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Walking to Emmaus

The Resurrection

Day 175of 180
Week 35of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus appeared to his disciples after resurrection

2

Retell the story of Jesus walking with two disciples to Emmaus

3

Recognize God's love and personal care for believers

📖 Scripture Connection

Luke 24:13-35

“Behold, two of them were going that same day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.”

— Luke 24:13-35 (WEB)

Demonstrates Jesus' personal care and revelation to believers

📦 Materials Needed

  • Two simple costumes or robes
  • Bread
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide for Grade 2
  • World English Bible
  • Paper and crayons
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore an amazing story of Jesus appearing to two disciples

💭 Review Question: What do you remember about Jesus rising from the dead?
2Teaching (8 min)

Jesus walked with two disciples who didn't recognize Him at first. He explained the scriptures to them and revealed Himself when breaking bread.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • The disciples were sad about Jesus' crucifixion
  • Jesus walked with them and explained the scriptures
  • They recognized Jesus when He broke bread
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think the disciples felt?
  • Why didn't they recognize Jesus right away?
3Activity: Emmaus Walk Reenactment (10 min)
drama

Children will act out the Emmaus story, taking turns being Jesus and the disciples

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on simple costumes
  2. Walk around 'discussing' the recent events
  3. One child plays Jesus and explains the scriptures
  4. Break bread together at the end
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use stuffed animals or dolls to act out the story

Challenge: Memorize and recite actual scripture passages from the story

4Closing (3 min)

Review the story and its important messages

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did Jesus do with the disciples?
  • How did they finally recognize Him?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank God for revealing Himself to us, even when we don't understand

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about Jesus caring for His lost sheep

💎 Memory Verse

John 20:29

“Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

— John 20:29 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Memory Verse Dance: Create simple hand motions for each key word, dance and sing the verse

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This story shows Jesus' personal care and how He reveals Himself to believers

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional visual aids
  • Encourage children to imagine being on the walk with Jesus
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand how disciples didn't recognize Jesus

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to retell the story and show empathy with the disciples

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture of the Emmaus walk
  • Make bread together as a family activity
  • Listen to BibleMouse Song Collection resurrection songs

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