Paul and Silas. As Paul continued to preach, he was followed by a slave girl who had a spirit which SESSION 11. Did You Know?

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1 11 ible tory cts 16:16-40 nchor oint nowing esus changes your heart and life. our esson : q ssemble the rew q hat oes ogether? q ord earch q ile older tory q atch the pirit q arshmallows and retzels : q eep lue ible dventure q earn & erve q ead the ible tory q aul and ilas : q ission roject q aul tory ards : q raise and rayer q alk bout aul and ilas ible erse hange your hearts and lives. cts 2:38 id ou now? s aul continued to preach, he was followed by a slave girl who had a spirit which allowed her to predict the future. ay after day she cried out repeatedly, hese people are servants of the ost igh od! fter several days of this, aul was annoyed. e turned around and said to the spirit, n the name of esus hrist command you to leave her! he results were immediate. he slave girl s handlers were mad. hey could only think about their loss of income, so they seized aul and ilas and dragged them into the marketplace to face the authorities. hey were charged with disturbing the peace and introducing customs unlawful for oman citizens to accept. unishment was certainly within the magistrates rightful power, but it was not to be used on a oman citizen. hey were delivered into the safe keeping of a jailer (probably a retired military man) and placed in the innermost part of the prison with feet fastened in wooden stocks. t midnight, the missionaries sang hymns of praise as they prayed. heir fellow prisoners listened to a praise service exalting the one true od. uddenly, the foundations of the prison were shaken by a powerful earthquake. he prison doors flew open and the prisoners chains came loose. he jailer believed the prisoners had all escaped, so he would be punished by death. e drew his sword and was about to kill himself. aul called out, on t harm yourself! e are all here! hese events had an immediate effect on the jailer. he jailer fell on his knees in front of aul and ilas and asked, hat must do to be saved? aul s answer was simple, elieve in the ord esus, and you will be saved. he jailer and his household confirmed their belief by being baptized. n the morning, the magistrates sent word to the jailer to release aul and ilas. oyfully, the jailer brought the news and blessed them with the farewell, o in peace. ut aul refused the release. aul announced his oman citizenship and declared that two of his fundamental rights had been violated by the previous day s proceedings. he magistrates were alarmed when they heard this. oman citizen could travel anywhere without problems and was protected by the oman law. magistrate risked losing his office if he mistreated a oman citizen. he magistrates came and consoled aul. hey escorted aul and ilas out of the prison and begged them to leave the city. efore aul and ilas left hilippi, they made their way to ydia s house and encouraged the church members to remain faithful. veryone lder hildren ounger hildren equires preparation. ermission is granted to duplicate this page for local church use only bingdon ress 76 eep lue ne oom unday chool eader uide

2 ! he following activities may be done in learning centers as the children arrive or with the entire group. upplies: esource ak p. 2, dventure, player, offering basket, marker, stickers isplay the ttendance hart (esource ak p. 2). reet the children and their parents as they arrive. llow each child to add a sticker or mark his or her name on the attendance chart. how the children where to place their offerings. lay et s o eep lue on the dventure as the children arrive.? upplies: eproducible 11b, crayons hotocopy hat oes ogether? (eproducible 11b) for each younger child. ive each younger child a copy of hat oes ogether? : oday, we re continuing our about aul. aul and ilas were still in hilippi where ydia lived. hey got in trouble and were put in jail. ven in this difficult situation, they praised od. ook at the pictures on your page. ee if you can match the characters that go together. o over the pictures on the page with the younger children. alk about the character in each picture. llow them time to work the and color their pictures. o over the page with the children and talk about how the pictures go together. upplies: ids ibles, eproducible 11c, pencils hotocopy ord earch (eproducible 11c) for each older child. ive each older child a copy of ord earch. : he words in your are taken from today s cripture. ind cts 6:16-40 in your ible and read it. ee how many of the words in the list you can find in your. (et a certain amount of time for the children to work on the. et them know that you don t expect them to find all of the words.) fter the designated amount of time, ask the children to stop. o through the word list. sk how many words they found. hen ask what those words have to do with the. ermission is granted to duplicate this page for local church use only bingdon ress pring 2018 ession 11 deepbluekids.com 77

