TeamKID Step Out:The Courage to Do What`s Right

Sample Meeting
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Step Out Meeting Topics
(* indicates a salvation emphasis)
1—Courage to Be Who God Created Me to Be:
God Created People (Genesis 1–2:3)
2—Courage to Make the Right Choices: Adam
and Eve Chose (Genesis 3)
3—Courage to Obey Him: Noah and the Flood
(Genesis 6:9–8; 9:8-17)
4—Courage to Follow God’s Leadership:
Abraham and Sarah (Genesis 12:1-9; 21:1-4)
5—Courage to Treat My Family Members Fairly:
Jacob and Esau (Genesis 27; 32–33)
6—Courage to Overcome Problems: Joseph
Overcomes Problems (Genesis 37–41)
7—Courage to Help My Family Members:
Miriam Takes Care of Moses (Exodus 2:1-10)
*8—Courage to Follow God’s Plan for My Life:
God Calls Moses (Exodus 3–4:17)
9—Courage to Trust God When Things Are
Tough: The Exodus (Exodus 12:21-41; 13:17-18,21-22; 14:5-29)
10—Courage to Follow God’s Commandments:
The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-18;
Matthew 22:37-39)
11—Courage to Withstand Peer Pressure:
The Twelve Report on the Promised Land
(Numbers 13:1-3,17-33; 14:1-11,30-32)
12—Courage to Depend on God: Deborah
Depends on God (Judges 4:4-16)
13—Courage to Choose the Right Friends:
Samson Chooses the Wrong Friends (Judges
13:6-7,24; 15-20; 16:4-30)
14—Thanksgiving—Courage to Care for My
Family: Ruth Takes Care of Naomi (Ruth
2:1-18)
  15—Courage to Listen to God: Samuel
Hears God’s Voice (1 Samuel 1:20-28;
2:11-12,18-21,26; 3:1-19)
  16—Courage to See Others As God Sees Them:
God Chooses David (1 Samuel 16:1-13)
  17—Courage to Be Brave: David Defeats Goliath
(1 Samuel 17:1-52)
  18—Courage to Admit When I Do Wrong:
David Admits He Is Wrong (2 Samuel
11:27–12:10,13; Psalm 51:1-13; Acts 13:22)
  19—Courage to Be Wise: Solomon Was a Wise
King (1 Kings 3:5-15; 4:29-34)
*20—Courage to Stand Up for God: Elijah, a
Faithful Prophet (1 Kings 18:17-39)
*21—Courage to Tell God’s Message: Isaiah Told
God’s Message (Isaiah 6:1-8; 7:14)
 
22—Courage to Keep Doing What God Says Even
When It Is Hard: Jeremiah Did What God Said
(Jeremiah 36:1-32)
  23—Courage to Trust in God When It’s Scary:
Daniel Trusted God in the Lion’s Den (Daniel
6:1-23)
  24—Courage to Tell the Truth: Esther Told the
King the Truth (Esther 1:1-2; 2:5-10,17;
3:1-11,13; 4:1–7:6,10; 8:1-12)
*25—Christmas—Courage to Do My Part for God:
Jesus Is Born to Mary (Luke 1:26-55; 2:1-20)
26—Courage to Go to Church: Jesus Visits
Jerusalem (Luke 2:40-52)
*27—Courage to Follow Jesus’ Example: John the
Baptist Baptizes Jesus (Matthew 3:1-5,11-17;
Mark 1:2-11)
  28—Courage to Withstand Temptation:
Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11; Luke
4:1-13)
  29—Courage to Live as Jesus Taught: Sermon on
the Mount (Matthew 5–7)
  30—Courage to Care About Others: The Good
Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
  31—Courage to Praise God: The People Praise
God (Matthew 21:1-11; Mark 11:1-10; Luke
19:27-38)
*32—Courage to Remember What Jesus
Did for Me: The Lord’s Supper (Matthew
26:17-20,22,26-30; Mark 14:12-17,22-26; Luke
22:7-19;
1 Corinthians 11:23-29)
*33—Easter—Courage to Recognize God Sent His
Son to Die for My Sins: Jesus Died to Save
the World (Matthew 27–28; Mark 14:53-65;
15:1–16:8; Luke 22:63–24:51)
*34—Courage to Respond to the Holy Spirit’s
Leading: Doctrine: Pentecost and the Coming
of the Holy Spirit (John 14:26; Acts 2:1-28)
*35—Courage to Tell Others about God’s L ove:
Philip and the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26-39)
*36—Courage to Listen to Jesus: Saul’s
Conversion (Acts 9:1-22)
© 2007 LifeWay Press®
Copies can be made of this sample
for training use only.
TeamKID Resources
The following resources can make running the club easier for you and more fun for the children.
TeamKID Step Out Leader Guide & Enhanced CD
Children today need to have the courage to live in the world as God wants them to live. TeamKID:
Step Out—The Courage to Do What’s Right brings children the stories in the Bible that will help them
develop that courage. Presented in chronological order, the stories show children the scope of the
Bible. Using fun activities and Bible material, children can apply the Bible verses they learn to know
how to have the courage to live as the Bible tells them to live. A missions feature every week will open
their eyes to the need of people around the world to hear God’s Word.
