CONCEPT GOAL UNIT 1#3 DISCIPLESHIP K/1 ST GRADE DIRTY FEET Jesus is the perfect example of unselfish love. His personal sacrifice enables us to serve others. June 24, 2018 Christian students will deepen their understanding of how much Jesus loves them and strengthen their desire to let Jesus teach them how to serve others. Non-Christian students will learn that Jesus love for them is unselfish and that because of his sacrifice they can have a personal relationship with God. PASSAGE: John 13:1-4, 12-17 Key Verse: Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. John 13:17 PLANNING AHEAD Lesson Supplies Lesson: Sandals and another teacher s grossly dirty foot * Water pitcher Large bowl Towel Learning Activity #1: Individually wrapped candy, 1/child Paper cups, 3/class Foam plates, 3/class Learning Activity #2: Sets of situation cards, 3/CT class Craft Supplies Activity Station: Helpful Hal s Treasury of Christian Virtues, Michael Waite Various colors of stamp pads, 2 or 3/class Baby wipes, 1 package/ct 8 ½ x 11 paper of various colors with key verse written on top, 1/child Teachers please note: For clarity, the shaded areas in the Planning Ahead section indicate supplies that are in and should be returned to your classroom SHARED SUPPLY bag. Items followed by an asterisk* are to be supplied by the teaching team. XENOS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1-800-698-7884, www.xenos.org K/1 st Unit 1#3 Page 1
June 24, 2018 BACKGROUND INFORMATION / TEACHER HELPS Jesus' washed the disciples' feet in the Upper Room at the Last Supper (John 13:3-5). The immediate situation was that they had come to the banquet room directly from the street. Ordinarily on such an occasion the host would have delegated a servant to the menial task of removing the sandals of the guests and washing their feet. Since the meeting was obviously intended to be secret, no servants were present. None of the disciples was ready to volunteer for such a task, for each would have considered it an admission of inferiority to all the others "Sometime during the meal Jesus rose, removed his outer cloak, tied a towel around his waist, and began to perform the work of the servant who was not present. It was a voluntary humiliation that rebuked the pride of the disciples. Perhaps it accentuated the tension of the situation, because Luke notes that when the disciples entered the room, they had been arguing about who among them would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven (Luke 22:24) "12-14 A second lesson Jesus wished to impart to the disciples by this act was one of love and humble service... The discernment of the disciples developed slowly. It took them a long time to begin to comprehend the intensity of Jesus' love for them and the nature of his humility in dealing with them. 'Teacher' and 'Lord' are both titles of respect that placed Jesus on a level above the disciples Jesus emphasized the fact that if he, whom they regarded as their leader, had stooped to serve their needs, they should do the same for one another "15 The 'example' does not necessarily imply the perpetuation of foot washing as an ordinance in the church. The only other allusion to foot washing in the NT occurs in 1 Timothy 5:10, where it does not refer to a regular custom but seems to allude to charitable ministrations to the poor. John calls this act an 'example,' which implies that the emphasis is on the inner attitude of humble and voluntary service for others. Perhaps it was the basis for the Pauline exhortation to the Philippians: 'Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus, who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, and became obedient to death-- even death on a cross!' (Phil 2:5-8)." 1 This lesson contrasts selfishness with serving others. Our culture tells us that we must take care of our own needs to be happy. On the contrary, the Bible tells us that fulfillment comes through serving others in response to Christ's love (I John 3:16, 4:19). When we think of sin the usual focus is on sins of commission, such as outbursts of anger. However, this lesson emphasizes the sin of omission, the failure of the disciples to show love to one another. We often regard lightly sins of omission and yet these are just as harmful as the sins of commission (James 4:17). For example, if we come to class unprepared and just wing it, we may think that it won t matter. But it does matter and the students are the first to know. As role models to children we must take seriously both our sins of commission and omission and allow God to change us. Likewise, children need to realize that choosing to be unloving is just as hurtful as blatant, outward attacks. 1 Gaebelein, Frank E., The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Vol. 9, 1981, The Zondervan Corp., pp. 136, 137. XENOS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1-800-698-7884, www.xenos.org K/1 st Unit 1#3 Page 2
LESSON PLAN SET UP/INCORPORATION 15-20 MIN INSTRUCTION/ INTRODUCTION LG GROUP 10 MIN LESSON LG GROUP 10 MIN XENOS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1-800-698-7884, www.xenos.org K/1 st Unit 1#3 Page 3 June 24, 2018 Activity Stations: Craft Footprints Instructions: Give each child a printed sheet with the key verse. Write their name on the sheet. Have each child make a fist and press it on the stamp pad as if they are going to pound the table. Stamp the fist on the paper to make the foot. Use the thumb to make the big toe at the top of the fist print and the index finger to make the four toes. Use the baby wipes to clean the children s hands. Story Handy Dandy Helpful Hal Instructions: Read the story on page 161 in Helpful Hal s Treasury of Christian Virtues. Discuss the attitudes of the children and of Helpful Hal. Help the children consider the ways they can sacrificially serve their parents at home. Missions Prayer Talk about and pray for Oasis Giving campaign and adopted missionary child. Have you ever had to clean dirty shoes? No one would want to do the gross job of cleaning stinky shoes even if they were asked. Back in the time of Jesus there was another disgusting job that nobody wanted to do. In