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"Treasure Hunt" by Ona Matulionyte
BIBLE STUDY SESSION 115
ADVANCE PREPARATION AND MATERIALS NEEDED continued
  • Have ready a personal story about giving a gift that cost you a lot of money (or you may use the story provided)
  • Background music
  • Video set for showing a movie clip (optional)
  • The Little Mermaid or Pirates of the Caribbean DVD (optional)
  • Supplies to make fake pearl bracelets (optional)
     
SESSION OUTLINE
Focus (10 minutes)
Ask the students to think about the most valuable things they have or would like to have. Have they spent a lot of money in order to get something valuable? Are they planning or dreaming to do so in the future? When they are ready, let them share. Write some points on the board. Ask the students to classify these valuables, i.e. items, people, states of being and traits. Then place before them a treasure box with treasures inside and a shell with a pearl. Let them observe, touch, think about the items.

Connect (5 minutes)
Ask the students what they think about the items: which ones are recent inventions and which ones would have been valuable 2000 years ago when Jesus lived? Why? Discuss the reasons for their value. Here are some points you can make:
  • Gold does not corrode and diamonds are the hardest material, so they can be used in polishing and cutting. For instance, dentist tools are covered with diamond grains.
  • Pearls and precious stones are also valued for their beauty, like a diamond’s capacity to catch and disperse light.
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