• TeamKID: Step Out Leader Guide & Enhanced CD (Item # 005035657) - $59.99
TeamKID Step Out Activity Books
The Step Out Activity Books contain materials for 36 meetings of TeamKID. Use one perforated
worksheet for each child in grades 1–3 and each child in grades 4–6 for each meeting. Each sheet
contains fun activities to help children understand and apply what they have learned in different parts
of the meeting. Scoreboard sheets and a parent’s letter are also included in each book.
• TeamKID: Step Out Activity Book, Grades 1–3 (Item # 005035641) - $5.99
• TeamKID: Step Out Activity Book, Grades 1–3 (Item # 005035627) - $5.99
TeamKID Step Out Missions DVD
A must for those of you who would like for your children to know about the great work missionaries
are doing in the United States and around the world. This DVD contains 18 segments that tell a
missions story dealing with the same topic as the TeamKID meeting in which the segment will be used.
The DVD is produced by the International Mission Board and the North American Mission Board.
• TeamKID: Step Out Missions DVD (Item # 005035628) - $24.99
TeamKID Children’s Game Pak
Make playing TeamKID games easier and more fun with this game pak. Designed to be used year after
year, it contains one whistle, five 4-inch foam balls, five table tennis balls, two 10-foot sections of white
rope, two 16-inch beach balls, two 6-inch flying saucers, five 22-inch scarves, one 8-inch playground
ball, two plastic hoops, and one mesh bag.
• TeamKID Children’s Game Pak (Item #001116728) $69.95
TeamKID Step Out Replacement Enhanced CD
This easy-to-use CD contains six fast-paced, upbeat songs to complement the TeamKID meetings.
The CD includes plans for seven additional meetings. Two of the meeting plans on the CD are on
Baptist doctrine (“John’s Vision”) and Baptist history (“Southern Baptists Organize: William Screven
and the First Southern Baptist Church”). Another doctrinal meeting is in the book (“The Coming of
the Holy Spirit”).These meetings can be used anytime you wish children to benefit from learning
about what Baptists believe and where Baptists come from. The CD also provides over 100 different
teaching helps including cards, posters, scripts, and other items.
• TeamKID: Step Out Replacement Enhanced CD (Item # 005035626) - $14.95
TeamKID Administrative Guide & CD
The TeamKID Administrative Guide & CD provides instructions for setting up and administering
a TeamKID club, how to set up a TeamKID Store, clip art, promotion ideas, enrollment cards,
suggestions on discipline, Preschool TeamKID, and other tips. The CD contains reproducible items that
will assist in setting up a club and provides a training class for coaches. This resource can be a onetime purchase per church.
• TeamKID Administrative Guide & CD (Item #001301854) $9.99
Administrative Helps
Point Folders and Scoreboard Stickers can save hours of your time in record keeping. Use these two
resources to help you keep a record of the accomplishments of each TeamKID participant. The inside
of the folder is printed with tasks the children can accomplish. Space is provided for a coach to affix
stickers after each child has done what is required.
• TeamKID Point Folders, 10 Pack (Item #001301869) $5.99
• TeamKID Scoreboard Stickers (Item #001116393) $4.95 Pkg. of 2,400
• TeamKID Banner (Item #001301855) $24.99 Colorful 23-by-87-inch vinyl outside banner with the
TeamKID logo and the words, “TeamKID meets here.” Space is provided to add your meeting day
and time and/or your church’s phone number.
• TeamKID Motto Banner, 4-Color (Item #001301867) $11.99 Large 17-by-33-inch banner with fourcolor logo and motto; made of heavy-duty vinyl with metal corner grommets.
• TeamKID Postcards (Item #001116480) $3.25 Pkg. of 25
• TeamKID Pencils (Item #001116396) $4.95 Brightly colored pencils with the TeamKID logo Pkg. of
12
• Giant Game Floor Mat (Item #001114564) $34.95 Heavyweight vinyl mat with 20 pockets and
grommets. Used in many TeamKID meetings and has hundreds of other uses.
• TeamKID Ribbons (Item #001116391) $3.50 Pkg of 10 includes 4 rainbow for Excellent, 3 purple
for Superior, 3 green for Outstanding.
• TeamKID Medals: Gold Medal (Item #001116401) Silver Medal (Item #001116400), Bronze Medal
(Item #001116399) $3.50 each
TeamKID: Step Out T-shirts
Promote TEAM spirit with a T-shirt featuring the Jesus’ IMs design.
Youth Small
(Item #005035726) $8.99
Youth Medium
(Item #005035729) $8.99
Youth Large
(Item #005035721) $8.99
Adult Medium
(Item #005035727) $9.99
Adult Large
(Item #005035722) $9.99
Adult X-Large
(Item #005035730) $9.99
Adult XX-Large
(Item #005035732) $12.99
100 Action Games That Really Work
These two popular CD-ROMs provide a handy resource for additional games. Compiled from the best
games from TeamKID, VBS, and Bible skills, the CD-ROMs are searchable. You can find games by
alphabetical listing, game type, group size, or teaching point. Each CD-ROM provides instructions for
100 games plus some games include printable cards and sheets for the Giant Game Floor Mat.
