Toddler Class
Coach Ochie
Asst. 1 : Arleen
Asst. 2 : Tirza & Theresia
Primary Class 1-3
Coach Shianty
(Asst. Dewi & Daniel)
Primary Class 4-6
Coach Savitri
Toddler Class
Coach Ochie
Asst. 1 : Arleen
Asst. 2 : Tirza & Theresia
Primary Class 1-3
Coach Shianty
(Asst. Dewi & Daniel)
Primary Class 4-6
Coach Savitri
ACTS: SHARING JESUS
HOOK
Write
on a sheet of paper the following passage of scripture in
Acts 8:32b- 33:
“He was led
like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so
he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who
can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
Roll
up the paper like a scroll, and ask one of the children (with good reading
skills) to read.
(You
can make a scroll by using 2 chopsticks or rolling up pieces of paper to make
sticks for the top and bottom end of the scroll.)
Ask
them who they think the passage is about.
This
person was like a sheep being led to its slaughter (was going to be killed) and
a silent lamb before its shearer (the person whom shaves its wool off).
It
is about a person who did not do anything wrong but did not fight or speak out
to defend himself when he was facing death as a punishment.
It
was about Jesus.
Who
wrote this? A prophet named Isaiah wrote it about 700 years before Jesus was
born. God told him what would happen.
STORY (Acts 8:1-8, 26-40)
REVIEW MEMORY VERSE WITH ACTIONS
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
Last week, the disciples chose 7 men to help with
the serving and caring of the people. One of them was Stephen, who was not
afraid of telling people about Jesus, even when they were stoning him to death,
he kept looking and Jesus and was full of joy.
Another
of those 7 men was Philip. We will hear more about him today.
The
persecution caused more people to hear the good news.
Remember
that there was one man who was approving the killing of Stephen? What was his
name? Saul.
After
Stephen was stoned to death, a great persecution broke out against the church
in Jerusalem, many believers were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly
men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
But
Saul was trying to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragged out
believers and put them in jail.
Where
were the believers before the persecution?
In Jerusalem.
After
the persecution? Judea and Samaria.
Do
those names sound familiar to you? (Show the children the places in the map)
Before
Jesus ascended to heaven, he said told the believers that they will be his
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and the ends of the
earth. He knew it was going to happen.
Even
when Satan tried to get rid of the church, God made good come out of it.
Everywhere
the believers went, they told people about Jesus.
If the persecution didn’t happened, people outside Jerusalem
would not get to hear about Jesus. This includes you and me.
Philip went to the city of Samaria and told them
about Jesus. He also healed many weak and crippled people there. People in that
city heard the good news and were full of joy.
God
wanted people to hear about Jesus and be saved. He arranged for believers to
meet people to tell them about Jesus. One of the people who got to know Jesus
was a man from Ethiopia.
Philip and the Ethiopian
God’s angel said to Philip, “Go to the desert road
that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So Philip did what the angel said and he
met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official who was in charge of all the
Ethiopian queen’s treasures. (If asked, explain that a eunuch was a man who
served in the palace and was not allowed to have a girlfriend, wife or
children.)
This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and was
on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot reading from the scroll, the
writings of Isaiah the prophet, which was the passage we read at the start of
the class.
The Holy Spirit told Philip to run up to the chariot
and Philip did so. Philip heard the man reading and he asked, “Do you
understand what you are reading?”
The
man didn’t understand, so Philip began explaining that passage of Scripture and
told him the good news about Jesus — Jesus was like a sheep being led to its
slaughter and a silent lamb before its shearer. He allowed himself to be
caught, beaten and killed because he took the punishment for our sins so that
we can have eternal life.
Philip told the eunuch that if he believed in Jesus,
he too would have eternal life. He told him to get baptized if he believed. The
eunuch believed.
As they travelled along the road, they came to some
water and the eunuch wanted to be baptized. So Philip baptized him. When they
came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and
the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.
Philip, however, appeared at another town and
traveled about, sharing with people about Jesus in all the towns until he
reached Caesarea.
Pix illustrations can be
found here:
LESSON
Even when it looked bad, God
made good come out of it
Satan
tried to get rid of the church. Stephen was killed. Saul tried to destroy the
church. Believers were put in jail. All the remaining believers, except the
apostles, ran away to different places in Judea and Samaria. They lost their
homes.
