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 why
Easter?
Each lesson contains the following:
• Introductory Activity
• Large Group Worship Time
o Welcome activity
o Study God’s Word – teaching materials for the Biblical text
o 3 songs
o Prayer
• Small Group Lessons (2 options – ages 5-8 and ages 8-12)
o Review
o Application
o Memory Verse
o Prayer
o All necessary printables and resources
• Take home – family devotional guide

In the Large Group Worship time, the following songs are suggested They can are not included in this
curriculum but can be found on the internet.

1. Who Can Say?

2. For You Are Holy
3. Jesus Came to Save Sinners
4. Hey Man – Seeds Family Worship
5. Mighty Mighty Savior
6. Jesus Came to Earth
7. It’s About the Cross
8. The Wages and the Gift – Seeds Family Worship
9. He Made a Way in a Manger
10. Jesus Strong and Kind
11. Only Jesus – Shai Linne
12. Power of the Cross
13. The Life – Seeds Family Worship

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 Sharing the Gospel with Children

All curriculum from “The Sunday School Store” is heavy on the gospel and each lesson
provides ample ideas of how to share the Gospel with the kids in your class. O ur prayer is
that weekly you will have many opportunities to talk with children about the good news
of Jesus Christ.

When talking of the gospel, Charles Spurgeon once said,

“The things that are essential to salvation are so exceedingly

simple that no child need sit down in despair of understanding
the things which make for his peace. Christ crucified is not a
riddle for sages, but a plain truth for plain people. True it is
meat for men, but it is also milk for babes.”

Every time you are with children at church, make sure that you take the time to present
the plain truth of the gospel and to pray for the children in your care that they would
have hears ready to hear and receive the good news.

Here are some helpful tools to use when sharing the gospel:

• Use a tract such as Who will be King? from Matthias Media. This simple presentation shows
God as the rightful king and sin causing us to crown ourselves. It ends by reminding kids that
there can only be one king and asks them if they will be their king or if God will be their king.

• Draw an illustration like The Bridge to Life, like the one from Navigators. In this illustration,
man and God are seen separated with no way to bridge the gap. As the gospel is presented,
the cross is drawn in the gap to show that the only way back to God is through Jesus' atoning
work on the cross.

• Simply talk through the storyline of the Bible using the words - God, man, Jesus, response.
God created a perfect world and man to be in a perfect relationship with Him. Man disobeyed
the one rule that God gave him, and this was the first sin. The Bible tells is that the right
punishment for sin is death. Jesus, the son of God, came to earth as a baby and lived a perfect
sinless life. He died on the cross in our place to pay the price for our sin. Three days later,
Jesus came back to life so that we can live forever with Him. Now that you've heard this good
news you have to decide how you will respond. Will you believe this truth and follow Jesus, or
will you choose to ignore this good news?

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 Theme: Why Easter?
Memory Verse: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10
Challenge Verse: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved
you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have
love for one another.” John 13:34-35
Bible Story: John 13:1-16
The Point: Jesus is the Servant King

Introduction – Mirror Game (5-8 minutes)

WHAT YOU NEED: nothing needed

As students arrive, ask them how they know what they looked like when they were getting ready for
church this morning. Some may say that their mom or dad said they looked nice, but hopefully many will
say that they looked in a mirror. Explain that you’re going to play a game where they can pretend to be
mirrors.

With younger children, have one student stand in front of the others and say that all of the other
students are the mirror that has to copy everything that they do. Allow a couple of students a turn.

With older children, have them pair off and take turns being the mirror or the one being copied.

SAY: “That was fun copying each other. Let’s go to large group and hear about a time when Jesus did
something and told His disciples to copy Him or be His mirror.”

Take your group to Large Group Time.

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Large Group (25-35 minutes)
Welcome
Welcome kids to large group. Make note of the fact that you’re starting a new series leading up to Easter
where you’ll learn more about why we celebrate Easter and the significance of Jesus dying on the cross in
our place.

