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They tend to categorize their relationships into home, church, playing yard, and market.
Help them to realize we are to follow Jesus teaching in all places and not just in church.
As we read Bible stories, we can see the example that Jesus set.
DEVELOPING YOUR FAITH:
Read Luke 5:1-11. Do you ever feel that God is asking you to do impossible
things? Are there some children in your class who are very difficult to teach? Do you
feel that you do not know how to reach them? How does this story of the calling of the
disciples speak to those feelings?
Greet the children warmly. Decorate the room with fish cutouts or pictures.
(Draw your own or use the pattern at the end of this lesson.) Hang them from the
ceiling. Tape them on the wall. Write the memory verse on a large fish and tape
it to the door. This will let the children know that something exciting is going to
happen today and that it has something to do with fish.
ASK: How many of you have gone fishing? Have you ever caught anything?
What do you do with the fish?
TELL THE CHILDREN: In Jesus time, the only food people had was what they
grew and what they could hunt, catch or find.
SAY: The people you will learn about in todays Bible story helped provide food
for the village or town. They were fishermen. They made their living catching
and selling fish to everyone. They had small boats and fishing nets. Everyday
when they could, they went out to the lake to catch fish.
SAY: Jesus knew that he needed help. He needed some people to do more
than just listen to what he had to say. He needed some helpers whom he could
teach and who would in turn teach others. Listen to the story of how Jesus got
helpers.
father.
How was the fishing? asked Samuel, as he jumped into the boat to help his
Not so good, son, said his father, tossing the oars into the boat. Neither Simon
nor I caught a single fish. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
The boys busied themselves helping their father. Suddenly, down the beach
they heard noise. Jesus the teacher was walking along the shore. He walked straight
up to Simon Peter, who was fixing his nets.
Simon Peter, Jesus called out to him, could I use your boat? There are so
many people that they cannot hear me when I talk. Perhaps if I could teach from your
boat more people could hear. Simon Peter agreed. Jesus got into the boat and Simon
and the crew pushed the boat a little way off the shore. From there Jesus could talk to
the people and everyone could hear.
When Jesus had finished teaching the crowd, he told Simon Peter, Go out a
little farther and drop your nets.
Teacher, said Simon Peter, weve already been out for today and have caught
nothing. But Simon Peter and his small crew did as Jesus told them. Soon there were
so many fish in the net that the small boat almost sank.
Simon Peter called to his friends on the shore, Quick, come help before the boat
sinks! Several men rushed into the water to help pull the nets to shore so the small
boat would not turn over. Simon Peter and his friends were frightened by what had just
happened.
Do not be afraid! Jesus said to them. Follow me and from now on you will be
catching people instead of fish. So Simon Peter and his brother Andrew left their boats
and their net and followed Jesus.
As the three walked down the beach a little farther, they came to another boat.
Sitting in the boat were James and John, and their father. They were mending their
nets.
Come, Jesus called out to them, James, John! Come with me and I will teach
you to catch people. They dropped their nets and said good-bye to their father and
followed Jesus.
3. RESPOND TO THE BIBLE MESSAGE
ACTIVITY 1: Questions
1. Who were the first people Jesus called to help him with his work? (Simon
Peter and his brother, Andrew.)
2. What did they do for a living? (They were fishermen.)
3. How did they respond to Jesus call? (They left their nets and went with
Jesus.)
4. What were they going to help Jesus do? (Teach others about God and His
love.)
5. Does Jesus want us to be His helpers today? (Yes.)
6. How can we be Jesus helpers? (Accept various answers such as: being kind
to one another, inviting others to come to church, sharing with others.)
4. CLOSE IN PRAYER
Remind the children that Jesus called ordinary people to follow him and to learn
from him, just as we learn from Jesus today. We were caught and we can catch
others. Have the children take a fish from the net that you made in ACTIVITY 3. Have
each child take a fish home with someones name on it. Ask them to pray everyday for
that person. Pray that God would help them to be a good follower of Jesus. Pray:
Dear God, thank you for your gift of Jesus. Help us to follow the example
Jesus set for us. Help us to catch others by our example. Amen.