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Youth Ministry Institute

The Gospel of Luke Bible Study for Youth – Lesson 3: Luke 6-8

A bible study on the Gospel of Luke for youth based on the Yale Bible Study series.

Practice Duration 60 minutes
Lesson developed byJill Olds
Materials Checklist
  • If in person, collect every day items that one might accumulate (car keys, wallet, bags, house (doll house or Legos), clothing, etc) – you will need enough for each student to have at least 2 items.
  • If virtual, ask the kids to collect some of these items from their home and have them available.
  • Laptop or media device with “Pay It Forward” video (YouTube clip.)

Introduction for Leaders

Gather

  • Begin with a check in with members
  • Ask a group member to read the focal Scripture
  • Open with prayer

Engage

Select the option that best suits your group’s needs:

Exercise Option 1:

  • Tell the students that we’re going to play “Life,” and you’re giving them things that one might accumulate in life. They are required to hold onto these things for the duration of the game.
  • Hand out things like car keys, a wallet, a laptop, a phone, a dollhouse if you have one on hand, etc.
  • Each of the students’ hands has to be full of at least one, possibly two things; but leave out one person.
  • Then, tell them that they are now tasked with one simple thing: tying their shoes. The one person whose hands are empty bends down to tie his shoes. (The point is that they can’t complete the task while holding all of the “things” we try to accumulate in life. What they’re holding are things that are not especially useful for the task at hand. And yet, they are so often our focus.)

Exercise Option 2:

Watch the video clip together. (YouTube clip)

Then, discuss: does this feel real to you? Why or why not?

Reflect

Reflect Together on the Following Questions:

1. How does it feel to think about Jesus preferring one group of people over another?
2. Does this sound familiar, as we think about other stories we have talked about recently? (Hint: Mary’s story from two sessions prior.)
3. What do we think about the sermon on the plain? Is living a life like this even possible?
4. What does it mean to live life more simply? What might that look like in our context, and how might we still own things like computers and phones, without letting them own us?

Send Forth

Close the lesson in prayer (either the leader or a group member)

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