Parable of the Lost Sheep

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Parable of the Lost Sheep
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Luke 15:4-7 (ICB)

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Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep
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But he loses one of them.
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Then he will leave the other ninety-nine sheep alone
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And go out and look for the lost sheep.

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The man will keep on searching
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For the lost sheep until he finds it.
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And when he finds it, the man is very happy.
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He puts it on his shoulders and goes home

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He calls to his friends and neighbors
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And says, “Be happy with me
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Because I found my lost sheep!”
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I found my lost sheep

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In the same way, I tell you
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There is much joy in heaven
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When one sinner changes his heart
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Oh the joy that’s in heaven.

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There is more joy for that one sinner
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Than there is for ninety-nine
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Good people who don’t need to change
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Oh the joy for that one sinner.

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Oh the joy that’s in heaven

 

This is what the Lord God says: I, myself, will search for my sheep. I will take care of them. A shepherd will take care of his scattered flock when it is found. In the same way I will take care of my sheep. I will save them from all the places where they are scattered. Ezekiel 34:11-12a (ICB)

 

Supplemental Activities

Greek

Game: Play hide ‘n seek. he one who seeks is the Anthropos, and the one who hides is the Probaton. Instead of counting, repeat, “apollymi: lost” 10 times. Then say, “Ready or not, Probaton, here I come.” While seeking, repeat “heuriskō.”

Hebrew

Predator/Prey:

Assign a safe zone to represent a protective “shepherd.” One person is the predator, and the other is a sheep. The sheep may run to the safe zone for 10 seconds but then must exit. If the predator catches the sheep, then they switch roles.

Variation: If a third person is available, have one person (or more) as predator, one as sheep, and one adult as shepherd. The predator(s) chase(s) the sheep. The sheep may be rescued by saying, “nāşal” and getting onto the back of the shepherd, who must then run away from the predator(s). Game ends when a predator catches the sheep or when the shepherd reaches an assigned “safe zone.”

Science

Food chain: Draw pictures on styrofoam cups for each step in a food chain. Then, one animal (i.e. cup) can eat another animal (i.e. cup is placed inside another cup), and that can eat another, etc. Examples:

  • Owls: grass, grasshopper, mouse, snake, and owl.
  • Sheep: grass, sheep, coyotes, wolves