Last Supper

A Bible Skills and Games Workshop

Using either a Bowling Game or a "Toss Across" game

Summary:

Students play a Bible Bowling or Toss Across Quiz Game to review, discuss, and remember the story and meaning of the Last Supper.

Use either "Toss Across" or the Bowling Pins game to determine the "point value" a correct answer gets awarded. If using the Toss Across Game, label the X's and O's with numbers 3 to 10. When a player/team gets an answer correct, they toss to see how many points they win. if using the Bowling Game, they toss the ball to see how many pins they knock down. Each pin = 1 pts.

Scripture Reference:

Luke 22:7-20

Memory Verse:

Luke 22:19b: "do in remembrance of me"

Editor's Note:
The questions here could be used in any type of quiz game. The Commmunion FAQ's are very interesting, and they could be questions (or a quiz) that the kids have to answer.

Supplies:

• 10 plastic bowling pins and a plastic bowling ball OR a Toss Across game with the X/O's replaced with numbers 3 thru 10.
• Chalkboard/flipchart scoreboard.
• Masking tape (to mark where the game goes and line the kids must roll or toss from

Lesson Plan

Opening

Greet the children, and explain what they'll be doing today and what you hope they will learn.

Bible Bowling/Toss Across Quiz Rules:

• Divide into teams (2 or 3 teams works best)
• Each team answers a question. You can decide if the question has to be answered by one person or the whole team.
• Players should try to answer from memory, but may opt for "a hint."
• If they get it right (from memory), one person from that team gets ONE ROLL to knock down the pins or ONE TOSS of the beanbag.
• If they get it right with help of a hint, they get one chance to knock down the pins but must do so with their hands over their eyes (or throwing backwards) to make it more difficult).
• If they get the answer wrong, no chances, and the next team can try and answer.
• Alternate between teams.
• Let each person have a chance to bowl or toss. Have the non-bowling/tossing team manage the pins.

Scoring:

• They win however many pins they knock down, or whatever number on the Toss Across board they flip with their beanbag.
  
  

The Last Supper Trivia (Game) Questions
(Luke 22: 7 –20)

1. The bible story we read today was from what book in the bible? (Luke)

2. Is this book in the first half or last half of the bible? (Last)

3. Is the book of Luke in the Old or New Testament? (New)

4. Jesus and the disciples were getting ready to celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. What’s another name for this celebration? (The Passover) –Luke 22: 7
a. Birthday party
b. The Passover
c. Baptism

5. What is unleavened bread? (Bread made with out yeast)
a. Bread made without yeast
b. Yeast bread that has been flattened
c. Bread made to dip into soup

6. Jesus sent two disciples into the city to prepare the Passover meal to eat. Name one of those disciples. (Either Peter or John – don’t give away the second answer) – Luke 22: 8
a. Bartholomew
b. Andrew
c. Peter

7. Name the second disciple who went to prepare the meal. (Either Peter or John)
a. James
b. John
c. Judas

8. How did Peter and John know where to go? (Jesus gave them instructions – They were to find a man carrying a jar of water and follow him to a house) – Luke 22: 10
a. Jesus gave them instructions
b. They walked until they saw someone that looked friendly and asked to use his house.
c. They prayed

9. The owner of the house showed Peter and John a room where they could have the Passover meal. Where was this room located? (Upstairs) – Luke 22: 11-12
a. Basement
b. Living Room
c. Upstairs

10. At the first Lord’s Supper, who sat at the table with Jesus? (The disciples, the apostles, or name each one – Simon Peter, Simon, Thomas, Thaddeus, James, John, James Judas, Matthew, Andrew, Phillip, Bartholomew – They may use a “helper” to get the names – 2 S’s – 2 T’s - 4 J’s – and Map B) – Luke 22:14
a. Saul
b. David
c. The disciples or apostles

11. When did Jesus say He would eat His next Passover meal? (When the Kingdom of God comes) – Luke 22:16
a. When the Kingdom of God comes
b. When He got hungry
c. Tomorrow

12. Why was the Last Supper eaten in secret? (Because the religious leaders were trying to arrest and kill Jesus) Luke 22: 2

13. During the Passover meal, Jesus took a piece of bread, gave thanks to God, broke it and said, - what? (This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.) – Luke 22: 19 (This is the memory verse)
a. A table grace prayer
b. Eat up
c. This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.

