Jesus Without Language

This is where you’ll find an extra resources that have been used but not made their way onto the main site.

 
October 2022
 

This game features in the Persistent Widow Lesson pack.
It involves laying the tiles down in such a way as to form a continuous looping pathway. It can also be played competitively with two players. Each player needs a whole set of the tiles so two sets are provided in different colours.
 

 
File A4 Sized:
File US Letter Sized:
 

Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to ‘The thankful leper’
Each hero set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.

The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(These images are not copyright free, they are for personal/classroom use only.)

Bonus Thank You card: it comes without the writing

The story of the thankful leper lends itself well to group activities. These games play with ideas in the passage found in Luke 17.

How Many “Thank You”s? – Print the game by clicking on the image and downloading the file. Start with 10 people/counters and use a dice to move your crowd from Jesus to the priest and back again. Lose one or more every time you land on a space with writing! How many of your crowd of 10 can make it back to Jesus to say thank you? If you lose all your people you are out of the game!
Link: Only one made it back to say thank you.
 

Group Balance – Write some large numbers on a set of cards and shuffle them. Gather the children together and explain that the first number is the number of people in a group and the second number is the number of hands or feet to be touching the floor. The group then gathers and works out how to balance with the number given. Smaller groups can just use the second number.
Link: Leprosy affects the feeling in your limbs; so lepers may need to work together to do tasks.
 

Musical Chairs – Set out one less chair than there are players. Dance around the chairs until the music stops and then race to sit down. Anyone without a chair is out of the game. Have the last player, the winner, thank the other players for taking part.
Link: many were healed but only one thanked.
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If you want the teachers page then please click on the image for the pdf.

Essential Teachers notes:
This passage holds a very straightforward message of thankfulness. Jesus did not heal for the praise but showing gratitude is a skill we should all aim to model and foster in the youngsters in our care.

Tell this story or a similar one of your choice from a favourite bible translation or story book. This version is supplied for inspiration, feel free to omit or embellish to give it your personal voice.

Main Passage : Luke 17:11-19
Additional passages : none

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There are no shortage of sheep based stories in the bible and this little sheep craft could serve so many of them well.

 
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