Gift= FOLLOWING

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The four men were called to follow, to walk in the dust of a rabbi, becoming like him and learning to fish for men. These games all hang on the ideas of calling, imitating and fishing.

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

Magnet men

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Quiet game

Can be seated

Make up fishing poles using a dowel, string, and a magnet hook. Then cut out some small man shapes and slide a paper-clip around their waist. A quick time-saver is to cut a people paper chain and then divide it up. Add a twist by writing a task for the child to fulfil on each paper man.

Mirror Mirror

All Ages

Any size group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

Stand opposite your partner. Copy your partner’s gestures. E.g. lift your right arm and your partner will lift his left, smile and your partner will smile, etc

Fishing for…

Under 7’s

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

You’ll need plenty of items, small multicolour balls/beanbags work well in a group, or if you are at home, any item from around the house. In this gathering game, you gather things that share an attribute, perhaps a colour or a shape etc.

Follow the leader

Under 7’s

Any size group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

A classic copying game that takes you on a journey around your space.

Tag or catch

Under 7’s

Any size group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

Another classic but perfect to get the wriggles out and still links well.

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This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and a spilt pin (a ‘brad’ for our American friends).

Add colour if needed and cut out both pieces.

Make a small hole where the two small circles show.

Thread the split pin though the holes with the net behind the boat.

Open out the spit pin on the back.

Spin the circle to ‘change’ what the men are catching.

(There is a small “fishers of men” sign included if you wish to add it to the sail.)

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A4 size
(210 x 297 mm)

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This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, a mirror, scissors, and glue. I would strongly recommend a push pin and ruler for scoring too.

Score along all the straight inner lines on 3 of the pieces if you are scoring.

Cut out all the shapes.

Fold up each piece apart from the base – all the folds go the same way.

Glue together to make a triangular tube.

Find the letter side of your tube and the corresponding letter placement on the base.

Glue onto the base.

Repeat until all three pieces are in place.

Check your image is in the correct order by viewing at an angle.

To be sure, repeat in the other direction!

Now place the edge against a mirror and view the whole picture.

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A4 size
(210 x 297 mm)

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(8.5″ x 11″)

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These are the Character resources provided for: The first 4 Disciples (Mark 1)

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

For each passage, there is a collectable card alongside high-quality character images and a colouring page. All other graphics are extra’s!

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Use can use them for teaching, games, publicity, decorations, big screen presentations, flannel graphs, stickers, or any other non-commercial activity in your church, school, home, or organised group.
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Jesus was walking along the shore of the Sea of Galilee one day when he spotted some fishermen in their boats. Some were casting their nets out into the shallow waters; others were mending their nets, perhaps having already caught some fish, perhaps about to start.

As he got near the boat of Simon and Andrew, he called out, “Follow me and I will teach you to fish for people.” So they left everything to go with him. Further along were two brothers, James and John; Jesus called out the same words and they too left their boats behind.

HOLD ON! HUH?

What’s going on here? A single sentence and 4 men leave everything behind to follow a stranger? Really? Perhaps there is something more to this story. Lets go backwards.

Children in Jesus’ time would study scripture, memorising long passages from a rabbi at the synagogue. Only the best, not only in remembering but also in how they acted, would be sent to the school when they were older. Sometimes rabbis would come to the schools. The rabbis would call the best students to ‘follow them’. It was a great honour to be called. Following a rabbi didn’t just mean travelling with them. It meant studying everything about the rabbi. Learning how he understood the scriptures, how he lived everyday, even how he tied his sandals. The students’ job was to become like the rabbi so they could one day become a rabbi too.

Back to the beach and the boats and the men. This isn’t the first time Andrew had seen Jesus. Andrew had been a follower of John the Baptist and had seen when Jesus was baptised. He’d heard the word of God from Heaven as Jesus came out the water that day. If Andrew knew, then all the fishermen along the banks of the Galilee knew. Whoever this Jesus was, he was special.

So when someone spots Jesus walking along the shore, the whispers start. “Isn’t that Jesus from Nazareth that John baptised?” They whisper.

“John the Baptist has been arrested. Perhaps he’ll continue his work.”
“Or do something even bigger.”
“What can be bigger than baptising hundreds?”
“I’d love to find out!”

So, when Jesus chose 4 fishermen and said ‘follow me’. WOW! It was like getting picked for the best team ever. They had probably dreamed of a day they might hear a rabbi say those words to them, but fishing out in the boats they didn’t have a chance, or did they? Jesus calls, and the men run. They got picked! They got chosen! Chosen not to gather fish but to gather people. To us it’s just a few words, but they knew deep down what those words meant.

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