14. After supper, he gave the cup of wine to his disciples and said, “This cup is God’s new covenant sealed with my _____, which is poured out for you.” What was it sealed with? (Jesus’ blood) – Luke 22:20
a. Glue
b. Wax
c. Blood

15. When Jesus said God’s new covenant was sealed with His own blood, what did He mean? (Jesus, himself, would die to save our sins)
a. He cut his finger to show us He cared
b. Jesus would die to save our sins
c. Jesus gave blood at the hospital for a sick person

16. What is a covenant? (A promise – a binding agreement)
a. A blanket
b. A promise – a binding agreement
c. A game

17. (Hard) What is the new covenant that Jesus talks about? (The new covenant replaces the old covenant. The old covenant was with Israel through Moses. It dates back to when God freed the Israelites from Egyptian slavery – which is why the Jews celebrate Passover – the same celebration that Jesus was having with His disciples at the Last Supper. Jeremiah predicted the new covenant in the Old Testament. -(Jeremiah 31:31-34)- It said God would write His law on our hearts, to be our God and we His people, forgive us and remember our sins no more) – Simplified - The Last Supper signified the replacement of the old covenant (set free from slavery) with the new covenant (set free from sin), which was sealed solely by the blood of Jesus.

18. (Hard) How did God bring us the new covenant? (Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ – The promise of eternal life – The promise of eternal freedom from our sins)

19. What did Jesus serve at the Last Supper? (Wine and unleavened bread)
a. Roast
b. Apples
c. Wine
d. Unleavened bread (without yeast)

20. What did the bread signify according to Jesus? (His body)
a. Food
b. Heaven
c. Jesus’ body

21. What does the wine symbolize? (His blood)
a. Fruit
b. His blood
c. Jesus was thirsty

22. Why do we share the Lord’s Supper now? (To remember Jesus – To remember that Jesus died so we can go to heaven –to remind us that Jesus died on the cross for our sins)
a. To remember Jesus
b. To remember that Jesus died so we can go to heaven
c. Because we’re hungry
d. To remind us that Jesus died on the cross for our sins

23. What do we call the Lord’s Supper today? (Communion)
a. Food
b. Passover
c. Communion

24. Repeat the memory verse now. (And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.

25. What is the text for our memory verse? (Luke 22: 19)

“Communion Questions”

Read the bible story.

• Tell the kids to get their thinking caps on. We have a guest coming to class this morning. He wants to see if you can think of a question that will stump him about communion.
• Invite a deacon, pastor, or respected member of the congregation to the class. (If you can’t find someone, that’s ok – you can answer the questions just fine. But it’s nice to give the kids someone else to look up to in their faith.)
• Have the kids ask the deacon/pastor questions about communion.
• You can set an “altar” up in your classroom. Piano bench covered with a black or white tablecloth. Place the communion dishes on this. (Or you may want to take the kids up to the front of the church to see the altar and altar rail. This may stimulate more questions.)
• Talk about different types of bread (loaves of bread, pieces of bread, wafers) and different kinds of cups (small vs. chalice) – have examples of each, if possible.
• Look at the different kinds/types of communion glasses, common cups, trays & plates. Talk about taking communion by glass and wafer vs. by common cup/intinction.

These questions are meant to stimulate your thoughts and prepare for class. They are just a sample of what the kids might come up with during class. They are not meant to be memorized.

1. Where do you get the grape juice and bread for communion?
a. A member of the church buys the bread/wafer and wine/juice at a grocery store. Some churches have a member bake the bread for them. During the communion service, we pray that God will use these regular foods in a special way to grow closer to God.

2. How do you get the wine/juice in those little cups?
a. We fill a special big cup with the wine/juice to make it easier to pour it into the small glasses.

3. Where did the communion plates and trays come from?
a. Sometimes the church buys their communion plates and trays, but other times people give them as a gift to the church (as a memorial).

4. Why are the communion plates and trays so fancy?
a. Do you ever use special or fancy dishes at your house on holidays or birthdays? That is a way families make those times of celebration more special. We are doing that in the church, too. When we use pretty or fancy communion plates and trays it shows the congregation that this is a special service.

5. Who are the people up front that serve the communion?
a. The leaders of our church are called the deacons. They have been elected by the congregation to make decisions for our church. Only the deacons and the pastor may serve communion.

