David C Cook COVID-19 Response

First or Last?

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  • Internet access
  • Whiteboard and markers

If you are meeting in person, write the question, “What do you want to be when you are an adult?” on the whiteboard before class. Invite your students to write their answer on the board as they enter.

If you are meeting online, make sure all your participants are unmuted. Ask the question: What do you want to be when you are an adult? Give students 30 seconds to answer. They may all talk at one time and that is okay.

  • What are some reasons that you think you would enjoy jobs like these? (Allow brief discussion.)
  • Are there any jobs you know you wouldn’t want? What are they and why? (Students may bring up jobs or careers they see as difficult or tedious.)

Believe it or not, every job that people have involves some kind of service. Doctors serve their patients, first responders serve people in need, and people who work at food establishments serve the people who order from them.

  • If you end up doing the job you mentioned, who will you be serving? (You may need to provide some examples to get students thinking about jobs in terms of service rather than in terms of a set of duties.)

Sometimes, people have opportunities to serve in ways they didn’t expect. Even if a job isn’t about serving others, God can still provide opportunities to help and serve others. Let’s see how it happened in this video.

Play the video for the class [1:23]:
Check This Out: Oil worker uses his coffee to save kittens frozen to ground.

  • How did the man serve? (He rescued the kittens, even using his coffee to thaw their tails enough to free them. Allow time for students to discuss the video a little more in depth if you have the time.)

I’m sure that the oil man in this video didn’t think he would saving kittens when he went to work that day! If you pay attention, there are a lot of chances to serve others. The disciples in our lesson today learned all about that.

Looking for Steps 2 & 3?

You can find Steps 2 and 3 in your teacher’s guide. To purchase a teacher’s guide, please visit: Bible-in-Life or Echoes.

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