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    Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus Leader's Guide: A Six-Week Study for Children
    Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus Leader's Guide: A Six-Week Study for Children
    Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus Leader's Guide: A Six-Week Study for Children
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    Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus Leader's Guide: A Six-Week Study for Children

    By Linda R Whited

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    Ideal for showing children how to be effective stewards of the world around them

    This leader's resource helps plan six sessions that will help children:


    • Learn what it means to care for the world and God’s people

    • Consider the ways to do good things for their families, their church, their community, and the world

    • Discover the value of spiritual disciplines and how to practice them

    The three simple rules of "Do No Harm," "Do Good," and "Stay in Love with God" are easy enough for children to understand and profound enough to begin a lifelong journey of faith.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAbingdon Press
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    ISBN9781426725067
    Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus Leader's Guide: A Six-Week Study for Children

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      Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus Leader's Guide - Linda R Whited

      title

      Three Simple Rules

      for Following Jesus

      Copyright 2008 by Abingdon Press

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted by the 1976 Copyright Act or in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission can be addressed to Abingdon Press, P.O. Box 801, 201 Eighth Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37202-0801, or e-mailed to permissions@abingdonpress.com.

      This book is printed on acid-free paper.

      Scripture quotations in this publication, unless otherwise indicated, are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible,copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture quotations marked (CEV) are from the Contemporary English Version, Copyright © 1991, 1992, 1995 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

      Scripture quotations marked (NIV) are from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®.

      Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society.

      All rights reserved throughout the world.

      Used by permission of International Bible Society.

      ISBN 978-1-426--70042-2

      Linda Robinson Whited has extensive experience as a writer and editor of curriculum resources, books for clergy and lay leaders, and articles related to Christian education. She is a clergy member of the Mississippi Conference of The United Methodist Church, where she served in local congregations and as associate director of the Conference Council on Ministries staff. She has served on staff with the General Board of Discipleship as an editor for Discipleship Resources and at The United Methodist Publishing House as an editor for children's resources. She also serves as Coordinator of Adult Ministries on the staff of Crievewood United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Rev. Whited is the author of The Promised Land: An Old Testament Activity Book, What Every Teacher Needs to Know About The United Methodist Church, What Every Leader Needs to Know About United Methodist Connections, and other resources related to Christian education and formation.

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      Printed in the U. S. A.

      CONTENTS

      Intergenerational Worship

      Song: Stay in Love With God

      1 Simple Rule Number 1: DO NO HARM

      First Week: To God's Children

      Second Week: To God's World

      2 Simple Rule Number 2: DO GOOD

      First Week: For My Family and My Church

      Second Week: For My Community and the World

      3 Simple Rule Number 3: STAY IN LOVE WITH GOD

      First Week: By Spending Time With God

      Second Week: By Learning, Serving, and Worshiping With Others

      Your church can do a church-wide study of the three simple rules by using the youth resource, Three Simple Rules 24/7, and the adult resource, Three Simple Rules for Christian Living, along with Three Simple Rules for Following Jesus for children.

      Parents who would like to discuss the three simple rules with their children can download a free list of suggested questions at cokesbury.com.

      Intergenerational Worship

      As you study Three Simple Rules: A Wesleyan Way of Living by Reuben P. Job with the children, youth, and adults of your congregation, you may want to plan for group involvement in intergenerational activities. Consider these possibilities:

      Plan a concluding celebration on a Sunday morning that will create a renewed commitment to practicing the three simple rules. Recruit adults, youth, and children to offer testimonies about what they learned and practiced during their study.

      During the study, have the groups learn the song Stay in Love With God. An intergenerational choir can sing the song during worship.

      Add an intergenerational activity to each session. For example, the combined group might create a group banner for each of the three simple rules. The banners can then be displayed in the sanctuary during worship as a reminder of what the groups have learned.

      Make suggestions of songs or hymns that reflect the three simple rules for those who plan the worship services for the weeks following the study. Have someone name the connections to the three simple rules when the songs are sung.

      Prepare a video or skits that illustrate the three simple rules. Involve actors from all age groups.

      Have children, youth, and adults work together to design a worship altar that reflects the meanings of the three simple rules in the lives of Christians.

      Stay in Love With God

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      Focus for the Teacher

      Wesley's General Rules

      John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Movement that began in the eighteenth century, was ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1728. As the movement grew, John Wesley organized its members into societies who met weekly to provide mutual accountability for their Christian spiritual growth. Anyone who wanted to flee from the wrath to come, and to be saved from their sins was welcome to join. However, a disciplined life was required of those who wished to remain in a society.

      In 1743, leaders in the societies asked for guidance. Whatshouldweteach?theywantedtoknow. What guidelines can we follow as we seek to live holy lives in our complex world? After much thought and discussion, John Wesley answered with what has become known as the General Rules of the United Societies. Even though it has been over 265 years since Wesley's rules were published, these three rules are still basic guidelines for Christians living in the complex world of today. Bishop Reuben P. Job has summarized Wesley's rules as three simple rules: Do No Harm; Do Good; and Stay in Love With God.

      Wesley's General Rules are based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The rules are not laws that must be enforced or descriptions of righteous works that must be performed in order for one to be a Christian. Instead, they are guidelines for a way of living that will form Christian character among those who strive to follow them. The goal of Wesley's three simple rules is to help faithful followers of Jesus Christ achieve a goal that Wesley described as a holiness of heart and life.

      For John Wesley, holiness is two-fold. First, there is an inward, personal holiness that seeks a relationship with God that leads to a life of trust, obedience, joy, and worship. Then, there is an outward holiness that shows itself in the ways a Christian shows love for God through acts of love for neighbors. Wesley described this holiness of heart and life in two categories—works of piety and works of mercy.

      The second and third of the General Rules—Do Good and Stay in Love With God—are related to

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