NT BX3 Low Furness

Friday afternoon I was in Low Furness School doing lesson 3 of New Testament Bible Explorer.  The series of stories started with Jesus almost being stoned by the authorities in Jerusalem.  We covered the lost parables and I told a very quick version of the lost sheep, but went into a little more detail with the lost coin which included visual aids and a trick.  We heard about Lazarus and also about Zacchaeus.  We heard and watched a short video clip of Jesus going into Jerusalem and then went on into the Temple Market.  I had created a short sketch with props to explain what was happening in the temple, it involved a rich man wanting to buy a bull for a sacrifice but only had Roman money so he needed to change it for temple money.  However he lost out on the exchange, but when he went to buy the bull,  it had been reduced in price so now he had temple money left over - which he needed to exchange back to Roman money and he lost out again.  It was a silly but simple illustration of what was happening in the temple.  Next we cover the Last Supper and the betrayal by Judas followed by the prays then arrest, trial and Peter's denial of Jesus again a short script was used here.  Next came the crucifixion of Jesus and his death and burial.  Since we had covered a bit about burial with the Lazarus story the children knew what had happened with Jesus.  Not wanting to leave Jesus' death in the childrens minds we covered the resurrection story too, which is a good point to stop the lesson.  I had a great time and the children seemed to enjoy it too which was great.