Interactive Bible Story Method: Travel Back
in Time With Jesus
Today’s storytelling
idea, based on John 4:1-42, is from our Bible curriculum, Choose
This Day Whom You Will Serve. This method is similar to the fun,
storytelling technique, “Goin’ on a Bear Hunt,” an interactive method whereby the listeners travel with you; as the story progresses the listeners move according to your directions (bold and italicized). It’s ok to pause while the kids walk or run in place and before moving on to the next section of the story. You might select a few kids to stand by you as you lead the class and tell the story. You can improvise the story in your own words or use the following script and read it
dramatically. This method is an open-ended method and will work with many
Bible action narratives.
Everybody stand up, because today we’re going to travel back in time with Jesus.
Let’s begin walking (walk in place or begin patting legs).
The Pharisees heard that Jesus was gaining and baptizing more followers than John, but it wasn’t Jesus who baptized, it was his disciples. When the Lord learned of this, he left Judea and hurried back to Galilee.
Let’s get moving (walk faster)!
Now Jesus had to go through Samaria, which was quite a long ways away from Samaria.
Let’s get running so we’ll get to Samaria before lunch time (run in
place)!
Look, there’s a shortcut through that wheat field. Let’s go! (Clap hands through the wheat.)
Now climb the hill. (Arms climb up.)
Now down we go. (Arms climb down.)
Keep running. Oh my! There’s a snake. (Jump over it!)
Here’s another hill. Up we go. And back down. (Keep running!)
Finally Jesus came to a town in Samaria called Sychar. He was very thirsty, hungry and tired. So he sat down by a well, named Jacob’s Well, and his disciples went into town to buy some food.
(Let’s have a seat and rest with Jesus.)
When Jesus looked up he saw a Samaritan woman coming to the well to get some water in the middle of the day.
Do you see her?
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