{"id":3489020,"date":"2026-08-31T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:51:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:14:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:14:05","slug":"lesson-plans-lent-1-b","status":"publish","type":"lesson_plans","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/es\/lesson-plans\/lesson-plans-lent-1-b\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson Plans: Lent 1 (B)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_3ca1df-62\">Old Testament Lesson Plans: God\u2019s Promises are Eternal<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this first Sunday in Lent we hear the end of Noah\u2019s story. Most of us are familiar with the tale of Noah\u2019s arc and the flood that covered the earth. The students in your class will have played with a toy arc and plastic animals before. This week, however, we leave out all of the destruction and fear and focus on the promise. God chose Noah and his family to survive the flood and continue the human race \u2013 but trusting a God who destroys all that has been created is a difficult prospect. In today\u2019s passage we hear of the mercy of God and the promise of life in abundance to come. In this exert from Genesis God makes a covenant not only with Noah, but with all living creatures, that the world will not be wiped out again. And to remind them of this promise God sends the rainbow and tells Noah and his children that each time they see a rainbow it should serve as a reminder of God\u2019s promise to them. God likes to give us signs and symbols to remind us of God\u2019s goodness, we practice them in the Eucharist each week when we \u201cdo this in remembrance of [Christ.]\u201d Seeing the rainbow in nature, then, becomes sacramental as we remember the goodness of God as exemplified in the colors in the sky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d9c76888-1044-4699-b10f-80d0b3c6f982\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Old_Testament_Younger_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Younger Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Old_Testament_Younger_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d9c76888-1044-4699-b10f-80d0b3c6f982\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-60eb6ff7-0f3b-4bad-88ec-ee0391dba2d8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Old_Testament_Older_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Older Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Old_Testament_Older_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-60eb6ff7-0f3b-4bad-88ec-ee0391dba2d8\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_4da37a-03\">New Testament Lesson Plans: Temptation and Prayer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scripture: Mark 1:9-15<br>Jesus is Baptized, the Spirit descends on him \u201clike a dove,\u201d and he hears the affirmation: \u201cYou are my Son, loved, and pleasing to me.\u201d It appears that he is affirmed and ready for ministry. Yet, immediately the Spirit drives Jesus into the wilderness where he must spend 40 days taming the temptations that come with power. Only then is Jesus equipped to proclaim the good news. And so we too are invited to notice the temptations that are pulling us off course, diverting our energy, and impeding our ability to proclaim the good news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ea2c0771-d826-4e9d-a4a0-8569eb3e6e6a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Younger_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Younger Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Younger_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-ea2c0771-d826-4e9d-a4a0-8569eb3e6e6a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1caf3474-3f73-4c87-b28b-88fa8d61ea3d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Older_Children.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Older Children<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Older_Children.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1caf3474-3f73-4c87-b28b-88fa8d61ea3d\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dbc9515f-321d-41f4-8bb2-1a4d89024fd4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Adult.pdf\">Lesson Plan for Adults<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Adult.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dbc9515f-321d-41f4-8bb2-1a4d89024fd4\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading3489020_7334e0-e0\">Intergenerational Lesson Plans: Believe the Good News<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Scripture: Mark 1:9-15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Succinct! Mark wastes no words: Jesus\u2019 vita as he presents himself for ministry \u2013 in 6 lines! Baptized, his call affirmed by God, ministry temptations faced, Jesus is ready to begin. Mark does not see the need to list the temptations, only that the angels were with Jesus as he did his discernment. Jesus emerges and announces his ministry: the time has come. The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe: our creed in a nutshell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c7df13b1-5f90-442f-801c-7db98a2b4034\" href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Intergenerational.pdf\">Intergenerational Lesson Plan<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Year_B_First_Sunday_In_Lent_Intergenerational.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c7df13b1-5f90-442f-801c-7db98a2b4034\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Testament Lesson Plans: God\u2019s Promises are Eternal Scripture: Genesis 9:8-17 On this first Sunday in Lent we hear the end of Noah\u2019s story. Most of us are familiar with the tale of Noah\u2019s arc and the flood that covered the earth. 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