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OPENING ACTIVITIES
Greet the kids warm[Y.
(Optionat)Teach the action song, Healer.
Bible Text: Review [ast weeks lesson (God Provides for Our
Luke 17:11-19 (Jesus Heals Ten When We Seek Him First). Ask the kids: How did you
Lepers) God first last week?
Ask someone to [ead in prayer. Thank God for His
protection"

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Resources for Parents:
./ "Coronavirus (COVID-19): How to Talk to Your Chitd
(for Parents) - Nemours l(idsHeatthl' Edited by Jen
Shroff Pendtey, KidsHealth, The Nemours Foundat
Aprit 2O2O, kidshealth.orglen/parents/coron
how-talk-chitd.htmt

Have you heard of the Covid-19 pandemic? (By this

Memory Verse: they probabty have an idea what it is. Find out what they
"t will give you back your health know and correct them if they have any wrong
and heal your wounds," saYs the Covid-19 stands for corona virus disease. lt is an
that began to spread in 2019, causing peopte to have
symptoms. lt quickty became a pandemic because it
wortdwide, affecting many countries across the globe'
How do you feel about the Covid-19 pandemic? (Let
respond. Ask also how they feeI about other serious d

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 loetes, tubercu[osis, heart probtems, and
:
^ear about these diseases, our first reaction
: .ri anxious. But remember this: God,
-:' has the power to heal those who
, : : !:s And He can give us the strength
- -::e these diseases if we or our loved
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lier
::s for Our' When Jesus was traveting to lerusalem, He traveled
low did yo- atong the border between Samaria and Gatilee. When
He was about to enter the vittage, ten men who had
,: .:r His con:
[eprosy catled out to Him. They stood at a distance,
because they were not a[lowed to come near peopte
who were clean. (ln Bible times, there was no cure for
:a'
.i -, i-]^ [eprosy. lf a person had [eprosy, he/she was considered
an outcast and could not live among heatthy peopte.)
=':"CSSwiSe. They called out to Him, "Jesus! Master! Have pity
- : r the f ront part and decorate on us!"
When Jesus saw the men. He said, "Go and show
.:er' write a short message of yoursetves to the priests.'And as they were going to
:- :an write. "l am praying for the priests, they were healed.
=. .,cul" (Otder kids may write One of the lepers saw that he was hea[ed, so he
:an aLso decorate this page came back to Jesus and thanked Him. He praised God
in a loud voice. He knelt at Jesus' feet and thanked
Him. He was a Samaritan.
=-s3ns such as church members Jesus asked the man, "Weren't a[[ ten cteansed?
=. :i youi' students who may Where are the other nine? Has no one returned to
- := and address their letters give praise to God except this foreigner?" Then iesus
.* -- e., --
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said to the Samaritan, "Rise and go. Your faith has
- ,l_:t'ts:
: sicry: Most of the time, made you we[[."
-^-J -:--_ r. es us reatly sad. That's why
:-eer up and encourage our Discussion Questions;
,,, ho are sick and suffering
1. What did the ten [epers ask ]esus to do? (To have
,',: are going to send the letters pitv on them and healthem)
: : : r' f riends and loved ones 2 What did they do after they were healed? (Onty
: : -- olacel. Let's pray that one leper carne back; he kneit and thanked Jesus.)
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 3. lf you were one of the ten [epers, what would
do once you see that you are healed? Would
you CLOSING ACTIVITIES
you
run to lesus to thank Him, or would you Teach the memory verse. Use hanc . =-
simpty
go on with your Iife? memorization fun and easy.
4. Do you believe that jesus sti[[ has the power
to
heal serious diseases today? "l will give you back your health ond Fre@
5. lf Jesus can heal even serious diseases,
then why
wounds," says the L1RD.
do some people keep on being sick and sometimes Jeremiah 3C
even die from ittness? (Jesus knows what is
best
for us. Sometimes, He decides to hea[ us at
once
when we pray. But He may also decide to
atlow
us to go through the iItness and experience
His
comfort and grace in the midst of it. Or He
may
decide to cure us in a different way: by taking
us
home to heaven where there is no slckness
o,
sadness or pain. Remember,
Jesus loves us and
has planned good things for us. We can
trust Him I WILL GIVE YOU BACI(
no matter what happensl)
(Mime giving something away