Fill 2 small tubs with shaving cream and add some small items (like marbles) to each tub. Place the tubs
on towels and have water, empty tubs and extra towels ready.



Call 4 students up to the front of the room. Explain to 2 of them that there are bunch of small items
(marbles work really well) hidden in the tub of shaving cream. They need to see how many they can find
in 30 seconds. Then, tell them to take their shoes off because they have to do this with their feet only.
Explain to the other 2 students that their job is to count as items are pulled out of the tub. At the end of
30 seconds, announce the winner and thank the students for participating.

As they start to move away from the tubs, pull out 2 towels and clean water basins and have the 2 kids
who counted wash the other students’ feet. They probably will complain and be grossed out, it just adds
to the story.

Worship Time
“In the story today we’re going to hear a little more about some dirty, stinky feet, but before we get to
that we need to focus on some truths about who God is and what it means to have a relationship with
God.

One truth that we see clearly throughout the Bible is that God is Holy. Who can tell me what holy means?
When we say that God is holy, we are saying that He is perfect. We’re also saying that He is without sin
and He is set apart from people who are sinners. And, to say that God is holy also means that He is
without equal. There is no one like Him.

Let’s sing two songs that remind us of God’s holiness and our sinfulness.

Who Can Say?

For You Are Holy

Study God’s Word

**When you get to the part of Jesus washing the disciple’s feet, silently get a towel and a basin of water
and move to a couple of the kids or other teachers and wash their feet.

Our story today takes place in Jerusalem during Passover. Who can remind me what Passover was all
about? (after a couple of students have answered, remind them that it was a special festival to remind

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God’s people how He had rescued them from Egypt and had passed over the homes with lamb’s blood
painted on the doors. We’ll get more in depth into Passover next week.)

Jesus and the disciples had come to Jerusalem and were gathered together in a room to celebrate
Passover together. They were going to eat a meal together and remember what God had done so many
years earlier in Egypt.

Let’s read the story straight from the Bible. I’ll stop while I’m reading and explain a few things.
This is John 13:1-16

Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this
world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. Jesus knew
all along that He had come to earth to die on the cross and now He knew that it was almost time.

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During supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray
him, - Judas was one of Jesus’ disciples. For the last 3 years He has been traveling with Jesus and listening
to Him teach. But, just like Satan tempted Adam and Eve back in the garden to sin against God, Satan had
tempted Judas and convinced him to betray Jesus and turn Jesus over to the Jewish leaders.

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Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God
and was going back to God, - again, Jesus knew who He was and why He had come to earth.

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rose from supper. He got up from the table before they sat down to eat.

He laid aside his outer garments, and taking a towel, tied it around his waist. Jesus took off the robes or
cloak that He was wearing and tied a towel around his waist. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and
began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him.

Normally in those days when you entered a house for a meal, a servant would meet you at the door with
water and wash your feet. You see, they would have just walked along dusty roads wearing sandals and
maybe stepped in things that weren’t just dirt, so their feet would be stinky and dirty. But when the
disciples arranged this place for them to celebrate Passover, they didn’t arrange for a servant to wash
their feet. And none of them got up to wash each other’s feet. So, Jesus did.

(approach one of the students or a fellow teacher and wash their feet)

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He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Peter called Jesus Lord, which is
another word for master. Peter was shocked and didn’t think it was right that Jesus would wash his feet.
This was a job usually done by servants, and now Jesus was bowing down and acting like a servant.

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Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will
understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash
you, you have no share with me.” Peter was very confused and really didn’t like Jesus washing his feet.

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Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Once Jesus said that if
He didn’t wash Peter’s feet He couldn’t be with Jesus, Peter then wanted Jesus to wash all of him. Peter
wanted to make sure that he would be with Jesus.

