Jesus Calls Peter

Hey parents! Use these questions as a guide to talk over this week’s lesson, Jesus Calls Peter, with your child after they’ve watched the video service!

1. What was your favorite part of the video we just watched? Do you have any questions about what you saw?
2. What was Simon doing when he met Jesus? What did Jesus tell him to do?
   Simon was working with his brother on their boat. Jesus told them to leave the boat and follow him.
3. What do you think it meant when Jesus told Simon and his brother he would make them fishers of men?
   They would introduce other people to Jesus and help them follow him.
4. What was the new name Jesus gave Simon?
   Peter.
5. Jesus gave Peter a new purpose. What does it mean to have a purpose?
   A purpose is what something was made to do. God made everyone and gave everyone a purpose. If you’re in God’s family, your purpose is to love God, love others, and help others know and love God, too!
6. What are some ways you can know what your purpose is?
   You can pray and ask God to help you know. You can read the Bible and learn more about Jesus and his followers. You can talk with your parents and leaders at church about your purpose.
7. Take some time to encourage your child and affirm the things you see in them that could be part of their purpose, like their talents and abilities, personality traits, and passions. Talk together about how those things could help them live out God’s purpose for them.