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Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Memory
Verse:
“If
you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that
God raised him from the dead, you will be saved ” Romans 10:9
Concepts:
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Jesus
was raised from the dead to give us new life.
v
Jesus
wants us to teach others about God.
v
Jesus
promises to help us teach others about God.
Objectives:
1.
The
students will hear and retell the resurrection story.
2.
Students
will use cooking to relate to the experience that the women had when they
discovered Jesus’ empty tomb.
3.
The
students will learn how the hymns of the church reflect our varied experiences
of Jesus’ passion and resurrection.
Procedure:
Welcome and Introductions:
1.
Greet
the children and introduce yourself.
Wear your nametag. Make sure the children are wearing nametags. If not,
ask the shepherd to supply a temporary nametag. Remember that you are
interacting with a different group of students each week that may not know you.
2.
The
purpose of this workshop is to experience the empty tomb, just as the women
did.
Scripture/Bible Story:
v Ask the children to find Luke 24 in their Bibles.
v Read Luke 24:1-12, the focus of this rotational unit.
v Optionally, allow the older children to read a verse at a time.
Application:
1)
After
reading the Scripture, ask the children to describe how the women would have
felt, after watching Jesus’ crucifixion.
The children might wish to describe how they felt by relating to a sad
moment in their lives.
2)
Have
the children march solemnly from the Good News room to the kitchen.
3)
Give
each child a piece of dough, one small marshmallow, and an area to prepare
their roll. Tell them that the marshmallow
is symbolic of Jesus’ body, and the crescent dough is symbolic of the tomb.
4)
Demonstrate
for the children how to roll the marshmallow into the dough (see instructions
below for detailed cooking instructions).
Allow them to wrap their own marshmallow, and then have them place the
dough on a cookie sheet. Place the
cookie sheet(s) in the oven.
5)
While
the rolls are baking, ask the children to describe how they think the women
felt when they found the empty tomb.
Luke tells us that they were confused and terrified. Mark says they were alarmed, amazed and
terrified. John tells us that they were
concerned that the body had been taken.
Tell the children that Jesus disciples experienced a varied range of
emotions on the morning of the resurrection.
Help the children relate to and express these emotions by singing three
Lent and Easter hymns from our Presbyterian Hymnal:
Praise: 123,
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Joy, 464,
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Ask the children to find each hymn in the hymnbook and sing the first verse of each along with the tape recording. After each hymn, ask the children to identify the emotion expressed in the hymn. How do we know? Draw the children’s attention to clues like the tempo of the songs and the words.
6)
Remove
the rolls from the oven, and allow them to cool for one minute. Distribute the rolls to the children, an ask
them to find that creamy marshmallow!
Where did it go? Are they
surprised?
7)
While
the children are eating their rolls, switch focus to “spreading the word”. What did the women do once they realized
that Jesus had been resurrected? They
had to go tell the disciples! The
spreading of the Good News, of Christianity itself, began that morning with the
women and the empty tomb. Jesus was
with the women to help them understand what had happened, and to inspire them
to spread the word. Jesus empowers us
today to spread the Good News. Have the
children describe all of the ways in which they spread the news about
Jesus. If they have trouble, focus on
the events of Easter week.
8)
Clean
up.
9)
Instruct
the children to bow in prayer. Thank
God for raising Jesus so that we may have new life. Ask Him for help in spreading the Good News, so that all may know
His love for us.
Reflection Time:
At
10:35 a.m., ask the shepherds to pass out the journals and pencils/markers.
Ask the children to write down ideas on how they can spread the Good News of Jesus’ resurrection in their every day lives. Have younger children draw a picture of how the women felt after they learned that Jesus was alive.
Teacher preparation in
advance:
1. Read the scripture passages and attend the Faith Quest Leaders Bible Study, Sunday, April 7 at 9:45 AM in Tom Spence' office. It will be very important for you to attend this study. Please RSVP to the church office 467-4944.
2. Obtain the materials for the crescent rolls (see below).
3. Obtain a tape recording of one verse each of the following hymns:
Praise: 123,
Jesus Christ is Risen Today
Joy, 464,
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
4. Obtain copies of the Presbyterian Hymnal to store in the Good News workshop for the duration of this rotation.
5. Prepare a prayer for the end of class that ties in the lesson concepts. Example above.
Check out the room before your first Sunday workshop so that you know where everything is located. The bin with supplies is located in the far left cabinet of the puppet room. The key to this cabinet hangs behind the banner outside in the hall outside Holywood.
Supply List
v Cooking ingredients
v Ungreased cookie sheets
v Spatula and oven mitts
v Oven for baking
v Tape recording of hymns
v Tape player
v Hymnals
Cooking Instructions
Ingredients
· Crescent dough – 1 serving per child (e.g. Pillsbury Crescent Dough)
· SMALL marshmallows – 1 per child
Procedure
· Place the marshmallow at the wide base of the triangularly cut dough.
· Fold up the corners at the base of the dough around the marshmallow, and then loosely roll the dough until the marshmallow is “sealed” inside.
· Place the roll on an ungreased, non-stick cookie sheet
· Bake the rolls at 375 degrees for 11-13 minutes.
Note:
If a large marshmallow, or more than one small marshmallow, is used then the marshmallow will likely ooze out the side of the roll during baking. This doesn’t leave the desired effect of having the marshmallow ‘disappear’.