Lesso 13 171 Jesus Heals the Blid Ma Mark 10:46-52 Childre uderstad eedig to be cared for. They trust the adults i their lives to provide for their eeds ad eve some of their wats. Whe youg childre see someoe who is disabled, they re curious, but they ca be very compassioate ad carig toward disabled idividuals. Use this lesso to help childre uderstad that Jesus cares for all people ad has compassio for them. LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP 1 Gettig Started about 5 mi. Welcome ad Celebrate Welcome each other, ad praise God through music. CD player Teacher Pack: CD Bible Poit Jesus cares for us. Key Verse Come to me, all you who are weary ad burdeed, ad I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28). 2 Key Verse Activity about 10 mi. 3 Bible Exploratio about 15 mi. Takig Comfort Hold their Bibles up high wheever they take comfort i Jesus. Puppy Poiters Feel Braille paper, ad talk with Theo. Bible Time: Bartimaeus Needs Help Preted to be Bartimaeus. Bibles CD player, Theo puppet, tape, paper Teacher Pack: CD, Braille paper Bible Tape a piece of blak paper over the prited text o the Braille paper. The tape the Braille paper to Theo s paw. Weavig Faith Ito Life Childre will kow that Jesus cares for them ad will practice carig for others. Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
172 LESSON WHAT CHILDREN DO SUPPLIES EASY PREP Ceter 1: Now the Ma Ca See Make a Bartimaeus mask, ad the preted to be Bartimaeus before ad after Jesus healed him. My Bible Hugs, dark costructio paper, glue sticks, child-safe scissors, craft sticks Remove the Lesso 13 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Cut out the eyeholes ad eyelids. 4 Weavig Faith Ito Life about 20 mi. (Choose 2 ceters.) Ceter 2: What Ca I See? Look at the appearace of their sack pieces. Ceter 3: Healig Tag Play a game ad help each other see agai. pretzels, square cheese crackers, ad oyster crackers or other sack mix igrediets, atibacterial gel (optioal) CD player Teacher Pack: CD Ceter 4: Heartfelt Care Decorate paper hearts to look like people. costructio paper, hole puch, markers, glue, scissors, yar Cut oe 5-ich costructio-paper heart, four 2x½-ich strips of paper, ad oe 8-ich piece of yar for each child. Puch a hole i the top of each heart. 5 Lastig Impressios about 10 mi. Daily Challeges Choose a Daily Challege to apply God s Word. Actio Prayer Sig a prayer to God. Weavig Faith at Home Talk about how to share what they leared with their families. My Bible Hugs Bold text withi the lesso is spoke text. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
173 Jesus Heals the Blid Ma Mark 10:46-52 BIBLe BACKGROUND FOR LEADERS Blid Bartimaeus Cries Out to Jesus for Healig Leavig Jericho o his way to Jerusalem, Jesus had gathered a crowd. Bartimaeus blidess did t prevet him from hearig the ruckus of the approachig crowd ad from askig who was creatig all the fuss. Whe he foud out, his cries of So of David i addressig Jesus were ot just a way of idetifyig Jesus lieage. Sice the term So of David is clearly a referece to the Messiah, Bartimaeus was shoutig both to the crowd ad to Jesus that he believed Jesus was the promised Messiah. Although Jesus was surrouded by a crowd ad was set o reachig his destiatio, his ears ad heart were attued to the cry of oe callig out for mercy. Bartimaeus eeded Jesus mercy, ad Jesus heard his cry. because of aythig good we ve doe or ay specific set of words we repeat. Jesus shows us he cares for us by takig care of our eeds as we ackowledge our depedece o him ad trust i him to meet those eeds. Ad what Jesus asks i retur is that we do as Bartimaeus did ad follow Jesus alog the roads of our lives, o matter how old or youg we may be. The Jesus Coectio Do you have a good fried who you usually talk to about your problems? Jesus is the ultimate fried. As Bartimaeus leared, we ca cry out i faith whe we eed Jesus help! Ad we ca have faith i Jesus to meet our eeds i oe way or aother. Pray hoestly about your eeds, ad the focus o the reasos you have faith i Jesus to help you, heal you, or simply hear you. You ca write your prayer here. Bartimaeus Hails Jesus as the So of David I ackowledgig Bartimaeus idetificatio of him as the So of David, Jesus was also makig a statemet. Earlier i his miistry, he d avoided beig idetified as the Messiah. But ow, as he was makig his last trip to Jerusalem, where he would be crucified, he was ready for his idetity to be kow. Bartimaeus Faith Iitiates the Healig Notice that Bartimaeus faith i Jesus iitiated his healig. Jesus did t say, Because you ve lived a good life i spite of your hardship, I ll heal you. He did t say, Because your parets were so faithful to me, I ll give you your sight. Jesus respoded to Bartimaeus faith. Thigs have t chaged. Jesus respods to our eeds o the basis of our faith, ot Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
