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Materials and Prep
Focus and Connect
Explore, Apply and Respond
Insights from Scripture
Worksheet
SESSION OUTLINE

FOCUS: (40 minutes)
Watch the selected clip from the movie The Matrix. Ask the students: “Who does Mr. Anderson have to rely on?: Does Mr. Anderson trust Morpheus’ directions?

CONNECT: (5 minutes)
Ask students: “Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to have faith in a person to help you out?”
After students have shared their examples, say: “Many of us are probably like Mr. Anderson—we trust someone to help us out until the risks involved become too severe or seem foolish.
Ask: “What if Mr.Anderson would have followed Morpheus’ plan?”

EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (15–20 minutes)
Read the Bible story out loud, then ask students to act it out. Invite them to either put it into a contemporary story, or to act it out as presented in the Bible. They will need to choose a narrator and the other characters in the story, including the crowd and the professional mourners. (See Insights form Scripture.)
After students have acted out the story, ask them to compare the differences and similarities between the two different healing stories. Make a list on the chalkboard or newsprint.
Give a mini-lecture, utilizing the Insights from Scripture.


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