YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. JESUS IS THE GOOD SHEPHERD tent-card and match game – John 10:4. Youth can spotlight events in Jesus Christ’s life with the focus on #8 “Jesus is Our Shepherd.” Read all of John 10 to learn that Jesus loves and cares for us as a good shepherd and cares for his sheep.
USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Activity Days, Sunday School, Bible Study
POST-AND-PRESENT Activity
Jesus Is the Good Shepherd tent-card and match game
1) John 10:4 Bite-size Memorize Tent-card
2) Footstep Flash Cards (match game)
OBJECTIVE: Remind the youth that they can always trust in Jesus and follow Him.
ACTIVITY: With this tent card youth will be reminded to trust in Jesus as our Good Shepherd in creating this stand-up card. The card will help them memorize John 10:11 and know to read John 10:4.
Tell children that Jesus wants us to follow in His footsteps because He knows the way to eternal life with Heavenly Father and eternal happiness. Have them read the scriptures on the card and talk about ways they will follow Jesus.
FOOTSTEP FLASH CARD MATCH GAME:
1. Review Footstep Flash Cards 1-12 with children, focusing on #8, “Jesus is Our Shepherd.” Tell children that JESUS WANTS US TO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS BECAUSE HE KNOWS THE WAY TO ETERNAL HAPPINESS.
2. Lay two sets of Footstep Flash Cards 1-12 facedown on a table or floor.
3. Play a match game by dividing children into two teams, taking turns turning cards over to make a match. The team with the most matches wins.
SCRIPTURE CARDS: Help the youth Search and Ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. PRINT this 5 x 7 scripture card from the pdf included with the above activity. You can punch the two holes on the left and tie a ribbon to attach cards or use two metal rings to connect cards.
Source: Sunday Savers New Testament Lesson 23 “The Good Shepherd”
LESSON IDEAS (for the activity above):
• “The Good Shepherd” The Friend Magazine:
“A good shepherd owns his sheep. They are his, and he takes care of them. He will do anything necessary to protect his sheep, even die for them.
Jesus Christ is the Good Shepherd. He suffered and died for us so that we could return to Heavenly Father. We are His sheep if we will listen to His voice and follow Him. We do this by keeping the commandments, studying the scriptures, and obeying the prophets and the promptings of the Holy Ghost. We may not actually see the Savior in this life. But if we have faith in Him and follow His voice, He will protect us and lead us in the correct paths.”
MORE LESSON ACTIVITIES (on the subject):
IN THE SONG (above)
We know he is coming
To gather his sheep
*New Testament Lesson 23 (suggested above) from the manual is as follows:
Enrichment Activity
Give each child a piece of string at least twelve inches long. Ask the children to lay their pieces of string vertically on a table or the floor in front of them and try to push the string away from them.
Then ask the children to pull their pieces of string toward them. Relate this experiment to how shepherds lead their sheep (John 10:4). Explain that in Israel the shepherds lead their sheep by walking in front of them. In some other countries, shepherds drive the sheep. Jesus, as our Good Shepherd, leads the way and asks us to follow him.
GAME ACTIVITY. CHOOSE TO FOLLOW Sheep or Goat? situation slap game. Youth can learn Jesus’ Parable of the Sheep and the Goats (Matthew 25:31-46) to help them make the right decisions. The sheep sit on the right hand of God by choosing the right, serving Heavenly Father, to one day live with Him again in the kingdom of God. The word-strip choices will help them slap left (goat) or right (sheep). READ MORE
SEPARATING THE SHEEP AND THE GOATS
Matthew 25 | Ye Have Done It unto Me | The Bible
“INHERIT THE KINGDOM (sheep)”
Matthew 25:34-46 separates sheep from goats