174 GETTING STARTED Welcome ad Celebrate CD player Teacher Pack CD: Welcome, Welcome (track 14), Love Is Patiet ad Kid (1 Corithias 13:4-5a) (track 21) Welcome ad Celebrate Tip Cosistetly use the same sigal to aouce a trasitio to the ext activity. You could flip the lights off ad o, use a trai whistle, have a puppet rustlig iside a bag, or sig cleaup sogs. Keep it simple, cosistet, ad fu. As the childre arrive, greet each oe with a smile. Whe it s time to begi, use your sigal to gather the childre together i a circle. Lead childre i sigig Welcome, Welcome (track 14 o the CD) to the tue of Te Little Idias. Have the childre stad i a circle ad hold hads as they swig their arms ad sig. Ecourage them to smile at each other throughout the sog. Welcome, welcome to our church. Welcome, welcome to our church. Welcome, welcome to our church. We re so glad you re here! (Repeat 2x.) Say: Today we re goig to lear that JESUS CARES FOR US. Let s sig aother sog together. This sog will help us remember that Jesus is kid ad that JESUS CARES FOR US. Lead the childre i sigig Love Is Patiet ad Kid (1 Corithias 13:4-5a) (track 21 o the CD). Ecourage childre to follow the motios i paretheses. Love is patiet ad kid. (hug self) Love is ot jealous (shake head o) Or boastful (put hads o hips) Or proud or rude. (stomp foot) (Repeat 3x.) Love is patiet ad kid. (hug self) (Repeat 4x.) Love Is Patiet ad Kid (1 Corithias 13:4-5a) by Jay Stocker. 2006 Group Publishig, Ic. All rights reserved. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
175 Say: JESUS CARES FOR US, ad he shows us how to love. Whe we kow how much Jesus loves us ad cares for us, it ca help us love ad care for others, too. 2 KEY VERSE ACTIVITY Takig Comfort Have childre form a circle ad sit dow. Ope your Bible to Matthew 11:28, ad show childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Takig Comfort Bibles Say: Our Key Verse from the Bible, Matthew 11:28, says, Come to me, all you who are weary ad burdeed, ad I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28). This meas that Jesus wats us to come to him ad rest. Let s say our Key Verse together. Lead childre i sayig the simplified versio of the Key Verse with you: Come to me ad rest (Matthew 11:28). Say: Whe you feel sad, scared, tired, or loely, you go to your mommy ad daddy for comfort or rest. You ca also go to Jesus whe you eed comfort! Give each child a Bible. Say: Let s talk about times we ca go to Jesus for comfort. I m goig to ask a questio, ad whe we come up with some ideas, I wat you to hold your Bible up high ad say, Jesus gives me comfort! What ca you do if you re i your bed at ight ad feel scared? Allow time. Say: Thaks for your ideas! You kow that your mommy ad daddy care about you ad wat you to feel comforted if you re afraid. Jesus cares about you, too, ad he wats you to come to him whe you eed comfort. Have childre hold their Bibles up high over their heads ad say, Jesus gives me comfort! What could you do if your baby brother or sister was cryig? Allow time. Say: Wheever someoe feels sad, worried, scared, or tired, we ca give them comfort by showig love ad beig kid. Jesus wats to show us comfort, love, ad kidess, too. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
176 Have the childre raise their Bibles up over their heads ad say, Jesus gives me comfort! What could you do if someoe spilled somethig ad felt very sad about it? Allow time. Say: Jesus wats us to comfort ad care for others, just as JESUS CARES FOR US. Whe we comfort others, we re showig that we care about them. Have childre hold up their Bibles ad say, Jesus gives me comfort! Lead childre i this discussio. What do you like about kowig Jesus comforts you? What will you do this week whe you re afraid or sad? Say: JESUS CARES FOR US, ad we kow we ca go to him whe we re scared, tired, or sad. Whe we go to him, he ll comfort us ad help us rest. 3 BIBLE EXPLORATION Puppy Poiters CD player Theo puppet tape paper Teacher Pack CD: Here, Theo (track 4) Braille paper Puppy Poiters Easy Prep Tape a piece of blak paper over the prited text o the Braille paper. The tape the Braille paper to Theo s paw. Puppy Poiters Say: Liste everyoe, Theo s comig! He has somethig to