Passage: Luke 18:35-43 - Once when Jesus came to Jericho, there was a blind man sitting on the roadside begging. He heard the noise of the crowds and asked what was happening. When he was told that Jesus was passing by he started to shout at the top of his lungs, “Jesus, son of David, have mercy on me.” He was told to be quiet, but shouted all the more. Jesus took notice of him, stopped, and called him over to him. When Jesus asked what he could do for the man, he asked for his sight. Jesus healed him on the stop and said that his faith had healed him.
Big Idea: Jesus has a heart for all.
For Teachers:
Lesson plan.
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Welcome Activity: — All LeadersGreet the children with the tablet outside the classroom door. Check-in the children in your classroom as they arrive.
Introduce yourselves, and use this time to get to know the names of the kids in your classroom.
Leader: “Good morning friends! It’s so nice to see you! We are glad you are here today! We are going to start by playing a game today.”
Warm Up Activity: What’s in the box? game
There will be a box containing a variety of different objects.
Ask for volunteers to come up one at a time, put their hand in the box and hold one object. They can feel it with their hand but can’t look, and their goal is to guess what it is.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion — Bible Story Leader
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a blind man so that he could see again.
Let’s watch our video to find out more about the story…
Video Lesson — Select Miracle Mysteries: Jesus heals a blind man
Follow Up Discussion — Bible Story Leader
Does anyone remember what the blind man was doing at the beginning of the story?
What did the man do when he found out that Jesus was there?
What do you think we can learn from this story about how Jesus wants us to treat others?
Activity: Blind Man folding colouring page
Kids will use crayons and markers to colour the blind man and then fold the page to reveal the surprise drawing.
If a child is not interested in the activity, allow them to move to free play.
Dismissal: Dismiss children by checking them out on the tablet, making sure they leave with their parent with the appropriate sticker.
Welcome:
Greet the children, check-in the children on the tablet as soon as they arrive in the classroom. Invite them to sit on the carpet.
Introduce yourself, get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Charades
Kids can take turns drawing a card from a basket and acting out the prompt for others to guess.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today we’re going to be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
Last Sunday we learned about a miracle where Jesus was able to make coins come out of the mouth of a fish.
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a little boy who was very sick.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use. Can you give a thumbs up when you are ready for the video?
Video Lesson — Select Mystery Miracles: Healing of the Royal’s son from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Does anyone remember what was the job of the man who’s son was sick?
Do you think that royal officials are pretty powerful and important?
Why do you think this man went to Jesus to heal his son even though he had lots of money and could pay for all the best doctors in the palace?
How did Jesus end up healing this man’s son in the end?
Do you think we can also trust Jesus as much as this man did? Why do you think we can trust Jesus so much?
Have a leader collect the fidgets before moving to the tables.
Craft Activity — Autumn Leaves Craft
Show the kids how to make the 3D leaves, where you put a bit of glue onto the white paper, wrap a square of tissue paper onto the end of a pencil, then stick it down onto the glue. Kids can use this method to put leaves on their tree.
Note: it’s much easier to put the glue on a small section of the white paper and stick the tissue paper on, rather than try to put glue directly on the tissue paper.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Welcome the kids to class, ask how their week was.
Use the tablet to manually check-in the kids who are in the classroom.
Use this time to get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: What’s in the box? game
There will be a box containing a variety of different objects. Ask for volunteers to come up one at a time, put their hand in the bag, and hold one object. They can feel it with their hand but can’t look, and their goal is to guess what it is.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together! A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm. Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion — Bible Story Leader
Today we’re going be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use.
Last Sunday we learned about a miracle where Jesus healed a little boy who was very sick. His dad was a royal official who worked in the palace for the king, but even though his dad was very rich and powerful, he turned to Jesus for help. He realized that Jesus’ power came from God
Today we’re going to learn about a time when Jesus healed a blind man so that he could see again.
Let’s watch our video to find out more about the story…
Video Lesson — Select Miracle Mysteries: Jesus heals a blind man from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Follow Up Discussion — Bible Story Leader
Does anyone remember what the blind man was doing at the beginning of the story?
What did the people do when they saw him begging?
What did the man do when he found out that Jesus was there?
How did all the people react to him screaming and yelling? How did Jesus react?
What do you think we can learn from this story about how Jesus wants us to treat others?
Activity: Blind Man Folding and colouring page.
Kids will colour and fold their craft related to the bible story.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Welcome the kids to class, ask how their week was.
Use the tablet to manually check-in the kids who are in the classroom.
Use this time to get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Blindfolded Drawing
Kids will sit around the table with a pencil and paper, all blindfolded. Instruct them to draw an object or animal (leader’s choice). Once everyone is done, they can reveal their drawings.
Remind the kids that it’s okay to have fun and laugh, but not to make fun of anyone’s work.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together!
A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm.
Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion — Bible Story Leader
Today is week 3 of our series on Jesus’ miracles.
Does anyone remember what some of the other miracles were that we talked about so far? What were some of the lessons that we learned from them?
Today’s miracle is all about Jesus healing a blind man.
Let’s watch our video to find out more…
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use.
Video Lesson — Select Mystery Miracles: Jesus heals the blind man from lesson plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Can anyone tell us what the blind man was doing at the beginning of the story? How did people react to him begging?
