Preschool: Jesus Is Alive: Session 3—Two Men Met Jesus (April 19)

1s & 2s—Work Jesus Puzzles

Bible Story: Two Men Met Jesus Luke 24:13-35
Life Point: People can tell that Jesus is alive.
Weekly Verse: Tell people about Jesus. Matthew 28:19

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, puzzles featuring Jesus

• Display the Teaching Picture near the puzzles.
• Tell the Bible story as the preschoolers work puzzles. Point to the Teaching Picture, naming Jesus.
• Remind boys and girls that the men told their friends that Jesus was alive.

3–Pre-K— Walk on a Block Pathway

Bible Story: Two Men Met Jesus Luke 24:13-35
Life Point: People can tell that Jesus is alive.
Weekly Verse: God loved the world and gave His Son. John 3:16

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, cardboard or wooden blocks

• Before the session make a pathway of wooden blocks. Place the Teaching Picture at the end of the pathway.
• Challenge preschoolers to walk on the pathway. Comment that two men were walking down a road when they saw Jesus.
• At the end of the path, point to the Teaching Picture and give a few more facts about the Bible story. Challenge older preschoolers to name someone they can tell that Jesus is alive.

Kindergarten— Build a Block Maze

Bible Story: Two Men Met Jesus Luke 24:13-35
Life Point: People can tell that Jesus is alive.
Weekly Verse: God loved the world and gave His Son. John 3:16

Materials: Teaching Picture 8, wooden blocks, toy cars

• Before the session use several blocks to build a simple maze. Place the cars and Teaching Picture nearby.
• Show kids the maze and tell them they can drive cars through the maze. Challenge kids to make a more complicated maze through which they can drive the cars.
• Talk about the Bible story as kids work. Say: “Jesus met two disciples while walking down a road. The men were going to a town called Emmaus.”
• Help kindergartners think of people they could tell that Jesus is alive.