show us. Let s fid out what it is. Play Here, Theo (track 4 o the CD), ad brig out Theophilus the FaithRetriever. Theo: Hi, everybody! Teacher: Hello, Theo! It s so good to see you at church with us today. What do you have there? Theo: I m readig. Teacher: How ca you be readig? That piece of paper has o words o it. Theo: Yes, it does. (Pause ad look at the paper i Theo s paw for a miute.) Teacher: But, Theo, it looks blak. Theo: It s writte i Braille. Teacher: Oh! Theo, could you tell the childre about Braille? Theo: Braille is made of little dots that you ru your figer over to read. That way blid people people who ca t see ca read. The dots feel like differet letters ad words whe you touch them. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
177 (Let childre ru their figers over the paper.) Teacher: We re readig i the Bible today about a ma who used to be blid. Theo: Really? If he used to be blid, does that mea he started to see? Teacher: Yes, he was healed. Jesus made it so he could see agai. Our Bible Poit today tells us why Jesus would heal someoe. Frieds, let s say our Bible Poit for Theo. (Lead childre i sayig the Bible Poit for Theo: JESUS CARES FOR US.) Teacher: That s right Jesus cares for us so much! Theo, I hope you ejoy your Braille readig today. Thaks for visitig us. Frieds, let s say goodbye to Theo. Ecourage the childre to wave or say goodbye to Theo. The put Theo away i a safe place for ext week s use. Lead childre i this discussio. What do you thik about the Braille paper? Why do you thik it s importat to have Braille paper for people who ca t see? Why do you thik it s importat for people to kow Jesus cares for them? Say: Braille paper helps blid people read ad lear ew thigs. Today we ll read the Bible ad lear about how Jesus healed a blid ma so he could see. Jesus cared for the blid ma, ad JESUS CARES FOR US. It s importat that we kow JESUS CARES FOR US, loves us, ad watches over us. Let s see how Jesus chaged the blid ma s life. Bible Time: Bartimaeus Needs Help Ope your Bible to Mark 10:46-52, ad show childre the words. Tell childre that the Bible is God s special book. Say: Today we ll lear that JESUS CARES FOR US. Oe day Jesus ad his disciples were very tired. They wated to rest, but may people still wated to see Jesus. A blid ma amed Bartimaeus was sittig by the road beggig for moey. He called so loudly to get Jesus attetio that people told him to be quiet. Have the childre preted to be Bartimaeus ad call out to get Jesus attetio. Let them use differet voices ad differet volumes. Bible Time: Bartimaeus Needs Help Bible Say: Whe Bartimaeus heard that Jesus was comig his way, he bega to shout louder, Jesus, help me! Jesus, have mercy o me ad help me! Group the childre i pairs. Have the parters take turs closig their eyes ad repeatig the words Jesus, help me to show how the blid ma got Jesus to hear him. The have oe parter preted to be Jesus while the other preteds to be the blid ma, ad ecourage the blid parter to close his or her eyes ad move aroud to fid Jesus. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
178 Say: Some of the people told Bartimaeus to be quiet, but he called out eve louder, Jesus, help me! Jesus, take care of me. Jesus heard the ma ad stopped. He told the people to brig Bartimaeus to him. Jesus asked, Why do you call me? What do you wat me to do for you? Bartimaeus told Jesus that he wated to see. Jesus took care of the ma, ad all of a sudde Bartimaeus could see! Have oe child i each pair preted to be Jesus. Have the other child i each pair close his or her eyes to preted to be blid Bartimaeus. Have the childre pretedig to be Jesus say, Ope your eyes ad see. Have the childre pretedig to be Bartimaeus act out the excitemet of beig able to see for the first time. Have the childre switch roles. The brig everyoe back ito oe group. Lead childre i this discussio. What was it like to try to fid someoe whe you had your eyes closed? What was it like to ope your eyes after you had them closed for a little bit? Why is what Jesus did so amazig? What does what Jesus did tell you about Jesus? Say: Most of us probably ca t imagie what it would like to be blid. Eve walkig aroud for a few momets with our eyes closed was tricky. But we ca remember that eve i tricky times like that, JESUS CARES FOR US. Jesus is so strog ad great. He ca do aythig eve help a blid ma see agai. Jesus did thigs like that, ad he does thigs i our lives to show he cares, too. Ceter 1: Now the Ma Ca See My Bible Hugs dark costructio paper glue sticks child-safe scissors craft sticks Ceter 1: Now the Ma Ca See Easy Prep Remove the Lesso 13 pages from each My Bible Hugs studet book, ad write childre s ames o them. Cut out the eyeholes ad eyelids. 