• 100 Action Games That Really Work (CD-ROM), Vol. 1 (Item # 001240028) $12.95
• 100 Action Games That Really Work (CD-ROM), Vol. 2 (Item # 001244805) $12.95
FAQs About Children’s TeamKID
1. What is TeamKID and its purpose?
TeamKID is a fun, high-energy ministry that encourages kids to know Jesus Christ and grow in a
relationship with Him. All parts of TeamKID—Bible stories, Scripture memory, life application,
missions, and recreation—connect to teach life lessons to kids.
2. What is the TeamKID Club?
A TeamKID Club is a group of 30 or fewer children led by a head coach and at least one coach who
use the TeamKID resources to enhance spiritual growth. The resources provide churches with many
suggestions and ideas about setting up and running a TeamKID club.
3. Why is the KID capitalized in TeamKID?
The KID stands for Kids in Discipleship. Discipling children is the goal of TeamKID.
4. What happens in a TeamKID meeting?
TeamKID is designed for children to do more than memorize Scripture. It helps children understand
what the verses they memorize mean because all parts of the TeamKID meeting focus on one Bible
message. The noncompetitive games, Bible story, memory verse, missions, refreshments, and
conclusion all contribute to help children understand and apply God’s Word to their lives.
A TeamKID meeting has six parts with each one flowing into the next to keep the pace moving with non-stop
energy:
• WARM-UP is the opening activity that begins as soon as the first child arrives at TeamKID.
• WORKOUT includes energized, interactive Bible study as children hear or experience a Bible story,
learn the meaning of a Bible verse, apply Bible truths to their lives, sing, and pray.
• REACH OUT is a missions emphasis time with the missions DVD, missions information and
activities, or missions action project.
• STRETCHING is when children work on learning the memory verse.
• THE TOURNAMENT is a time to run, play, and laugh with fun games and activities that reinforce
the Bible study and meeting theme.
• COOL DOWN is the final few minutes of the meeting and includes refreshments and a review of
what children have learned.
5. How much preparation is needed?
TeamKID is designed for easy preparation that requires very little time. Each part of the lesson is fully
developed with quality Bible study in a variety of methods and strong biblical content. Recreation
suggestions are included that require a minimum amount of space and equipment.
6. What is the recognition program?
TeamKID recognizes each child for attending the meetings, completing Bible-related work, and
bringing friends with them. Because children earn stickers they can redeem for items in a TeamKID
Store, accomplishments between children are not compared to one another as it would be if children
earned patches or some other kind of visible reward.
7. Is the gospel presented?
In the children’s resources, TeamKID recognizes that children should have opportunities to hear the
gospel and respond to it. Many of the meetings provide opportunities for coaches to share the plan of
salvation and to answer questions that children might have.
8. How many leaders will I need?
TeamKID is designed to need a minimum of leaders.
• Churches need one head coach and at least one coach for every 30 children in grades 1–6.
• Additional workers can be enlisted to help children with their activity pages and to listen to them
say their Bible verses. 
• Contact your state convention office for information about TeamKID training in your area. Or use
the training session that begins on page 26 of the Administrative Guide to train your coaches.
9. What is needed for a TeamKID Club?
• TeamKID provides churches with many suggestions and ideas about how to set up and run a
TeamKID Club. The materials are easily adapted for churches to use as they wish.
• TeamKID Club has no registration fee. Your only costs are for the materials.
10. What do I need to do to get started?
Follow these steps to start a TeamKID Club.
• Purchase resources.
• Study the TeamKID Administrative Guide for details about starting a club.
• Decide on a schedule, a meeting time, and a room.
• Recruit a head coach and coaches.
• Hold a planning meeting and train the coaches.
• Advertise, using promotion posters and ideas in the Administrative Guide.
• Purchase store items and set up the store if you are using it. (See pages 13–14 of the
Administrative Guide. Additional information can be found online at lifeway.com/kids.)
• Pray for the coaches and the children who will be attending.
• Gather resources and equipment needed for the first meeting.
• Hold the first meeting. Meet afterward and evaluate. Make changes in procedures and coach
responsibilities as needed.
11. What resources do I need?
The basic resources you will need are a Leader Guide & CD for each Team that meets in a separate
room, an Activity Book for each child, and the Missions DVD. Optional resources which will add to
your TeamKID ministry include the TeamKID Children’s Game Pak, T-shirts, motto banner, outside
banner, and administrative items.
12. May I make copies?
You may make copies of teaching instructions from the Leader Guide for other coaches in a single
group or room. You may not make copies of the music in the Leader Guide, of the Activity Books, or of
the Administrative Guide. To save you money, the Activity Book pages are perforated so that you just
give the children the page for each meeting. You can use a book for one child. If he does not return, use
the same book for another child who begins later.
14. When do I use TeamKID?
The versatile and flexible TeamKID material can be used in a dozen ways, places, and times.
