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We Have Found the Messias

The Word before the world, the Lamb of God, and a chain reaction of friends

  • ⭐ Valiant 9–11
  • Week 3
  • 📅 Sunday, January 17, 2027
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

Jesus Christ is the Word, the Creator, the Light and the Lamb of God, and when I find Him for myself I can invite others to “come and see.”

I can learn who Jesus Christ really is and invite a friend to “come and see.”

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Know the chapters

John’s Gospel doesn’t begin in Bethlehem. It begins “In the beginning.” The Apostle John wants us to know who Jesus was before He was born: “the Word,” who was with God and was God (John 1:1). He is called the Word because He speaks for the Father and shows us exactly what the Father is like (John 1:18). Under the Father’s direction He created the world: “All things were made by him” (John 1:3; see also Moses 1:33). He is also the Light: “the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not” (John 1:5). “Comprehend” can mean both understand and overcome; darkness can’t do either. Then “the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14).

John the Baptist is now grown and baptizing at Bethabara beyond Jordan. When priests and Levites ask who he is, he says over and over what he is not: not the Christ, not Elias, not “that prophet” (John 1:19–23). His whole job is to point away from himself. When he sees Jesus he says, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29). Nine- to eleven-year-olds know the Old Testament background from last year: Passover lambs “without blemish” (Exodus 12:5) and Isaiah’s Savior “brought as a lamb to the slaughter” (Isaiah 53:7). Every one of those lambs pointed to Jesus. The sacrament now helps us remember His sacrifice.

John 1:35–51 is a chain reaction. Two of John’s disciples follow Jesus, and His first words to them are a question: “What seek ye?” He answers their question with an invitation: “Come and see.” Andrew “first findeth his own brother Simon” and says, “We have found the Messias.” Jesus renames Simon “Cephas,” a stone. Jesus calls Philip, and Philip finds Nathanael, who scoffs, “Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip doesn’t argue. He says, “Come and see.” Jesus already knew Nathanael (“when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee”), and Nathanael declares Him the Son of God and King of Israel. Jesus promises “greater things,” including angels ascending and descending, an echo of Jacob’s ladder (Genesis 28:12).

For this age, the invitations are the point. At baptism they covenanted to stand as witnesses of God (Mosiah 18:9). Sharing the gospel isn’t arguing or preaching; it’s “come and see”: an invitation to an activity, a family home evening, a baptism, a favorite scripture story. Their future missions and Young Women and deacons quorum service will be full of exactly these invitations. And point out John 1:12: those who receive Him are given power to become sons and daughters of God. We are all God’s spirit children already; through Jesus Christ we can become like our Heavenly Father and return to Him.

Only have 5 minutes?

Read John 1:1–14 and 1:29–51. Run the story drama from your phone or tablet with your readers reading the marked verses, teach John 1:4–5 with motions, and play the Titles Race and Forehead Guess. End with “Behold the Lamb of God” and your testimony. No dominoes? The hook becomes a Human Chain Reaction.

What to bring4 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Practice the domino line: about 20 dominoes (or books) standing on end, a little closer together than their height, in a curvy line across a table or the floor. Set it up before kids arrive and guard it.
  2. Bookmark John 1:1–51 in two sets of scriptures (or open John 1 in Gospel Library on two devices) for the Titles Race.
  3. Mark verses for your Scripture Readers: John 1:1, 1:23, 1:29, 1:39, 1:41, 1:46 and 1:49.
  4. Choose a spot in the room where Jesus is walking in the story. Nobody plays Jesus: you read His words from that spot.
  5. Add your kids’ names in the My Class tab so Roles and the Name Spinner work.

If your class is wild

  • Before the dominoes, give the rule: hands in laps until the countdown. Anyone who bumps the table resets it for the next round.
  • The Titles Race is fierce. Make one kid per team the Scribe who keeps the list; everyone else searches and whispers finds to the Scribe.
  • In Follow the Leader, keep moves small and in place. Nobody leaves their spot.
  • Give Nathanael to a kid who likes to be skeptical. His “Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?” should be delivered with a big eye roll.
  • If energy drops, whisper “What seek ye?” and have everyone answer in a whisper, “Rabbi, … where dwellest thou?”