4 WEAVING FAITH INTO LIFE Choose at least two of the learig ceters to help reiforce today s Bible lesso. Gather the eeded materials, ad put the supplies i a out-of-sight area util you re ready for them. Allow the childre to choose which ceter they d like to explore first. The circulate amog the childre as they create ad explore. Ecourage them to make coectios betwee their activities ad the Bible by askig them the questios icluded with each ceter s descriptio. CENTER 1: Now the Ma Ca See Give each child a Lesso 13 page from My Bible Hugs, a sheet of dark costructio paper, ad a craft stick. Say: Today we read i the Bible that Jesus made a blid ma see! Let s make some masks that show how the blid ma was healed. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
179 Have each child cut aroud the face shape, ad glue a craft stick behid the chi of the mask. The have childre tear the costructio paper ito strips ad glue them i place as beards. Help the childre glue the eyelid tabs above the eyeholes, ad show them how to fold the eyelids up for ope eyes ad dow for blid eyes. Say: Preted to be the blid ma. Demostrate that whe a child holds up the mask with the eyes closed, he or she ca preted to be Bartimaeus before he met Jesus. The child ca the ope the eyes to preted to be Bartimaeus after Jesus healed him. Lead childre i this discussio. What did you like about liftig the eyes so you could see? What s it like whe somethig great happes i your life? What are some ways Jesus takes care of us ad heals us? Say: Bartimaeus was blid, ad Jesus made him be able to see! JESUS CARES FOR US, ad he ll do great thigs to take care of ad love us, too. CENTER 2: What Ca I See? Have childre clea their hads ad the sit dow for the sack. Give childre a sack mix of pretzels, square cheese crackers, ad oyster crackers or other igrediets. Say: The blid ma could t see aythig. If he picked somethig up, he might ot eve kow if it s food or somethig else. Look carefully at your sack. Tell me all the thigs you otice about it. Allow time. Ecourage childre to otice shapes, idetify likes ad dislikes, ad explai how they kow what some of the items might taste like. Say: Just beig able to see your sack helps you kow that you ca eat it, whether you might like it, ad whether it ll be good for you to eat. Ceter 2: What Ca I See? pretzels square cheese crackers oyster crackers or other sack mix igrediets atibacterial gel (optioal)! ALLERGY ALERT What are some ways a blid ma could kow whether they ca eat somethig? Allow time. Help the childre to uderstad that a blid perso could get help from others, or he could feel or smell the items. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
180 Lead childre i this discussio. What are some thigs a blid perso might have trouble doig? Why is how Jesus took care of the blid ma so great? Why do you kow Jesus will care for you? Say: Bartimaeus could t see util Jesus healed him which meas he might ve had trouble fidig food, eatig, ad doig may, may other thigs. But whe he called out to Jesus, Jesus cared for him by healig him. Just as Jesus cared for ad healed Bartimaeus, JESUS CARES FOR US, too. Choose a child to thak God for the sack, ad the let kids eat ad ejoy. Healig Tag CD player Teacher Pack CD: Jesus Loves Me Rock (track 10) CENTER 3: Healig Tag Say: Let s play a game to remid us how Jesus cared for the blid ma, ad how JESUS CARES FOR US, too. Have childre sit i a circle. Say: To play this game, you ll put your hads over your eyes so you ca t see. Have the childre practice. The say: As you cover your eyes, you ll say i a quiet voice, Jesus, help me over ad over. Have the childre practice. Choose oe child to be the Tagger, ad have him or her stad. Say: The Tagger will walk aroud the outside of our circle as you close your eyes. If he or she tags you, the you ca stop sayig Jesus help me, ad ope your eyes. Demostrate for the childre. Start the sog Jesus Loves Me Rock (track 10 o the CD) ad let it play for about 10 secods. The pause the music, ad ecourage the Tagger to tag the child he or she is stadig closest to. Ecourage the ewly healed child to jump up ad say, Thak you! I ca see. Have that child be the ext Tagger, ad cotiue the game util every child has had a chace to be healed. Lead childre i this discussio. What were you thikig whe you were tagged? Tell about a time Jesus did somethig great for you or someoe you kow. What do you wat Jesus to care for this week? Witer Quarter Lesso 13
