This story holds three stories together, as such there are 3 crafts to do, all very simple and suitable to be put on in tandem. Having three small crafts means that youngsters get a choice. One is described in detail and the other two are youtube video’s – sometimes reinventing the wheel is just foolish!
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Early Life of Paul (Escapes) | Craft
Early Life of Paul – Escapes | Story
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Have you ever got in trouble?
Today’s story is about Paul. I wonder if you know anything about Paul. He was a great teacher in the early church, he wrote lots of the words in our bibles, and he helped the message of Christianity spread across the world. Paul was very good at getting into trouble.
Paul met Jesus while travelling to Damascus, he was supposed to be arresting the Christians there, but he joined them. Soon the people who had sent him to Damascus found out and decided to send people to arrest Paul. When the men arrived at the city Paul was trapped. “Follow me” said one the Christians and lead Paul to a house right by the city wall. Then he put Paul in a big basket, tied a long rope around it, and lowered him out the window. Paul has escaped, but he knew God wanted him to keep tell people about Jesus, so he would do just that.
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Early Life of Paul – Escapes | Games
If you have the game board (Giants Journey) from a couple of lessons ago then this is a good excuse to use it again. big games that involve a lot of movement are great openers and you can make it as challenging as possible for your age group.
spaghetti and marshmallows – using dry spaghetti with sticky marshmallows as building materials is a great way for older children to be set a simple challenge that also links into the very tangible obstacles that needed to be met in the stories. Generally the tallest that can stand unaided is deemed the winner.
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Rhoda’s Discovery (Acts 12) | Character Images
Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Rhoda’s Discovery (Acts 12).
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Developing an understanding of theory
If you don’t know spiritual development then it’s good to have a basic grasp of at least one of the theories. There are lots of spiritual development ideas many tied into the theories of cognitive thought, the whole realm of abstract thinking and self awareness. Generally the most common spiritual development scale used is that of Fowler, with Piaget being the loudest voice of child development and Gardener on intelligence’s.
I could try and summarise here but there are three nice summaries available online so I suggest you have a read through one there – start with James fowlers stages of faith 😉
WHY?? well because when we see the way our age group sees the world and God it helps us to give them better answers to their questions, chose better activities for their learning, and understand why they react positively or negatively to what we do.
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