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For parents
How to Use This Page:
- Watch the Online Experience video with your child.
- Use the Discussion Guide immediately following the video to unpack the story while it’s fresh!
- Open the Full Parent Guide (also linked below) for more activity ideas & deeper discussion.
- You can find all of the activity pages you need right below the Full Parent Guide.
- Scroll down to view this weekend’s Worship Videos.
For kids (Online Experience Video)
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Download the Salvation Conversation Guide <———-HERE
For parents
Special Needs Ministry Modified Elementary Curriculum:
You can access the full modified curriculum here.
DISCUSSION
(Bible)
Open Bibles to John 5 and explain that John wrote his Gospel so that people would believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Read aloud John 5:8-9.
SAY • Jesus went to the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem and healed a man who could not walk.
Discuss the following questions.
Why did Jesus heal the man who was lame? Recognize that the man did not ask for healing. He had been disabled a long time and seemed hopeless. The man did not even recognize Jesus, but Jesus showed compassion to the man and healed him—instantly and completely. The man experienced Jesus’ power. Help kids realize that Jesus does not always heal people; sometimes His plan for someone involves sickness. But we can trust that Jesus is always working for His glory and our good (Romans 8:28).
How does Jesus give hope to sinners? Recall that the man at the pool was unable to help himself. Jesus healed him, and he obeyed Jesus’ commands. In a similar way, we are unable to free ourselves from sin. Jesus calls us to trust in Him. When we trust in Jesus, He frees us from the power of sin and death so we can follow Him and obey Him (Psalm 71:5).
What do Jesus’ healing miracles teach us about God’s kingdom? Point kids to the words of the prophet Isaiah about how the world would change when the Messiah comes. Isaiah said the Messiah would make the blind see, the deaf hear, the lame walk, and the mute sing. God’s kingdom is one of restoration and healing. He shows His grace through healing today. We look forward to the day when Jesus returns and makes all things new (Mark 1:15).
REFLECTION AND PRAYER
Pray as a family and ask the following questions:
What does this story teach me about God?
What does this story teach me about myself?
Who can I tell about this story?
For kids
Sermon Notes discussion guide (for kids who watch the adult service, too!)
Weekend Worship Videos
