Lesso 6 65 Joh Baptizes Jesus Mark 1:4-11 First- ad secod-graders are able to uderstad the differece betwee right ad wrog, without ecessarily learig a certai rule or stadard. So they re able to recogize that they do wrog thigs that they eed forgiveess for. Ad while they may ot completely uderstad why God had to sed Jesus, they re capable of acceptig that Jesus is a vital part to them beig forgive for wrog thigs they do. Use this lesso to help kids uderstad ad believe that God set Jesus to save them. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started Pleased to Meet You! (about 5 mi.) Play a game i which they itroduce themselves. Washed Clea (about 10 mi.) Lear that askig God for forgiveess washes away their sis. Bible, dishpa of soapy water, dishpa of damp pottig soil, towel Teacher Pack: Bible Timelie Set a dishpa of soapy water ad a towel o oe side of the room. Set a dishpa filled with moist pottig soil o the other side of the room. Bible Poit God set Jesus. Key Verse For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral life (Joh 3:16). Weavig Faith Ito Life Kids will thak God for sedig his So, Jesus, to save us. 2 Bible Exploratio God s So (about 10 mi.) Hear about Jesus baptism. Bible Teacher Pack: Jesus Is Baptized poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) God Loves Me (about 10 mi.) Lear the Key Verse, ad sig a sog. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Bibles, My Bible Fu, CD player, pes, copies of the lyrics sheet (at the ed of the lesso) Teacher Pack: CD Tear out the Lesso 6 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 6 Witer Quarter
66 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 3 Weavig Faith Ito Life 4 Lastig Impressios Doves of Love (about 10 mi.) Make doves to help them remember that God set Jesus. Itroducig Jesus (about 10 mi.) Pla ways to tell others about Jesus. Daily Challeges (about 5 mi.) Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Weavig Faith at Home (about 2 mi.) Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. 1 copy per child of the Dove hadout (at the ed of this lesso), cotto balls, several pairs of scissors, glue sticks, markers Teacher Pack: feathers My Bible Fu, markers My Bible Fu Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Witer Quarter Lesso 6 Grades 1 & 2
67 Joh Baptizes Jesus Mark 1:4-11 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Although Siless, Jesus Requested Joh to Baptize Him The baptism of Jesus did ot represet cleasig from si, because Jesus was without si. Istead, it allowed Jesus to idetify with the people he had come to save ad sigaled to everyoe that he was differet that he had ot sied but istead had lived a life pleasig to God. This evet sigaled the begiig of Jesus earthly miistry. The Triity i the Baptism of Jesus The Jesus Coectio From the very begiig, God plaed to sed Jesus to be our fried ad to save us from the pealty of our sis. What a lovig ad gracious God! May agree that Jesus was a good ma ad a moral teacher, but Christias kow Jesus to be God s So, set by God to redeem a falle world. Jesus came to the world with all the authority, approval, ad power of God. He came for us. He came for you. Praise God today for lovig you eough to sed his So for you. You ca write your prayer here. These verses depict the Triity more clearly tha almost ay other passage i the Bible. We see all three members of the Triity i actio: Jesus beig baptized, the Holy Spirit descedig like a dove, ad the Father speakig from heave. As Jesus was begiig his miistry, God made it clear that Jesus was his So ad that Jesus was doig precisely what God wated him to do. The Holy Spirit Desceds o Jesus Like a Dove The symbolism of the Holy Spirit descedig o Jesus like a dove is very itetioal. A dove represeted both purity ad getleess. Istead of comig to harshly preach repetace as the prophets icludig Joh the Baptist had doe, Jesus came i purity ad with a message of love. After all, Jesus is God s ultimate demostratio of love, beig set to die for our sis while we were still siers (Romas 5:8). God did t speak to the crowd as he aouced his pleasure with Jesus. He spoke directly to Jesus, ecouragig him to fulfill the difficult task that lay before him. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 6 Witer Quarter