3 : isten for these words as we talk more about today s. upplies: eproducibles 11d and 11e, manila file folders, scissors, tape, markers, crayons hotocopy ile older tory (eproducibles 11d and 11e) for each child. ake some extra copies in case the children need more than one copy of some characters. ive each child copies of ile older tory. sk one of the older children to read aloud cts 16: : ou can make a visual of today s, using the pictures on the pages and a file folder. file folder is easy to carry with you and use to tell someone else the. irst, color your pictures. hen cut them out. he file folder has four sides: front cover, inside front cover, back cover, and inside back cover. ecide how you will lay out your figures. he front cover can be the title page. he title of our ible is aul and ilas. ecorate your title page any way you like. lace your characters and scenes on your inside pages of your file folder. ape the colored pictures in an order that is easy to display them and point to them. hen decorate your back cover any way you like. ive the children time to create their file folder stories. sk them to hold up their folders to display them. : ow as tell the, use your file folder to display the figures. he title of our is aul and ilas. (oint to front cover title page.) aul and ilas were in hilippi preaching. (oint to aul and ilas in the inside cover.) hey healed a slave woman, and her owners were so mad they got aul and ilas arrested and turned over to the jailer. (oint to the jailer.) he jailer put them in prison. (oint to the prison door.) hat night aul and ilas prayed and sang s to od. he other prisoners listened to their praising. (oint to the other prisoners.) hen od sent an earthquake. he chains fell off the prisoners, and the doors were opened. (oint to picture of prison door falling off.) od worked a miracle, and aul and ilas were released from prison. (oint to picture of aul and ilas walking away from the prison with the centurion.) : ake your file folder home with you, and share the of aul and ilas with your family and friends. ermission is granted to duplicate this page for local church use only bingdon ress 78 eep lue ne oom unday chool eader uide

4 upplies: inflatable beach ball with different-colored stripes, markers, masking tape ape a large square on the floor using masking tape. nvite the children to come stand around the square, leaving a little room between them. how the children the inflated beach ball. : ow do you think aul and ilas felt when they were arrested and taken to prison? hat were aul and ilas doing when they were thrown in prison? (singing, praying, and praising) hy do you think they were singing, praying, and praising od? ho heard them? (the other prisoners) an we catch their spirit? : ach stripe on this beach ball has one of three different words written on it: inging, raying, and raising. person will throw the ball and bounce it one time in the square. he person throwing the ball will say, atch the spirit! he person who catches the ball should immediately look at the word under his or her right hand. hen she or he will do what the word says: inging sing part of a favorite about od. raying say a one-sentence prayer to od. raising say one thing you want to praise od for. hen that person will throw and bounce the ball to someone else on the square and say, atch the spirit! ontinue playing until each person has had a turn singing, praying, or praising. eep the game moving as quickly as possible. : ow do you think od wants us to act when we are going through difficult times? ow does it help us when we catch the spirit aul and ilas had in prison? upplies: small stick pretzels, large marshmallows, paper plates, paper towels llow the children to wash their hands before handling food. ive each child some pretzels and marshmallows on a paper plate. : hat do you think the prison where aul and ilas were looked like? an you make your idea of what the prison looked like using pretzels and marshmallows? llow the children time to create their prisons. : hat happened to the prison the night aul and ilas were there? : ill your prison fall down if you create an earthquake? ry it. njoy your of marshmallows and pretzels. ermission is granted to duplicate this page for local church use only bingdon ress pring 2018 ession 11 deepbluekids.com 79

5 upplies: dventure and player : t s snowing, and there s a strong wind blowing. urora tells the eep lue ids about a time when it snowed so much they couldn t leave their house. er family used that time to sing s about od and praise od. at tells the about the time aul and ilas sang and praised od in prison. atch today s episode from the dventure. : hy did sia think aul and ilas were singing and praising od? hat does it mean to you to trust od? upplies: eproducible 11f hotocopy hroat inging (eproducible 11f) for each child. earch online for a video of two nuit women throat singing to play during class. : hat would you like to do for fun if you were in laska? o you know something the laskans do for fun? ave you ever heard of throat singing? : riginally, katajjaq (throat singing), was a form of entertainment among nuit women while men were away on hunting trips. any throat s were created to mimic the sounds of daily life or surrounding natural elements and wildlife. hese games helped to entertain children and women while the men were out hunting. hroat singing can be heard around the world now in various forms, but the nuit have developed a very unique style all their own. oday throat singing is being passed on to the younger generation to be sure that this amazing piece of nuit culture remains an honored tradition. lay the video of throat singing. : o we have a couple of volunteers who would like to try throat singing? llow all who volunteer to try throat singing. upplies: ids ibles sk an older child who is a confident reader to read the cripture from the ible or a teacher or helper can read it. sk the children to find cts 16: he older children can help the younger children find the cripture in their own ibles. ven if they can t read the cripture, they can learn to find books of the ible and follow along. ncourage them to bring their own ibles and learn how to use them. ermission is granted to duplicate this page for local church use only bingdon ress 80 eep lue ne oom unday chool eader uide