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Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is
completely clean. And you are clean, but not every one of you.” 11 For he knew who was to betray him;
that was why he said, “Not all of you are clean.” Jesus reminded Peter that he had a bath, so only his feet
needed to be washed. But Jesus also said that one of them wasn’t clean. When Jesus said that, He wasn’t
thinking about physical cleanliness, but about the sin in Judas’ hearts. Jesus knew that Judas was going to
betray Him and that’s why He said, ‘not all of you are clean.’

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When he had washed their feet and put on his outer garments and resumed his place, he said to
them, “Do you understand what I have done to you? 13 You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right,
for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another's feet. Jesus reminded the disciples that usually it’s a servant who washes feet, but in this case the
master washed feet. And Jesus tells them to wash one another’s feet. Jesus wasn’t saying that we should
all walk around with buckets and sponges, because that would be a little weird. But Jesus was saying that
we should serve each other. He was saying that we should put other’s above ourselves and look for ways
to serve and care for other people.

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For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. 16 Truly, truly, I say
to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him.”
Once again, Jesus repeats what He had just said and reminds them to serve each other like He has served
them. He is also reminding the disciple that He humbled Himself, left heaven and came to earth to serve.
The greatest example of Jesus serving is something we’ll see in a few weeks as we remember Jesus dying
on the cross to pay for our sin.

In your small groups you’ll have a chance to talk more about what it means that Jesus is the Servant King
and see how He served His people by dying on the cross in our place. But, before we go to our small
groups, let’s take a minute to remember why we all need Jesus as our Savior and how we are separated
from God because of our sin.”

Jesus Came to Save Sinners

Pray
“Dear God, Thank You for sending Jesus as the Servant King. Thank You that Jesus lived the perfect life
that we could never live and then died to pay the price for our sin. Help us to understand more about
how Jesus served His people in death and what it means to know you through Jesus. Please give us ears
that are ready to hear Your Word and hearts that are ready to understand the truth of the Gospel. In
Jesus name we pray, Amen.”

Dismiss kids to small groups.

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Small Group (30 - 40 minutes)
Younger group – ages 5-8

Before the Session:

• Dinner Time - baby wipes, Bibles, snacks (bring something that you think your group will like,
being careful with allergies), washable markers, large blanket, (optional- bring a coffee table from
home along with a big stack of pillows)
• Clean the Verse - a set of verse cards that have been laminated (or placed in zip top bags), dry
erase markers, paper towels or tissues, a verse page, Bible
• Silent Prayer – nothing needed
• Service Time – nothing needed

1. Dinner Time (review)

WHAT YOU NEED: baby wipes, Bibles, snacks (bring something that you think your group will like, being
careful with allergies), washable markers, large blanket, (optional- bring a coffee table from home along
with a big stack of pillows)

As kids come back from large group, remind them of the importance of reading the story from the Bible
themselves. Ask for a volunteer to read the story, or have the whole group find it in their Bibles and
follow along as you read from John 13:1-16.

Place a large blanket on the floor in your small group area (and if you brought a coffee table put it in the
middle and toss the pillows around the edges) and encourage your kids to take off their shoes and have a
seat. Talk about dinner traditions in their home; do they all eat at the table together? Who prays? Who
sets the table, who clears and who does the dishes? Does anyone wash feet?

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Tell the kids what dinners would have been like in Bible times. Explain that the people usually didn’t have
chairs, but instead would kind of recline around a low table. Usually, they would prop themselves up on a
pillow on their left side and then use their right hand to reach onto the table to get some bread or fruit or
whatever they might be having for dinner. Have the kids get in this position and then note the fact that
there are feet very close to heads.

Put out the snack and then say, “wait a second it’s a little gross to just start eating after we’ve all been
walking around outside.” Ask one of the students to remind you from large group what happened when
Jesus found Himself in a similar situation.

Then, hand out the baby wipes and have kid’s wash each other’s feet. Once all feet have been washed,
have kids wash their own hands (or use sanitizer) and allow kids to reach for the snacks and enjoy them
while you go through the next couple of activities.

