David C Cook COVID-19 Response

Worship Involves Helping

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Materials Needed:

  • Poster boards or large pieces of paper (3)
  • Markers

As students join your group time today, divide them into three groups. Some ideas for grouping are by last initials, by first initials, or by age. Send each group to a corner of the room and have a desk and materials available. Each group will need a poster board, markers, and a pair of utility scissors. Tell your students that they are going to create a billboard that advertises meeting a specific need. For example: Hungry? Free sandwiches and coffee just around the corner!

If your class is meeting online, you can use the breakout room feature of your video chat software to divide teens into even groups. Have them use word processing software to create a digital sign.

Allow students to come up with whatever they want to “advertise”—just make sure the underlying theme is meeting a need that people have. Give your teens five minutes to complete their sign. After the three groups have finished, encourage groups to designate one person to explain the need and how it will be met by what they’re advertising.

  • You made those needs pretty eye-catching! But in the real world, some needs aren’t quite so obvious. Do you normally look for or recognize needs around you? How do you respond? (Students may admit that they aren’t very observant when it comes to needs…or they ignore them because they don’t know what to do.)

In this video, a few teens found a way to help seniors who couldn’t figure out technology on their own—let’s watch.

Play the video for the students [stop video at 2:36]:
Teens help seniors learn how to use technology

Discuss the video. It’s always great to see examples of people who are willing to help others!

  • Why might a teenager want to volunteer his or her free time helping seniors learn to use technology? (Answers will vary. Helping others is a worthwhile way to spend time, and it’s so necessary because our world is full of hurting people. Students may also mention the benefit to themselves such as: “When you see the true needs of others, you realize that you have more than you need.”)
  • How do you think the seniors these teenagers helped felt? (Answers will vary but may include: Grateful, thankful, less lonely, more confident in their abilities, etc.)

We can imagine how relieved the residents of Brookdale must have been to get the teens’ help with technology so they could better use their devices and communicate with others. Helping others in need benefits us, the individuals receiving the help, and the community. But there’s another benefit that we sometimes don’t think about. Let’s learn more.

Looking for Steps 2 & 3?

You can find Steps 2 and 3 in your teacher’s guide. To purchase a teacher’s guide, please visit: Bible-in-Life or Echoes.

Materials Needed:

  • Index cards (1 per student)
  • Pens/pencils (1 per student)
  • List of family needs in your church

Spread the word

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