Jesus is With Us Always
Say: The verse that we read in Revelation talks about Jesus, “who is and who was and who is to come”. We’ve learned about the prophecies about who Jesus WAS when He came to earth on that first Christmas and then grew up to teach and do miracles and die on the cross and rise again. And we learned about Jesus who IS TO COME on the Last Day. Now we are going to think about how Jesus IS with us here and now in the present.
The Bible Reading
Read Matthew 28:16-20
Say: Jesus says this to His disciples shortly before He leaves them to return to heaven. The disciples could no longer see Jesus, just like we can’t see Jesus in person. How is it that Jesus was with them—and is with us now? (Possible answers might be in His Word the Bible, hearing His Word in Sunday School, hearing His Word from the pastor; receiving Jesus at your baptism; in the Lord’s Supper; when you pray; when you sing or listen to Christian songs; your faith; through the Church; etc.)
The Activity
We have two activities that will help reinforce the answers that you just talked about:
Option 1 is to play charades. Write each of the answers down on a piece of paper. Someone chooses one of these pieces and then acts it out while the rest of you try to guess what it is.
Option 2 involves the memory/matching game. Use cardstock to create the game pieces. Write each of the words on two of the game pieces. Turn them all over, mix them up, and then lay them out in a grid. Family members take turns turning over two of the pieces, trying to make a match. When you have made a match, take a moment to talk again about that way that Jesus comes to us.
The Song
You can close out your “service” by singing “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”.