Jesus' day the roads were made of dirt and people wore only sandals. As people walked from one place to another their feet got really dirty and gross. When a person entered a house, the servants washed the guests' feet. In those days many people had servants who worked in their houses. Servants were considered less important than other people so they were given nasty jobs like washing people's feet. Today we will learn about a time when the disciples had dirty feet, but there was no servant to wash them. Instructions: While one teacher narrates, two other teachers act out the Bible story using water pitcher, bowl, towel, sandals, and a teacher's foot sufficiently gross and dirty for exaggeration, humor, and interest. While the disciples walked on their way to Jerusalem they argued about who was the greatest among them. As they walked in the dusty, filthy roads their feet got very dirty. When they arrived in Jerusalem they went to a room to celebrate Passover, a Jewish holiday. As they got to the door there was a towel, bowl, and water pitcher for washing their feet. But since there was no servant the disciples just slid off their sandals and didn't bother to wash their feet. No one wanted the disgusting job. No one wanted to be a servant. Listen while I read what happened next. (Read John 13:3-5, 12-17 from the Bible.) The disciples were too busy worrying about who was the greatest. They didn't want to serve each other. They thought they were too good to wash anyone's feet. They were selfish. But Jesus was not proud or selfish. He willingly did the gross, dirty job of washing their feet to show the disciples His love. He also told them if they learned and did what He taught them, they would be blessed. Jesus said that if He, their teacher/lord, could wash their feet, they ought to wash each other s feet. He showed them by His example that no one is too good or too important to serve others. Our key verse is, "Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them (John 13:17). Jesus served the disciples to show them what real love looks like. And He said, Now that you know what love looks like, you will be blessed if you love others in the same way. It would be weird if we told our friends we wanted to serve them by washing their feet. But I bet you can think of many ways to serve others that would show love to them. When we learn about opportunities to serve, we can choose to be selfish like the disciples or to serve others as Jesus did. We don't always feel like serving others, but we can choose to believe Jesus' words, "Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them (John 13:17). When we choose to serve others even when it s hard or we don t feel like it God will show us His love in
TRANSITION 2 MIN LEARNING ACTIVITY #1 LG GROUP 10 MIN TRANSITION 2 MIN LEARNING ACTIVITY #2 SM GROUPS 10 MIN TRANSITION 2 MIN OPTIONAL ACTIVITY ways that we could never have imagined. June 24, 2018 Good News: The disciples didn t serve each other because they were selfish and they thought they were more important than the others. The disciples had selfish, proud hearts. Jesus was the perfect example of unselfish love. Our selfish, proud hearts keep us from God. In fact, He sent Jesus to earth to die for us because we have such selfish, proud hearts. If we admit to God that we have selfish, proud hearts and accept God's forgiveness He can change our hearts and teach us how to love and serve others. Let's play a fun game. The winners will serve the class. Game Serving Relay Instructions: Set up a simple obstacle course using 2 or 3 chairs as the obstacles. Form two or three teams. At the signal have the first student pick up the foam plate with a cup of candy and hold it in the palm of his hand at his shoulder (in the same way a waiter carries a tray). While carrying the plate and cup in this way, he is to go around the chairs, back to the line and hand it to the next person in line. The team that completes the course first without dropping the candy is the winner. That team will serve the candy to their fellow students. Now let s get into small groups to talk about ways to serve one another. What Would You Do? Instructions: In groups with a teacher, have 3 or 4 children each choose a situation card. The teacher will read the card and the children answer the following questions for each situation: What is the need? What are some ways to serve? Let's pray and thank Jesus for coming to this earth to extend His love and forgiveness to us. Use this time to get to know the kids. XENOS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1-800-698-7884, www.xenos.org K/1 st Unit 1#3 Page 4
June 24, 2018 SITUATION CARDS SMALL GROUP A girl in your class at school doesn't have anyone to play with at recess. Someone you don't know very well in your class forgot her lunch. A classmate is upset because he made a mistake. An older kid is bullying a younger kid on the playground. A friend doesn't know anything about Jesus. Someone said something really nasty about you. XENOS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1-800-698-7884, www.xenos.org K/1 st Unit 1#3 Page 5
OASIS ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM FEEDBACK FORM June 17, 2012 Name: Unit #: Lesson #: Classroom: Weak Average Very Strong 1. Theological content of the lesson 1 2 3 4 5 2. Theological goal of the lesson clear 1 2 3 4 5 3. Age appropriateness of lesson to the children 1 2 3 4 5 4. Do you think the application was clear to the children? 1 2 3 4 5 5. Grace orientation of the lesson 1 2 3 4 5 6. Fun of lesson for teachers and children 1 2 3 4 5 7. Did preparing for this lesson motivate you in any way? If so, how? 8. If you believe the theological content to be weak, how would you change it? 9. What did you like about the format, content, teacher preparation of this lesson? 10. What should be changed about or added to the format, content, teacher preparation of this lesson? 11. Did the lesson challenge the children to think or learn? If so, what? XENOS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, 1-800-698-7884, www.xenos.org K/1 st Unit 1#3 Page 6 THE DISCIPLES & THE EARLY CHURCH 2000/01 rev 2015