The Gospel of Luke Bible Study for Youth – Lesson 4: Luke 9-11

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

Unsweetened bakers chocolate bars for each person (in foil so that students do not see the wrappers)
Laptop or media device with the following clip “Les Miserables – The Bishop” (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:

Another chocolate one! (The kids will be excited about this, given that they all got to eat chocolate in the exercise from a few weeks ago.)
Excitedly tell them that they can eat all of this that they want, and place the bar, with the wrapping opened and not visible, in front of them. The trick? It’s unsweetened baker’s chocolate.
Ask them how it tastes, and reflect with them that cacao beans are not sweet, and yet are necessary for making delicious chocolate. (If you’re feeling generous, then give them some real chocolate to eat.)

Exercise Option 2:

Watch the video clip together (YouTube clip)

Reflect

Reflect Together on the Following Questions:

1. For those who know the story of “Les Misérables,” what impact did this priest’s give have upon Jean Valjean?
2. What might it look like to have grace shown to us in our schools? In the political arena? Who would the Good Samaritan be, and who would the traveler be, depending upon who is telling the story?
3. How might an act of kindness transform us? Has anything like that ever happened to you?
4. What does it mean to consider that Samaritans were looked down upon by Jews (unsweetened chocolate)? Why did Jesus use this person to tell his story?
5. How do difficult things (unsweetened chocolate, Valjean’s past) help lead to grace?

Send Forth

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

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