Talk about what it was like to have your feet washed and what it was like to stoop down to the position of
a servant and wash someone else’s feet. Ask the kids what they think it would have been like to have
Jesus (the Maker of heaven and earth, the King of kings) bow down and wash your feet.

SAY: “Our story today showed us clearly that [THE POINT] Jesus is the Servant King. Jesus knew that
dinner was the last time He would spend with His disciples before He was crucified. He could have spent
the time teaching them detailed theology lessons or telling them what to do when people persecuted
them, but instead He showed them why He came to earth in the first place by wrapping a towel around
His waist and stooping down to wash their feet. Doing something that no one else wanted to do, taking
on the role of a servant, He showed the disciples that He came to serve. The Son of God stepped out of
heaven, took off His royal robe and put on human flesh in all its weakness to die as the perfect sacrifice.
He did the one thing that no one else could do and served His people by dying in their place.”

[HEART TO HEART] Take a few minutes to have kids really think about what Jesus did for His people.
Remind them of Philippians 2:5-11 which they heard in large group and how they heard that Jesus left His
rightful place, His home in heaven and came into our sinful world to rescue His people. Remind them that
the Bible teaches us that we are all sinners and that we have all been separated from God because of our
sin. Because of our sin, we can’t come to God, so God came to us (John 1:14) and became a man and lived
a perfect life and died on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for our sin.

2. Clean the Verse

WHAT YOU NEED: a set of verse cards that have been laminated (or placed in zip top bags), dry erase
markers, paper towels or tissues, a verse page, Bible

Before class, print the verse cards and laminate them, or place each card in an individual zip top bag. Right
before this activity, scribble all over the cards using dry erase markers.

Toss all the verse cards out in the middle of your group and apologize that they won’t be able to work on
learning their new memory verse today because the cards are all dirty and you can’t read the words.
Explain that instead of the fun game you had planned, you’ll just have to read the verse together. Show
them the verse page and start reading the new verse.

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Then say, “wait a second, we could wash the cards and play the game. That’s a great idea.”
Hand out tissues or paper towels and have students help you wipe off all of the verse cards. Once all the
cards are clean, thank them for serving you and helping you clean the cards.

Then distribute the cards among the students in the group and using the verse page as a sample, have
them work together to put the verse in order. Once the verse is in order, say the verse together a few
times.

SAY: “Our memory verse for the next 5 weeks tells us that the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost.
Let’s think about that verse for a minute. Jesus is called the Son of Man because even though He is 100%
God, He is also 100% man and was born as a baby. He is the Son of God, but He is also the Son of Man.
This is a title that the Bible only gives to Jesus. Then it says that the Son of Man came. We know from
reading the Bible that Jesus left heaven and came to earth. And finally, the verse tells us what Jesus came
to do. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. When we think of seeking, we think of someone who is lost
or in danger. The Bible tells us that before Jesus rescued His people that we were all far away from God
and in danger from sin and death. Jesus came to find and rescue all of God’s special people. And how did
Jesus do that? He did it by becoming a servant and dying in the place of His people. This verse truly shows
us that [THE POINT] Jesus is the Servant King.”

3. Silent Prayer
WHAT YOU NEED: nothing needed

Take a minute to remind the students in the group that we are all sinners and all need to be made clean
by Jesus. Talk about how we don’t need our stinky feet to be washed, but we need our sinful hearts to be
cleaned. Explain that we all have sin in our hearts, and we can’t get rid of it on our own. Ask kids to name
a few sins that they know they are guilty of; like lying, being mean to their siblings, disobeying their mom
or loving things more than they love God.

Then, ask all the kids to bow their heads while you pray a prayer of confession, modeling how you confess
sin and ask Jesus to wash you clean. Close by praying that the kids in your group would begin to see the
sin in their own hearts and understand that Jesus is the only one who can make them clean.

