Activity Part I, My Strengths

1. Complete the My Strengths chart with your students.

Activity Part II, Gospel Reading 

1. Read the Gospel passage aloud to your students as they follow along.
2. Discuss the focus and reflection questions with them as a class.

Focus Questions

Lower Elementary Gospel Reading, Mark 7:31-37

1. How did the deaf man come to meet Jesus? What was asked of Jesus? He was brought to Jesus by other people.
2. What did Jesus use to heal the deaf man? Jesus put His fingers into the man’s ears and spit on his tongue. He said “Be opened!”
3. What did Jesus tell the people not to do? What did they actually do? Jesus told the people not to say anything about what they had seen. They told everyone.

Activity Part III, Jesus is Lord

1. Complete the Jesus is Lord Chart with your students.

Activity Part I, Jesus Is Lord

1. First, have students complete the My Strengths chart in The Jesus Is Lord worksheet.
2. Read the Gospel reading and complete the Call of Moses activity.
3. Conclude by having students complete the Jesus is Lord Chart at the bottom of the The Jesus Is Lord worksheet.

Activity Part II, Gospel Reading 

1. Have students read the Gospel passage, or read it aloud to your students, and then answer the focus questions. You may have students answer them on their own or you may discuss them together as a class.
2. Review and discuss the answers to the focus questions.

Focus Questions

Upper Elementary Gospel Reading, Mark 7:31-37

1. How did the deaf man come to meet Jesus? What was asked of Jesus?  He was brought to Jesus by other people.
2. What physical actions and materials did Jesus use to heal the deaf man? What words did Jesus use? Jesus put His fingers into the man’s ears and spit on his tongue. He said “Be opened!”
3. What was the result of Jesus' actions and words? The deaf man could immediately hear and speak plainly.
4. What did Jesus order the people who witnessed the healing to do? What did they actually do? Jesus ordered the people not to say anything about what they had seen. They told everyone.

Activity Part III, The Call of Moses

1. Have students read Exodus 3:7-10; 4:10-12 from The Call of Moses, or read it aloud to your students. Then have them complete the focus and reflection questions.
2. Review and discuss the answers to the focus and reflection questions.

Focus Questions

Call Of Moses

1. What caused God to reveal Himself to Moses? The suffering of his people in Egypt in slavery.  
2. What did God call Moses to do? To go to pharaoh and lead God’s people into the Promised Land. 
3. What excuse did Moses give to God? He is not eloquent and is slow of speech and tongue. In other words, Moses likely had a speech impediment. 
4. How did God respond to Moses? God chastised Moses by telling him that it is He who gives people the power to speak or not. God tells him to go and do as He commanded and that He will be with him and assist him.

Reflection Question:  

How was the deaf man Jesus heals in the Gospel of Mark like Moses? How are you like him? What do Jesus’s words to the deaf man and God’s words to Moses mean for us and our own insecurities and weaknesses?