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| RESPOND: (5–10 minutes) Invite students to look at the list you’ve made and to choose one or more actions they are willing to take to be a good neighbor in the next week. If they are willing to commit to that action, ask them to write their name beside it on the list. Tell students that as a class, you will check up on each other next week. Set a good example by making a commitment or two yourself. Close by reading the key verse together: “Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?” (The lawyer) said, “The one who showed him mercy.” Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.” Luke 10: 36-37 Repeat the last line together with as much enthusiasm as you’d have in a sports huddle: Go and do likewise!!!! Arrange for a time for the class to take the items they collected to a local homeless shelter or food panty. INSIGHTS FROM SCRIPTURE: Some people may ask why it is such a big deal that a Samaritan stopped and helped the beaten man. In those days, the Samaritans and Jews were not friendly with each other. To Jews, Samaritans were dirty, unclean, and overall bad people to associate themselves with. To help the disciples understand the importance of befriending even your worst enemies and confronting your negative stereotypes, Jesus used the Samaritans as the hero of the story. Continued... |
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