Knowing Jesus in a New Way 5: Known in Making Him Known

Welcome to Knowing Jesus in a New Way 5: Known in Making Him Known, our lesson for May 17, 2020. We’re currently not meeting on account of the coronavirus, but I’m sharing this here in case it’s helpful to someone.

 What an important lesson this is, the scripture from Matthew 28:16-20 in which Jesus tells his disciples to go everywhere and tell His story, teach people to be disciples, and baptize them. As the story script says, the disciples had been followers and now they had to be leaders. They had been sheep and now it was time to be shepherds. But they didn’t need to be afraid, because Jesus says he will be with them always, to the end of the age.

There are several different aspects of the story that you may choose to emphasize:

1. The meeting itself of Jesus with the disciples on the mountain.

2. Jesus’ command to go to people everywhere and make them disciples, baptize them, and teach them to obey his commands.

3. Jesus’ assurance that He will always be with us.

You may want to try letting the children gather items from the materials that help to tell the story this week.

Here are some wondering questions to also use:

1. I wonder what was your favorite part of today’s story is.

2. I wonder how the disciples felt about Jesus telling them to go everywhere and tell Jesus’ story.

3. I wonder how you would feel if Jesus asked you to go to a new place and tell Jesus’ story.

4. I wonder where we are in Jesus’ story. I wonder how we become part of it.

5. Jesus said he would be with disciples forever. I wonder how he was with them. I wonder how we find him with us.

6. I wonder how you and I can share Jesus’ story with others.

Ideas for Our Gift to God Time

The more they make their own ideas into their projects, the more ownership they have, and the more excited they will be about their work. [image error]