Most churches schedule TeamKID on Sunday or Wednesday evenings as part of their discipleship
programming. TeamKID can also be used as part of an afterschool program, on Saturday mornings,
or for a Parents Night Out on Friday evening. Some churches use TeamKID on Sunday mornings as
their Sunday School material or children’s worship material. Some churches use TeamKID as a camp
curriculum.
15. How can TeamKID be used as a camp curriculum?
The flexibility of the TeamKID materials makes TeamKID an excellent choice for camp curriculum.
For specific suggestions on ways to adapt TeamKID for camp curriculum and a sample schedule, see
“Using TeamKID as Camp Curriculum” in the Administrative Guide. (AG-CD Item 30).
16. What do I do if my TeamKID meets 52 times a year?
The 36 meetings in the resource and the 7 bonus meetings on the CD provide material for 43 weeks.
For the other weeks, consider some of the following ideas: game nights where children play some of
their favorite TeamKID games; a missions project night where you take children to a nursing home or
shelter and help out; a craft night to make items for the mission project night; a Bible verse night to
review memory verses and play games related to the verses; and a music night where children sing
their favorite TeamKID songs and play games that require the use of music. You can also supplement
by downloading two free courses: Prayer or Stewardship. Go to lifeway.com/kids and click on the
topical index, and then on Prayer or Stewardship. These courses were taken from old TeamKID
meetings.
17. Where can TeamKID meet?
TeamKID can be conducted anywhere. Be creative in your thinking. Consider the most unlikely places
and locations. Take into account the size and type of the room, the total number of children and age
levels, and who else is meeting nearby. Sunday School rooms, either adult or children; gyms; even a
church foyer can work.
18. How do I group the children?
The material is written so children can be together in one club, or, if your numbers warrant, divided by
grades into two, three, or as many clubs as you need.
1. You may form from one to any number of TEAMS. The recommended maximum number of TEAM
members is 25 to 30.
2. If you enroll more than the recommended maximum number of TEAM members, form an
additional TEAM.
   • two TEAMs—one for grades 1–3 and one for grades 4–6
   • three separate TEAMs—one for each of the following grade spans: grade 1, grades 2–3, and
grades 4–6
   • four separate TEAMS—one for each of the following grade spans: grade 1, grades 2–3, grades
4–5, and grade 6
   • six separate TEAMs—one for each grade level
3. If you enroll multiple TEAMs, provide a separate WARM-UP, WORKOUT, REACH OUT,
STRETCHING, THE TOURNAMENT, and COOL DOWN following the guidelines in each meeting.
Conduct these portions of the meeting in the same manner for each TEAM. Some churches
combine for REACH OUT when a DVD segment is shown.
4. If your TEAM combines all grades and is of moderate size, you may let the children complete all
portions of the meeting together. However, during THE TOURNAMENT, some activities may be
more appropriate to conduct with a group of younger children at one end of the room and a group
of older children at the other end.
19. What Bible translation is used with TeamKID?
TeamKID is designed to be used with any Bible translation.
20. What about Scripture memorization?
Scripture memorization is a very important part of TeamKID. Each week there will be a verse for the
children to learn. In addition to learning the verse, they will learn what the verse means and how to
apply the verse to their lives. The back side of the activity page lists the verse(s) that children need to
memorize for each week and the following week.
For grades 4–6 an extra memory verse is included. These extra verses include the Children’s Bible
Drill verses for the current year.
Younger children may find it difficult to learn a whole memory verse. Some long Bible verses can
been shortened for beginning readers.
The TeamKID Club verses are Proverbs 3:5-6.
21. Is music included with TeamKID resources?
TeamKID music is an important part of the ministry. A club song and a plan of salvation song will
be used every year. Then four additional songs are written each year to go with that year’s meeting
themes. All of the songs are upbeat, fun to sing, and part of the teaching.
The songs are provided on the enhanced CD in the Leader Guide and on the Replacement Enhanced
CD. In addition, the printed music is in the Leader Guide. Copies may not be made of the music.
22. How can I get training?
Many states provide training. Contact your state convention office. Also, a training class for coaches is
provided in the Administrative Guide.
A training class is available at the conference centers during Discipleship Training Weeks.
23. How can I get up-to-date information?
Go online to www.lifeway.com/kids, click on the topical index, and then click on TeamKID for sample
meetings and the latest information. Or, e-mail questions to [email protected].
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Meeting
30
Memory Verse:
Luke 10:27
Extra Memory Verse:
Galatians 5:14
TeamKID Motto:
Learning about God
Using the Bible
Living for Jesus
Club Bible Verse:
Proverbs 3:5-6
Adaptations:
For Beginning Readers and
Preteens (Meeting 30) see
CD-ROM Item 82.
Courage to
Care About Others
Purpose:
Children can learn ways to show they care about others. They can
begin to learn that Jesus wants them to love people who may be
hard to love just as they love themselves.
Levels of Biblical Learning: Self
Grades 1–2: I can be a good example for others.
Grades 3–4: I can learn to love others as I love myself.
Grades 5–6: I am accountable to God for the way I treat
other people.
Bible Material:
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
WARM-UP
Get-involved Activity
(5–10 minutes)
Provide:
q Large adhesive bandages
q Blue and red markers
Option: Mark a blue or red X on an
even number of adhesive bandages
before the children arrive.
