Grade 1 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

Sunday School Curriculum Grade 1
Week 7- Four Men Carry the Paralytic
Objectives:
To love each other
To learn the importance of cooperation
Memory Verse:
“Two are better than one” (Ecclesiastes 4:9)
Reference:
St. Mark 2:1-12
Introduction
Review the previous lesson and verse
Prepare pictures for today’s lesson
Ask a child to lift a chair up. He cannot of course. Ask two children to cooperate in lifting it
up.
Lesson Outlines:
One day Jesus was in a village called Capernaum. He was in a house teaching the people. When
people heard that Jesus was in that house, they all began to come. The house was full of people
because everybody was eager to listen to Jesus.
A sick man was paralized meaning that he could not walk and had to be carried on his bed. He
had four friends who cared about him. The four men heard that Jesus was preaching in that house,
and they knew if Jesus would only lay his hand on their paralytic friend, he would be healed. So, the
four men decided to carry the man together to Jesus Christ.
They began to go on their way, but when they arrived to the house, they saw that the house was
full. They could not go through the door because people were standing in the way. They began to
think together “what should we do?” Finally, by putting their heads together because “two are better
than one”, they came up with an idea. They would send their paralytic friend through the roof. The
roof wasof straw, so this idea was going to work. In order for them to send the man through the roof,
they had to be careful. They all had to carry the man carefully and steady because “two are better
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