Sunday School Dale

Title: Gilligan’s Island Lesson plans Week four ANGER and the Skipper: “Home Sweet Hut”

Note: this lesson is inspired by Season 1, Episode 2 of GILLIGAN’S ISLAND. “Home Sweet Hut”

Prayer:  Heavenly father,
At times there is anger in our hearts and it is hard for us to let it go!
We know that we should let go, and let God; but that sort of trust is hard for us, Oh, lord!  Help us each to learn from our emotions, the lessons that you have allowed for us: Help us to overcome human weakness and rely on You for peace of heart and mind. AND if it should be your will, turn our anger into action! Let us learn from the experiences that you allow us to have, and help us to grow into better human beings, and more faithful children.  Amen.

Bible Texts:

Key Scripture Verses for the Gilligan’s Island Bible Study
(Note: these will be the same for each week during this study)
#1
Mark 7:21-23 (New International Version)  21 For 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)  So, 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 Today’s Lesson (week 4)
#3 Proverbs 14:29   A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man displays folly.
#4 Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered one commits many sins.
#5 Ephesians 4:26,27 In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, 27 and do not give the devil a foothold.
#6 Exodus 32: 15-20 (Today’s New International Version)  15 Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. 16 The tablets were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets.
17 When Joshua heard the noise of the people shouting, he said to Moses, “There is the sound of war in the camp.”
18 Moses replied:
“It is not the sound of victory,
it is not the sound of defeat;
it is the sound of singing that I hear.”
19 When Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, his anger burned and he threw the tablets out of his hands, breaking them to pieces at the foot of the mountain. 20 And he took the calf they had made and burned it in
#7John 2:13-17 (Today’s New International Version)  13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

Questions

1.    One of our key themes in this class is that God’s desire is a relationship with us, and His will for us is to live in community with one another. This lesson series illustrates this concept quite clearly at times. Keeping this in mind, what is the skipper’s role in this island community?

2.    Does the skipper live up to the responsibilities of his role in this society? Be able to cite examples from today’s episode.

3.    Does the Skipper’s temper affect the rest of his community? If so, How

4.    Reread today’s Bible passages #3-#5. How do these passages relate to

A.    today’s episode?
B.    your life?

5.    How is anger a form of selfishness?

6.    We usually think of anger as an emotional condition, but how does anger influence our lives? (Remember to consider the personal and societal consequences of anger in your answers.)

A.    Physically
B.    Mentally
C.    Emotionally
D.    Spiritually

7.    Much of the Biblical book of Proverbs is about getting along, whether as a family, a community, or a society. A surprising number of verses in Proverbs relate (in some way) to anger. Why does God devote so much of this “book of wisdom” to the topic of ANGER?

8.    Who bears the brunt of Skipper’s frequent outbursts?

A. Why do you think this is?
B. Is this typical of human behavior?
C.    Why or why not?

9.    Read today’s passages #6 and #7 on your purple sheets. Biblically speaking, is there such a thing as righteous or justified anger? Why or why not?

10.    Moses was held responsible by God for his “Sin,” whereas Jesus was considered sinless. A. Explain the difference. B. Does this relate to –our castaways – our own lives?

11.    Why is laziness a “deadly” sin?

12.    How else do we see sin affecting out castaways today? (Do we see sin begetting sin?)

Note: For this week’s activity, students should frost a large cookie with green-tinted icing; place cookie on blue plate; decorate cookie with 7 characters (eg. sour patch kids, gummi bears, teddi grahams, etc). Students should discuss alligorical nature of the activity as they enjoy their snack.

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