Mary Magdalene (John 20) | Story

Mary Magdalene 
If you want the teachers page then please click on the image for the pdf.

Today’s hero is Mary Magdalene because she shows us the gift of A Lord
Essential Teachers notes:
Mary is a pretty amazing character, she’s mentioned in our scripture much more than many of the apostles, and yet not having been one of ‘the 12’ she is often only studied as a reformed character. Popular teachings about her former life of disgrace are only one way of reading into the text, Mary being a very common name causes much debate here. What we do know for certain is that she was a woman of wealth, a great supporter of Jesus, a very close friend, and a witness to the most important events of the Christian faith.

Main Passage : John 20
Additional passages : Matthew 27+28, Mark 15+16, Luke 8+24, John 19.
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Mary Magdalene (John 20) | Character Images

 

Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Mary Magdalene (John 20).
Each hero set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.

The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(Please note : these images have no watermark but are not copyright free, they are only intended for classroom use.)

 

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Judas (Matthew 26) | Craft 2

Sometimes crafts have 2 levels, and this is one of those. From a first glance it serves to remind us the coins that Judas took, but when you look closer you see the gathered crowd he walked away from, the friends he betrayed. Judas

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Judas (Matthew 26) | Games

 

This story of Judas is crammed full of symbols, objects, and motivations to bounce off. From the silly to the deep and reflective there is a real mix of ideas here that can be used to springboard your group into one aspect of the story for discussion. One thing the games don’t do is vilify Judas.

 

The coin hunt – Explain to the children that Judas has lost the 30 pieces of silver and needs to find them all before he can go and give them back! Hide the coins round the room and have the children find them. If you don’t want to use real coins then pictures of circles wrapped in silver foil work well.

No not me – Have all the children sit in a circle, close their eyes and place their hands behind their backs. Walk around the outside of the circle and gently place a token (a sweet works well) in the hands of one child. Go round the circle and allow each child to ask one other child a question – either ‘do you have it?’ or ‘does your neighbour have it?’ the child then needs to either reveal their hands or reach to feel their neighbours hands. Linking into the ideas who would betray Jesus wasn’t obvious to the rest of the group and that Jesus had to be identified by a kiss.
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Judas (Matthew 26) | Worksheet

 
Judas worksheet
This worksheet for Judas is a mixture between very physical and tangible things, and ideology. We count and examine physical money, discuss motivations behind it, and show how being misguided is not a trait exclusive to Judas in the apostles crowd. There is quite a lot of discussion questions on this sheet so it’s probably best completed in small groups, though it could be done as independent work if needed.

To complete the worksheet you will need a coin, a crayon or pencil, and something to write with.

The PDF can can be downloaded by clicking on the image.
 

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