The 25-minute plan25 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

The Domino Effect

3 min

One tiny push knocking down a whole line shows how one invitation can reach many people.

  1. Gather everyone around the domino line. Say: “How many of these do you think one finger can knock down?” Take guesses.
  2. Count down together and let a kid who is sitting ready tip the first one. Cheer as the line falls.
  3. Ask: “How many did they push?” (One!) Say: “In John 1, one man told two people about Jesus. One of them told his brother. Another told his friend. That chain reaction has been going for 2,000 years.”
  4. Ask: “Who was the domino that knocked you over? Who first helped you learn about Jesus?” Let two or three kids answer.
🌪️ Hands in laps until the countdown. If someone bumps the line early, they get to help reset it for a second run.

Class screen: 🔗 How many can one push knock down? · 3… 2… 1… tip!

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: About 20 dominoes, or 20 paperback books or DVD cases that can stand on end in a line

Human Chain Reaction

  1. Line everyone up shoulder to shoulder. Rule: when someone taps your shoulder, you squat down and tap the next person.
  2. Open the Big Timer. Tap the first kid and time the chain. Then try to beat the record.
  3. Ask: “How many did I tap?” (One!) Say: “In John 1, one man told two people about Jesus. One of them told his brother. Another told his friend. That chain reaction has been going for 2,000 years.”
  4. Ask: “Who was the person who tapped your shoulder? Who first helped you learn about Jesus?” Let two or three kids answer.

Class screen: 🧍 Human chain reaction! Can we beat the record?

🌪️ A tap on the shoulder, not a shove. Anyone who pushes starts the next round at the back.
2. Story

Story Drama: We Have Found Him

6 min

Acting it out with real verses shows who Jesus is and how His first disciples found Him and brought their friends.

  1. Hand out roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). Give your Scripture Readers their verses. Everyone else is the Crowd.
  2. Point to the spot where Jesus is walking. Say: “Nobody plays Jesus. When He speaks, I’ll read His words from here.”
  3. Read each scene and pause for the readers and actions.
  4. After scene 4, freeze and ask: “Why would John call Jesus a lamb? Where did we see lambs in the Old Testament?” (Passover lambs without blemish, Exodus 12:5; Isaiah 53:7.)
  5. After scene 9, ask: “Count the links in the chain. Who found whom?”
🌪️ Keep the Priests and Levites to three questions each. If they get rowdy, they become the gliding doves in scene 4.

Class screen: 🎭 Story Drama: We Have Found Him! · Everyone has a part · Listen for “Come and see”

3. Wiggle break

Follow Me

2 min

A secret-leader game gets everyone moving and makes kids watch closely for who they’re really following.

  1. One kid (the Seeker) covers their eyes. Silently point to a secret Leader.
  2. Everyone stands in a circle. The Leader starts a move (clap, march, touch toes, jumping jacks) and changes it every few seconds. Everyone copies.
  3. The Seeker stands in the middle and gets three guesses to find the Leader.
  4. Play two rounds, then say: “Jesus said to Philip, ‘Follow me.’ Philip watched Him closely enough to know Him, then went and told his friend. Who you follow shows.”

Class screen: 🚶 Who’s the secret leader? Follow closely! · John 1:43: “Follow me.”

4. Scripture

Scripture Spotlight: John 1:4–5

3 min

Kids memorize the promise that Jesus’s light can’t be beaten and link it to Genesis and John 8.

  1. Show the verses on your phone or tablet. A Verse Leader reads them and teaches the motions.
  2. Say it three times: normal, then with the lights off and only your phone or tablet glowing, then as a whisper.
  3. Have a kid read Genesis 1:3. Ask: “If Jesus created the world under the Father’s direction, whose voice said ‘Let there be light’?”
  4. Have another kid read John 8:12. Ask: “What does it mean that the darkness ‘comprehended it not’?” (It couldn’t understand the light and couldn’t overpower it.)

Class screen: 💡 “The light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” · John 1:4–5 · Compare Genesis 1:3 and John 8:12

5. Game

Titles Race

3 min

Teams dig through John 1 for every name and title of Jesus, discovering how much this one chapter teaches about who He is.