Place an adhesive bandage on the back of each child as they arrive.
Form two teams.
Explain that the object of the game is to protect your adhesive
bandage from being removed as you remove the opposing team’s
adhesive bandages. If your adhesive bandage is removed, you’re out.
The team with the most remaining members wins.
After the kids have played a round, ask: “Has someone taken care of
you before by putting an adhesive bandage on a hurt for you?”
Explain to the kids that they will hear a Bible story in this meeting
about a person who cared for someone who was hurt.
WORKOUT
Group Study
(20–25 minutes)
Provide:
q TeamKID Motto Banner or
poster
q TeamKID: Step Out—The
Courage to Do What’s Right CD
q CD player
1. Begin the meeting. Ask the children to hold an arm like they are
hurt as they say the TeamKID Motto. Then ask the children to hold an
arm and a leg like they are hurt as they say the Club Bible Verse. Lead
the children to hop around holding an arm and leg as they sing the
“TeamKID Club Song.”
To Do:
qCue the CD to the “TeamKID
Club Song” (1).
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TeamKID • Step Out
2. Introduce the Bible story. Call attention to the time line. Tell the
kids that in the next Bible story on the time line there are two groups
of people who did not like each other—the Jews and the Samaritans.
Explain that the Jews thought they were religious and good. Most
Samaritans didn’t follow God’s ways, so the Jews looked down on
them.
Remind the children as they hear the story to keep in mind that
Samaritans and Jews did not like each other. Encourage them to pay
special attention to whether each person in the Bible story is a Jew or
a Samaritan.
3. Listen to a Bible story. Invite the volunteers to come forward to
help you tell the Bible story.
The Good Samaritan
Jewish Lawyer and Jesus: (Begin to discuss.)
Narrator: A Jewish lawyer asked Jesus a very important question. He
asked a question that everyone wants to know. He asked Jesus what
he should do to have eternal life. Jesus answered his question with
a question. Jesus asked what was written in the law. The lawyer
knew the law. He told Jesus the law said to love God with all your
heart, soul, strength, and mind and to love your neighbor as much
as you love yourself.
Jesus told the lawyer that was right. But the lawyer wasn’t
satisfied with Jesus’ answer. He wanted to know what the law meant
when it said to love your neighbor as much as you love yourself.
So, he asked Jesus a second question, “Who is my neighbor?”
Jesus answered him by telling a parable. A parable is a story Jesus
told to help people better understand God’s ways.
Jewish Lawyer and Jesus: (Walk away.)
Hurt Man: (Enter to the front and center.)
Narrator: One day a Jewish man traveled from Jerusalem to Jericho.
Two mean thieves: (Attack the man traveling who falls to the ground.)
Narrator: While traveling, thieves attacked him, stripped him of his
clothes, hurt him and left him for dead.
Two mean thieves: (Walk away.)
Narrator: The man was badly wounded.
Priest: (Look very holy as you walk by. Move to the other side when
you see the men.)
Narrator: Along came a Jewish priest! He saw the Jewish man badly
wounded. He was also a Jew. So the priest, (pause) walked on the
other side of the road.
Levite: (Enter, look holy as you walk by. Move to the other side when
you see the men.)
Narrator: Another worker in the temple came by. He also was a Jew.
He saw the hurt Jewish man and he (pause) walked to the other
side of the road to pass.
Good Samaritan and Donkey: (Walk on together. Pretend to
bandage the hurt man.)
Meeting 30: Courage to Care About Others
Provide:
q “The Good Samaritan” card (CDROM Item 1dd)
To Do:
q Display the “The Good
Samaritan” card in the time line.
Provide:
q A highlighting marker
To Do:
q Make copies of the Bible story.
q Highlight the different parts of
the Bible story.
q Enlist nine volunteers to
pantomime the following parts
as the Bible story is read:
• Jewish lawyer
• Jesus
• Hurt man
• Priest
• Levite
• Good Samaritan
• Donkey
• Two mean thieves
Tip: Remind the volunteers
that there is no speaking in a
pantomime. Choose an older
preteen or a coach to be the
donkey.
Note: If your group is small, let the
children pantomime more than one
part.
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Narrator: Then a Samaritan came by. He saw the injured Jewish man.
He felt sorry for him. It didn’t matter that he was a Jew. He went to
the man and bandaged his wounds. He poured oil and wine on the
wounds to make it feel better.
Then he put the hurt man on his donkey and took him to an inn.
There he took care of him.
The next day, the Samaritan had to leave. He left money with the
innkeeper to care for him. He told the innkeeper he would repay him
if he had to spend more money on the hurt man.
Jesus and Jewish lawyer: (Re-enter.)
Narrator: Jesus finished the parable then He asked the lawyer a
question, “Of the three men who came by the man that was hurt,
who was the neighbor?”
The lawyer answered, “The one who showed mercy.”
Jesus said, “Do as the Samaritan.”
