Leader Guide
SuperVerse
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
- SuperVerse Card Pattern
- Whiteboard or chalkboard
- Marker or chalk
Write the SuperVerse on the board.
Make one copy of each SuperVerse Card Pattern, cut apart the cards, and scramble them. If you have fewer than 9 children in your class, don’t cut the cards apart, but scramble the pages.
Let’s read our SuperVerse on the board. Luke 15:4:
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them gets lost, what will he do? Won't he leave the ninety-nine others in the wilderness and go to search for the one that is lost until he finds it?”
Jesus is our Good Shepherd and we are His sheep. How do you think this verse relates to Peter in the Bible story? Peter had failed and Jesus went to find him and restore him into a close relationship with Jesus again.
We have all made wrong choices. Peter was ashamed of what He had done. He had failed Jesus; perhaps he thought Jesus would not want him to be a disciple anymore. Instead, Jesus came to find Peter and the other disciples as they were fishing. When Jesus had first chosen them to be disciples, He had called them to fish for people—not for fish! Do you think He wanted them to continue doing what He had asked?
Jesus does not leave us when we fail. He wants to restore us and send us out again to do His work!
Have the class read the SuperVerse on the board again, then erase it. Choose nine children to stand side by side facing the class. Scramble the SuperVerse cards and give one to each child. If you have fewer than nine children, you may have each child hold two cards, or don’t cut the cards apart and have three children each hold one page. Starting on the far left from the class’s perspective, have the nine children create a “wave” by holding up and reading aloud their individual phrases, which will be out of order, then lowering their papers when done. Ask the class if that sounded like the correct verse.
Have the rest of the class tell you which reader should be first, second, third, etc. Rearrange the nine children in that order and have them read their phrases again, creating a “wave” with their papers. Ask the class if the verse is now correct. If not, have the class rearrange the readers again until they can say the phrases of the verse in the proper order. Finally, have the entire class follow the “wave” to say the verse together two or three times, going faster each time.
Conclusion: It is exciting to know that Jesus is our Shepherd and He will call out to us when we fail or stray from His care!