Be Like Jesus the Boy in the Temple
A Timely Treasure for Winter 2023 Sunday School
The Luke 2 story of Jesus the Boy in the Temple is a great story for helping your students start the New Year by pledging to BE LIKE JESUS in the church: engaged, learning, at home!
This creative lesson uses your camera or cellphone to help your kids put themselves in the story.
Students recreate and photograph scenes from the story of Jesus as a boy in the Temple in Jerusalem. They have the creative option to recreate five key scenes as a 1st Century "Bible Character Tableaux" — or do a "Photo Shoot" of Jesus ENGAGING in things around the church.
- Jesus the Boy being found by his parents talking/helping in the church kitchen,
- The boy Jesus talking to the Sunday School teacher and class,
- Jesus the boy peaking into the sanctuary.
- Jesus the boy singing in the choir.
So many creative options! ...and such a great way to capture these memories and share them.
I was especially drawn to this lesson because it reminded me of a similar lesson in my church where we had kids and parents visit various costumed people at locations around the church.
The details of Jesus the young boy in the temple photo lesson can work for a very simple or elaborate application. What a fun lesson.
WHERE WILL YOU "FIND" JESUS?
The Storytelling Workshop lesson in the Writing Team's Jesus the Boy in the Temple caught my eye because it uses a popular search and find game technique loved by kids to find Jesus throughout our church and worship space.
You may also want to search and find the neat book referenced in the lesson plan: Finding Jesus by Winston Roundtree. When I looked at the time of this post, it was available at a discount from several booksellers.
Where can your kids find Jesus in their story? Where will others be surprised to find your students' Jesus stickers around your church building, at home, around town?
This lesson has so many fun applications for the creative teacher who wants kids to see Jesus beyond the pages of their Bible.