What did he do when he heard that Jesus was there? How did the people react to him then? What was Jesus’ response?
Why do you think that people sometimes treat others like outsiders? Can you relate to the feeling of being left out or ignored?
Do you think that Jesus healed more than that man’s sight that day? How so?
What is something we can learn from this story and apply to our own lives?
Craft Activity — Blind man colouring page/ folding craft.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Greet the children, check-in the children on the tablet as soon as they arrive in the classroom.
Introduce yourself, get to know the kids’ names.
The time can be as structured or unstructured as the kids want it to be (feel free to use your judgement). The following activities are just suggestions. If a child is not interested in the activities, allow them to move to free play.
Activity: Choose a picture book from the shelf and read it to the kids (whoever is interested).
Body Break Activity: Sing/Dance
“I Might Be Small (Preschool Worship)” from the Worship Kids 2025 playlist on YouTube
Activity: Blind Man folding colouring page
Explain that there are lots of stories in the Bible about Jesus healing people, and this craft is about a story where Jesus healed a blind man so he could see again!
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Welcome the kids to class, ask how their week was.
Use the tablet to manually check-in the kids who are in the classroom.
Use this time to get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: What’s in the box? game
There will be a box containing a variety of different objects. Ask for volunteers to come up one at a time, put their hand in the bag, and hold one object. They can feel it with their hand but can’t look, and their goal is to guess what it is.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together!
A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm.
Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today we’re going be learning about another one of Jesus miracles and solving the mystery of what the miracle means for us.
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use.
Video Lesson — “Miracle Mysteries: Jesus heals a blind man” from the Lesson Plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Does anyone remember what the blind man was doing at the beginning of the story?
What did the people do when they saw him begging?
What did the man do when he found out that Jesus was there?
How did all the people react to him screaming and yelling? How did Jesus react?
What do you think we can learn from this story about how Jesus wants us to treat others?
Activity: Blind Man folding and colouring page.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
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Welcome:
Welcome the kids to class, ask how their week was.
Use the tablet to manually check-in the kids who are in the classroom.
Use this time to get to know the kids’ names.
Warm Up Activity: Blindfolded Drawing
Kids will sit around the table with a pencil/pen/marker and paper. Instruct them to draw an object or animal (leader’s choice), but keeping their eyes closed the entire time. Once everyone is done, they can reveal their drawings.
Remind the kids that it’s okay to have fun and laugh, but not to make fun of anyone’s work.
Prayer: Before our lesson time, we’re going to do a Breath Prayer together!
A Breath Prayer is when you have a really short prayer that you pray while slowly breathing in and out. You can do it anytime, anywhere, and it can help you feel more calm.
Our prayer today is “Loving God, bring me joy.” We’ll slowly breathe in together while I say “Loving God”, and slowly breathe out while I say “bring me joy”, and you can think the words in your own head while we breathe. So let’s quiet our bodies, close our eyes, and we’ll try it a few times. “Breathe in, Loving God, breathe out, bring me joy” etc. [do it a few times]
Preliminary Discussion:
Today is week 3 of our series on Jesus’ miracles.
Does anyone remember what some of the other miracles were that we talked about so far? What were some of the lessons that we learned from them?
Today’s miracle is all about Jesus healing a blind man.
Let’s watch our video to find out more…
If you would like a fidget to help you focus our leaders will pass around a basket of fidgets to use.
Video Lesson — “Mystery Miracles: Jesus heals the blind man” from the Lesson Plan playlist.
Follow Up Discussion: (don’t have to do all the questions, choose a few)
Can anyone tell us what the blind man was doing at the beginning of the story? How did people react to him begging?
What did he do when he heard that Jesus was there? How did the people react to him then? What was Jesus’ response?
Why do you think that people sometimes treat others like outsiders? Can you relate to the feeling of being left out or ignored?
Do you think that Jesus healed more than that man’s sight that day? How so?
What is something we can learn from this story and apply to our own lives?
Activity — Blind man colouring page/ folding craft.
Dismissal: As they leave, check-out children manually on the tablet and make sure each child leaves with their caregiver. Check parents’ pick-up stickers to see that they match with the code listed on the tablet.
For Parents:
Follow-up questions.
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What was the story you learned about in class today?
How do you think the blind man was feeling at the beginning of the story when he was sitting beside the road begging?
What did he do when he heard that Jesus was there?
How did the people around him react when he did this? How did Jesus react to him?
What do you think this teaches us about Jesus’ heart?
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What was the story you learned about in class today?
Why do you think the blind man was begging at the beginning of the story?
How do you think it would feel to be asking for help and no one is listening to you or caring?
What did the man do when he heard that Jesus was there? How did the people around him react? How did Jesus react?
What do you think this story teaches us about Jesus’ heart?
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What was the story you learned about in class today?
How do you think the blind man felt at the beginning of the story when he was sitting on the side of the road begging? What do you think his everyday life might have been like?
What did he do when he heard that Jesus was passing by? What do you think gave him to courage to scream and shout even though people were telling him to be quiet?
How did Jesus respond to him? How do you think this experience and encounter with Jesus impacted the man’s life?
What do you think the story teaches us about Jesus’ heart? What can we take away from it and apply to our own lives?