  1. Split into two teams, each with a set of scriptures (or Gospel Library) open to John 1. Each team picks a Scribe.
  2. Start the Big Timer for 2 minutes. Teams race to find every name or title for Jesus in John 1. The Scribe keeps the list.
  3. Possible finds: the Word · God · the Light · the true Light · only begotten of the Father · Jesus Christ · Lamb of God · Son of God · Rabbi (Master) · Messias (Christ) · Jesus of Nazareth · King of Israel · Son of man.
  4. One point per title with a verse. Ask the winners: “Which title means the most to you, and why?”
🌪️ Only the Scribe writes and only whispers inside the team. Shouting a title gives it to the other team.
⏱️ Big Timer (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🏷️ How many names for Jesus can you find in John 1? · 2 minutes · Title + verse = 1 point

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: At least two sets of scriptures, or phones or tablets with Gospel Library, one per team

Title Snap

  1. Split into two teams sitting on opposite sides. Say: “I’ll read from John 1. The moment you hear a name or title for Jesus, stand up and say it.”
  2. Read from your scriptures: John 1:1, 1:9, 1:14, 1:29, 1:34, 1:38, 1:41, 1:45 and 1:49.
  3. The first kid standing who names the title gets a point for their team. Titles to listen for: the Word, the true Light, only begotten of the Father, Lamb of God, Son of God, Rabbi, Messias, Jesus of Nazareth, King of Israel.
  4. Ask the winners: “Which title means the most to you, and why?”

Class screen: 🏷️ Hear a name for Jesus? Stand up and say it!

6. Game

Forehead Guess: Fig Tree Edition

3 min

A Heads Up–style round with harder words reviews every person, place and title from John 1.

  1. Tap Forehead Guess. A kid runs the timer: 45 seconds per guesser.
  2. The guesser holds your phone or tablet on their forehead. Classmates give clues without saying the word; tilt down for got it, up to pass.
  3. Challenge words like Cephas, Bethabara, Guile and Shoe latchet need story clues.
  4. Teams alternate guessers. Most words wins.
🌪️ Hands up to give a clue; the guesser picks who goes next.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess: Can you get Cephas? · No saying the word! · Story clues only

7. Talk it over

Kid-Led Discussion

3 min

An older kid leads the class through who Jesus is and how to invite others without arguing.

  1. Hand your phone or tablet to your Discussion Moderator. They read each question and tap the Name Spinner to choose who answers first.
  2. After each answer the Moderator asks, “Who can add to that?”
  3. Sit beside the Moderator and add your own thoughts, especially on the last question.
💬 Ask the class
  • John calls Jesus “the Word.” Why is that a good name for someone who shows us what Heavenly Father is like?
  • John the Baptist kept saying “I am not the Christ.” Why was pointing away from himself so important?
  • Philip didn’t argue with Nathanael. He said “Come and see.” Why does an invitation work better than an argument?
  • Jesus saw Nathanael under the fig tree before they met. What does that tell you about how well He knows you?
  • Who is one person you could invite to “come and see” something good this month?
🎡 Name Spinner (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🎤 Your turn to lead the discussion! · Read it · Spin it · Add to it

8. Testimony

Behold the Lamb of God

2 min

End quietly with the Savior’s sacrifice and the power He gives to those who receive Him.

  1. Lower your voice. Read John 1:29. Say: “Every Passover lamb pointed to Him. Every week the sacrament helps us remember Him.”
  2. Read John 1:12. Say: “We are all Heavenly Father’s children already. When we receive Jesus, He gives us power to become like our Father and return to Him.”
  3. Share a short testimony of how you found Jesus for yourself, or who invited you to “come and see.”
  4. Introduce the Come and See challenge. Ask a child to say the closing prayer.

Class screen: 🐑 “Behold the Lamb of God!” · John 1:29 · He takes away the sin of the world

9. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A tough team quiz reviews John 1 and its Old Testament links.