6 upplies: eproducible 11a, costumes if available, set up chairs for place to do the interview hotocopy aul and ilas (eproducible 11a) for each child. sk for volunteers to play the parts of ost, aul, ilas, and the ailer. ive your volunteers time to practice before presenting the skit to the children. : ho are the main characters in our ible? : ur host for today s show is (ame). he or he is going to introduce us to some very special guests who are going to tell us about a great escape that didn t happen. ave the volunteers come out and present the skit. llow time for the children to ask the guests any questions they have. upplies: esource ak pp , scissors, board to display cards f you used the board in previous sessions, display the board with the cards. how the board with the cards to the children. : ook at the different cards on the board. hich picture or pictures show what happened to aul in today s? (7. aul and ilas in prison) hen the picture is chosen, write the number on the back of the picture to show the order. rite the number 7 on the back of the picture of aul and ilas in prison. : hich pictures go before the picture of aul in prison? llow the children to place pictures 1 6 in order on the board. lace picture 7 on the board and have someone tell the stories from the pictures. : o you think aul and ilas should have gone to prison? ow do you think they felt when they were put in prison? ow do you think you would feel if you were put in prison because you talked about od? upplies: esource ak pp. 3 & 10, eproducibles 10f, - or and player hotocopy hange our earts and ives (eproducible 10f) for each child. unch holes in the copies and place them in notebooks to be used as books. earn the signs from the nit 3 ible erse igns poster (esource ak p. 3) so you can teach them to the children. illow and the illow hurch and ommunity inistry rely on the gifts, presence, and prayers of our partnering ongregations. onations can be made online by credit card at umcmission.org/ ive-to-ission/ earch-for-rojects/ rojects/ o donate by check, please make your check payable to dvance and the dvance number on the memo line and mail to: dvance # ox 9068 ew ork, ermission is granted to duplicate this page for local church use only bingdon ress pring 2018 ession 11 deepbluekids.com 81

7 isplay the nit 3 ible erse oster and nit 3 ible erse igns poster (esource ak pp. 3 & 10) in your worship area. : ur for nit 3 is hange our earts and ives. and out the books and have the group find today s. lay this month s and encourage children to sing and move along with the music. how the children the ible verse poster. ncourage readers to read the verse. each children the ign anguage for the ible verse. ncourage all children to sign and say the ible verse with you. : ow did aul and ilas deal with the difficult times? ow do you handle difficult times? o you think od stays with you or leaves you during hard times? ow do you think od can help you make it through a difficult time? ave fun sharing what you ve learned today with your families. heck out the eep lue app for exciting ways to learn more about our ible. : od, thank you for helping us through the hard times. e want to sing, pray, and praise you for always being there for us; n esus name, we pray. men. ible tory ible tory cience xperiment cience xperiment ible tory ible tory cience xperiment upplies: eproducible 11g hat oes ogether? 11b 11c cience xperiment ord earch or ounger hildren ession 11 or lder hildren ession 11 rt: ark ollins/eborah olfe, 2017 bingdon ress pring 2018 rt: uth ettis/he eis roup, 2017 bingdon ress pring 2018 deepbluekids.com ible tory atch each picture on the left with the picture it goes with on the right. 77 ible tory cience xperiment ive copies of the alk bout page to all the children to take home cience xperiment ible tory ible tory hotocopy alk bout aul and ilas (eproducible 11g) for each child. ible tory ible tory deepbluekids.com 78 ermission is granted to duplicate this page for local church use only bingdon ress 82 eep lue ne oom unday chool eader uide