181 Say: Jesus cared for the blid ma so much that he helped him see. Whe the ma called to Jesus for help, he believed that Jesus would help him. Just like the blid ma who called out to Jesus, we ca call out to Jesus, too. We ca call out to Jesus by prayig because JESUS CARES FOR US. CENTER 4: Heartfelt Care Say: JESUS CARES FOR US just as much as he cared for the blid ma. Wheever we eed somethig, we ca talk to Jesus ad kow he ll love ad protect us. Let s make some heart people to remid us that Jesus loves us so much ad cares for us. Give each child a paper heart, four strips of paper, ad a piece of yar. Ecourage childre to use the markers to decorate the hearts ad make them look like faces. Show childre how to fold the four strips of paper like fas or accordios ad the glue two of the strips to the heart as legs ad two of the strips as arms. Next, help each child thread oe ed of the yar through the hole at the top of the heart. Tie the yar i a bow at the top. Say: Use your heart perso to remid your frieds that Jesus cares for them. Ecourage the childre to use their heart people to say, Jesus cares for you to other idividual childre i your group. Lead childre i this discussio. Why does a big heart remid you that Jesus cares? What ca you do to remember this week that Jesus cares for you? What ca you do to show others that Jesus cares for them? Ceter 4: Heartfelt Care costructio paper hole puch markers glue scissors yar Ceter 4: Heartfelt Care Easy Prep Cut oe 5-ich costructio-paper heart, four 2x½-ich strips of paper, ad oe 8-ich piece of yar for each child. Puch a hole i the top of each heart. Say: Today we leared about a ma who could ot see with his eyes, but he believed i his heart that Jesus cared for him ad could help him. JESUS CARES FOR US, too! Every time you see this heart, remember that Jesus cares for you. Tell childre they ca hag their hearts somewhere i their rooms as remiders that Jesus loves ad cares for every sigle perso i the world. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter
182 5 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Daily Challeges My Bible Hugs Daily Challeges After the childre have cleaed up their ceters, brig everyoe back to a circle area o the floor. Review the lesso activities ad the Bible Poit, ad the ecourage the childre to share what they remember about what they leared from the Bible today. Also use this time to challege kids i their faith. Ecourage them to choose a Daily Challege for applyig today s lesso to their lives this week. Use this challege for ecouragig your childre s growig relatioships with Jesus. Say: Today we leared that JESUS CARES FOR US. I would like each of you this week to choose a way to remember that Jesus cares. Give kids these two challeges to choose from: Whe you see someoe who is sad, tired, or scared, let the perso borrow your heart perso. Tell him or her that Jesus cares. Whe you wake up oe morig, pray ad thak Jesus that he cares for you. Try to remember all day that Jesus is with you. Say: If you wat to led your heart to someoe, circle the choice with oe dot. If you wat to pray i the morig, circle the choice with two dots. Check that each child circled a choice o his or her My Bible Hugs page. Make sure you choose a challege as well, ad tell the kids. Your commitmet will ispire your kids ad give them a opportuity to see God at work i your life as well as i theirs! Actio Prayer Say: Jesus cares so much for you. What do you eed Jesus to care for this week? Allow time. Jesus will care for you i those thigs. Let s pray to Jesus ad ask him to take care of us. Sig Jesus, Please Take Care of Me to the tue of Old MacDoald. The close by sayig together, I Jesus ame, ame. Pray: Jesus, please take care of me, J-E-S-U-S. Jesus, please take care of me, J-E-S-U-S. Witer Quarter Lesso 13
183 Thak you, God, for lovig me. Jesus, please take care of me. O, Jesus, please take care of me, J-E-S-U-S. Weavig Faith at Home Have childre take home their My Bible Hugs pages whether they worked o them or ot. Have the childre tell their parets the challege they committed to i the Daily Challeges activity. Ecourage the parets to help their kids fulfill this commitmet durig the week. By workig together ad focusig o the same goals, you ad parets ca help childre weave faith ito their lives! Talk to your Director about emailig the FREE FamilyCoect to all your church s families. Available at group.com/digital. Lesso 13 Witer Quarter