Leader Introduction

Welcome students as they arrive with their parents.
OPTIONAL: As they arrive, play the song “Good Neighbor”

Today’s Bible story reinforces and expands on the previous lessons about Jesus’ parable of the Good Samaritan. Jesus told the parable to answer a question from an expert in the Jewish law about who our neighbor is. The parable shows us that our neighbor is not limited to those who we like and are similar to us but includes those who are different; in other words, anyone and everyone is our neighbor!

At Quantum Labs, Gears and Widget are on the official welcoming committee and must greet two new robots who will arrive. Gears and Widget discover that the new visitors have a different way of communicating. Gears decides to give up, but Widget finds a way to communicate and make the new bots feel welcome. Today’s lesson is finding different ways to communicate God’s love and acceptance to others who may seem different than us.

*Scripture is quoted from the New Living Translation except as noted.