Make two small holes in the roof.
Paralyzed man lowered through roof craft.
There were four men carrying a man that was paralyzed.
Thread wool through holes in roof and tie.
When he returned to capernaum after some days it was reported that he was at home.
This bible activity is a word scramble based on jesus actions to heal and forgive a lame man who was lowered before him through the roof of the house where he was teaching.
This week your child will create a paralyzed man lying on his mat with 4 ropes attached to remind them of the faith of this man and his friends as they lowered him through the roof to get to jesus.
The picture of the man is from page 79 of the free lesson available from teachkids eu.
Someone that is crippled and disabled they wanted to get close to jesus but the house was so full of people that they couldn t get to him.
And when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
And many were gathered together so that there was no more room not even at the door.
And he was preaching the word to them.
Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man.
Diorama drama this story also lends itself well to a 3 d diorama dramatization in order to show the paralyzed man being lowered through the roof.
The activity highlights eight elements of this event.
Man lowered through the roof.
With so many people trying to see jesus there was no way the friends carrying a stretcher could make it through the door.
Since they could not get him to jesus because of the crowd they made an opening in the roof above jesus and after digging through it lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
When jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven mark 2 3 5.
The lesson is found in the preschooler section and is called little kids can know god through his miracles.
We made a craft using a square envelope for the house.
Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered.
Some men came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four of them.
This week we began with the man through the roof story healing of the paralysed man from mark 2 1 12.
Cut out the house and man on mat.
This is my version.
And they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
The bible tells us that the paralyzed man needed his friends to bring him to jesus.
When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof.
Video 3 minutes 26 seconds of a teacher telling this story using simple paper props from youtube.
It also underscores a bottom line lesson from the biblical record of the account.
Jesus is our friend.
They were good friends to take him to jesus.
And these are the crafts created by the children.
Awesome he does amazing things.