LESSON
28 13th
March, 2022.
WIDOWHOOD
AND SINGLE PARENTHOOD
OPENING
PRAYER:
Almighty Father, please send your help to the fatherless and the widows in our
societies in the name of Jesus.
PREVIOUS
KNOWLEDGE:
Teacher should allow the students to reflect on the previous week’s lesson.
TODAY’S LESSON
1.
OPENING
I. BIBLE PASSAGE: Genesis
21:8-19.
II. MEMORY
VERSE:
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his
holy habitation”. Psalms 68:5.
III. LESSON
INTRODUCTION: A single parent is a parent without a marriage partner,
widowed, separated, deserted, divorced or never married; one who is alone, in
charge of his or her household. Widowhood is the state of a man whose wife is
dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. God loves and cares very deeply for
the widowed and single parent. He, therefore, commands us to protect and care
for these people in our churches and communities. (Ps.82:3).
TEACHER’S DIARY
I. LESSON
AIM:
To study causes, God’s disposition and responsibility towards widows and single
parents.
II. TEACHING
OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
i. Understand
the causes of being a widow.
ii. Discover
God’s disposition towards a widow.
iii. Discover
our responsibility towards widows and single parents.
III. TEACHING
PLAN:
To achieve the above-stated objectives, teacher should:
i. Allow the
students to explain what they understand as the meaning and the causes of being
a widow and a single parent.
ii. Explain those premium which the Almighty God
places on widow.
iii. Point out
direction of responsibilities which can be demonstrated towards these
categories of people.
i. Conclude,
summarise, evaluate the lesson and give assignment to the students.
IV. TEXT
REVIEW: Genesis 21:8-19.
From this passage,
teacher should identify the role played by the following people on Ishmael:
i. Abraham------------------------------------------------------------
ii. Haqar----------------------------------------------------------------
iii. Sarah----------------------------------------------------------------
iv. God------------------------------------------------------------------
V. TEACHING
METHOD:
Teacher should use participatory approach.
VI. TIME MANAGEMENT: Teacher should
apply two-lesson outlines teaching time.
2. LESSON
OUTLINES
I. LESSON
OUTLINE 1: CAUSES AND GOD’S DEPOSITION
i. Teacher
should ask students to differentiate between a widow/widower and a single
parent in term of causes.
ii. Teacher
should differentiate as follow in term of causes:
a. Widow/widower:
lost spouses to death.
b. Single
parent man/woman (caused by) divorce, separation, abandonment, adoption, rape
and unwanted pregnancy.
iii. Teacher
should allow students to find similarities between single-parent and
widow/widower.
iv. Teacher
should explain those premium which God places on widow/widower and single
parent as indicated below:
a. God is
protector of widow and father of the fatherless. (Ps.68:5).
b. God
forbids people from afflicting widow/widower and single parent. (Ex.22:23).
c. God hears
their cries and care for them and their children. (Gen.21:15:19).
v. God does
not want people to maltreat, afflict, abuse or take advantage of widows. (Ex.22:22).
vi. God wants
his children to visit and support the widows and fatherless. James 1:27
vii.God wants
believers to defend them. (Isa.1:17).
viii. The
Almighty God values the widows and the fatherless in the following lights:
a. He
sustains and relieves them. (Ps.146:9)
b. He makes
provision for them in His law. (Deut.10:18; Deut.26:12-13).
c. He
preserves them. (Jer. 49:11).
CLASS ACTIVITY 1: Students
should be allowed to share what they had done to assist the widows or
fatherless or motherless
II. LESSON
OUTLINE 2: OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
i. Believers
should love and care for them. (James 1:27).
ii. Believers
should provide support system for them. (Acts 20:35).
iii. Encourage
them in words and deeds. (1Thess. 5:14).
iv. Train
them and or their children.
v. Support
them as Mordecai supported the orphan Hadassah (Esther) and cared for her until
she was great. (Esther 2:7).
vi. They must
be respected and honoured. (1Tim. 5:3).
vii.The
church must support them. (Gal. 6:10).
CLASS ACTIVITY 2: What
should believers do to help the widows/widowers and single parents?
3. SUMMARY: Support
the widows/widowers, single parents and their children.
4. CONCLUSION: God’s intention for the church is that it becomes a
family of faith, a real community where lives are shared, friendships are
formed and support is given as we journey in faith together.
5. EVALUATION: How can
widow’s and single parents be supported?
6. CLOSING
PRAYER: Almighty father, please help your children to respond
to the needs of the widows and single parents.
7. ASSIGNMENT: 1. Project: Sunday
School classes at the parish level should contribute money or materials to
support the widows, widowers, single parents and their children. (As the Lord
provides). Those who contribute should be prayed for by the Pastor. 2.
Mention ten (10) things you can give to support widows, widowers, single
parents and their children. (1x10=10 Marks).
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