Road to Emmaus
A lesson written by David Swierenga from:
Grace Presbyterian Church
4300 West Park Blvd.
Plano, TX 75093
September 2006

Overview
Lesson includes a set of questions about this story that are to be used with the “Fall of Jericho” program. (Note that this is a game you can use with questions and answers about any subject. For more information see the Sunday Software web site).

Scripture Luke 24: 13-35

Objective: At the end of the lesson, the children will have
• listened to the story of the men on the road to Emmaus, and
• answered questions on the Emmaus story using the “Fall of Jericho” program
• recognize that we also “see” Jesus through the Word and Sacraments

Lesson:
I began the lesson by reviewing when the story took place (after the triumphal entry on Palm Sunday, the crucifixion, and the stories of the empty tomb on Easter).

Then I read the story from Luke 24, making it as dramatic as I could! It really is a neat story – two men, we only know the name of one of them, who must have been close to Jesus (they knew exactly where to find Peter and the other disciples in Jerusalem when the returned) were walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus, when a stranger joined them. When I read the story I changed the text by referencing Jesus as “the stranger.” This stranger was clueless – he didn’t know what had happened in Jerusalem the previous week. Then he called the two men “foolish!” (You get the idea..) I have found that all children (and even the shepherds) enjoyed listening to the story again.

After reading the story, point out that we can “see” Jesus in the same ways that the two men did – through the Word (Moses, the prophets and the Scriptures in Luke’s terms) and the sacraments (the breading of the bread, also known and the Lord’s Supper).

Then the children go to the computer and use the Fall of Jericho program to answer questions on this story. I provided the following directions for using the program to the class leaders.

Fall of Jericho

Start the Fall of Jericho program and wait for the introduction to finish.

When prompted to “Click on File to Start:”

Select Options:

The following should be checked:
• Animations
• Sound
• Music
• Sequential Questions (important)
• Easy Questions (select for younger children, turn off for older children)
• Medium Questions (turn off for younger children)
• Difficult Questions (turn off for younger children)
• Wrong Answer – Try Again

Select File

Select New Game

Select “A File that you made yourself”

Select “Emmaus.txt”

Choose the number of players and character number. Follow the prompts to play the game.

NOTE: There are additional comments after some of the correct answers are shown. Read these comments before continuing.

Additional notes:

The attached file (Emmaus.txt) has the questions and answers for the Fall of Jericho program. Here are directions to put the questions on your computers

There are 26 questions that are “medium” or “hard” that I intended for the older children. At the end of that set are 25 more questions that are “easy.”

When there is more than one player in the Fall of Jericho program, the players will run out of questions before reaching the city of Jericho. At that point they can change from “Sequential” questions to “Random.”



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