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Barnabas goes to Group: 1st/2nd Grade

Text: :19-30 Worship Time: Kidlife - Large Group: Intro song: 2 Peter 3:18 Welcome Opening Song: Hosanna Rock Remind kids we have been in the book of Acts. This Rules week, we are in chapter 11:19-30 and we have a Big Idea: Game: Hear, see, do short video that tells us what happened. God loves others, and He can help us to Wrap-up Song: Nothing But The Blood https://youtu.be/fBbOdcx7knE love too!

Materials: - Ball - Maps Small group: - Story script 1. Say hi to everyone. Ask if they have any highs/lows from the week. If needed, pass a ball around - Large brown bag or alike and whomever has the ball is the one who gets to share. - Supplies for bag (p 2) 2. Pass out the maps and one marker. Have them circle Antioch. - Selected uno cards 3. Use the last page to help you re-tell the story. As you read, have them circle and Tarsus. - Coloring sheets 4. Ask the kids what stood out to them. - markers 5. Ask them what we can learn about God from this story. Possibilities - God is love because all can hear the . God is powerful because his Word is spreading everywhere. God is wise because he sent a warning about the famine. 6. Ask them what we can learn about ourselves from this story. Possibilities - We can encourage Schedule: others by following God. We each have different gifts/abilities to serve God and love others. We 10:15-10:30 Kids’ Worship can serve others with a friend. 10:35-10:45 Large Group 7. Ask them what we can learn about the world around us. Possibilities - The whole world needs to know about . We can love others by sharing the Gospel and through other actions. 10:45-11:15 Small Group 8. Play Share, share, share alike - page 2 9. Do Review Game - page 2 Share, share, share alike Review Game - Skip-a-loo: Supplies: 1. Explain the rules of the game. - Large brown bag 2. Kids are divided into two teams. Each team will be asked a question. If - Play money they get it right, they get 5 points and get to pull an uno card from the pile. - Food Number values are simply added to the teams points. Skip cards means - Paper towel no extra points. - Envelope 3. Most points at the end wins. - Toy 4. Questions: - a. In what book of the Bible is today’s story found? . Have the kids sit a circle. Explain to them that we are going to b. Who did the in Jerusalem send to the church in Antioch? pass the bag around the circle while saying “Serve one another through love. :13” Whoever has the bag c. True or false - Barnabas was sad when he saw the new believers. when you say 13, they will get to pull out one thing from the false bag. Then, together as a group, fgure out how you could use d. Who did Barnabas go to Tarsus to fnd? Saul that object to serve or love someone else. e. What were the people who believed in Jesus called? 2. Pass the bag around. If it stops on someone who has already f. Who said there would not be enough food for the people? pulled out an object, let the next person pull out the object. g. What did the people in Antioch bring for the people in Judea? Gifts h. What is one thing someone your age can do to serve and love another?

Extension Idea: ● Coloring page ● Act out the story. ● Review Galatians 5:13b by passing around the ball.