 15:20-21?
or Who is Miriam?
The Who makes that peace with the Grinch and helps the town realize the true meaning of Christmas.
Who is Cindy Lou Who?
The main message in Matthew 5:43-48.
What is to love our enemies?
John Wesley's brother who wrote many of the hymns we sing in worship.
Who is Charles Wesley?
The message of John the Baptist in our lives.
What is to always point to Christ and prepare the way by sharing the Good News with others?
One commonality between the Grinch and John Wesley.
What is that they both experienced a change for the better with the Grinch's heart growing three sizes and John Wesley's heart being strangely warmed?
The Grinch's heart grew this many sizes.
What is three sizes?
In Exodus 15:20-21, this is Moses's sister's name.
Who is Miriam?
The people who go into the world and spread the Good News while helping support the people of that area.
What are missionaries?
The unearned favor and blessing that God extends to us daily.
What is God's grace?
John the Baptist is most closely connected to this character in The Grinch that Stole Christmas. And why?
Who is Cindy Lou Who because both can see the bigger picture, greater meaning, and seek forgiveness?
The Grinch sat here at the Christmas feast at the end of the book/movie.
Where is at the head of the table?
The Scripture from today about John the Baptist.
What is Matthew 3:1-12?
What is a time of preparation and anticipation for the birth of Jesus Christ and the second coming of Christ?
The term for the hopeful or positive aspect of a difficult or challenging situation?
What is silver lining?
The connect between the Grinch, Paul/Saul (from last week), and our lives.
What is forgiveness, resurrection, and growing closer to God and goodness?
The Grinch carves this at the end of the book/movie.
What is the roast beast?
The main idea of Jesus's Sermon on the Mount. (Matthew 6:19-21)
What is a message of joyful love, compassion, and selflessness? Jesus encourages his listeners to love their enemies, to forgive others, and to care for the poor and marginalized.
The day that is attributed to when John Wesley's heart was strangely warmed.
What is Aldersgate Day?
The name of an unexpected person that God has worked through in a positive way.
Who is you, me, anyone?
The connection between the Christmas story (Jesus's birth) and The Grinch that Stole Christmas.
What is that God uses unexpected people to make great things happen, how something can go from ordinary to extraordinary, how the fear and unknown before can end in peace and joy, or how things do not need to be perfect to actually be perfect?