4. Service Time
WHAT YOU NEED: nothing needed

Have one of the kids in the group remind you of what Jesus said to the disciples after washing their feet.
He said they should do the same thing. They should humble themselves and serve one another. Explain
that serving others is hard because it takes to focus off of what I want or need and puts the focus on
someone else.

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Work together to make a list of ways you could serve someone else or people you could serve. Then, 1 at
a time, whisper one of these ways in the ears of one of the kids. Have them act it out for the rest of the
group to guess how they are serving someone else.

SAY: “In our Bible story today, we saw Jesus humble Himself and show His disciples that [THE POINT] He is
the Servant King by washing their feet. Jesus did this to point to the even greater way that He would serve
them in the next few days as He died on the cross. And He set an example of how we should serve others.
This week look forwards to serve and thank Jesus for the way He served His people.”

Conclude the session with a review and prayer.

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Small Group (30 - 40 minutes)
Older group – ages 8-12

Before the Session:

• Dinner Time - baby wipes, Bibles, snacks (bring something that you think your group will like,
being careful with allergies. You could choose to do a middle eastern style snack with pita bread,
hummus, cheese, dried fruit and olives), washable markers, large blanket, (optional- bring a
coffee table from home along with a big stack of pillows)
• Pray – nothing needed
• Good Serve – a beach ball for every 3-5 students, Bibles
• Promises to Live By - one set of cross pieces, tape, Bibles

1. Dinner Time (Review & Scripture Search)

WHAT YOU NEED: baby wipes, Bibles, snacks (bring something that you think your group will like, being
careful with allergies. You could choose to do a middle eastern style snack with pita bread, hummus,
cheese, dried fruit and olives), washable markers, large blanket, (optional- bring a coffee table from home
along with a big stack of pillows)

As kids come back from large group, remind them of the importance of reading the story from the Bible
themselves. Ask for a volunteer to read the story, or have the whole group find it in their Bibles and
follow along as you read from John 13:1-17.

Place a large blanket on the floor in your small group area (and if you brought a coffee table put it in the
middle and toss the pillows around the edges) and encourage your group to take off their shoes and have
a seat. Talk about dinner traditions in their home; do they all eat at the table together? Who prays? Who
sets the table, who clears and who does the dishes? Does anyone wash feet?

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Tell the kids about what dinners would have been like in Bible times. Explain that the people usually didn’t
have chairs, but instead would kind of recline around a low table. Usually, they would prop themselves up
on a pillow on their left side and then use their right hand to reach onto the table to get some bread or
fruit or whatever they might be having for dinner. Have the kids get in this position and then note the fact
that there are feet very close to other people’s heads.

Put out the snack and then say, wait a second it’s a little gross to just start eating after we’ve all been
walking around outside. Ask one of the kids what happened when Jesus found Himself in a similar
situation, based on large group. Then, hand out the baby wipes and have kid’s wash each other’s feet.
Once all the feet have been washed, encourage them to wash their own hands (or use sanitizer) and
allow kids to reach for the snacks and enjoy them while you go through the next couple of activities.

Talk about what it was like to have your feet washed and what it was like to stoop down to the position of
servant and wash someone else’s feet. Ask the kids what they think it would have been like to have Jesus
(the Maker of heaven and earth, the King of kings) bow down and wash your feet. Help them to think
about the act of washing someone else’s feet in perspective; that no matter how gross it was to wash
someone’s feet that it was nothing compared to what Jesus did for His people (Philippians 2:5-11). He left
His rightful home in heaven and stepped down into our dirty, sinful world and became a weak man. He
struggled in all the ways that we struggle, yet He remained holy and sinless, then He died the most
humiliating of deaths as He took our punishment on the cross.

