Friends on Faith Adventures - Luke 5:17-26 Through the Roof：Paralysed Man Healed

Aug 31, 2026

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Weekly faith adventure session combining welcome remarks, a guided Opening Prayer with hand motions, and an Alternative Prayer focusing on being prepared, loving, open, and sharing Jesus’ love as a community. Activities include two interactive games with clear preparation and safety notes for common allergies. The main Bible story features “Through the Roof” from Luke 5:17 to 26, dramatizing how friends help a paralysed person reach Jesus, ending with the challenge of an overcrowded house and the roof plan.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryPresentations

FormatDOCX

Pages13

Reading Time5 min

AccessFree to download

Opening Prayer

Alternative Prayer

Fun Together

Game: Lower away

Game: I need a friend

The Big Story

Through the Roof - Luke 5:17 to 26

Welcome (Parents and Carers asked to stay until after the alternative Prayer) Welcome back to Friends on Faith Adventures. We are looking forward to going on a journey and nobody knows where we will end up. All we know is we have got our crate filled with adventure and an open path ahead. So, hold on tight and enjoy the ride!! Let’s hear about FOFA bear and FOFA cam’s adventures this week and how everyone got on with the Walking the Way challenge. (Encourage everyone, including parents and carers, to join in.) The Opening Prayer We are friends together (shake hands with both palms facing towards body) On a faith adventure (point to forehead with thumb. Hold other hand with palm facing up and bring the side of your first hand down so that it goes across the palm of the second hand just below the fingers) With the Bible as our mapbook (draw cross with thumbnail on back of hand then put hands together and open like a book) And Jesus as our guide (use index fingers to point into palm of each hand in turn). God, be with us in all that we do (point up, then make index finger into a hook shape and move down as though pulling down towards you) And go with us wherever we go (point outwards). Amen (two thumbs up with hands apart, bring hands together). The alternative Prayer Lord help us to be: Prepared for adventure In all we do. Loving and caring, Open to others Together as one community Sharing the love of Jesus on our way. Amen Fun Together Game: Lower away What you need: For each team: a chair A teatowel or towel Four balls of any size (from pingpong balls to footballs) A bucket, bowl or box Split the group into teams of approx. five people. At one end of the hall have a chair with its back away from the end where the teams are gathered, and a bucket on the far side of the chair. Four children grab the corners of the teatowel or piece of fabric and the fifth child places a ball in the centre of the fabric. The four children run with the ball, trying to keep it on the cloth without touching it with their hands. If it goes off the cloth, they have to go back to the start. When they get to the chair at the other end of the hall, the child who was not holding the cloth kneels on the chair and has to throw the ball into the bucket or bowl. If they miss, a different member of the team has to try until someone is successful. The whole team then runs back to collect the next ball. The winning team are the ones who get all four balls into the container first. Game : I need a friend What you need: bread (check for GLUTEN INTOLERANCE and use gluten free bread for any child who is unable to eat ordinary bread) Chocolate spread (Check for NUT ALLERGY – if any child in the group has a nut allergy, ensure chocolate spread is nut free or use jam instead) Knife Blindfold Wet wipes Apron (optional, but may be wise!) Children should work in twos. One of the two is blindfold. The other should hold their hands behind their back. Thus one child can see and the other one can use their arms but they each need to other to complete the task of making a chocolate spread sandwich and eating it. Beware, this can get very messy, especially if you make it a race between two teams. Today’s theme is that we sometimes need a friend to help us The Big Story: Through the Roof – Luke 5: 17 to 26 You will need toilet rolls blanket picture of house in Bible times Reader 1: There once was a man. Reader 2: Let’s call him __________ Reader 1: Or it could have been a woman. Reader 2: We could call her ______________ Reader 1: There was once this person whose life was tough. Reader 2: They couldn’t use their arms, they couldn’t use their legs. In fact, they were completely paralysed. Reader 1: I wonder what that would be like. You could hardly do anything if all you could move was your head. Let’s choose a volunteer. Wrap toilet paper round and round the selected child like a mummy, covering them from the neck down. Encourage the child to stay very still. Reader 2: I kno

FAQs

What is the theme of the session?

The theme is that sometimes we need a friend to help us, illustrated through the “Through the Roof” story from Luke 5:17 to 26.

How do the games include allergy awareness?

The sandwich game specifies using gluten-free bread for gluten intolerance and nut-free chocolate spread (or jam) for nut allergies.

How does the paralysed man’s story explain helping a friend?

Friends work together to carry the paralysed person to Jesus, face the crowd inside the house, then realize they can reach him by going up to the roof.

Aug 31, 2026

Upload by Mason