—Based on Luke 10:25-37
Provide:
q Bibles
Provide:
q Activity Book page 67
q Pencils
4. Introduce the memory verse. Ask: “Jesus said to do as the
Samaritan; what did the Samaritan do?” (He helped a hurt person.)
Probe the children to think beyond the surface.
Say: “The Samaritan did not just help a hurt person; he helped a
Jewish person that was known for not liking his people. Jews looked
down on Samaritans. Still, the Samaritan was a neighbor and cared for
the hurt man.”
Explain that the Bible story comes from the New Testament. It is
from a book in the Gospels. The Gospels tell about Jesus’ life on earth.
Ask the children to open their Bibles to the center or Psalms. Then
to open the back half to the center. Then guide them to the Book of
Luke, chapter 10, verse 27. Read the verse together.
Read the verse aloud and replace “neighbor” with “Samaritan.”
Then invite the children to say the verse with you replacing “neighbor”
with “Samaritan.” Say: “There are not Samaritans today, but there are
probably people you look down on or dislike.”
Ask: “What does Jesus want you to do about those people?” Suggest
that this verse answers that question.
Say the verse and replace “neighbor” with “those you don’t like.”
Invite the children to say the verse and replace “neighbor” with “those
you don’t like.”
5. Apply the Bible story and memory verse. Say: “You all know
people who are hard to love. There are also people you don’t even
know but you still look down on them.” Continue: “Jesus wants you to
love those people as you love yourself.”
Form younger and older groups. Ask a coach to join each group.
Give each child an activity page and pencil. Lead the children to
complete “Love Your Neighbor.”
6. Pray for neighbors. When both groups have completed the activity
page, ask them to silently choose one of the people on the page to pray
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for. Admit that there are some people who are not easy to love. Say:
“Jesus knew what it was like to have people not like Him. Praying for
those people will help you love them as you love yourself.” Invite the
children to silently pray for the person they chose. Close the prayer,
asking God to give courage to love the persons they chose as they love
themselves. Remind the children that loving people that look down
on you or you look down upon is not easy. Encourage them to pray
consistently for the specific person(s) they chose. Assure them if they
pray everyday, God will change the way they feel.
7. Review the Bible story. Say: “The story of the good Samaritan is
Provide:
called a parable. Remember, parables are stories Jesus told to help
people better understand God’s ways.” Review the Bible story by
unrolling the ace bandage one question at a time.
After the review, ask: “What was the lawyer’s second question?
(“Who is my neighbor.”) How did Jesus answer his question? (by
telling the parable of the Good Samaritan)
Say: “After Jesus told the parable, He did not have to answer the
lawyer’s question. Jesus let the lawyer answer his own question.”
Ask: “Who must the lawyer love as he loves himself?” (the
Samaritan—someone he didn’t like)
Say: “Jesus told the lawyer to love the Samaritan as he loves himself.”
q Ace bandage
q Labels
q “Review Questions” (CD-ROM
Item 83)
8. Learn ways to show you care about others. Say: “After hearing
Provide:
what Jesus wants you to do, maybe you are ready to love someone
who doesn’t like you or someone you have looked down on.” Ask:
“How can you show that person that you care about them?”
Say: “One way to care about others is to pray for them like you did
earlier. The activity page will help you discover practical ways to show
you care.” Ask the children to look at “Show You Care.”
• Ask the younger children to tell the older group some ways to
show you care from their activity.
• Invite one group to dramatize a situation. Compliment the kids on
the way they showed they could care for others. Emphasize the
importance of prayer.
To Do:
q Print the “Review Questions” on
the labels. Place the labels on
the ace bandage, putting the last
question first. Roll the bandage
so that the first question will be
seen first.
q Activity page 68
q Pencils for younger group
Provide:
REACH OUT
Missions Emphasis Time
(10–15 minutes)
Say: “Just as you will see results when you pray, here is a story of how
prayer opened doors to a group of people in West Africa who had never
heard about Jesus. The name of this people group is Banta Themne.”
(Ban-tah Tim-nay). Encourage the children to say the name several
times. Show the picture of the people to the children and display it.
One of four volunteers: (Group of four stand to the left side of the
room.) “For six years, four of us ‘ordinary’ housewives prayed for
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q A highlighting marker
q World globe
q “Banta Themne People” (CDROM Item 84)
q Pencils
q Enlist seven volunteers to read
the story
• Four volunteers
• Lori Funderburk
• West African Missionary
• Person to turn the world globe
To Do:
q Make copies of the story.
Highlight the different parts.
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Option: If your group is small,
instead of acting out the story, just
read the story to the children.
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people across the world that we would never meet.”
Lori: (Stand to the left side of the room with the group of four.) “I’m
Lori Funderburk. I used to live in the United States. I went to church
with the team of four women. Then my family moved to West
Africa to join God in bringing the Banta Themne (Ban-tah Timnay) people to faith in Jesus Christ.” (Move to the right side of the
room.)
Another one of four volunteers: (Walk by with the globe and stand
in between the group and Lori.) “Lori told us about a small group
of people, the Banta Themne, who had no Christians among them.
Lori would write us letters or e-mails about the people to help us
know how to pray.”