  1. Split into Team Andrew and Team Philip. Tap Scripture Showdown.
  2. Read each question aloud. Teams huddle 10 seconds, then a captain answers. Rotate captains every question.
  3. Bonus point for naming the verse.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown!

10. Game

Draw the Title

4 minBONUS

Drawing titles and symbols from John 1 helps kids remember what each one teaches about Jesus.

  1. Tap Draw & Guess. One kid draws a word from today’s list on your phone or tablet while the class guesses.
  2. After each correct guess, the drawer says what that word teaches about Jesus (Lamb: His sacrifice; Light: He beats darkness; Fig tree: He knows us).
  3. Rotate artists every 45 seconds.
🖍️ Draw & Guess (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🎨 Draw it. Guess it. What does it teach about Jesus?

Story drama

We Have Found Him

John 1:1–51 ↗

Parts to hand out

  • John the BaptistBaptizes at the Jordan, insists “I am not the Christ,” and points everyone to the Lamb of God.
  • Priests and LevitesSent from Jerusalem to interrogate John: “Who art thou?”
  • AndrewFollows Jesus, then runs to find his brother Simon first.
  • Simon PeterAndrew’s brother; gets a new name from Jesus: Cephas, “A stone.”
  • PhilipHears Jesus say “Follow me,” then invites his friend Nathanael to “come and see.”
  • NathanaelSits under a fig tree, doubts anything good comes from Nazareth, then declares Jesus the Son of God.
  • Scripture ReadersRead the marked verses straight from the scriptures when their scene comes.
  • The CrowdEveryone else: the creation, the people at the river, and the echo on every “Come and see.”

Scenes

  1. 🌌✨ In the beginning was the Word

    Before the earth existed, Jesus Christ was with Heavenly Father. John calls Him “the Word,” because He speaks for the Father. Under the Father’s direction He created everything: stars, oceans, animals, all of it. And He is the Light that darkness can’t put out.

    🎬 A reader reads John 1:1. The Crowd crouches in a ball, then “creates”: sun (arms wide), waves (swaying), birds (flapping), all on your cue.

  2. 📜❓ “Who art thou?”

    Years later, crowds were coming to a man baptizing by the Jordan River. Leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to find out who he was. Are you the Christ? No. Are you Elias? No. Are you that prophet? No. Then who are you?

    🎬 The Priests and Levites circle John, firing questions. John shakes his head each time. A reader reads John 1:23.

  3. 👟🧔 Not worthy to untie His shoe

    John said he baptized with water, but Someone they didn’t know was already standing among them, so much greater that John wasn’t even worthy to untie His shoe. John never wanted people looking at him. He wanted them looking at Jesus.

    🎬 John kneels, reaches toward an invisible sandal, then pulls his hand back and shakes his head. Everyone looks around: “Who is it?”

  4. 🐑🕊️ “Behold the Lamb of God!”

    The next day John saw Jesus walking toward him. He pointed and said, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John said he had seen the Spirit descend like a dove and stay on Him, the sign God had promised him, and he bore record that this is the Son of God.

    🎬 John points toward the spot where Jesus is walking. A reader reads John 1:29. Everyone links thumbs and makes a dove with their hands, gliding it down slowly.

  5. 👣❓ “What seek ye?” “Come and see.”

    Two of John’s disciples started following Jesus. He turned around and asked, “What seek ye?” They asked where He was staying. He answered, “Come and see.” They spent the rest of the day with Him.

    🎬 Andrew and a friend tiptoe after the Jesus spot. The teacher reads Jesus’s words. The Crowd echoes, “Come and see!”

  6. 🏃‍♂️🪨 Andrew finds his brother first

    The very first thing Andrew did was find his own brother Simon. “We have found the Messias!” he said, which means the Christ. He brought Simon to Jesus, and Jesus looked at him and gave him a new name: Cephas, a stone.

    🎬 Andrew races (walking fast) to Simon, grabs his arm, and reads John 1:41 out loud. Simon stands tall and solid as a rock.

  7. 🙄🏘️ “Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?”

    Jesus found Philip and said, “Follow me.” Philip immediately went to find his friend Nathanael: we’ve found the one Moses and the prophets wrote about, Jesus of Nazareth! Nathanael rolled his eyes. Nazareth? Philip didn’t argue. He just said, “Come and see.”

