Sunday School - 3rd Grade

Reading Portion: Matthew 17: 1- 9

Vocabulary: Transfigure – to change completely

Lesson:

1. One day, Jesus took Peter, James, and John to a high mountain.

2. And on that mountain, Jesus started changing and became transfigured. His face started to shine and his clothes became super white – as white as light!

3. Suddenly, Moses and Elijah appeared. They started talking with Jesus.

4. Then, Peter spoke up. He said, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters – one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

5. As Peter was speaking, a cloud came down and hugged them (or completely covered them). Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”

6. The disciples got scared and fell facedown to the ground, but Jesus came and told them to get up and not to be afraid.

7. When the disciples got up, they didn’t see anyone but Jesus.

8. When they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them not to tell anyone about what happened until after he rises from death.

Moral: People who live like Jesus in this world shall be transformed like him.
Memory Verse: 1 Corinthians 15: 51, 52 - Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.