SAY: “Our story today showed us clearly that [THE POINT] Jesus is the Servant King. Jesus knew that
dinner was the last time He would spend with His disciples before He was crucified. He could have spent
the time teaching them detailed theology lessons or telling them what to do when people persecuted
them, but instead He showed them why he came to earth in the first place by wrapping a towel around
His waist and stooping down to wash their feet. Doing something that no one else wanted to do, taking
on the role of a servant, Jesus showed the disciples that He came to serve. The Son of God stepped out of
heaven, took off His royal robe and put on human flesh in all its weakness to die as the perfect sacrifice.
He did the one thing that no one else could do and served His people by dying in their place.”

[HEART TO HEART] Take a few minutes to have kids really think about what Jesus did for His people.
Remind them of Philippians 2:5-11 which they already heard and how they heard that Jesus left His
rightful place, His home in heaven and came into our sinful world to rescue His people. Remind them that
the Bible teaches us that we are all sinners and that we have all been separated from God because of our
sin. Because of our sin we can’t come to God, so God came to us (John 1:14) and became a man and lived
a perfect life and died on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for our sin.

2. Pray
WHAT YOU NEED: nothing needed

Lead the kids in a time of prayer thanking Jesus for His ultimate act of servanthood. Give kids who would
like to pray a chance to pray as well as you leading in prayer. Encourage kids as they pray to focus on the
truth of the Gospel and what God did for His people through Jesus’ death in our place (model this truth in
your prayer). You might even want to have the kids pray through Scripture (such as Philippians 2:5-11 or
Romans 3:10-11 or others) to help them stay focused during the prayer time. After praying, continue to
discuss Jesus’ work on the cross while you finish eating the snacks.

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 3. Good Serve
WHAT YOU NEED: a beach ball for every 3-5 students, Bibles

Explain to the kids in your group that you have a new memory verse that you’re going to work on
together. Have a few of the students in the group look Luke 19:10 up in the Bible and read it to the group.

Then divide the group into teams of 3-5 and have each team stand up and form a circle, giving each group
a beach ball. The challenge is to pass the ball back and forth across the circle, each person saying the next
word in the verse as they pass the ball. If someone misses the ball and/ or forgets the next word of the
verse, the whole group has to start over at the beginning. The first group to make it all the way through
the verse should sit down.

If time allows, play a second time with this week’s challenge verse (John 13:34-35).

SAY: “We had to work together to make it all the way through the verse. By working together to help
each other remember the verse, we were serving one another and reminding each other of the truth that
[THE POINT] Jesus is the Servant King. Our verse tells us that Jesus came to seek and save the lost. The
words of our verse are a great reminder that we don’t have to do anything to find God or to seek Him
out, He sent Jesus to find us, to rescue us and to bring us back into a right relationship with Himself.”

[HEART TO HEART] Remind kids simply and briefly about the truth of the Gospel, what it means that Jesus
is the Servant King and how His death and resurrection was a clear example of His service and love for all
of His people (1 John 3:16). Make sure your Gospel presentation is clear and includes all elements: God’s
perfection, man’s sin, Jesus as the perfect sacrifice, our response.

4. Promises to Live By (Scripture Search)

WHAT YOU NEED: one set of cross pieces, tape, Bibles

Tell the kids that after washing the disciples’ feet and beginning to tell them what was going to happen in
the next few days the disciples began to get scared. So, knowing he didn’t have much time with them
before He died, Jesus used the time to comfort and teach His disciples and prepare them for what was
coming.

Show the students the cross pieces that you have. The vertical pieces of the crosses have Bible verse
references on them, and the horizontal pieces have a promise or teaching from Jesus to His disciples.
Give each student (or pair of students) one of the horizontal pieces and tape the vertical pieces on the
wall. Students (or pairs) should look up the verses until they find the one that their piece fits across and
tape it together to form a cross. Give students time to work and then discuss the verses one by one,
discussing what Jesus was teaching His disciples.