6. What does the name communion mean?
a. It means, “to share”. When we have communion we are sharing with God and with other members of the church.

7. I heard someone use the word “sacrament” when they talked about communion. What’s that?
a. The word “sacrament” is related to the word “sacred” which means “holy” or “set aside for the worship of God”. When we celebrate communion, we are setting aside the bread and wine/juice as a special way to worship God.

8. Why do we take communion anyway?
a. To remember Jesus and what He did for us. (Died for us).

9. Why did Jesus serve The Last Supper?
a. To remind His follower that He gave His body and blood for the forgiveness of our sins.
b. As a remembrance of The Passover meal. The Passover was a special meal when the Jews gave thanks for the time - hundreds of years earlier - when their ancestors - the Israelites - escaped from slavery in Egypt (Moses’ time). This was about the last plague in Israel. God “passed over” the homes of the people that had blood on their doors – and the first-born son was not killed.

10. Why is everyone so quiet during communion?
a. Being quiet is a way to show respect for something or someone. We are respectful toward God and the other people in church when we are quiet. It gives us time to pray and think about God.

11. We always go up front to take communion. I visited a church once, and they passed the bread and wine/juice to us while we were seated.
a. There are many ways of sharing the bread and wine/juice. The tradition in our church is to walk up front to the altar and kneel while we take communion. In some churches, they pass the trays along the pews. In others, they walk up front and dip the bread into the wine/juice cup to take communion. This is called intinction. The way we receive the bread and wine/juice is not as important as remembering Jesus.

12. What happens to the little cups after communion?
a. They are plastic and we throw them away. We used to use glass cups. They had to be washed.

13. Who can take communion?
a. It’s different in different churches. Some can be young children. Others have to wait until they are confirmed, but they all have to take some instruction before they take communion. In our church kids as young as 5 take communion.

14. I went to another church one time and they said I couldn’t take communion there. Why not?
a. Some churches have a rule that you must be a member of that particular church to take communion with them. If you are visiting a different church when they are having communion, ask your host, your parents, or the usher if you can share communion there, too. At our church, anyone is welcome to take communion as long as they believe in Christ and have received instructions on communion at their home church.

15. When they pass out the bread, they say, “The body of Christ broken for you”. What does that mean?
a. By saying this we remember that Jesus died on the cross for us – that his body was broken for us. These are also the words that Jesus said to the disciples when he shared bread with them.

16. Why do we call it “bread” when it is a little wafer?
a. This is bread that does not have any yeast in it. This might have been like the kind of bread that Jesus used. When the bread does not have any yeast – it is hard and crunchy, like crackers.

17. How about the wine/juice. Why do they say, “The blood of Christ shed for you”, when we pass the wine/juice.
a. Again this helps us remember that Christ died for us – that his blood was shed for us. This is also similar to what Jesus said to the disciples.

18. Who decides when we will have communion?
a. The pastor, the deacons, and the church council get together and make that decision. Right now we have communion on the first Sunday of every month.

19. Why do we put the bread and wine/juice on the altar?
a. To remind us that Christ is the ultimate sacrifice and was placed on the altar for us.

20. Why do we have both wine and juice to choose from?
a. Wine was very common at the time of Jesus because it was a way to preserve the juice. They didn’t have refrigerators as we do. We offer both so there is a choice. Some people prefer wine – because that’s what Jesus drank. Others prefer juice. (Alcoholics, children, etc) We feel it’s more important to take communion, than what liquid you drink.

21. I think it would be neat to have communion at home. Could we borrow the cups and plates to do that?
a. No. Not just anyone is allowed to offer communion. Communion needs to be led by a pastor. They have been given special training and authority to offer this sacrament to us. The pastor could come to your house. In fact, he does offer communion to the shut-ins – the people that can’t get out to church very easily.

22. How has communion changed over the years?
a. In many churches, communion has become more open. It used to be that many churches would refuse to let anyone other than their own members take communion. Now many churches offer communion to whoever comes to worship. It also is more open to younger children than ever before. This is all good, because communion is a gift of Grace from God. And as many people as possible should celebrate God’s love.

Closing:

Close with a prayer that we would "Remember what Jesus did for us as well as his story."

A lesson written by Rachel Haugland from: Elim Lutheran Church and updated by the Rotation.org Content Team

Based in part on a quiz posted by Kirk of Kildaire Church