Title: Gilligan’s Island Bible Study Week One: Introduction: Welcome to Gilligan’s Isle or “Two on a Raft”
Note: this lesson is inspried by Season 1, Episode 1 of GILLIGAN’S ISLAND, “Two on a Raft”
Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, today we celebrate fathers! Thank you for our Earthly Fathers, both our biological fathers and those who take on a fatherly role in our lives to guide us and teach us and care for us. Thank You, Oh God for being our perfect and Heavenly father. Help us to learn to love each other as you have taught us to through your perfect son, our Lord Jesus. Help us to learn this lesson today and take it to heart, even as we have fun with a humorous story, a simple craft and each other . Amen
Bible Texts: Key Scripture Verses for the Gilligan’s Island Bible Study
(Note: these are the same each week throughout this study)
#1
Mark 7:21-23 (New International Version)
21For from within, out of men’s hearts, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, 22greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23All these evils come from inside and make a man ‘unclean.’ ”
Mark 7:21-23 (The Message)
20-23He went on: “It’s what comes out of a person that pollutes: obscenities, lusts, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, depravity, deceptive dealings, carousing, mean looks, slander, arrogance, foolishness—all these are vomit from the heart. There is the source of your pollution
#2
Colossians 3:12-14 (New International Version)
12Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. 13Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. 14And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Colossians 3:12-14 (The Message)
12-14So, chosen by God for this new life of love, dress in the wardrobe God picked out for you: compassion, kindness, humility, quiet strength, discipline. Be even-tempered, content with second place, quick to forgive an offense. Forgive as quickly and completely as the Master forgave you. And regardless of what else you put on, wear love. It’s your basic, all-purpose garment. Never be without it.
Key Scripture Verses for Lesson One
Deuteronomy 1:30-31 (New International Version)
30 The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 31 and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.”
Isaiah 46:4 (New International Version)
4 Even to your old age and gray hairs
I am He, I am He who will sustain you.
I have made you and I will carry you;
I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
Questions for this week:
Gilligan’s Island Bible Study Week One: Welcome To Gilligan’s Isle or “Two on a Raft”
1. Sin can be summed up in a single word. Sin= ___________________
2. What are the “7 deadly sins?”
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3 A. How do we see them represented by our 7 castaways in today’s video? (Be specific)
3 B. What do you notice about the nature of sin as you observe it in the actions of our castaways?
4 What are the 7 Holy Virtues?
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5 Do you see our Castaways acting virtuously? If so, How? Be specific.
6 Read the well-known poem that you were given for today’s activity. What does it say about God’s nature and how He would like to care for us if we will allow Him to?
7 Compare/contrast God’s treatment of us with human actions, both sinful and virtuous, in the passages provided from Mark 7 and Colossians 3.
For next week, be prepared to
a. Recap for those who were not here this week.
b. Discuss how Gilligan’s Island is an allegory that works on several levels (individual, societal, global, other). And what might the island itself represent?
additional note: for information on craft activity, see “Footprints” Cross Craft Kit