Lessons: Middle School

Lesson Palm Sunday

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April 02, 2023

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Spring 2023

by RLD Editorial Team
Mark 15:16-37; Hebrews 10:19-22

middle school

Students will consider the cost of acting on behalf of others as they watch a video about a hero who put his life on the line to save children from a burning building.

Lesson 4

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March 26, 2023

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Spring 2023

by RLD Editorial Team
Matthew 26:36-41, 47, 56; 27:35-36, 45-46

middle school

After watching a video about what it means to be popular, your students will discuss the feelings surrounding popularity, friend groups, and loneliness.

Lesson 3

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March 19, 2023

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Spring 2023

by RLD Editorial Team
Matthew 26:26-30; 1 Corinthians 11:23-28

middle school

To introduce the topic of how we remember Jesus, students will consider the ways we remember people by watching a video clip about fans memorializing famous people who passed away in 2022.

Lesson 2

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March 12, 2023

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Spring 2023

by RLD Editorial Team
Matthew 21:12-17

middle school

To introduce the topic, students will watch a video about some quick-change artists as they consider the kind of change God wants from us.

Lesson 1

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March 05, 2023

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Spring 2023

by RLD Editorial Team
John 12:12-19

middle school

Students will watch a video about an experiment in herd mentality as they evaluate whether or not they are following Jesus or the crowd.

Lesson 13

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February 26, 2023

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Winter 2022-23

by RLD Editorial Team
Matthew 25: 31-40

middle school

Your students will discuss a video experiment illustrating our biases against the poor as they consider their response to “the least of these.”

Lesson 12

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February 19, 2023

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Winter 2022-23

by RLD Editorial Team
Matthew 25:14-30

middle school

Students will use limited resources to make a paper chain and begin thinking about how to make the most of what God has given them.

Lesson 11

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February 12, 2023

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Winter 2022-23

by RLD Editorial Team
Luke 14:15-24

middle school

Your students will discuss a video about a boy’s birthday party as an introduction to learning about God’s invitation to all kinds of people.

Lesson 10

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February 05, 2023

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Winter 2022-23

by RLD Editorial Team
Matthew 20:1-16

middle school

Students will watch a video about amazing kids’ rooms and begin to see how comparison can steal their joy.

Lesson 9

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January 29, 2023

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Winter 2022-23

by RLD Editorial Team
Mark 10:35-45

middle school

Students will watch a video about teens choosing to serve others as they explore Jesus’ definition of greatness.

Lesson 8

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January 22, 2023

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Winter 2022-23

by RLD Editorial Team
Matthew 14:14; Mark 1:40-45; 6:30-34

middle school

Students will watch videos about compassionate acts as they explore the compassion of Jesus.

Lesson 7

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January 15, 2023

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Winter 2022-23

by RLD Editorial Team
John 8:21-29, 48-59

middle school

Your students will watch a video skit and discuss expectation vs. reality and come to understand that the “not yet” of what Jesus will do is beyond our greatest expectations.

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