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Today is Day 10 – the Parable of the Talents

Attention Activity: Talent Hunt
Preparation: You need some kind of pretend coins. We are using chocolate coins. Before the lesson, label each coin with a “talent”. Here are a few ideas:
good friend
kind
good listener
obedient
piano
singing
math
example
sports
patient
caring for others
creative
good leader
smart
funny

Hide the coins and tell the children to try and find as many coins as they can. Each child will most likely find a different amount of coins.

Scripture Discussion
Read the parable of the talents Matthew 25: 13-30.
In the parable, the talents refer to pieces of money. For us talents mean abilities we can develop to bless and help others.

Why did the Master give different amounts of money?
How do your talents differ from your friend’s talents or members in your family?
Why does Heavenly Father give us different talents?
What did the servants who were given five and two talents do with their money?
How do you think they were able to double their money?
How can hard work be a blessing to us?
What did the servant who was given one talent do with his money?
Why do you think he did this?
Why do you think some people don’t develop their talents?
What happens to people’s talents if they do nothing with them?

Have each child read what talents they found during the talent hunt. Decide who got the most talents. Discuss how we should feel toward that person. Who got the least amount of coins? Have each child consider the talents they found and talk about how they can bless the lives of other people with these talents.

Journal Activity:

Have everyone write their name on top of today’s journal page. Pass the pages around and have each member of the family list a few talents of that person. Encourage your family to look for talents that may not be obvious. Once you get your own journal page back, have everyone read what was written. Then have everyone write in their own journal what additional talents they have and how they can use these talents to bless the lives of other people and glorify God.

Handout:

Click HERE to download today’s handout. Have the children glue a penny in the circle. (I found the poem on Sugerdoodle, the author is anonymous.)

Welcome to the 14 Day Walk With Christ 2013 Lesson plans.
Every Easter my family does a “14 Day Walk With Christ”. This takes place the 2 weeks leading up to Easter. I feel like life is so busy and rushed, if I don’t make myself do this, Easter comes and goes and we haven’t focused on the importance of it. Here’s how it works:

Each egg will contain a topic for that day that will help my family come closer to Christ in preparation for Easter. After school, or that evening, we will have some kind of small lesson and activity about the day’s topic. During every lesson, the children will recieve a handout to put in a little journal. Then they will record their feelings that day.
My goal is at the end of the two weeks, they have a little journal about their thoughts and feelings of Jesus Christ. On Easter morning, I am planning a sunrise hike to the top of the hill by hour house. We will bring our journals and reflect on what we wrote during the two weeks then add a final entry as we share our feelings about Jesus Christ on Easter morning. Who wants to join me?
Every morning during the 2 weeks leading up to Easter I will be posting the day’s topic and lesson outline with a printable handout. I think this will be a great experience for our families!!

Click HERE and HERE for tags to go inside Eggs
Click HERE for journal cover. Click HERE for journal pages