Game / Bible / Life Connection:  In the Game The “Doctors” Helped the Hurting / In the Bible The Samaritan helped the Man in Need / In Life Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

 This is Step 1

1. One Player will be chosen to be the “Tagger.”
   2. The “Tagger’s” job is to chase around the Players trying to tag each Player three times.
   3. Player’s job is to avoid being tagged.
   4. Once a Player has been tagged three times they must go see a “Doctor.” The “Doctors” will be Players that volunteer to sit out on the sideline helping the other Players get healed and back on the field.
   • The first time a Player gets “tagged,” they have to place one hand on or near the spot where they were tagged, like applying a “Band-Aid.”
   • If they are tagged a second time have them place another “Band-Aid” (hand on or near) the second spot.
   • If they get tagged a third time, they must go to the sidelines, find a doctor and do five(5) jumping jacks to get “healed” and, then, rejoin the game

 Game / Bible / Life Connection:    In the Game The “Doctors” Helped the Hurting / In the Bible The Samaritan helped the Man in Need / In Life Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

Who is your neighbor?  Someone who lives close to your house is your neighbor. A country that is next to yours is a neighboring country. A stranger sharing the seat
with you on a bus is your neighboring passenger.  Everybody who is near you at any time becomes your neighbor for that time!

The Priest, the Levite, the Samaritan, and the Pilgrim:
Priest: A man who performs sacred duties in a temple, he was considered the mediator between man and God.
Levite: A Levite belonged to a group of people who helped priests in the temple.
Samaritan: A Samaritan was anyone who came from the land of Samaria. Israelites of Samaria had intermarried with foreigners. They worshipped images. The Jews did not like them.
Pilgrim: One who travels to a foreign land; usually to a holy place.

The Unfortunate Pilgrim: A man was traveling on a lonely, rocky road, from Jerusalem towards Jericho. He was singing to himself. Suddenly, robbers attacked him and beat him mercilessly.  They took all his belongings and tore off his clothes. They left him on the roadside half dead.
Upon seeing the wounded man; Priest, looking around: “Let me just cross the road to the other side, and pretend like I didn’t see anything.”
Levite, slowing down: “Let me look closely. Oh. I cannot help him.”
Samaritan, running to help: “Oh no! This man is badly wounded. I must help him. I will kneel next to him and clean his wounds with oil. I will bandage his wounds with strips of my own clothing.  I will put him on a donkey and take him to an inn and pay for his stay there. After all, he is my neighbor on this road.”

The Message from Jesus: The priest and the Levite are supposed to be the ones who should practice love and compassion, yet they don’t. The Samaritan, although he was despised, had the love and compassion for a man in need. God wants us to be sensitive and sympathetic to those who are in need of help.  Jesus said, “You go, and do likewise.”

As the children of God, we should be willing to help people who are in need. “Love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

  Game / Bible / Life Connection:    In the Game The “Doctors” Helped the Hurting / In the Bible The Samaritan helped the Man in Need / In Life Love Your Neighbor as Yourself

Memory Verse:   “Love your neighbour as you love yourself.”  Luke 10:27b