New Testament LESSON 23
Teaching Primary & Home – Come Follow Me just got easier with our activities for JUNE (week #1)
Theme: “In Remembrance”
Matthew 26; Mark 14; John 13
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 23 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 the 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 23-36 Scripture Scholars
June’s BUNDLE of BOOKMARKS, POP-UPs, and STAMPS. Glue STAMPS onto the STAMP KEEPER (to download separately, below).
JUNE STAMPS $1.50
Stamps for weeks 1-4 Scripture Scholars Lessons 23-26 – 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:
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. . . THINKING OF JESUS AS OUR SAVIOR . . .
Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–24
The sacrament helps me think about Jesus.
Help the children understand that taking the sacrament is a chance to remember what Jesus has done for us.
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Summarize the account of Jesus introducing the sacrament. You might use “Chapter 49: The First Sacrament” (in New Testament Stories, 124–26, or the corresponding video on ChurchofJesusChrist.org), or the video “Sacrament” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Why do we take the sacrament? Help the children understand that we remember Jesus during the sacrament.
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Show the children a piece of bread and a cup of water. Ask them if they know what the sacrament bread and water stand for. Explain that these emblems help us remember that Jesus died for us and rose from the dead.
DOWNLOAD Remember Jesus Sacrament Symbols puzzle (HERE or below) -
Ask the children to close their eyes and think of someone they love, and then invite them to tell you about that person. Ask them to close their eyes again, think of the Savior, and then share things they know about Him. Encourage them to think about Jesus during the sacrament each week.
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Invite the children to show you what they can do to remember Jesus and be reverent during the sacrament. Help the children make the booklet described on this week’s activity page and use it to help them think about Jesus during the sacrament. Or let them search some Church magazines for pictures of Jesus and create a collage they can look at during the sacrament.
OLDER CHILDREN
Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–24
The sacrament helps me remember Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for me.
How can you help the children have a more meaningful experience with the sacrament?
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Invite the children to take turns reading the verses in Matthew 26:26–29 or Mark 14:22–24 (see also Joseph Smith Translation, Mark 14:20–24 [in the Bible appendix]) and Doctrine and Covenants 20:75–79. What words and ideas are similar in the two passages?
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Ask the children what they do to help them think about Jesus during the sacrament. Help them find scriptures or words from sacrament hymns that they could read during the sacrament, and then list them on a card that the children can refer to the next time they take the sacrament. Sing a few of these songs with the children (see Hymns, nos. 169–97).
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Write key phrases from the sacrament prayers on the board, and help the children memorize them. What do these phrases mean? Why is it important to renew our baptismal covenants every week?
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Invite an Aaronic Priesthood holder to tell the children about his experience preparing, blessing, or passing the sacrament. What helps him prepare to do this? How does he feel as he does it? How do the bread and water remind him of the Savior?
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Ask children who have been baptized to share what they remember about their baptisms. How did they feel? What covenants did they make? (see Mosiah 18:8–10).
DOWNLOAD Baptism Promises to Serve match game (HERE or below)
Tell them that every week when we partake of the sacrament, it can be like being baptized again—we can be forgiven of our sins, and we renew our covenants.
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
The sacrament helps me think about Jesus.
It helps me remember Jesus Christ’s sacrifice for me.
