The Wounded Heart. Heart to Heart. Large Group. Bible Summary. Bible Verse

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1 LG Lesson 6 The Wounded Heart Heart to Heart The Wounded Heart Large Group Bible Summary Mathew 26:69-75 This is the story of Peter s denial of Jesus. Mathew 26:14-16,47-50 This is the story of Judas betrayal of Jesus. Points to discuss and emphasize: Both Peter and Judas sinned against Jesus. They betrayed someone they loved. Jesus heart would have been wounded and broken. Mathew 26:75 Peter went out and wept bitterly. Discuss how Peter felt about what he did. Mathew 27:1-3 How did Judas feel about what he did? Try to vividly picture this for the children; how these two must have felt when Jesus died. Likely they had no idea it would turn out so badly. They felt awful! In fact, they were broken hearted. Both Peter and Judas (and Jesus) had broken hearts. They all responded differently? How? John 21:15-17 Peter chose to receive Christ s forgiveness and to forgive himself, chose life and healing. Judas chose not to forgive himself or receive forgiveness. He killed himself. He chose death. Jesus forgave them both (and everyone else), Luke 23:34. He chose healing. Bible Verse He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 Objectives The children would come to understand what wounds our hearts. That they would understand the choices we have when that happens and God s promises to heal us. They would take steps toward Unit Summary: Heart to Heart This curriculum includes several lessons dealing with different kinds of hearts; eg. the soft heart, forgiving heart, joyful heart. The goal of the curriculum is to teach the children about the kind of heart that is pleasing to God and then to begin to form that kind of heart within them. The lessons attempt to facilitate that growth through the teaching, activities, worksheets, application and prayer. Our prayer is that this curriculum would be very practical and that children would be changed as a result of taking this course. healing of hurts they have caused and hurts they have felt. Key Concept God wants His children to have complete, whole, unwounded hearts. Littleton Vineyard Promiseland - Inviting children to a LIFE adventure of friendship with Jesus 1 Curriculum Developed from Vineyard Canada

2 LG Lesson 6 The Wounded Heart Supplies o Broken and repaired cup o Sponge and container of water o Bible In Advance o Rehearse The Teaching Time o Make sure supplies are available Your Morning Schedule 1) Arrive in the Kidatorium 30 minutes before the service begins to meet the rest of your team (worship leaders and small group leaders) and pray. 2) Plan to be ready to help greet children 15 minutes before the service begins, welcome new children and help draw children into a fun welcoming activity. 3) Kids can stop at the memory verse station and earn Promiseland Bucks. (If child is new to the Promiseland, show them the verse sheets on the sign-in table and explain how they can earn Promiseland Bucks.) 4) Kids can shop at the Promiseland Store. (A leader should man the store.) 5) Invite kids to play a game with a new friend from the game cabinet. 6) Help lead a simple craft or activity to help welcome children. 7) Children start in small groups 5 minutes past the service start to meet their small group leaders. Encourage this transition. 8) Worship begins 10 minutes into the service. (9:10 a.m. or 10:55 a.m.) Help ensure the PreSchool classrooms are moving over at this time. 9) 25 minutes into the service, Large Group teaching should begin. (9:25 a.m. or 11:10 a.m.) 10) Plan for your Large group teaching to be about 25 minutes in length. 11) Release children to Small Groups by 9:50 a.m. or 11:35 a.m.) 12) Children will remain in Small Groups for the remainder of the service. 13) The end of the service is a great time for you to meet and chat with parents at the door, as Small Group leaders need to remain engaged with their kids until they are signed out. Pre-Teach (5 minutes) Hearts are sensitive and are often wounded quite easily. These wounds cause pain and Littleton Vineyard Promiseland - Inviting children to a LIFE adventure of friendship with Jesus 2 Curriculum Developed from Vineyard Canada

3 all kinds of emotions to rise up; hurt, anger, pain, sadness, vengeance, etc. These emotions then affect how we act toward the person who hurt us. Sometimes we want to hurt them back. God wants us to be one; to all be friends and love each other. When we have been hurt it is hard to be that way, to stay friends with the one who hurt us. So we need to learn how to deal with our pain. God also wants us to be happy and whole (ie. not broken hearted, not hurt and wounded). We deal with our hurt: 1) by not hiding it or pretending it didn t happen 2) by forgiving the one who hurt us 3) by asking for forgiveness if we have hurt someone Teach (10 minutes) Take a cup and break it and then glue it back together. Compare it to a heart that has been broken but mended together again. If you have glued the cup together well you can fill it with water again. Compare it to the way God promised to heal our broken hearts and mend us so we are able to be filled with love and used again.review 2 stories we did at Easter. Try retelling them using a picture book or a section from the Jesus of Nazareth video. Mathew 26:69-75 This is the story of Peter s denial of Jesus. Mathew 26:14-16,47-50 This is the story of Judas betrayal of Jesus. Points to discuss and emphasize: Both Peter and Judas sinned against Jesus. They betrayed someone they loved. Jesus heart would have been wounded and broken. Look at Mathew 26:75 Peter went out and wept bitterly. Discuss how Peter felt about what he did. Look at Mathew 27:1-3 How did Judas feel about what he did? Try to vividly picture this for the children; how these two must have felt when Jesus died. Likely they had no idea it would turn out so badly. They felt awful! In fact, they were broken hearted. Both Peter and Judas (and Jesus) had broken hearts. They all responded differently? How? Look at John 21:15-17 Peter chose to receive Christ s forgiveness and to forgive himself, chose life and healing. Judas chose not to forgive himself or receive forgiveness. He killed himself. He chose death. Jesus forgave them both (and everyone else), Luke 23:34. He chose healing. Different things wound our hearts. What are they? Get the children to list lots of things. They will probably fall into three categories: 1) We sin and hurt another person (like Judas and Peter). 2) Someone sins against us or hurts us (like Jesus). 3) We are disappointed in something or someone, or God. During this time you could use a sponge heart and keep adding water to it as they give you things that hurt until the heart is full and heavy (broken hearted). Or use a cloth (stuffed) heart and keep sticking pins in it as you discuss things that break our hearts. What happens then? We can forgive and experience life like Peter and Jesus did. Or we can allow our hearts to be bitter and stay wounded; we can choose death like Judas did. God promised to heal our heart. Psalm 147:3, Isaiah 61:1. Littleton Vineyard Promiseland - Inviting children to a LIFE adventure of friendship with Jesus 3

4 If we have broken someone else s heart we need to ask for forgiveness. Ask the children to look at their own hearts; are they broken? Have they hurt anyone else? How do we know if someone has a broken heart? (Prov. 15:13... a happy face means a glad heart... so a sad face, a miserable person, would mean broken hearts). Littleton Vineyard Promiseland - Inviting children to a LIFE adventure of friendship with Jesus 4

5 (Refer kids to this memory verse) Post-Teach (10 minutes) He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 [Pray and dismiss to Small Groups.] Littleton Vineyard Promiseland - Inviting children to a LIFE adventure of friendship with Jesus 5