WELCOME TO WEEK 1

Welcome to week 1! We are on a mission this week to find our mission! Jesus gave the disciples a mission to GO! This week we will find out if Jesus gives us a mission too!

BIBLE STORY

Have you ever been on a trip? Where did you go? How did you prepare for your trip. Let’s pretend Jesus is sending us on a trip today. First, where do you think he would send us? What items do you think we should pack? Who should we invite on the trip with us? How do you think we will get there? There are lots of ways to travel. Print out the following cards and play a game of memory matching the different ways to GO!

Materials: Printed Transportation Memory cards

Today our story talks about how Jesus told the Disciples to GO! Where did Jesus send them? 

Let’s read or listen to the Bible story for this week Matthew 28:16-20 

How many disciples went to Galilee? (11 disciples)

Did all the disciples see and worship Jesus? (some still doubted)

Jesus said that he had all authority in heaven and on earth. 

What did Jesus tell the disciples to go and do? (make disciples of all nations and baptize them, and teach them to obey his commands)

Jesus said the disciples should baptize in whose name? (in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit)

How long did Jesus say he would be with them? (to the very end of the age)



BIBLE STORY ACTIVITY

Jesus gave the disciples a mission to preach the gospel to every nation and to baptize them. He wanted the disciples to make more disciples by sharing the good news that Jesus had risen from the dead and was alive. Their sins could be forgiven. That’s good news! We are disciples when we decide to follow Jesus and tell others about His love.

Activity

Go! On a treasure hunt. Use the clues on the page to find these items around your house. When you find them cross them off your list, or put a sticker on the square. The first person to fill in a row going down or across on their card wins!

Materials: Printed Bingo treasure hunt card

Alternative:

Go! Complete these activity cards. Cut the cards and place them in a small bowl or container, pull out a card and do the action that is written there. If you don’t have the materials to complete the activity do your best to substitute or pull a new card. Do several at a time or spread out the activity by doing 1 action card each week.  

Materials: printed and cut activity cards, bowl or container to hold them

Create:

Play this GO! mission game. Use the question cards and game board to tell what you would do to be a disciple and then move around the board. First person to the end wins! 

Materials: printed activity sheet

ARTS & CAFTS

CRAFT 1

Create a GO book. Color and cut out the word Go and glue to the first page of your booklet. On the following pages write the plan of salvation and a picture to match. Staple the pages together or hole punch and tie with ribbon. Color and decorate the book. 

Materials: Printed booklet, crayons, pencil

CRAFT 2

Coloring page

Materials: Printed coloring page, crayons

FOLLOW-UP

Jesus sends his disciples to far places around the world but he also sends us to be disciples to people who live nearby. Look at a map or a globe. On the map find the following places:

The street where you live

Your city

Your state

Your country

On your street, how could you show Jesus’ love? (Being kind to neighbors)

In your city, how could you show others Jesus loves them? (Volunteering at church, food bank, donating items)

How can you be Jesus’ disciple in your state? (Donating needed items to a nearby shelter, helping clean up a state park)

How can you be Jesus’ disciple in your country, or in another country? (Sending offering through missions, writing to a penpal in another country through your sabbath school class or parent, your family sponsoring a needy child or family in another country)

Practical Application at Home

Sometimes we think we are too small to be disciples or to do something big for Jesus. Although God is capable of doing all things without our help, He blesses us with the chance to be his disciples and share the good news. When we share about Jesus’ love we are blessed as well! In the Bible God has used small people to do mighty things. Look at the list of people from the Bible and match it with the facts about them. 

David Mother of Jesus, young teenage girl, taught Jesus as a boy.

Mary Was a young king at 7 yrs old, raised money to repair temple

Samuel Listened to God’s voice, iced at the temple at a young age

Josiah killed Goliath as a young boy, killed a lion and a bear,

anointed king

Additional Resources

Outings to Reinforce Lesson

Go to a park and spend time in worship and prayer. Ask God to show you ways to trust him and listen to his voice.