Gather
Use the activity and prayers to gather the group and introduce the theme
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What are kings for?
- Ask people what comes into their minds when they hear the word ‘king’ – leaving aside Jesus, for the moment – or ‘queen’ when head of state? Display images/slides of as wide a range of kings and queens as you can. Here are some examples you should easily find online: crowning of a Zulu king in 2022; Poynter’s painting of Solomon and Sheba; Agojie, head of a West African kingdom in the 1800s; Queen Elizabeth II; King Charles III.
- From all of that, can you answer the question: What is a king or queen/head of state for? So, what do we mean – what does the Bible mean – when we say Jesus is king? That is what we are exploring today.
First impressions
You could also use the image and following questions to help introduce the theme.
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Questions
- What point do you think the cartoonist is making here?
- What different kind of king might Jesus have been?
- What kind of welcome might Jesus get in today’s world?