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Its not easy to be sick, especiatly when you
are infected
by a serious disease, tike Covid-19, cancer,
or other Iife_ YOUR HEALTH
threatening diseases. The sick person not
onty goes (Show your muscles)
through the sickness, but atso through the discrimination
that comes with it especiatty if the disease is
contagious.
Leprosy is a contagious disease, though
not ,,
contagious as the flu. Because of the advances
in science
and medicine, [eprosy is now curable.
God enabted
doctors to discover that there are antibiotics
that can
treat this itlness. But back in Bibte times,
[eprosy had
no cure. Lepers were prohibited from AND HEAL YOUR WOUNDS
[iving among
heatthy peopte. They were considered (Touch your shoutders then putt
outcasts in the hands
society-tota[ly shut off from the community. into ctosed fists)
Sometimes, [ike what happened to the
people witl look at us differently
contagious disease. lt could be because
ten [epers,
when we carry a
they are afraid m*ry
to catch the virus or they could be misinformed
it. iesus sees and understands our
how He saw and hetped the ten t"p"rr][ru,
and is witting to hetp us, too. We just
about
struggles. Just [ike
sees us
need to put our
mtuil
SAYS THE LORD
faith in Him. (Make a sign for letter L and
move hand downwa.:
Lets pray for the sick. (Spend this time diagona[[y from shoulder to waist)
praying
specificatly for Covid-l9 patients and
patients with
other serious diseases pray to God;
ask for His heating
and comfort.) (Optionat) Sing Healer as a ctosing/response

Lead the ctass in closing prayer.

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OPENING ACTIVIT!ES
Greet the kids warmty.
ts;rble Text: (Optionat) Review the song, Healer.
Review last weeks lesson (God ls Able to Hea[
Contagious Diseases). Ask the kids: Who among you
spent time praying for our brothers and sisters who
are sick with contagious diseases?
-. ,f: Ask someone to lead in prayer. Thank God for His
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protection.
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MATERIALS:
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:- C Co[ored paper or construction paper
C Pencits
C Crayons
O Scissors (to be used onty by adu[ts or under adutt
supervision for otder kids)
ffi"ennory Verse:
Let's trace our hands!
- -: -cRD, your healer." 1. Place your hand on top of the colored paper/
Exodus 15:25b esv
construction paper.
/ response 2. Trace your hand on the paper using a pencit.
3. Cut the hand shape that you had just traced on
the paper.

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 Afterwards, write todays memory verse in the a crowd followed and gathered around Hr-
middte of the hand craft. woman who had been bteeding for 12 years
You can atso decorate your hand craft using among the huge crowd. She had gone io diff
crayons. doctors and spent a[[ that she had, but nob
could help her be healed. ln fact, she fett [ike
was getting worse.
When she heard about Jesus, she tried
best to go behind Him and touch His ctoak
thought, "lf i could just touch His ctothes, I wi'-
heatedl' She touched Jesus' cloak. lmmediat
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her bteeding stopped, and she felt that she
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fett the power go out of Him, so
Jesus
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stopped and asked, "Who touched My clothes
His disciptes said, "There are so many pec
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had done this. The heated woman trembled in f
Connect to the Bible story: Today, our Bible (ln those days, a woman who was bteeding v,'
story wi[[ show us a miracle that took place with considered unctean. Anyone she touched wo-
just the touch of a hand! be considered unctean, too. She was proba
afraid of what Jesus woutd say if she admiti
that she touched His ctothes.) Stitt, she hum

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So, Jesus totd her, "Daughter, your faith l"
made you we[[. Go in peace. Be cured f rom
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Discussion Questionsl
1. What did the bleeding woman think wh
she touched Jesus' cloak? (She thought,
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coutd just touch His clothes, I wilt be heatec
2. What happened when she touched Jesus c
(Her bteeding immediately stopped, and s
fett that she was heated.)
3. There were so many peopte in the crovr
How did Jesus know that someoRe tou
His ctoihes, and what did He do? (He fett F
power go out of Him. He stopped and search
through the crowd.)
4. What did the healed woman do? (The wo
trembled in fear at the thought of admitti
what her ittness had been and what she ha
done. Sti[[, she humbty bowed to Jesus ar
One day, while Jesus was on His way to healthe totd Him everything.)
daughter of Jairus (one of the synagogue [eaders),

