New Testament LESSON 14
Teaching Primary & Home – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for APRIL (week #1)
Theme: “Be Not Afraid”
Matthew 14; Mark 6; John 5-6
YOU WILL FIND:
• SCRIPTURE SCHOLARS to get them reading.
• Then scroll down to find Lesson-Match Interactive Activities to match the CFM curriculum
TEENS
See our new SUNDAY SCHOOL interactive activities for this month RIGHT HERE
Lesson 14 Scripture Scholars
Week’s Scripture Scholars BOOKMARKS & scripture POP-UP Includes:
• BOOKMARKS with Come, Follow Me scriptures to read and discuss topics for Primary and Individuals and Families. Also, for Sunday School (teens).
• POP-UP to glue in scripture binding next to scripture you underline.
EXTRA ITEMS (not included) … THERE’S MORE:
• STAMP. Award readers with a STAMP for the week’s scripture reading. See below to find matching STAMPS.
• STAMP KEEPER. These can be placed on the STAMP KEEPER (see below) where you can collect 50 stamps for the year
Lessons 14-18 Scripture Scholars
April’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
APRIL STAMPS $1.50
Stamps for weeks 1-5 Scripture Scholars Lessons 14-18 – New Testament – Included in the BUNDLE
STAMP KEEPER (1-53 stamps) $3.00
This is included in the January BUNDLE (or, download it below)
Click on the weekly lesson posters (below) to find interactive activities:
. . . 4 LESSONS & 14 ACTIVITIES . . .
Step 1 CHOOSE LESSON
Step 2 CHOOSE ACTIVITY
Step 3 CLICK ON POSTER
Step 4 DOWNLOAD ACTIVITY
. . . JESUS KNOWS ME & HELPS ME . . .
Jesus Christ knows what I need and can help me.
Ponder the account of Jesus healing the man at the pool of Bethesda. How can you help the children see what the story teaches about Jesus’s kindness, love, and other attributes?
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Ask the children to name some things that are hard for them or that make them sad. Tell them about a time in your life when you received help from the Savior during a difficult trial. Testify that Jesus knows about all our problems and wants to help us.
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Use the picture Christ Healing the Sick at Bethesda (Gospel Art Book, no. 42) to tell the children the story in John 5:1–9. Or show the video “Jesus Heals a Man on the Sabbath” VIDEO BELOW (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Ask the children to imagine that they are the person Jesus healed. How would they feel when Jesus healed them?
ACTIVITIES FOR:
Jesus Christ knows what I need and can help me.
MORE MIRACLES
POST-AND-PRESENT. STORIES OF JESUS Heart-to-Heart Match Game. As youth match hearts with hearts they can get to know the Savior and His purpose for coming to earth. The “2B” JESUS HEART tell how Jesus showed His love. Example: “Jesus showed His love by being baptized to show that everyone must be baptized.” This matches the “2A” SYMBOL HEART “John the Baptist asked Jesus, who had never sinned, why He wanted to be baptized.” READ MORE
AGES 1-5. I CAN “BEE” A FRIEND poster or coloring page. With this children can learn to be a friend, e.g. say please and thank you, to be kind at church and at home. Know that Jesus is their loving friend. The Home Activity prompts parents to help them: name their friends, help them be kind, share, and say please and thank you. Then they can tell their friends about Jesus. READ MORE
AGES 4-7 ACTIVITY: JESUS LOVES ME! mirror message poster. This poster frames a child’s face as they peer into the mirror to see themselves reflected there and read, “Jesus loves me!” they will truly feel His love. READ MORE
AGES 8-11. MIRACLES OF JESUS three stories picture-match poster. Youth can know that Jesus Christ healed miraculously with God’s priesthood power. By faith, we too can today receive God’s priesthood miracles of healing. Create a picture poster of these three miracles: #1 Jesus heals a man with palsy (Mark 2:1-12) #2 Jesus raises Jairus’s daughter (Mark 5:21-24, 35-43) #3 Jesus heals a woman of faith (Mark 5:25-34) READ MORE
SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION. JESUS TEACHES ME TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT scripture poster/card set. John 13:15: “For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.” READ MORE
SONG VISUALS IF I LISTEN WITH MY HEART. Music leaders can cut out these hearts, punch holes at the top, and place them on two rings. Flip them to show visuals as you sing. Sample words: “But as I search the scriptures I can hear His words of peace, And if I listen with my heart I hear the Savior’s voice.” READ MORE
. . . BEING KIND, LIKE JESUS . . .
I follow Jesus’s example when I am kind to others.
One way Jesus showed love was to feed His followers when they were hungry. How can you help the children learn to serve others like Jesus did?
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Show the children a basket and some bread as you tell the story in Matthew 14:13–21. Explain that even though Jesus had tried to find a place to be alone, the people wanted to be near Him. Share the rest of the story with the children, and ask them to listen for what Jesus did to show kindness and love for the people.