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. BAPTISM PROMISES TO SERVE match game. Youth can renew covenants when they are baptized. They promise to: Bear one another’s burdens, Mourn with those who mourn; Comfort those that need comfort; Stand as a witness, and Keep the commandments (Mosiah 18:8-10). READ MORE
AGES 1-5 LESSON ACTIVITY. I WILL THINK ABOUT JESUS – poster or coloring page. Children are instructed to do the following DURING THE SACRAMENT: Sing or listen to the sacrament song, listen to sacrament prayers, think about stories of Jesus, and try to always remember Him. The Home Activity has parents reminding them to be reverent during the sacrament and to think about Jesus as they partake of the bread and water. READ MORE
THE FIRST SACRAMENT
AGES 4-7 LESSON ACTIVITY. I WILL REMEMBER JESUS: Last Supper shadow box. Children can remember (with this shadow box) the first sacrament Jesus gave to His 12 Apostles to eat the bread and drink the water to remember Him. He was about to complete His mission, to suffer and die for all of us. READ MORE
AGES 8-11 YOUTH GOAL PLANNER. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SACRAMENT. Youth can ponder scriptures regarding the Last Supper, sacrament hymns and prayers, and why they partake of the sacrament bread and water. Here they can note promises to make as they partake of the sacrament thinking about their baptismal covenants. Promise Ideas are noted on the planner (from them & Heavenly Father). READ MORE
MATTHEW 26
AGES 4-7 LESSON ACTIVITY. I WILL REMEMBER JESUS: Last Supper shadow box. Children can remember (with this shadow box) the first sacrament Jesus gave to His 12 Apostles to eat the bread and drink the water to remember Him. He was about to complete His mission, to suffer and die for all of us. READ MORE
YOUTH GOAL ACTIVITY. REMEMBER JESUS: Sacrament Symbols puzzle. Youth can ponder this sacrament prayer found in 3 Nephi 18 to partake of the: (verse 7) BREAD in remembrance of the Savior’s body as a testimony they will always remember Him. (verse 11) WATER with repentance and baptism, remembering the Savior’s blood shed for them. With the promise to always remember Him, they will have His Spirit to be with them. READ MORE
MUSIC SINGING ACTIVITY. I STAND ALL AMAZED song visuals, Hymn 193. They can be amazed at the love Jesus offers them, that He was crucified (suffered and died) for them that if they repent they can be rescued by Him, their Savior. They can ponder how through His love and devotion to them that He was willing to suffer, bleed, and die, paying their debt. And because of this, they want to kneel at His feet to worship Him. READ MORE
. . . LOVING OTHERS LIKE JESUS . . .
I can love others as Jesus did.
Jesus showed His love by caring for those around Him. What opportunities do the children you teach have to show their love for others?
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Show pictures of stories the children have learned this year when Jesus showed His love for others (see past outlines in Come, Follow Me—For Individuals and Families). Read John 13:34–35, and help the children repeat the phrase “As I have loved you, … love one another.” How can we show our love for our family and friends?
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Invite a child to hold a picture of the Savior as the class sings a song about the Savior’s love, such as “Love One Another” (Children’s Songbook, 136).
DOWNLOAD Love One Another song visuals (HERE or below).
Give the children paper hearts and invite them to draw a picture of themselves doing something to show their love for another person.Jesus Christ showed me how to serve others.
The account of the Savior washing His disciples’ feet can inspire the children you teach to lovingly serve people around them.
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A few days in advance, ask one of the children to read John 13:4–9 and share the account with the class from the perspective of Peter. What was the Savior trying to teach Peter and the other Apostles? The children could talk about what they learn from this story about Jesus Christ. What do we learn about serving others?
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Read together John 13:12–17. Ask the children to each write about a time when the Savior served another person. Encourage them to include what they learn from His example. If they need help, they could look for examples in the video “Christlike Attributes” (ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Invite them to share what they wrote with the class.
Disciples of Jesus Christ love others as He did.
When we are baptized, we make covenants to become disciples of Jesus Christ. In John 13:34–35, the Savior described how we can show that we are His disciples.
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Write on the board _______ one another; as I have ______ you (John 13:34). Invite the children to look up the scripture and fill in the blanks. What other things can we do to show we are disciples of Christ? The children might think of other words that would complete the sentence on the board, such as serve and served or teach and taught.
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Invite the children to read John 13:35 and think of people they know who are examples of disciples of Jesus Christ. Ask them to share how these people show love for others as the Savior did.
DOWNLOAD John 13:15 scripture poster/card set (HERE or below)
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ACTIVITIES FOR:
I can love others as Jesus did.
Jesus Christ showed me how to serve others.
Disciples of Jesus Christ love others as He did.
POST-AND-PRESENT ACTIVITY. I WILL FOLLOW JESUS Service Road Game. Youth can learn to love others. Tell them, “If we have a life of service, we can become like Jesus. Then we—like Jesus—can have eternal life and live with Heavenly Father again someday.” Follow Jesus on His service road and be the first to get to Eternal Life. READ MORE
AGES 1-5 ACTIVITY. I CAN “BEE” A FRIEND: Jesus is our loving 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
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
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 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
SINGING TIME. LOVE ONE ANOTHER song visuals. Children and youth can sing using these cue posters. Lyrics “As I have loved you, Love one another. This new commandment: Love one another. By this shall men know Ye are my disciples If ye have love One to another.” READ MORE
SUMMARY OF SUBJECTS FOR:
NEW TESTAMENT
Matthew 26; Mark 14; John 13
JUNE (week 1)
Lesson 23: May 29 – June 4, 2023
“In Remembrance”
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