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'e C arou nc ,', cman? (Jesus told her, loved ones! We do not know what eaused the
rg for 12 ye - as made you we[t. Go woman in our story to bleed Ior 12. [ong years.
i: gone to c your ittnessJ') Thankfutly, doctors and other medica[ experts
e rad. but now have ways to find out what causes irregular
i:: she fe[t. bleeding and to treat this i[[ness. Likewise, we
can hope and pray that God woutd atlow medical
:sus. she tr researchers to discover a way to treat and even
rrih His clc
-l s ctothes.
flPPu prevent diseases [ike Covid-19!
There is currently no exact cure for Covid-19.
.oak. lmm s Many people have suffered and died because of
e f elt that s :: - :- ^gs like a notebook, a pen, a this disease, but there are atso a [ot of recoveries.
: etc. (Make sure that the kids God doesn't have just one way of healing people. ln
-s de the bag.) =
:rt of Him fact, during the Covid-19 pandemic, God has used
rched My clc: doctors and nurses as His instruments in healing
.rt so t-ftdh| c - ".: ie the five different senses peopte; they are the ones who give supportive
rsk. 'Who tc
.-.: cf sight, sense of hearing, care to the patients.
-.= cf taste, and sense of touch)
There are many doctors and nurses who dedicate
around to se:
: <: ng to play a simpte activitY their lives to working in hospitals even though they
ar trembled -
-
= :: do with the sense of touch! coutd easily catch viruses and diseases. Sadty,
,',,as bteedii-i
rla .. 'lll of random things. I wi[[ many of them have already suffered f rom Covid,
;"e touched
: :- cut his/her hand inside the and some have even died. So, it's important that
S.e was prc ,. :o ietl me what the objects are. we also take the time to pray for our medical
l' if she adrr :entify the objects inside the f ro ntliners.

Stitt, she h-
:-: r sense of touch. You can [et (Lead the kids in a prayer. Pray for protection
<re SS if you have enough time.
: tlim the trr -re. you could instead [et them
for a[[ the medica[ fronttiners-doctors, nurses,
r:er. your fai pharmacists, ambutance drivers, health care
ie cured frorr
: :hey could touch-objects that officiats, and others.)
--r' smooth, or rough. lnform the
::iivity in advance so that they
CLOSING ACTIVITIES
,',3man touched Jesus' ctoak, she
c man think Teach the memory verse.
She though:
: .:i heated and she even fett in her
, -: - ad been heated. lsn't it amazing
s t witlbe hea "l am the Laao, your healer."
:.chedJesus c
. : :-at powerfut? We reatly have a Exodus '15:25b esv
7 stopped, an:
-::
" '-: ,','oman stit[ had her i[tness. she
(Optionat) Sing Healer as a closing/response
rc.e in the ci i:i - -: rered an outcast. Everything she
song.
s: meone tou
::: : : considered unclean. She was iso:
j ^ lt aILowed to be in large gatherings
-: do? (He fe.:
-:
:
Ask the kids if they know anyclne who is a
: ced and sea-
- i
the Temple. lt's similar to what
n
medicatf rontliner, [ike a nurse or a doctor. Lead
:,: :'ts go through: they are required the class in closing prayer; make sure to pray for
.- do? (The wc :. : *arantine and they are not atloured atl these f ronitiners.
- -: -:act with other people, even their
:-ght of adm
a^,c what she
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GOD IS ABLE TO
HEAL DISEASES THAT
CAUSE US TO
WEEP AND MOURN

OPENING ACTIVITIES
Greet the kids warmtY'
- -tOp,ionat) How
Teach the worship song' This ls
Overcome.
(God ls Abte to Heat Di
Review [ast weeks lesson
kids: Did God
that Have No l(nown Cure)' Ask the
any miractes to You [ast week?
Thank God for
Ask someone to lead in prayer'
protection.

