Blind Bartimaeus - Mark 10:46-52

Teaching Videos

Teaching Ideas

Idea 1

Go on a blindfolded scavenger hunt.

  • Hide candy in an area

  • Blind fold all the kids and let them find the candy.

  • Ask them, how did it feel to not be able to use your eyes?  How do you think Bartimaeus felt when he was blind?  How did he feel when Jesus healed him?

Idea 2

Read “The Man Who Didn’t Have Any Eyes” on page 334 Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones

Questions:

  1. What was Bartimaeus' problem and why did he cry out to Jesus?

  2. How did Jesus respond when Bartimaeus called out for help?

  3. Why do you think Bartimaeus didn’t stop shouting, even when people told him to be quiet?

  4. What did Bartimaeus do after he was healed?

Idea 3

Guess a number of items by feeling them, but not seeing them.

  • Put a number of items into a big bag.

  • Let kids, one at a time put their hands in the bag and guess what objects are in there.  

  • Some items may be, a bandaid, tensor bandage, stethoscope

  • Talk about Jesus being a healer.

Idea 4

Read “The Blind See” on page 597 The Action Bible by Sergio Cariello

Questions:

  1. What made Bartimaeus call out for Jesus?

  2. How did the people around Bartimaeus react when he called for Jesus?

  3. What question did Jesus ask Bartimaeus, and why was his answer important?

  4. How did Bartimaeus’ life change after he met Jesus?

Idea 5

What do you want mural?

  • Make a mural using mural paper.

  • Ask the kids, to draw or write down on mural paper how they would answer if God asked them “what do you want?”  

Idea 6

Read“Jesus Heals a Blind Beggar” on page 408 The Beginner’s Bible: Timeless Children's Stories

Questions:

  1. What did Bartimaeus ask Jesus for?

  2. How did Bartimaeus show he had faith in Jesus?

  3. Why did some people try to stop Bartimaeus from calling out to Jesus?

  4. What did Jesus say to Bartimaeus after healing him?

Idea 7

Read through this story

  • Let the kids colour the story.

  • While they are colouring ask them questions about the story.

  • Who was Bartimaeus?

  • What did Bartimaeus do most days?

  • What did Bartimaeus do when he found out that Jesus was around.

  • What did Jesus do for Bartimaeus?

Idea 8

Write words on band-aids

  • give each kid a band-aid and let them put it on themselves.

  • let the kids think of something from the story that stood out to them, and write it on their bandaid.  

  • It could be things like, Jesus heals, Jesus helps us see, etc.  

Idea 9

Draw a picture while blindfolded

  • Work in partners.

  • One of the partners gets blindfolded then is given a piece of paper and pencil.  The other partner gets a picture.

  • Ask the partner with the picture to explain the picture to the blindfolded partner and let them try to draw what is being explained to them.  

Idea 10

Pray for people who are sick.

  • Take some time and pray for people who are sick.  

  • Write down the names of all the people we have prayed for and in the weeks to come, continue to pray and check in on how they are feeling.