Lori: (Turn the globe.) “Sometimes we missionaries cannot go
to many places because of war. Yet, Christians still have a
responsibility to find a way to reach the people. Prayer was what
was needed from the team of women.”
Another one of four volunteers: (Turn the globe.) “I thought it
seemed too simple to just pray from the comfort of my home. But I
have been amazed at the results of our prayers.”
Another one of four volunteers: “The first two years our team
prayed and researched. We gathered information about the Banta
Themne people. We enlisted nearly 3,000 other prayer warriors to
join us in praying for the Banta Themne people. There is no way of
knowing how many people were praying for them. Our praying was
the groundwork to God’s doing a big work in the hearts of the Banta
Themne.”
Lori: (Turn the globe.) “While the prayer warriors prayed in the
United States, I contacted a church near the Banta Themne. I
encouraged them to reach out personally to the Banta Themne. This
church responded to the challenge. Most of the Banta Themne were
driven off their land and were living in refugee camps. So, one of the
church members became friends with a Banta Themne chief.
“After the Banta Themne returned to their homeland, Christian
volunteers prayer walked through Banta Themne villages. The
Muslim village elders encouraged them to come back. A Muslim
elder told the volunteers that many Banta Themne people want
Jesus, but they don’t know how.”
West African Missionary: (Stand on the right side with Lori)
“No one can reach West Africans like West Africans. It was my
church that began to reach out to the Banta Themne. We realized
that we were the ones responsible to share the gospel with them.
My church sent me as a missionary to the Banta Themne area.
I preached everywhere. Many of the people said they heard of
Christianity, but didn’t think it was important because no one came
to tell them.
“In less than two years, 300 Banta Themne have left their religion
of Islam and become followers of Jesus. Everywhere I go there is
an open door. I even preach inside of mosques, which are Islamic
churches.”
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Lori: “All this is only possible because of the years of prayer.”
Last of the four volunteers: (Turn the globe.) “It is an incredible
feeling to know that we have prayed lost people, we have never met,
into God’s kingdom.”
—Story provided by the International Mission Board
Distribute “Banta Themne” pages and pencils to the children.
Discuss the similarities and differences the children have with the
Banta Themne children. Ask the children to suggest different ways
they could pray for this people group. Encourage the children to write
ways to pray for them. Challenge the children to pray for the Banta
Themne people whenever they see their pictures or think about them.
STRETCHING
Bible-verse Memory Time
(10–15 minutes)
Distribute the prepared bandages. Instruct the children to open the
bandages and read the word from the Bible verse. Encourage them
to work together to arrange the words in the correct order on the ace
bandage. Once the verse is in the correct order, say the verse together.
Take away an adhesive bandage each round until they are all gone and
the children can say the memory verse.
THE TOURNAMENT
Games and Activities
(15–20 minutes)
Blow the whistle to begin THE TOURNAMENT. Choose from the
following games and activities.
Good Samaritan Relay
Form two equal teams. Within the teams, children should form pairs.
Show the pairs how to complete the relay course.
• Partners run to the X and one of the partners lies down as the hurt
man. The other partner runs around him twice.
• They switch roles.
• Partners run to the adhesive bandages and apply an adhesive
bandage to one another.
• Partners run and toss a coin into a basket and relay back to their
team.
The next pair of partners completes the relay. At your signal, start the
relay.
Say: “The Samaritan did not have to care for the hurt man. You don’t
have to care for those who don’t like you or those you don’t like. But
now you know that Jesus wants you to do just as the Samaritan. If you
pray, God will give you the courage to show others that you care.”
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Provide:
q Adhesive bandages
q Ace bandage from Step 7
To Do:
q Open each adhesive bandage at
one end. Write a word from the
memory verse on each adhesive
bandage. Insert the adhesive
bandage back into its paper.
Tip: Some of the less expensive
adhesive bandages are difficult to
remove once you stick them to a
surface. The ace bandage is an easy
way to add and remove adhesive
bandages.
Provide:
qWhistle from the TeamKID
Children’s Game Pak
Provide:
q Painter’s tape
q Adhesive bandages
q Basket
q Several coins
To Do:
q Use painter’s tape to mark a
Start line. Then mark an X for
both teams about 5 feet away
from the starting line.
q Place the adhesive bandages for
both teams about 5 feet from the
Xs. Open the paper for younger
children in advance.
q Place coins at each basket,
about 5 feet from the adhesive
bandages.
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Note: If your group is small, time
their relay. Encourage them to beat
their time each round.
Hospital Tag
Explain that they will play a variation of “Tag.” Choose a volunteer to
be It. When It tags a child, the child should hold the area of his body
on which he was tagged and not let go. The child is still in play until
he’s been tagged 3 times (he won’t have a 3rd hand to hold the wound).
When tagged a third time, the child must go to the “hospital” (the
sidelines) and do five jumping jacks to “get well” and rejoin the game.
Say: “In real life, jumping jacks won’t heal the hurt of someone not
liking you. But remember, people may not like you because they are
not loved at home. They may not like you because you have things they
do not have. It’s not easy to love others as you love yourself. If you
pray about it, God will give you the courage to be able to do that. Just
ask Him.”
