Family Journal Page Prepared the Disciples The Emmaus Disciples Give each family member a . Call out a book of the Bible and guide each person to race :12-13; :13-35 to find it. Vary the difficulty of the book being found. Read Luke 24:13-35. Remind kids that Preschool Jesus taught that the Bible is about Him. Tell kids that no matter where they turn in the Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 Bible, they can know that it all points to God’s plan for Jesus to come to earth, die on the Big Picture Question: What did Jesus teach His friends cross for our sin, and rise again three days later as a picture of His victory over sin and on the road to Emmaus? Jesus taught that the Bible is death. about Him. Christ Connection: Jesus showed His friends that the Scriptures tell about Him! The whole Bible is about Jesus. The Bible tells us the story of what God did to save His people through Jesus, His Son.

Kids Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 Big Picture Question: What did Jesus explain to the disciples on the road to Emmaus? Jesus explained how the Bible is about Him. Christ Connection: The Bible is about Jesus. When Adam and Eve sinned, God began working out His plan to send Jesus to rescue people from sin. (Genesis 3:15) All of the Old Testament points forward to Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection—the time when Jesus would bring God’s promised salvation for sinners.

Unit 33 • Session 1 © 2014 LifeWay OK TO PRINT Family Journal Page Jesus Prepared the Disciples Jesus Appeared to the Disciples Provide a bag of dried beans and a bucket. Guide kids to pour what they think is 500 Luke 24:36-49; :19-29; Acts 1:3 beans onto the table. Help kids count the beans after they have poured them, collecting all Preschool the beans in the bucket. Explain that Jesus appeared to more than 500 people after He rose Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 from the dead. Ask kids if they would believe something that 500 different people told them Big Picture Question: What did Jesus do after He was had happened. Review Luke 24:36-43. We know that Jesus is alive today! raised from the dead? Jesus showed many people that He was alive, and He is alive today. Christ Connection: God made Jesus alive again! Jesus visited many, many people so they would know He is alive. Jesus is still alive today.

Kids Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 Big Picture Question: What did Jesus do after He was raised from the dead? Jesus appeared to many people as proof that God had raised Jesus from the dead, and He is still alive today. Christ Connection: God made Jesus alive again! For 40 days, Jesus presented Himself to at least 500 people and proved that He is alive. (1 Corinthians 15:3-8) Jesus is still alive today.

Unit 33 • Session 2 © 2014 LifeWay OK TO PRINT Family Journal Page Jesus Prepared the Disciples Jesus Served Breakfast by the Sea Ask kids to write or draw about a time that they needed to forgive a friend on a sheet of John 21:1-19 paper. Guide them to fold the paper into an airplane and throw it as far away as they Preschool can. Explain that forgiving someone is like writing what he did on an airplane and never Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 worrying about it again. Review John 21:1-19. When Jesus was arrested, His closest friends Big Picture Question: Will Jesus ever stop loving us? ran away. Jesus showed them that He had forgiven them, He still loved them, and He Jesus will never stop loving us. wanted them to follow Him. Sometimes we make mistakes, but that doesn’t mean that God Christ Connection: When Jesus was arrested, His no longer wants to use us in His plan! Jesus is a Lord who forgives us and makes things friends ran away. Jesus did what He came to earth to right again. do—rescue people from sin. Jesus showed His friends that He still loved them and wanted them to follow Him. Sometimes we make mistakes as we follow Jesus too. Jesus rescued us from sin. We know He forgives us and wants us to continue following Him.

Kids Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 Big Picture Question: What did Jesus teach the disciples at breakfast? The Lord forgives and makes things right again. Christ Connection: Jesus called the disciples to follow Him. He promised to make them . Instead of catching fish, they would tell people about Jesus. (Luke 5:1-11) The disciples left Jesus when He was arrested, but Jesus still wanted to use them in God’s plan. Jesus is a Lord who forgives us and makes things right again.

Unit 33 • Session 3 © 2014 LifeWay OK TO PRINT Family Journal Page Jesus Prepared the Disciples Jesus Gave the Make a list as a family of all the things you like to talk about with family or friends. Beside Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15-16; Acts 1:3 that list, make a list of the people you see often that you talk with or could talk with. Preschool Remind kids that Jesus asked His disciples to tell others about Him and help them become Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 followers of Jesus. Read Matthew 28:16-20. Discuss how you might talk about Jesus with Big Picture Question: What job did Jesus give His the people on your list. friends? Jesus said to tell everyone about Him. Christ Connection: Jesus told His friends that everywhere they went they were to make more followers of Him. Jesus’ friends could do this because Jesus is in charge of everything, and He promised He would be with them. When we follow Jesus, He promises to always be with us too. Jesus’ mission to His friends is our mission too. We are to make more followers of Jesus.

Kids Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 Big Picture Question: How can we join in the Great Commission? We can share the , the good news about Jesus. Christ Connection: The good news about what Jesus has done to rescue us from our sins is too great to keep to ourselves. Before Jesus went back to heaven, He gave the disciples a job to do. Jesus wants His followers to teach people everywhere about Jesus so they will trust in Him as their Lord and Savior.

Unit 33 • Session 4 © 2014 LifeWay OK TO PRINT Family Journal Page Jesus Prepared the Disciples Jesus Ascended to Heaven Acts 1:3-11 Ask your family members to tell about a time when they felt lonely. Read Acts 1:3-11. Jesus’ disciples were probably sad that Jesus would not be with them any longer, but Jesus told Preschool them that He’d send Someone who would be with them forever. Jesus didn’t leave us alone. Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 When we love and trust Him, the Holy Spirit comes to be with us and help us do God’s Big Picture Question: Where is Jesus today? Jesus is work. We don’t have to be lonely when we remember that God’s Spirit is always with us! alive and in heaven. Christ Connection: Jesus left earth and returned to heaven, but He did not leave us alone. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit helps us do God’s work on earth while we wait for Jesus to come back and make everything new!

Kids Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 Big Picture Question: How does the Holy Spirit help believers? The Holy Spirit gives us power to do God’s work. Christ Connection: Jesus left earth and returned to heaven, but He did not leave us alone. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to be with us and help us do God’s work. One day Jesus will return to make all things new and to rule as Lord over all.

Unit 33 • Session 5 © 2014 LifeWay OK TO PRINT Family Journal Page Jesus Prepared the Disciples The Holy Spirit Came Discuss a time when you broke a promise or someone broke a promise to you. Read Acts 2:1-42 Acts 2:1-42. Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to be with us. We can trust that Jesus Preschool will always do what He promises! He has never broken a promise before, and He never will! Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 The Holy Spirit lives within all who love and trust Jesus and helps us tell others about God Big Picture Question: Who is the Holy Spirit? The and live a life that pleases Him. The Holy Spirit gives us power to do God’s work. Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God. Christ Connection: God sent the Holy Spirit just as He promised. Now Jesus’ friends had everything they needed to make more followers of Jesus! God gives the Holy Spirit to those of us who trust in Jesus and let Him be in charge of our lives. The Holy Spirit helps us do God’s work and changes us to be more like Jesus.

Kids Key Passage: Matthew 28:19-20 Big Picture Question: Who is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, and He is the third Person of the . Christ Connection: God kept His promise to send the Holy Spirit. With the Holy Spirit’s help, Jesus’ disciples could begin their work to share the gospel with the entire world. God gives the Holy Spirit to those who trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior. The Holy Spirit gives us power to do God’s work, and He changes us to be more like Jesus.

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