The Good Samaritan

Hi everyone and welcome to Christchurch Kids. Today we are looking at  a story Jesus told called the Parable of the Good Samaritan and we've got a special guest too. Our video comes from 'The Diary of a Disciple: Luke's Story'. It's a great version of the book of Luke from the Bible told in the style of 'The Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. It's definitely a Christchurch Kids recommended read.

We're really excited to tell you that we have a special message from Supergranny. She has had some unexpected help this week.

Thanks Supergranny. We hope you are feeling better soon.

A challenge

Today we have a challenge for you. How can you think about your neighbour? Who is your neighbour? Is it the person who actually lives next door to you? Is it your friends and family? Could it be people living in another country? 

In our parable today, the Samaritan stopped and helped someone who needed help. Can you think of a way to help someone today? Maybe you could use your talents we talked about with Supergranny a few of weeks ago. That could mean helping someone in your house. You might like to cook something for someone in your road. You could write a letter or draw a picture and pop it in the post. 

Would you like a bigger challenge? Just like the man who needed help in the parable, there are lots of people around the world who need help. Poverty is a word that means people don't have enough. That means they don't have enough food or water. They might not have enough money for their children to go school. If you would like to find out how you can help people living in poverty, have a look at the website for Tearfund. It's a fantastic charity working alongside people around the world and making a big difference. 

The first thing that Tearfund asks us to do is pray. You can find a guide to praying for Tearfund and their many projects around the world here.

Another thing that Tearfund asks is that we do something to help. Have a look here to see ways they suggest we can act.  You could take their plastic pledge to try to reduce the amount of plastic we use.

Jesus told his disciples that people would know we follow him if we love others. That's our colouring page today and you can download it here

We have a great Chat Mat about our parable today. You can download it here, colour it in and chat about it with your family.

  

Prayer

We are thinking of others today in our story and in our prayers. You can draw an outline of a person and write the names of people you would like to pray for. Spend a moment sitting quietly. If you start thinking about someone, that may mean God is asking you to pray for them. Spend a little while praying for the people you have written down. You could put your picture up on a wall and when you see it, you could say a prayer for those people.

We've got a great new song to sing today. It's called One Way Jesus. There are some fun actions to join in with so have a listen to the song and then have a go at joining in. 

Thanks for popping by today. Don't forget you can still take part with our Prayer wall at church. We would love to see your prayers appear on the net. You can find out more about it here.

We hope you have a great week and we will see you again on Wiggle Wednesday.