Caring Relay
Form teams. Explain that this is a simple relay. The first person in each
line will go across the room and back, tag the hand of the next person
in line, who will do the same thing.
Say: “There’s one catch. You have to relay in a way that shows you
care about others. I will call out some of the ways that show you care.
You show you care while you talk, smile, listen, serve, or pray for
others.” Practice the different ways to relay and then begin:
Talk—walk backwards as you talk
Smile—walk while smiling
Listen—walk with an ear close to the floor
Serve—walk sideways with arms extended as if to say, “After you.”
Pray—walk on your knees with your hands clasped as if praying
COOL DOWN
Refreshments and Conclusion
(5–10 minutes)
Provide:
q TeamKID: Step Out CD
q CD player
qH
and sanitizer
q Gelatin snacks
q Spoons
To Do:
q Cue the CD to “Treating Others
Right” (4).
Play the song while the children are being served. Ask volunteers to
serve one another the snacks. As the children eat, encourage them
to listen to the words of the song. Remind them that serving others
is a way to show you care. Review the other ways to show you care.
Challenge the children to step out and ask God for courage to show
others they care, especially those people who don’t like them or those
they don’t like.
Meeting 30: Answers to Activity Books
Grades 1–3
“Love Your Neighbor”
Thumbs up for all of them.
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Courage to Care About Others
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
If this person is your neighbor, circle the thumbs up. If this
person is not your neighbor, circle thumbs down.
Grades 1–3
Meeting
30
Circle the face that shows
whether it is easy or hard
to love that person as you
love yourself.
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Draw a line from the picture to the way you can show someone you care.
This Week
Memory Verse
Luke 10:27
68
Next Week
Memory Verse
1 Chronicles 16:9
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Courage to Care About Others
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37)
Grades 4–6
Meeting
30
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This Week
Memory Verse
Extra Verse
Luke 10:27
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Galatians 5:14
Next Week
Memory Verse
Extra Verse
1 Chronicles 16:9
Psalm 18:49
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Sermon on
the Mount
CD-ROM Item 1cc: Time Line
TeamKID Step Out
© 2008 LifeWay Press®
Printed in the United States of America.
Instructions: During Meeting 29 add this item to the time line you started in
Meeting 1 to help children see the chronological order of the Bible stories.
The Good
Samaritan
CD-ROM Item 1dd: Time Line
TeamKID Step Out
© 2008 LifeWay Press®
Printed in the United States of America.
Instructions: During Meeting 30 add this item to the time line you started in
Meeting 1 to help children see the chronological order of the Bible stories.
Adapting for Beginning Readers
• WORKOUT:
• Step 5: Help the beginning readers complete the thumbs up, thumbs down activity.
Explain that all people are our neighbors—people you like and people you dislike.
Encourage the children to be honest in completing whether it is easy to love their
neighbor.
• Step 8: Guide the beginning readers in completing the activity page. There are no right or
wrong answers.
Adapting for Preteens
• WARM-UP:
For preteens, use small adhesive bandages.
• WORKOUT:
• Step 5: Encourage the preteens to be honest in their answers.
• Step 8: Say: “The Good Samaritan did the right thing when he cared for the hurt man. He
knew their two groups were enemies, but he didn’t let that stop him from caring for
the hurt man. The hurt man had a need. The Samaritan cared for him.” Challenge
preteens to think about hurts people may have—those you can see and those you
cannot. Continue: “There are needs all around you. Everyone has needs. People’s
number one need is to know Jesus. When you show others you care about them,
people may come to know Jesus.”
CD-ROM Item 82: Meeting 30 Teaching Adaptations
TeamKID Step Out
© 2008 LifeWay Press®
Printed in the United States of America.
Instructions: Use these suggestions to simplify activities for beginning readers
and to make them more challenging for preteens during Meeting 30.
1. Who was having a discussion with Jesus? (Jewish
lawyer)
3. The lawyer knew the answer because it came from
where? (the law)
5. How did Jesus answer him? (He told a story/
parable.)
7. What did the thieves do? (They robbed him,
stripped him of his clothes, hurt him, and left him
for dead.)
2. What did the lawyer want to know? (How could he
have eternal life?)
4. What was the second question the lawyer asked?
(Who was his neighbor?)
6. In the parable, where was the man traveling? (from
Jerusalem to Jericho)
8. How many people passed by and did not help the hurt
man? (two)
10. How did he help the hurt man? (He bandaged his
9. Who helped the hurt man? (a Samaritan)
wounds, put him on his donkey, and took him to
an inn where he took care of him. The next day,
he left money with the innkeeper to care for him.)
11. Who was the neighbor to the hurt man? (the
Samaritan)
CD-ROM Item 83: Review Questions
TeamKID Step Out
© 2008 LifeWay Press®
Printed in the United States of America.
Instructions: Print on labels. Place the labels
onto an ace bandage, putting the last question
first. Roll the bandage up so that the first
question will be seen first.
CD-ROM Item 84: Banta Themne People
TeamKID Step Out
© 2008 LifeWay Press®
Printed in the United States of America.
Instructions: Print a copy for each child. Use in REACH OUT, Meeting 30.