PLAYER HANDOUT A LESSON FROM THE BATBOY

MEMORY VERSE: God has given each of you a gift ...use them well to serve one another. 1 PETER 4:10

1st – Warm-Up 2nd – Play Ball! TRIVA QUESTION... Batboys are the servants around the baseball dia‐ How old do you have to be to be a batboy in mond. Their job is simple but important They pick up bats, ? (Google it!) retrieve foul balls, run balls to the umpires, and clean up the A) 12 dug out. It can be a lot of work. Anyone who is a bat boy B) 14 has chosen to serve others. C) 16 In Matthew 20:20‐28, the mother of James and John approaches Jesus. She asks for places of prominence for her TODAY’S QUESTION... two sons. When the other 10 disciples heard about this they became angry with James and John. Jesus used this as a WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A BATBOY FOR A teaching point with the 12. What James and John desired MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM?...The and also the other 10 was to be important, to experience primary job of the batboy is to SERVE the true greatness. Jesus tells them that if they wanted to reach team and coaches. Are you a servant? true greatness, then they had to become servants. Jesus told them true greatness is how one serves for He came to this world, not to be served , but to serve. 3rd – The 7th Inning Stretch On the night before His own death, Jesus washed the disciples’ feet, the job of the lowest servant in the house‐ Go to www.kidzworld.com and search for hold. He did so to model servant hood and to tell his closest “BECOMING A BATBOY”. There is a great friends what it would take to be considered great in God’s article on this site about what it takes to eyes. become a bat boy in the major leagues. When is the last time you served your teammates and coaches? True greatness is not found in a average or an ERA. True greatness is found in what we do for others. If you have a batboy, thank him today, play catch with him, spend a little time getting to know him. Serving the servant, now that brings a smile to the face of the Master. Let’s be great today in His eyes.

Devotion taken from http://www.fcabaseball.org.

HOME – Crossing the Plate!

Do you know who is the greatest SERVANT LEADER of all time was? Servant leadership means leading others by serving them. Basically, we are to put the needs of others before our own. We are to put others ahead of ourselves. Jesus Christ is the greatest example of servant leadership that we have ever know. His mission was not to be served, but to serve those whom He came to save. On the night before His death, Jesus washed the feet of his 12 disciples in a true act of service and love. The next day He took our place on the cross!

HOMEWORK – Work on memorizing 1 PETER 4:10 ( printed at top of page ).