Jesus heals a lame man
 

Today's selected readings: John 5: 1-9
 

Kid's Church talk
* Has there been any times when you have been so sick, you could not attend a special function with your friends (Discuss)
* Maybe you have broken your leg and it is in plaster but you still want to go out with your friends to a special birthday party. If your friends were real friends, what would they do? (Discuss)
* In today's story, a man had waited near the gate to the pool for some 38 years in the hope that someone would help him get into the pool. (Discuss significance about people believing that when the pool started swirling around, this was a sign from God and if you were first into the pool you would be healed)
* Sadly this man had no-one to help him even though he was there every day for 38 years.
* THEN DO THE FIZZY TEST - Get various children to do the taste test.
* Fizzy, when it goes flat, tastes awful and is best drunk when the fizz and bubbles happen. This is as soon as you put the fizzy into the water.
* A little like the pool in the story, when the water swirled around.
* That is why you are very special if you have friends to help you when things are not going right.
* Jesus wants us to have good friends, but also friends that will help one another.

Kids Church Activity:
To use Fizzy cf the Bethzatha pool
To act out the scene. ­ Theme of helpers. To prepare a large banner sized sheet of butcher paper. Children search in magazines or yellow pages for people hat help us. Eg: Fire, Police, Life Saver,

What you need to get ready:
Large 6 x 3 size butcher paper. Magazines, Yellow pages, scissors, glue, pens and texta's