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Explore, Apply and Respond
Insights from Scripture
2 Bibles for every student
3 Brightly colored index cards and pens


SESSION OUTLINE

FOCUS: (10 minutes)
Welcome students, then tell them the following story:
Dirk Willems was caught, tried and convicted for his beliefs as an Anabaptist in 1569.. He escaped from a residential palace turned into a prison by letting himself out of a window with a rope made of knotted rags, dropping onto the ice that covered the castle moat.
Seeing him escape, a palace guard pursued him as he fled. Dirk crossed the thin ice of a pond safely. His own weight had been reduced by short prison rations, but the heavier pursuer broke through.
The guard began to cry for help.

TIME OUT.
We’ll stop the story to see how each of you would have reacted if you were Dirk. What would you have done when the guard fell in the water and started screaming for help? Bear in mind, you will probably be killed if you are captured.
Ask students to share what they would do if they were in Dirk’s shoes.
Then continue with the story:


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