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Do you have any stories or experiences
that made
stud
*""p o, feel sad during the pandemic? (Give the to
opportunity.
time to share their stories' Take this
d
il;* process their feetings aboutthe nal.demic;
question')
Memory Verse: settte for a yes or no answer to this ' i ,-
tr--' ' - and [o'
iends
Whenever we hear about or see our
You have turned mY mourning into Covid-i?:
joyful dancing. You have taken away
ones
vr rve D- - with serious diseases tike
get- sick I,
Some of us m
reatty make us sad or break our hearts'
my clothes oi mourning and clothed es. Some
iltness--' - of
have lost our loved ones to these
me with ioY. these' but.this doe
Psatm 3O:11 rulr toved ones might stitt be battting
tisten to
*"un that GoJ doesn't care about them or He will
us that
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 ,, i ;. :-': -gh these difficult situations, a song that is used in worship. (Show the Bible in
- 1 :n- .--- ,3ur sadness into joy! your hands.) ln the Bibte, we can find the Book of
Psalms. Many writers contributed to the Book of
Dancing Ribbons Psalms, but l(ing David wrote the rnost number
of psalms in it.
l(ing David was the l(ing of lsrael. Do you
remember the boy who fought the giant Gotiath
using only a slingshot? That was l(ing Davidl God
anointed him to become the f uture king of lsrael,
and true enough, it did happenlThe Bible tetts us
that David was catled "a man after Gods own heartl'
Whenever l(ing David woutd make a decision, he
would always ask God first!
* l(ing David [oved writing songs and praises to
eY God. He atso danced many times for God! Who
e among you love to sing and dance? psatm 3O
was written by l(ing David himself. Let's read it a[[
together! (Let the students read one verse each. lf
the class is big, you can assign them into groups
and have them read together.)
1 This ts H

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Discussion Questions:
js Did God 1. Why was the psalmist (l(ing David) praising
and giving honor to God? (He was praising
and giving honor to God because his sickness
rank GoC .r
had been healed.)
2 ln verse 4, what did the psatmist te[[ others
i' bbons! to do? (He invited others to sing to the Lord
- :he center of the paper plate. and to praise Him because His name is hoty.)
:1rer plate using crayons and 3. What did God replace the psalmist's wailing
([oud cry) and mourning clothes with? (God
:-= strips of crepe paper to the replaced his wailing with dancing, and his
mourning clothes with joy. God restored his
heatth so that he coutd get up on his feet and
Inai ma:: =
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i e the s:, Do you believe that God is able to hea[ you
rrtr.tn it,i :: when you are sick and comfort you when you
: rrlo- - : --= 3ible story: Today, the Bible are sad?
stlo n ui :'e going to discuss willteach us 5. lf God a[lows you or your loved one to be
ends a::
--'- :rr sadness into dancingl sick for a [ong time, can you stitt praise Him?
How about if your loved one dies? Witt you
sti[[ trust that no matter what happens, God
s So r'-: :r.

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can turn your sadness into joy?

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 smile for Godl lf you coutd print
you could show it to them next
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Lets get up on our feet, and [et's spend a few
to hold their smites while you tahr'
Then send them a copy of the
Last week, we prayed for
sick, as we[[as those who are worti
minutes dancing for God in worship!
(Ptay This ls How We Overcome. Let the kids fronttiners. Today, [ets take this
dance or take this time to teach them actions and thank God for those who hare
for the song. Make sure that the actions can be from Covid-19 and other diseases,
easily fotlowed.) anyone who has recently been
How did dancing fee[? Did it feetgood? Yes, sickness-such as your [oved ones.
dancing can make us reatly feelgood. But not onty or even people on the news? Let's
1 :: that, when we dance for God, it definitely puts a thank God for His heating! (Lead the
smile on His face! (Let the kids rest for a white.) prayer of thanksgiving.)
From the psatm that we have read, we can We are happy to hear of the
[earn four truths about l(ing David's encounter who have recovered from Covid*l9
with God and His great power: serious diseases, but we are sad to
1. God has the power to heatour sicknesses. who have died. Do you know of
2. God deserves our praise and thanksgiving. died from Covid or from any other
3. God may atlow us to weep for a white, but have a moment of sitence to r
not forever. Let's pray that God would comfort
4. God wi[[ replace our sadness with joy. and friends. May they also have the
Let this entire psatm be a reminder for us that someday, God woutd turn their
our God is mighty and powerfu[. He is strong and is
mighty to save. He wi[[ never [eave us nor forsake
us nor let us down! He is ab[e to heal not onty CLOSING ACTIVITIES
the diseases in our bodies but atso the sadness Teach the memory verse by [etting
and grief in our hearts. He may not atways answer and dance to This ls How We
our prayers in the way we expect Him to, but He
wiltalways do what is best for us. Remember, He Yau have turned my mourning into
knows us better than anyone does, loves us more dancing. You have taken away my
than anyone can, and wants to give us a future of mourning and clothed me with
futlof hope and ioy! Psalm 3O:11
Now, can you show me what loy looks [ike?
(Let the kids show you their smiles. Take your Lead the class in closing prayer.
phone or camera and take a group setfie with
the kids. Tell them to wear a really big smile, and

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