68 GETTING STARTED Pleased to Meet You! Welcome kids warmly as they arrive, ad ask them how their week wet. Gather everyoe together. Say: Let s play a game called Pleased to Meet You! Have childre form a circle ad umber off by twos. Have the Oes face left ad the Twos face right, formig pairs. Say: We ll go aroud the circle ad shake hads ad itroduce ourselves to each other. People usually shake hads with each other usig their right hads. But i this game, we re goig to use both hads. Here s how it works. Demostrate the followig process as you explai: Shake hads with your right had as you getly pull past your parter. As you shake hads, say, I m [ame]. Pleased to meet you! The move to the ext perso ad shake hads with your left had as you give the same greetig. Cotiue repeatig that process, switchig hads each time you pass a perso. The result will be a sort of grad right ad left square-dace circle. Whe kids reach their origial parters, have them sit dow i the circle. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What was it like meetig the other people i our circle? Explai whether you thik you could be frieds with someoe whose ame you do t kow. What else do you eed to kow about someoe to be frieds? Say: Whe you tell someoe your ame, it s called itroducig yourself. You ca t really be frieds with people util you kow who they are, ca you? I the Bible today, we ll see how God itroduced Jesus. Whe God told people who Jesus was, it showed them that GOD SENT JESUS. Because God set Jesus for us, we kow he s our fried. Witer Quarter Lesso 6 Grades 1 & 2
69 2 BIBLE EXPLORATION Washed Clea Ope your Bible to Mark 1:4-11, ad show the passage to kids. The show the Bible Timelie, ad say: This week we re hearig how God itroduced Jesus to the world as the Messiah. God used a ma amed Joh the Baptist to itroduce Jesus. Joh the Baptist s job was to prepare the way for Jesus. He told people to stop siig ad to clea their hearts to get ready for Jesus. The people i Jesus time, just like the people i our time, were dirty because of their si. Let s preted that this pottig soil is our si. Let the childre each hold a small hadful of pottig soil. Say: As the people held oto their sis, they got dirtier ad dirtier, just like your hads. Joh came alog to tell the people about the forgiveess God wated to offer them. Joh baptized the people i the water of the Jorda River. He told them to drop their sis ad make their hearts clea by askig God to forgive them. Let s see what that might ve bee like. Before leadig kids to the dishpa of soapy water, say: Remember, we re pretedig that the dirt you re holdig is si. Joh told the people to get rid of their sis. Have each child put the pottig soil back ito the cotaier. The Joh baptized the people i the water of the Jorda River. Let childre dip their hads i the dishpa of soapy water ad rub them to get rid of the dirt. After childre have dried their hads, have them sit o the floor i a circle. Washed Clea Supplies Bible dishpa of soapy water dishpa of damp pottig soil towel Teacher Pack Bible Timelie Washed Clea Easy Prep Set a dishpa of soapy water ad a towel o oe side of the room. Set a dishpa filled with moist pottig soil o the other side of the room. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: Tell about what it was like for your hads to be dirty, the to clea them i the soapy water. How does dirt remid you of si? How does forgiveess remid you of washig your hads? Say: Whe you dipped your hads i the water, you had to do somethig to get them clea. Like that, it was t the water of the river that cleaed people s hearts it was askig God to forgive their sis that cleaed their hearts. GOD SENT JESUS to make our hearts clea whe we take actio whe we ask God for forgiveess. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 6 Witer Quarter
70 God s So God s So Supplies Bible Teacher Pack Jesus Is Baptized poster (from the Big Bible Poster Pack) Show the Jesus Is Baptized poster. Say: The people had bee waitig a log time for God to sed a Savior to save his people. As people watched Joh the Baptist, some of them may have thought that he was the Savior. But he was t. Joh just helped people uderstad that the Savior would be comig soo. May people came to Joh to be baptized. Eve Jesus wated Joh to baptize him. Ad that s whe it happeed! Ope your Bible to Mark 1:9, ad show childre the verse. Say: Let s try to uderstad what happeed whe Joh baptized Jesus. First we ll read about it. Read aloud Mark 1:9. Put childre i pairs. Say: Whe I say go, oe parter will dip the other. Demostrate what you mea by dippig someoe. Parters, whe you come back up, you will make a itroductio. But you wo t just say your ame. You ll also say somethig importat about yourself, like I m [say your ame ad oe of your characteristics or roles i life]. Check for uderstadig, ad the ecourage each parter to take a tur at beig dipped. Say: Let s do it a little faster. Take turs dippig each other. Switch off each time, ad do as may as you ca i 20 secods. I ll time you. But here s the catch: Each time you itroduce yourself, tell somethig ew about yourself. Check for uderstadig, ad the have the kids start. Cout to 20 i your head, ad the cotiue. Say: You all have great characteristics. Whe Jesus was baptized, it was kid of like God itroduced him to the world. Let s hear how God itroduced Jesus. Liste while I read about it i the Bible. Have childre sit o the floor as you read aloud Mark 1:10-11. Say: God itroduced Jesus. God said Jesus was his So, ad he loved him ad was pleased with him. After God itroduced Jesus to the world, Jesus started preachig to the people about God s love. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: Tell about the most importat thig you said as you itroduced yourself. Why do you thik how God itroduced Jesus was importat? How does Jesus itroductio help you believe Jesus is God? Say: What happeed whe Joh baptized Jesus was pretty amazig. God s words are very powerful, so whe he says somethig is true, the it s true! That s how we kow GOD SENT JESUS. Witer Quarter Lesso 6 Grades 1 & 2
71 God Loves Me Say: We kow who Jesus is he s God So. Now let s look at today s Key Verse to fid out why God set his So. Help kids fid Joh 3:16 i their Bibles. The read the verse aloud: For God so loved the world that he gave his oe ad oly So, that whoever believes i him shall ot perish but have eteral life (Joh 3:16). Say: A easier way of sayig that is: God loves us so much he set his So, Jesus (Joh 3:16). Lead childre i repeatig the simplified verse with you several times. Say: God loves us so much that he gave his oe ad oly So to help us. If we believe i Jesus, we ca live forever i heave. Really thik about this for a miute. I wat you to uderstad just how much God loves you. Thik about the perso you love most i the whole world. Maybe it s your mom or your dad or your gradma. Allow time. Say: Now thik about sedig that perso you love to a faraway lad, kowig that the people there will be mea to this perso you love ad will eve hurt him or her. Allow time. Say: God kew that some people would be mea to Jesus here o earth ad that they d hurt him. But God set him to help us ayway. That s how much God loves us! Right ow, let s sig our Key Verse sog. God Loves Me Supplies Bibles My Bible Fu CD player pes copies of the lyrics sheet (at the ed of this lesso) Teacher Pack CD: God So Loved the World (Joh 3:16) (track 15) God Loves Me Easy Prep Tear out the Lesso 6 pages from each My Bible Fu studet book. Had out the lyrics pages. Play God So Loved the World (Joh 3:16) (track 15 o the CD), ad ecourage kids to sig alog. I believe i God Cause what he says is true. I believe that Jesus died To save me ad save you. I believe i God Ad all that he came to do. I believe that Jesus died Because he loved both me ad you. For God so loved the world He gave his oe ad oly So, That whoever believes i him Shall ot perish. For God so loved the world He gave his oe ad oly So, That whoever believes i him Will have eteral life. (Repeat from the begiig. The repeat the last two verses.) Will have eteral life. God So Loved the World (Joh 3:16) by Be Glover. 2005 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 6 Witer Quarter
72 Say: The most amazig part of this verse is that God set Jesus to save each oe of us. Jesus came to save me ad you ad your parets ad the kids i school he wats to save everyoe! All we have to do is believe i Jesus. There s somethig o our My Bible Fu pages to help us remember why it s importat to believe i Jesus. Give each child a My Bible Fu page. Poit out the God So Loved ME! sectio. Have childre fill i the three blaks i the first setece with their ow ames. Have each child read the setece aloud. The ecourage kids to thik of others who Jesus came to save ad fill i the other blaks with the ames of those people. Give childre several miutes to thik ad write; the ask kids to read their completed seteces. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: Why might it be hard to sed someoe you love to a faraway place? What thigs that you ve leared about God help you kow he loves you greatly? Say: Whe Joh baptized Jesus, God told everyoe how importat ad special Jesus is. But GOD SENT JESUS all the way from heave because we are special to God, too. GOD SENT JESUS because he loves us. This week, let s tell others about Jesus so they ca kow they re special to God, too. 3 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Doves of Love Supplies 1 copy per child of the Dove hadout (at the ed of this lesso) cotto balls several pairs of scissors glue sticks markers Teacher Pack feathers Doves of Love Say: We leared i the Bible today that God set his Holy Spirit i the form of a dove whe Jesus was baptized. Let s make Doves of Love to remid us of why GOD SENT JESUS because he loves us! Set out the supplies. Have kids each cut out a dove from the hadout ad color i the eyes ad beak. The show kids how to stretch the cotto balls ad glue them to the body ad head. As kids work, evely distribute the feathers. Say: Whe the people saw God s Spirit come dow o Jesus as a dove, they kew why it was very importat to believe i Jesus because GOD SENT JESUS, his oly So, to save us. If we believe i Jesus, we ca live i heave forever. Let s thak God for sedig Jesus. We ll go aroud the circle, ad each of us will say, Thak Witer Quarter Lesso 6 Grades 1 & 2
