Worksheet/Activity: Print out the
worksheet/coloring page Jesus
Lives! Discuss how many people from many nations heard their own
language as Peter, a Galilean fisherman, spoke.
Share God's Word through lively poems and colorful illustrations that jump off the page! A Bible story presented in a fun-to-read way children can understand and remember. For children ages 5-9. Concordia Publishing House.
Get ready for outrageous and enriching family fun! This board game encourages all players to use their unique God-given strengths and abilities. Each team (you need at least 2 teams of 2 players) moves around the board, starting at the start square and ending on the "Use Your Gifts" center area. As you move around the board, you'll have five different categories, based on biblical topics, to contend with: music, word puzzles, drawing, trivia, and charades. To win the game, your team must show a unique gift or talent they possess as a team or individually, which you act out to the group, and you must explain why you can be a better Christian because of you unique talent. Recommended for ages 9 and up.
The Holy Spirit Arrives
To Remember: Jesus sent the Holy Spirit Vocabulary:tongues- languages
Lesson Acts 2
The apostles were gathered together in Jerusalem
The Holy Spirit gave them power and there appeared
something like tongues of flame over each one's head
Craft: Copy a coloring page of the
apostles gathered together. Help the students cut out little "flames" of red
and orange construction paper. Glue to flames to the paper as you discuss
what happened.
Peter and the others preached to the large crowd
gathered for Pentecost
Worksheet/Activity: Print out the
worksheet/coloring page Jesus
Lives! Discuss how many people from many nations heard their own
language as Peter, a Galilean fisherman, spoke.
3,000 souls were saved
Memory Verse: Act out the memory verse Acts
2:38 Repent (turn around) and be baptized (hold nose and go under water)
every one of you (point to everyone in class)
What book of the Bible is this lesson from? (Acts)
activity questions
Point to each person in the room and ask them where
they are from.
Tell the person next to you how you found out about
Jesus.
Act out a crowd member listening to Peter.
emotion questions
How do you think the Apostles felt when the Holy Spirit arrived? (excited,
overwhelmed, relieved)
What were some reactions of the crowd? (disbelief, amazement, ridicule,
belief)
How did the crowd feel when they realized they had killed the son of God?
(fear, grief, shame)
application questions
Will we always receive God's promises immediately? (no,
sometimes we have to wait)
Does the Holy Spirit work in our lives? (yes, but not
the same as he did for the Apostles)
Should we also preach the gospel? (yes, that is how God
designed for the Word to spread)
fact questions
Where were the Apostles? (Jerusalem)
Who sent the Holy Spirit? (Jesus)
Who did they preach to? (Jews celebrating Pentecost)
review questions
Why was the gift of languages useful to the Apostles at
Pentecost? (there were people from many nations - the languages enabled the
Apostles to communicate, and the miracle proved what they said was true)
What was Peter's message to the crowd? (the Jesus you
crucified is now reigning in heaven over us all)
Why did the people need to repent and be baptized? (in
order to have their sins forgiven)
Acts 2:38 "Peter replied, "Repent and
be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness
of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit."
linguistic questions
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emotion questions 
application questions 
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