Timely Teaching Treasures in our

"Jesus Calls the Disciples" forums

Our Jesus Calls the Disciple public forums and Writing Team's Jesus Calls the Disciples and You! lesson set are full of great lessons and ideas for the "Jesus Calls" stories usually taught soon after Epiphany, Here are a few of my favorites!

FISH PRINTS!

This "fish prints" or "fish stamps" art project is not only fun, it's also a great example of the VARIETY of art techniques and materials found throughout Rotation.org. I especially like this one because it allows our youngest students to "paint" something more interesting than stick figures, hearts, and suns. The instructions show you how to turn dollar store sponges into fish stamps, but there's also an idea for using REAL fish (dead of course) for a super stinky and memorable lesson about becoming a "fisher of people."

"NOBODY" by Casting Crowns

Love this song!  And the music video is a great springboard for discussion with some of your older students. It helps drive home the point that  Jesus chooses you and uses HIS power to work through you.

An "Attractive" Science Experiment about Discipling Others

Science Workshops don’t always show up in a church’s regular rotation of workshops, but this lesson might tempt you—in a good way, of course. It uses magnets to help your students understand about attracting people to Jesus (or repelling them). Then take the "science" up a notch by playing with an electromagnet to learn and demonstrate how the power of Jesus works through us.

Real People Pop-Up Books

Supporting Memberships give us the resources to have our professionally led and edited volunteer Writing Team come up with some spectacular ideas and here's one of them....

I love how this “pop-up book”-inspired Drama Workshop makes retelling the Bible story a very creative and fun experience. And the students learn and think as they come up with words and actions to perform when the director/teacher pulls on their “pull tabs”.

Bible Backgrounds Written for Teachers

Finally, I want to "call" your attention to our Writing Team Bible Backgrounds in general and the Team's "Call of the Disciples" lesson set in particular. They are written for teachers and often have gems in them like this one:

You don't have to have great faith or be really smart or powerful.

Doesn't matter who you are. You are chosen based on his power, not yours.

You don't make yourself, Jesus makes you.

All you need to do is follow and be the student.

~a quote from the Writing Team's Jesus Calls the Disciples and You, Bible Background

The Team's free Bible Backgrounds are open to everyone. You can print them, link to them, or copy and adapt them to suit your needs. Visit the Writing Team's menu of available lesson sets