    🎬 Nathanael sits cross-armed. A reader reads John 1:46 as Nathanael rolls his eyes. The whole Crowd answers with Philip: “Come and see!”

  8. 🌳👁️ “Under the fig tree, I saw thee”

    As Nathanael walked up, Jesus called him an Israelite with no guile: nothing fake about him. Nathanael was stunned and asked how Jesus knew him. Jesus said He had seen him under the fig tree before Philip ever called him. Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.”

    🎬 Nathanael’s jaw drops. He kneels and a reader reads John 1:49.

  9. 🪜👼 “Thou shalt see greater things”

    Jesus told Nathanael this was only the beginning. He would see heaven opened and angels going up and down, like Jacob’s ladder long ago. The chain had started: John to Andrew, Andrew to Simon, Philip to Nathanael. And it hasn’t stopped since.

    🎬 Everyone stands in a line. The first kid taps the next kid’s shoulder and whispers, “Come and see,” all the way down the line.

Key verse

John 1:4–5 ↗
“In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”
In kid words: Jesus is the source of life and light, and darkness can never understand or overpower His light.
🙌 “In him was life” = hand on your heart, feel the heartbeat · “the light of men” = open hands like rays from your face · “the light shineth in darkness” = one hand covers your eyes, the other shines through the fingers · “the darkness comprehended it not” = shake your head and push the dark away with both hands.

More verses

John 1:3 ↗
“All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”
In kid words: Under Heavenly Father’s direction, Jesus created everything.
John 1:29 ↗
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
In kid words: Look! Here is the Savior, who takes away the sins of the world.
John 1:41 ↗
“He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias”
In kid words: The first thing Andrew did was find his brother and tell him, “We found the Christ!”
John 1:46 ↗
“Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.”
In kid words: Nathanael doubted, and Philip didn’t argue. He just said, “Come and see.”

Forehead Guess words20 words

  • 💬 The Word
  • 🌍 Creator
  • 💡 Light
  • 🌑 Darkness
  • 🧔 John the Baptist
  • 📜 Pharisees
  • 👟 Shoe latchet
  • 🐑 Lamb of God
  • 🕊️ Dove
  • 🧑‍🏫 Rabbi
  • 🎣 Andrew
  • 👑 Messias
  • 🪨 Cephas
  • 🚶 Philip
  • 🙄 Nathanael
  • 🌳 Fig tree
  • 🏘️ Nazareth
  • 🏞️ Bethabara
  • ⭐ Only Begotten
  • 🎭 Guile
Clues for each word
  • The Word: John’s name for Jesus “in the beginning”
  • Creator: All things were made by Him
  • Light: It shines in darkness and can’t be put out
  • Darkness: It “comprehended it not”
  • John the Baptist: Said “I am not the Christ” and pointed to Jesus
  • Pharisees: The questioners sent to John belonged to this group
  • Shoe latchet: John wasn’t worthy to untie this
  • Lamb of God: John’s title for Jesus; takes away sin
  • Dove: Sign John saw as the Spirit descended
  • Rabbi: Means Master or Teacher
  • Andrew: First found his own brother
  • Messias: Another word for the Christ, the Anointed One
  • Cephas: New name for Simon; means a stone
  • Philip: Jesus told him “Follow me”
  • Nathanael: Doubted Nazareth, then called Jesus King of Israel
  • Fig tree: Where Jesus saw Nathanael before they met
  • Nazareth: Could any good thing come from here?
  • Bethabara: Place beyond Jordan where John baptized
  • Only Begotten: Jesus is the only child of the Father in the flesh
  • Guile: Fakeness or trickery; Nathanael had none
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown10 questions

  1. What does John 1:1 call Jesus?
    • A. The Shepherd
    • B. The Word
    • C. The Prophet
    Show answer

    ✅ B. The Word He speaks for the Father and shows us what the Father is like.

  2. According to John 1:3, what was made by Him?
    • A. Only the sun and moon
    • B. Only the temple
    • C. All things
    Show answer

    ✅ C. All things Under the Father’s direction, Jesus Christ created all things.

