LIFT Year 4 Spring

3 units available. Unit 1: Lent4 sessions. Participants explore stories about Jesus from the Gospel of Matthew. Activities include enjoying Passover foods, making alabaster prayer jars and unleavened bread, playing games, and closing with prayer and music. Participants work together to create a prayer garden, and hear the pastor share about the ways the church celebrates Communion. Sessions: Preparing Jesus (Matthew 26:1-13) The Lord's Supper (Matthew 26:17-30) Stay Awake (Matthew 26:36-46) Peter (Matthew 26:31-35, 69-75) Unit 2: Paul and His Friends4 sessions. This unit sees Paul’s interaction with a variety of friends who were important in supporting his missionary journeys, traveling with him, and building up and correcting the early church. Timothy, a young man, was raised up in the faith by his mother and grandmother, Lois and Eunice. Lydia, an influential businesswoman and dealer of purple cloth, was converted after hearing Paul preach, and offered Paul shelter at her ho