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| SESSION OUTLINE FOCUS: (7–10 minutes) Welcome students to class. Introduce the guest, and invite the guest to share about and demonstrate pruning or deadheading. Make the point that it might feel weird or almost wrong to take green foliage or flowers off of a plant, but if done right and for the right reasons, it helps the plant be more fruitful and more productive. CONNECT: (5 minutes) Say: Our passage today is about pruning people. Do you have any guesses why there would be something in the Bible about pruning people? Encourage students to share what they are thinking—everyone should at least attempt an answer before moving on. EXPLORE THE BIBLE: (10 minutes) Hand out Bibles to students. Ask two or three students to read verses 1-8 aloud while the others follow. Discuss: • Why did Jesus use the image of the vine and branches as a way of depicting his relationship with his disciples? How could the disciples understand what Jesus was trying to say? Continued... |
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