  3. When asked who he was, what did John the Baptist say first?
    • A. “I am not the Christ”
    • B. “I am Elias”
    • C. “I am a king”
    Show answer

    ✅ A. “I am not the Christ” John 1:20. He always pointed people to Jesus, not himself.

  4. John said he wasn’t worthy to do what for Jesus?
    • A. Carry His scrolls
    • B. Unloose His shoe latchet
    • C. Cook His dinner
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Unloose His shoe latchet John 1:27. The latchet was the strap of a sandal.

  5. Passover lambs had to be “without blemish.” What did that point to?
    • A. Jesus’s sinless sacrifice
    • B. A good harvest
    • C. Moses’s staff
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Jesus’s sinless sacrifice Exodus 12:5. Jesus is the perfect Lamb of God (John 1:29).

  6. What were Jesus’s first words to the two disciples following Him?
    • A. “Go home”
    • B. “Who sent you?”
    • C. “What seek ye?”
    Show answer

    ✅ C. “What seek ye?” John 1:38. Then He invited them: “Come and see.”

  7. What did Andrew do first after spending the day with Jesus?
    • A. Went fishing
    • B. Found his brother Simon
    • C. Went back to John
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Found his brother Simon John 1:41: “We have found the Messias.”

  8. The new name Cephas means…
    • A. A stone
    • B. A fisherman
    • C. A lamb
    Show answer

    ✅ A. A stone John 1:42. Simon would become Peter, a steady foundation for the Church.

  9. Where was Nathanael when Jesus first saw him?
    • A. On a boat
    • B. In the synagogue
    • C. Under the fig tree
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Under the fig tree John 1:48. Jesus knew him before they ever met.

  10. John 1:51’s angels ascending and descending echo which Old Testament story?
    • A. Noah’s ark
    • B. Jacob’s ladder
    • C. Jonah and the fish
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Jacob’s ladder Genesis 28:12. Jesus is the way between heaven and earth.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • Come, Follow Me Hymns, no. 116

    Jesus said to Philip, “Follow me” (John 1:43). Find it ↗

  • We’ll Bring the World His Truth Children’s Songbook, p. 172

    Andrew and Philip started a chain of invitations that kids continue today. Find it ↗

  • I Lived in Heaven Children’s Songbook, p. 4

    John 1 begins before the world was made, when we lived with Heavenly Father and Jesus. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Come and See

Pray this week for a chance to invite someone, then do it: invite a friend to an activity, your family to read a favorite story from John 1, or a less-active classmate to Primary. Keep it simple, like Philip: no arguing, just “Come and see.” Report back next week on how it went.

Text the parents

Today in Primary we studied John 1: Jesus Christ is the Word, the Creator and the Light that darkness can’t overcome (John 1:4–5), and John the Baptist called Him “the Lamb of God.” We watched a chain reaction as Andrew found his brother and Philip told Nathanael, “Come and see.” Your child’s challenge is to invite someone to something good this week. Ask: what did Nathanael say about Nazareth, and how did Jesus surprise him?

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

🔦 Can the Dark Win? · 3 min

  1. Turn off the lights (door cracked for safety) and click on a flashlight or the screen.
  2. Ask: “Can anyone make the dark spread into the light? Can you shine a ‘dark-light’?” (No.)
  3. Read John 1:5. Say: “Darkness never wins against His light. When you feel stuck in something dark, turn toward Him.”

🔍 What Seek Ye? · 4 min

  1. Read John 1:38. Point out that Jesus’s first words in John are a question.
  2. Each kid answers silently on paper or in their head: “What am I looking for from Jesus right now?”
  3. Read His answer in verse 39. Ask: “How can you ‘come and see’ for yourself this week?” (Pray, read, go to church, take the sacrament thoughtfully.)

🐑 Lamb Links · 4 min

  1. Pairs look up Exodus 12:5, Isaiah 53:7 and John 1:29.
  2. Each pair explains how the Old Testament lamb points to Jesus.
  3. Ask: “Which part of the sacrament prayers helps you remember the Lamb of God?”

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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