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Great Commission

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Matthew 28:18-20 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” We begin on a mountain with Jesus and His friends, the disciples. While they were on a mountain, Jesus gave them a very important job to do. What do you think the important job was? Do you think Jesus told them to be a firefighter? Do you think Jesus told them to be a doctor? Do you think Jesus told them to be carpenters?  All of those are very important jobs, but Jesus had one important job that was for EVERYONE who follows Him. The important job Jesus told EVERYONE who follows Him to do is . . . GO and TELL! Jesus told them to go and tell everyone, everywhere that Jesus is alive AND Jesus wants to be their friend forever!  Wow! That IS a very important job! And that job is for you and me too. When we do what Jesus says and go and tell people that Jesus is alive, and Jesus wants to be thei
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Light of the World

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Matthew 5:1-2, 14-16 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” We begin with Jesus. Jesus is very special because Jesus is God’s Son. One day, Jesus was on a mountain with His friends, the disciples. While they were there, Jesus began to teach.  Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” Hmm, how can PEOPLE be a light? We know that flashlights shine light. And we know that lamps shine light. But Jesus said, “YOU are the light.”  How can PEOPLE be a light? Great question! You see, when you are kind to people . . . you shine like a light so people can see that Jesus is kind.  When you forgive people . . . you shine like a light so people can see that Jesus forgives. You can shine like a light every day. Now, I have a game that will help you remember to shine our light! All you have to do is hold your finger out, like this: Hold your hand out with
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Easter

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Matthew 26:26–28:10 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” Do you know why we celebrate Easter? The true story of Easter begins with this. Do you know what this is? It’s a heart! Because Easter begins with God’s love for us. God loved us so much that He gave us His Son, Jesus, to be our friend forever. One night when Jesus was having dinner with His good friends, the disciples, He told them He would have to go away, but He promised He would come back.  After dinner, Jesus went to pray in a garden when some angry people came. They were so angry that they took Jesus away.  They hurt Jesus, and . . . He died. It was very sad. All of Jesus’ friends were so sad. They put Jesus’ body in a tomb with a big stone in front of it. Three sad days went by. Can you count them with me? One . . . two . . . three. On the third day, when some of Jesus’ friends we
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Palm Sunday

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Matthew 21:1-11, 15-16 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of Matthew. Matthew was a disciple of Jesus. That means Jesus was his teacher. And the word gospel means “good news!” We begin in the town of Jerusalem when people found out that. . . Jesus was coming! The people were so excited that Jesus was coming! They might have said to each other, “Jesus is coming!” The people were so excited and wanted to celebrate and cheer for Jesus because they knew Jesus was special, and they had heard about all the amazing things Jesus had done. The people may have shouted, “Yay, Jesus!” The whole town lined up on the street to see Jesus. They took their coats off and laid them on the ground to make a special path for Jesus. And the people held palm branches up high so they could wave them like flags. When they saw Jesus, they wanted to be ready to celebrate and cheer for Jesus. You can pretend, too! Pretend you have a palm branch in your hand. Wave your palm branch and s
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Washing Feet

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John 13:3-17 Our true story comes from a part of the Bible called the Gospel of John. John was one of the friends and helpers of Jesus. And the word “Gospel” means “good news!” We begin with Jesus’ friends, the disciples. The disciples were about to have a special dinner with Jesus. But there was a problem. The disciples’ feet were super-dirty! Why? Well, their feet were dirty because back then, they didn’t have cars. They didn’t have buses. So, if they wanted to go somewhere, how would they travel? They had to walk!  And the roads were very dusty and dirty. After walking on dusty roads, the disciples’ feet were very dirty. They needed to wash their feet before they ate dinner. But . . . guess what happened? Someone wanted to wash their feet for them! Can you guess who wanted to wash the disciples’ feet? Jesus wanted to wash His friends’ feet! Why would Jesus, God’s Son, who is SO super-special, want to wash His friends’ dirty feet? Jesus’ friend Peter said, “No Jesus, don’t wash my fe
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