Jesus, a person for others
It was good to be back in class after being away for 2 weeks at World Youth Day in Sydney. Attendance was pretty good today. Today’s lesson was about “Jesus, a person for others”.
The first four to arrive for class
We started off by recapping last week’s session on “Jesus, a person of feelings”. I read out the story on “Lunch with Jesus”. It was about a boy and an old woman, sharing lunch together. They both saw Jesus in each other.
Next, we had the class to go out of the classroom and stay within the church compound to look for Jesus. Perhaps seeing Jesus in someone else or in nature.
When the teens came back to class, a few of them had nothing to share (as expected), while some shared rather interesting findings. One said she sees Jesus in the fan. It’s like how we take the fan for granted as it provides wind and coolness to the warm surrounding. Jesus offers us a lot of things in life but we tend to take him for granted.
The boys (Jerome and gang) said they saw Jesus in someone who has Jesus’ hairstyle. Naomi said that the fish reminds her of Jesus as it’s cute.
We reflected on the Bible passage of “The Blind Man in Jericho” Luke 18:35-43. Jesus healed the blind man because of his faith.
We showed a video “Go Light Your World” by Kathy Troccoli. The lyrics of the song was really meaningful.
Watching the video together
Meaning lyrics
Do we hold our candle even without a flame?
The class shared about the times when they have experienced the compassion of Jesus. The sharing of Gareth and John Paul particularly touched me. Gareth shared about how Jesus healed him when he was struck with a strange disease sometime last year and he had to go for an operation.
John Paul shared how he only had $5 which was not enough for his taxi fare. When he told the cab driver he didn’t have enough money to pay for the $8+ cab fare, the taxi driver didn’t scold him but instead told him it’s ok, $5 is fine. They each received a bar of French Nougat that I bought from Sydney for the wonderful sharing!
Engaging in group discussion
The group finally got talking after much persuasion
The boys who were ashamed of their looks...... except Jeremy! ;p
Penning down thoughts in their journals
It was a good class, I thought. I hope the teens learnt something today and will be a candle in the room of darkness. To be the light that shines brightly in others’ lives!
~ Marlene
