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Collective Worship

Title: The Good Samaritan

Theme: Treating our neighbours with kindness

School: Primary

Term: Any

Summary

The Bible story of the Good Samaritan and what it tells us about how we should treat each other.

Teachers’ Notes

Recommended Song:

Cross Over The Road (Come and Praise no. 70)

Recommended Reading:

‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength, and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself.’ Luke 10:27

Instructions:

The pictures should be shown on PowerPoint as the story is told. The ( ) show when the slide should be changed.

The Main Text

‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your strength, and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbour as you love yourself’.

(Picture 1)

These words from the Bible were spoken by Jesus to a man who asked him how he should live his life in order to go to heaven when he died. It was a hot afternoon in Jerusalem and a group of people had gathered in the shade under some olive trees. Jesus was in the middle of the crowd. The man who asked the question was a lawyer. He was a clever man who had studied the law and he thought it would be fun to catch Jesus out with a difficult question. When he heard Jesus’ reply he asked, ‘But who is my neighbour?’

Our story today is the story Jesus told in answer to the man’s question.

Who do you think of as your neighbours? Is it the children who sit next to you in class? Is it the people who live in your street? Perhaps this story will make you think again!

(Picture 2)

There once was a man who had to travel from Jerusalem to Jericho. He had no horse or donkey to carry him so he had to walk all the way. It was a long journey and he expected it to take a day or even more along a steep and rocky road.

After a few hours the man reached the mountains. He had heard that gangs of robbers lived in this area so he decided to hurry on so that he would reach the safety of the next village before dark.

(Picture 3)

But suddenly he heard a rustling in the bushes and some men jumped out and blocked his path.

The traveller did not stand a chance against them! They hit him to the ground and beat him up very badly. They took all of his money and tore off most of his clothes. 

(Picture 4)

When they thought that he was almost dead, they left him bleeding and in great pain at the side of the road.

(Picture 5)

A few minutes later, a priest came walking down the road. He was on his way to take a service in the Temple at Jerusalem. Surely a religious man would be able to help him! But the priest had a problem: he thought the man lying on the side of the road was dead, and if he touched a dead body he would not be allowed to take part in the service at the Temple. So, he crossed the road and carried on his way.

(Picture 6)

About an hour or so later another man called a Levite was walking down the road.  Levites were people that helped priests with their work in the Temple. He would probably help the man.  But he had the same decision to make as the priest – if this man was dead, he too would not be allowed to take part in the service at the Temple. What should he do? Like the priest, he decided that if the man was dead, there was nothing he could do for him – better that he went on to the Temple, where he could be useful.

(Picture 7)

A few minutes later another man came walking by.  He was a Samaritan, which means that he came from a different part of the country called Samaria.  The Jews and the Samaritans didn't really get on well with each other - they were always arguing! The man who was dying on the roadside was a Jew.  So what do you think the Samaritan might do?  Perhaps you think he’d walk by, or even maybe laugh at the man.

(Picture 8)

But as soon as he saw the poor traveller he went over to him.  He poured oil and wine on his wounds to prevent them from getting worse. Then, he carefully wrapped bandages around them to stop the bleeding. Then he lifted the man on his own donkey and took him to a hotel where he looked after him all that night.  

(Picture 9)

The next day the Samaritan had to continue his journey. So he paid the hotel manager and asked him to take care of the man until he was better. ‘If you need more money, I will pay you the next time I come this way,’ he told the manager as he left.

(Picture 10)

After Jesus finished the story he asked the group of people gathered under the trees, ‘Which of the three men do you think was a neighbour to the man who was left beaten on the side of the road?’

Everyone thought for a moment and then the lawyer who asked him the question at the beginning replied, ‘The one who was kind and helped him.’ 

So after hearing this story, who do you think your neighbour is?

Jesus taught us that everyone is our neighbour. It doesn’t matter where you live, what job you do, what language you speak, what colour your skin is, how clever you are or how much money you have.

Prayer

Dear Lord

We remember that you taught us that everyone is our neighbour. Help us to show understanding and kindness to anyone who needs our help and to treat others as we would like to be treated ourselves.

Amen

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