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Ask the children to share ways in which someone has been kind to them. Then help them think of things they can do this week to be kind to others. For every answer they give, draw a loaf of bread or a fish on the board. Tell the children that when they do these things, they are following the example Jesus set when He fed the five thousand people who were hungry.
ACTIVITIES FOR:
I follow Jesus’s example when I am kind to others.
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. KINDNESS BEGINS WITH ME: Upside-Down Turn-‘Em-Around. Read Ephesians 4:32 “Be ye kind one to another.” Youth vote on situations where someone is kind or unkind, turning the face(s) right side up or face upside down. READ MORE
AGES 1-5. I CAN BE KIND TO ANIMALS poster or coloring page. Children can be reminded to take care of their pets and to not forget that their pets “need food, water, exercise, play, and lots of love.” Have children make paw prints like those on the handout, using their hands (placing thumb for a large part of paw and fingertips for the rest). READ MORE
AGES 4-7. MY LIFE IS FULL OF FLAVOR When I’m a Good Example ice cream sundae. Children scoop up character traits as they play this matching game or create a poster. The cherry on top is for trying all the character traits: Show kindness, Forgive, Be a peacemaker, Be loving, Help others, and Be obedient. READ MORE
YOUTH LESSON ACTIVITY. SHOW COMPASSION LIKE JESUS – compassion wheel. Youth can learn: “I can show love and compassion like Jesus when He healed the sick” (1 John 3:18). Youth can draw a picture in the circle or write ways to show compassion and love. Compassion Wheel Subjects: Visit the sick, Cheer up the sad, Help your parents, Welcome a friend, Share a smile, and Say “I love you!” READ MORE
SCRIPTURE POSTER. BE KIND – LOVE OTHERS John 15:12 rebus memorize. Youth can learn that being kind is a commandment. “This is my commandment that ye love one another as I have loved you.” READ MORE
SINGING FUN. KINDNESS BEGINS WITH ME song visuals. Youth can sing this simple song to remind them to “be kind to everyone.” “Kindness begins with me.” READ MORE
. . . NO FEAR, JESUS IS NEAR . . .
Faith in Jesus Christ can help me not be afraid.
Peter showed great faith when he walked on the water toward Jesus. What lessons might there be for the children in this story?
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Show the picture in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families (see also Gospel Art Book, no. 43) as you tell the story from Matthew 14:22–33 in your own words. Consider using this week’s activity page to help the children tell the story back to you. You could also bring a small bowl of water and invite the children to pretend to “walk” their fingers across the surface of the water.
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Show the video “Wherefore Didst Thou Doubt?” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org), and ask the children why Peter was afraid. Then ask them to tell about times when they felt afraid and share what helped them. Help them see that faith in Jesus Christ helps us overcome fear.
OLDER CHILDREN
Faith and fear play prominent roles in the story of Jesus and Peter walking on the sea. What can children learn from this story?
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Show the picture in this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families (see also Gospel Art Book, no. 43). Ask the children to find phrases in Matthew 14:22–33 that describe the picture.
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Ask the children to look for signs of faith and signs of fear as they read Matthew 14:22–33. You could also show the video “Wherefore Didst Thou Doubt?” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). What does it mean to have faith in Jesus Christ? Help the children think of times when their faith helped them overcome fear.
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Ask the children to imagine they were present and had a camera when Jesus and Peter walked on the sea. Which moment would they choose to photograph and why? Suggest that they search Matthew 14:22–33 for ideas. Invite them to draw a picture of the moment they chose, share their pictures, and explain why they chose that moment.
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ACTIVITY ALL AGES. “PEACE, BE STILL.” Jesus calming the sea ship scene. Remind youth of the scene where Jesus used His priesthood powers (Mark 4:39) to calm the sea. Use the handle on the back of the scene to move the boat back and forth. READ MORE
. . . JESUS, GOD THE FATHER’S SON . . .
Jesus Christ teaches me about Heavenly Father.
How can Jesus’s teachings about His Father help the children learn about Heavenly Father?
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Create two sets of matching cards labeled with words that Jesus used to teach about Heavenly Father in John 5, such as love, life, and works (see John 5:20, 26, 36). Lay the cards face down, and ask the children to look for matches by flipping over two cards at a time. As each match is made, read the verse that contains the word, and ask the children what the word teaches us about Heavenly Father.
DOWNLOAD I Am Loved From Up Above hearts-on-a-string post-and-present activity (HERE or below). You can use these hearts by making two copies and reducing them in size to play the match game suggested above). -
Ask the children to read John 5:30 and complete this sentence: “I seek not mine own will, but …” How did Jesus Christ do the will of His Heavenly Father? How can we do Heavenly Father’s will?
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. LOVED FROM UP ABOVE Hearts-on-a-String. Youth can share how Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ show Their love for us by allowing us to come to earth, giving us talents, gave us a family; Jesus suffered for our sins, suffered and died for us (and more). READ MORE
SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew 14; Mark 6; John 5-6
APRIL (week 1)
Lesson 14: March 27 – April 2, 2023
“Be Not Afraid”
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