Bible Exploration - Workshop:        Temple          

 

Month:      Oct.      Bible Theme:              Following Jesus                   

 

Year (B):      1          Scripture:         Mark10:17-31                                   

 

Bible Memory Verse:           Go, sell what you own, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; then come, follow me.  (Mark 10:21b).

 

Workshop

Concept

Teacher

1.      Temple

 

What it means to inherit eternal life – Treasure Hunt!

 

2.      Video

 

Affluenza – Identifying pro­blems in a materialistic life.

 

3.      Computer

 

Identifying the poor & what we have to share.

 

4.      Drama

 

Ways to follow Jesus

 

5.      Job Fair

 

Vocation: Work as a call­ing; a way to follow Jesus

Committee Plans. All ex­plor­­ers together in gym.

 

LEARNING OUTCOMES: 

·         The explorers will better understand God’s grace as an inheritance, something we receive because God adopted us and Christ died for us.

 

MATERIALS:

·         A Baby Doll, stroller, etc.

·         Flip chart and markers, or blackboard and chalk

·         Treasure hunt clues and items hidden throughout the church

 

PLAN:

·         Welcome explorers and go over memory verse.

·         Have explorers adopt a baby and make out a will (see below)

·         Do same with us as adoptee and God as the parent

·         Go over the Richman’s question to Jesus (Mk 10:17)

·         Go on treasure hunt (see below), find as many items as time allows.

·         Close with prayer.  Thank God for adopting us and for our inheritance.

 

ADAPTATIONS:

Children

Youth

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The Adoption

 

This center will explore what it means to receive the inheritance of internal life.  The rich man asked Jesus what he must do to receive the inheritance of eternal life.  Of course, to receive an inheritance the recipient does nothing!  It is the person who wrote the will who must die.  Christ died in order that we might receive the inheritance of eternal life. 

 

Christ then quotes some of the ten commandments and finally shows love to the rich man by challenging him to give up his possessions and follow him.  These are things we are free to do because we have been adopted as God’s children and will receive the inheritance. 

 

1.      Introduce Baby (doll) that you are going to adopt.

a.      Talk about the babies needs, our responsibilities, etc.

b.      What happens to the baby if something happens to us?

                                                  i.      Make a will—what we want to happen if we die (use flip chart or blackboard)

1.      Who will take care of the baby?

2.      What can we leave to the baby?

                                                ii.      Discuss inheritance and what it means

 

2.      Now, discuss God as our parent.  God made us.  We have run away from God, but God now adopts us.  God reclaims us as God’s own.

a.      In an adoption, who chooses who?  Does the parent adopt the baby, or does the baby adopt the parent?  Discuss.

b.      The rich man asks, “What must I do to inherit eternal life?  Discuss

                                                  i.      God’s will –what God makes happen, is that Christ died so that we might receive the inheritance of eternal life.  God’s will provides for us.

1.      Who will take care of us while Christ is in heaven?  Discuss (The Holy Spirit).

2.      What does God leave us until Christ returns? (The Church).

                                                ii.      Discuss grace (eternal life) as an inheritance.  We receive it because God adopted us.

 

3.      What must we do to inherit eternal life?  We must be adopted by God!  And that is what God has done in Jesus.  This is the Good News we proclaim.

a.      We do not earn eternal life by following God’s command.

b.      We follow God’s commands (as best we can) out of love and gratitude for God who has adopted us.

 

 

Treasure Hunt

As time allows

 

Jesus promises treasure in heaven (eternal life) if the rich man will follow him.  We are challenged to follow Jesus in all of our life, at church, at school, at home, and with friends.  Here, too, there are treasures waiting for us. 

 

Below are clues to treasures we can find in life when we follow Jesus.  The clues can be hidden at each spot in any order.  The order listed below keeps the explorers going from one side of our facility to the other side for the next clue.  You can do both hunts as a whole group or divide into two groups.  After the hunt meet and discuss. 

 

HUNT #1

 

1.      Here you will find dirty dishes.  Wash them first and find your wishes.  (Clue in sink in the kitchen).

2.      Listen first and never ball.  Try to follow when God calls—ring-ring!! (Clue under receiver on a phone)

3.      Make a mess?  Don’t sit and weep.  Find this first and make a clean sweep.  (Clue on a broom in the utility closet)

4.      Grades a problem from bad to worst?  Watch this last and study first!  (Clue on T.V.)

5.      Don’t want to do what you’ve been told?  Express your feelings being bold not cold! (Treasure in Freezer)

 

TREASURE #1:  (Perhaps in a little treasure chest)  You have discovered a treasure like no other.  You have learned to honor your father and mother.

 

 

            HUNT #2

 

1.      Some do anything to win.  Make this your goal and you’ll not sin (Clue in gym)

2.      Stories are fun when they are true.  But gossip can hurt the man in the pew.  (Clue in sanctuary on a pew).

3.      The boy who cried wolf had great fun.  But he was up a tree when the wolf made him run. (Clue in a tree outside).

4.      The teacher asked you if you did cheat.  You can’t hide here, it’s where the session meets (Clue in the session meeting room).

5.      It’s a tangled World Wide Web we weave when first we practice to deceive.  (Treasure in office in computer desk)

 

TREASURE #2:  You have discovered a treasure of moral fitness when you learn to never bear false witness.