Being Served and Serving

Mark 10:35-45

Last week we talked about only taking what you need.  This week we will look at how we see what others need and how to meet their needs.

James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came forward to Jesus and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." And he said to them, "What is it you want me to do for you?" And they said to him, "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They replied, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right hand or at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."

When the ten heard this, they began to be angry with James and John. So Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that among the Gentiles those whom they recognize as their rulers lord it over them, and their great ones are tyrants over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many."

“Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant”…for Jesus “came not to be served but to serve.” 

We are to serve others in a way that’s like the way Jesus served his disciples, his students. 

What do you know?

·      In what ways have you been served?  In what ways do God and other people serve you, care for you, comfort you, meet your needs?

·      What have you seen other people do to serve people in need?

What do you want to learn?

·        How can you tell when someone is in need? 

·      How does God or Jesus know when you need something?

How can you learn?

·      How can God help you see what others need?

·      How does God meet your needs? 

·      In what ways do you serve others? 

How can you show what you have learned about serving?

            How can we serve others this week?  What do they need?  How can we meet their needs?

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We will practice serving others by washing each other’s feet.  Jesus, in what I think is is “second” must humble act of service washed the feet of the disciples in the Upper Room at the Last Supper. We will imitate this act, if the child wishes.  They can also choose to wash the feet of one of the dolls instead.  Then we’ll make a simple table flower arrangement for those who are elderly and alone.  Each child will make a commitment to serve someone in need in their family or friends over the coming week.