73 you, God, for sedig Jesus. As soo as you say thak you to God, glue a feather to your dove. That ll help you remember that God s love is real. I ll start. Let each perso i the circle say, Thak you, God, for sedig Jesus. The have everyoe hold hads as you close the prayer, thakig Jesus for makig it possible for each perso i your circle to live i heave forever. Itroducig Jesus Give kids their My Bible Fu pages. Say: God itroduced Jesus to us. Now it s our tur to itroduce Jesus to others. Thik of words that you could use to itroduce Jesus to someoe. Thik of ways to fiish this setece: This is Jesus! He s Tur to a parter ad talk about words you could use to itroduce Jesus. Give childre time to thik of words to itroduce Jesus. If kids seem stumped, suggest words such as my fried, good, God, ad our Savior. Itroducig Jesus Supplies My Bible Fu markers Ivite childre to share the words they ve thought of. The distribute markers, ad have kids write their words i the cartoo speech balloos o their My Bible Fu pages. Give childre several miutes to write, offerig spellig help as eeded. Talk With Kids Lead childre i this discussio. Ask: What are some ways you feel comfortable itroducig Jesus to others? Why do you thik it s importat to itroduce Jesus to others? Say: The ext time you wat to itroduce Jesus to someoe, thik of the words you just wrote, ad the way God itroduced Jesus. GOD SENT JESUS. Ad everyoe eeds to hear about Jesus. We ca itroduce him, just as Joh the Baptist ad God himself itroduced Jesus. Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 6 Witer Quarter
74 4 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges Supplies My Bible Fu Daily Challeges Say: GOD SENT JESUS let s thik about that. Have kids fid this week s Daily Challeges o their My Bible Fu pages ad choose oe to do this week. They ca choose oe or more of these three optios: Write a ote to God, thakig him for sedig his So, Jesus, to save you from your sis. Tell a fried that God set Jesus, ad share Joh 3:16 with him or her. Draw a picture of somethig you re thakful for, ad hag it up i your room to remid you of God s love. Make sure you choose a Daily Challege as well, ad tell kids what you chose. Kids will be more iclied to follow through o their commitmets whe they see you doig the same. Talk With Kids Lead kids i this discussio. Ask: What s a practical way you re goig to do your Daily Challege? Iclude a time, a place, ad other ideas. Say: GOD SENT JESUS that s a really amazig thig that we wat everyoe to kow. Whe Joh baptized Jesus, God made sure everyoe kew who Jesus is. Let s try to tell others about Jesus this week through our Daily Challeges. Weavig Faith at Home Ecourage kids to talk with their parets about the Daily Challeges they chose ad what they leared about how God set Jesus. Kids ca also do the activities i the HomeCoect sectio of their My Bible Fu pages with their families. Talk to your Director about emailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Take a couple of miutes to pray with your kids, thakig God for sedig Jesus. Pray: God, thak you for sedig your So, Jesus, so that we ca be forgive. Help us to remember to ask you for forgiveess because we kow you ll forgive us. I Jesus ame, ame. Witer Quarter Lesso 6 Grades 1 & 2
75 Lyrics God So Loved the World (Joh 3:16) I believe i God Cause what he says is true. I believe that Jesus died To save me ad save you. I believe i God Ad all that he came to do. I believe that Jesus died Because he loved both me ad you. For God so loved the world He gave his oe ad oly So, That whoever believes i him Shall ot perish. For God so loved the world He gave his oe ad oly So, That whoever believes i him Will have eteral life. (Repeat from the begiig. The repeat the last two verses.) Will have eteral life. God So Loved the World (Joh 3:16) by Be Glover. 2005 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved.! OK TO COPY Grades 1 & 2 Lesso 6 Witer Quarter
76 Dove! OK TO COPY Witer Quarter Lesso 6 Grades 1 & 2