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Sunday School Guide: The Boy Jesus in the Temple (May 10, 2020)

Here is a worship guide for you and your children to follow along at home.

Preparation

You can lead your child(ren) to worship and praise God at home, and to learn Bible truths with you as their spiritual leaders (Deuteronomy 6:6-7).
Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to help and guide you as you prepare to teach your child(ren).
It is preferable that parents go through the lesson first and prepare materials for the activity beforehand. then, gather your family together in a quiet place, and start with a prayer (A.C.T.S.). Give your child(ren) opportunity to take part in praying

1. Prayer

(Start with Dear Heavenly Father, Dear God, or Dear Lord, and say the following in your own words)

Adoration – praising God (how great/ awesome God is!)

Confession – confessing our sins to Him (confess any sin committed this past week)

Thanksgiving – thanking God for giving us a mother and the many blessings He has given us

Supplication (Intercession) – special prayer for mothers, our church, our country, the world, for the protection and healing, for those who are lonely and hurting.

2. Songs of Praise

3. Scripture Passage (Luke 2:41-52)

Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. And when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem.

His parents did not know it, but supposing him to be in the group they went a day’s journey, but then they began to search for him among their relatives and acquaintances, and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, searching for him.

After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. And when his parents saw him, they were astonished.

And his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been searching for you in great distress.” And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was submissive to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her heart.

And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.

4. Memory Verse

Pre-School to Grade 2: Ephesians 6:1

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Grade 3 to Grade 6 Ephesians 6:1-3

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”

5. Lesson: Jesus the Boy in the Temple

Pre-school to Grade 6: Sunday School Center

Additional Discussion

Pre-school to Grade 2

Grade 3 to Grade 6

6. Response Songs

7. Closing Prayer

Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for giving us a mother who guides and loves us so much. Help us to obey her in our daily life. Please bless and protect her. In Jesus’ name, amen.