SAY: “[THE POINT] Jesus is the Servant King, and just before His ultimate act of service He wanted to make
sure His followers understood what was happening and get ready for the days and weeks and months

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afterward when they would be the ones to teach the world about Himself and what He was going to do
on the cross.”

Conclude with a brief prayer and review.

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 Memory Verse: “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10
Challenge Verse: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved
you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have
love for one another.” John 13:34-35


John 13 shows Jesus humbling Himself as the Servant King.

Day 1 – Read Philippians 2:5-11
Our story this week was most simply about Jesus washing the feet of the disciples. He did the job that no
one else wanted to do and humbled Himself as a servant. Talk as a family about the ultimate way that
Jesus humbled Himself for His people.

Day 2 – Read John 13:1-17


As Jesus knelt before the disciples and washed their feet, He was teaching them an important lesson -
they were dirty and needed to be clean. More than their feet needed to be cleaned, their hearts needed
to be cleaned, and that’s why He had come. Just a matter of hours later, He would humble Himself again
by taking on the sin of all of His people and dying on the cross in our place.

Day 3 - Read Luke 22:1-2


In our story this week we learned that Jesus and His disciples had gathered in Jerusalem for Passover. What
were the Jewish leaders doing during this time? Why did they want to kill Jesus?

Day 4 - Read Luke 22:3-6


In these verses we read about Judas agreeing to betray Jesus. How do you think he would have been feeling
when he went back to the other disciples? What made him decide to betray Jesus?

Day 5 – Read Luke 22:7-13

What do you learn about Jesus’ preparation for Passover from these verses?
Work together as a family to memorize this question and answer today. 

Question - Why do you need Christ as King?

Answer - Because I am weak and helpless.
(John 15:4-5, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Philippians 4:13, Colossians 1:11, Jude 24-25)

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 Week 1
Teaching Materials
“For the Son
of Man came
to seek and to
save the lost.”
Luke 19:10
 the
For
son

of man

came
seek
to
and save
to

the lost.

Luke 19:10
 John John John
13:34-35 14:2-3 14:7
John John John
14:15 14:16-17 14:27
 John John John
15:12-14 15:18-19 16:7-11
People will know you are a follower of
Jesus if you love each other the way
Jesus loved His disciples

Jesus was going to leave and go prepare a

place for His followers and one day He's
going to come back and take His followers
home to be with Him.

If you know Jesus,

you know God the Father too.

You show that you love Jesus by

obeying His commands.

Jesus will ask the Father to send the

Holy Spirit to live in the disciples and
be with them forever.
 Don't be worried.
I'm leaving my peace.

Jesus calls His followers to love each

other the way He has loved them.

If you know Jesus, the world will hate

you. Remember they hated Jesus
first.

The Helper will come and convict

God's people of sin.
 About the Author

Bethany Darwin is the lead curriculum developer at the Sunday School Sore. Bethany spent 20 years
working full time in children’s ministry before recently coming home to raise her son.

During her years in children’s ministry, Bethany discovered gaps in available curriculum and often struggled
to find curriculum that worked in her church setting. It was this discovery that awakened a passion in her
for writing children’s ministry curriculum.

Bethany is a regular contributor for Ministry-to-children and you can find many resources of hers there.
You can connect with Bethany through Facebook at ‘Treasure Trunk Books’ or on IG at
‘Treasure_Trunk_Kids.’ On these pages she shares articles and resources for families as well as what she is
doing to point her little one to Christ. You can also find other resources of hers there.

Bethany is a graduate of Samford University (B.A. 1997) and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
(M.A. in Christian Education, 2000). Bethany is a member of Faith Bible Church in Naples, Florida where she
serves in children’s ministry.

Future Projects:
Bethany is busy writing more Sunday School materials for the Sunday School Store and is proud to be
working on Torchbearers VBS.

Bethany also has an advent book/ family devotional/ coloring book/ curriculum called "Is It Time Yet?"
that's soon to be released. To learn more, check it out here.