But
everywhere the believers went, they told people about Jesus. More and more
people got to hear the good news and believed in Jesus.
Even
when things look bad — like the believers facing persecution and death — God
was able to work things out for good. (Romans 8:28)
When things look bad, eg you got scolded by the
teacher, your brother/sister broke your favorite toy, your grandparent is sick
etc, let’s remind ourselves of what God’s word says — He works things out for
our good — and trust that He will do what he said.
God puts us where he wants
us to be
When Philip ran away from Jerusalem, he went to
Samaria and the people in Samaria got to hear the good news. God sent his angel
to tell Philip where to go to meet the Ethiopian and because Philip did what
the angel told him, he met the man, told him about Jesus and the man believed.
There
are times when God may put us in a place which is new to us, maybe a new
class/school/ neighbourhood/town/city/country. Don’t be afraid. God is with
you. He may have someone special he wants you to meet, to encourage, to help or
to share the good news.
Let’s not stop talking about
Jesus
Many
believers ran away to different places in Judea and Samaria. They lost their
homes.
But
everywhere the believers went, they told people about Jesus. Even though they
facing persecution and death, they kept telling others about Jesus everywhere
they went.
Let’s
continue to keep our eyes on Jesus and tell our friends and family and
neighbours about how much Jesus loves them and what He has done for them on the
cross.
Ask
the children if they have received Jesus as their Savior. If not, pray with
them to receive Jesus.
HUDDLE TIME
Get the kids into small groups to pray for who they
want to share Jesus with.
SONG: No
other Name (with actions)
DANCE:
Salvation is here
ACTS: SHARING JESUS
HOOK
Write
on a sheet of paper the following passage of scripture in
Acts 8:32b- 33:
“He was led
like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so
he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who
can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”
Roll
up the paper like a scroll, and ask one of the children (with good reading
skills) to read.
(You
can make a scroll by using 2 chopsticks or rolling up pieces of paper to make
sticks for the top and bottom end of the scroll.)
Ask
them who they think the passage is about.
This
person was like a sheep being led to its slaughter (was going to be killed) and
a silent lamb before its shearer (the person whom shaves its wool off).
It
is about a person who did not do anything wrong but did not fight or speak out
to defend himself when he was facing death as a punishment.
It
was about Jesus.
Who
wrote this? A prophet named Isaiah wrote it about 700 years before Jesus was
born. God told him what would happen.
STORY (Acts 8:1-8, 26-40)
REVIEW MEMORY VERSE WITH ACTIONS
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8
Last week, the disciples chose 7 men to help with
the serving and caring of the people. One of them was Stephen, who was not
afraid of telling people about Jesus, even when they were stoning him to death,
he kept looking and Jesus and was full of joy.
Another
of those 7 men was Philip. We will hear more about him today.
The
persecution caused more people to hear the good news.
Remember
that there was one man who was approving the killing of Stephen? What was his
name? Saul.
After
Stephen was stoned to death, a great persecution broke out against the church
in Jerusalem, many believers were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria. Godly
men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him.
But
Saul was trying to destroy the church. He went from house to house, dragged out
believers and put them in jail.
Where
were the believers before the persecution?
In Jerusalem.
After
the persecution? Judea and Samaria.
Do
those names sound familiar to you? (Show the children the places in the map)
Before
Jesus ascended to heaven, he said told the believers that they will be his
witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and the ends of the
earth. He knew it was going to happen.
Even
when Satan tried to get rid of the church, God made good come out of it.
Everywhere
the believers went, they told people about Jesus.
If the persecution didn’t happened, people outside Jerusalem
would not get to hear about Jesus. This includes you and me.
Philip went to the city of Samaria and told them
about Jesus. He also healed many weak and crippled people there. People in that
city heard the good news and were full of joy.
God
wanted people to hear about Jesus and be saved. He arranged for believers to
meet people to tell them about Jesus. One of the people who got to know Jesus
was a man from Ethiopia.
Philip and the Ethiopian
God’s angel said to Philip, “Go to the desert road
that leads from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So Philip did what the angel said and he
met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official who was in charge of all the
Ethiopian queen’s treasures. (If asked, explain that a eunuch was a man who
served in the palace and was not allowed to have a girlfriend, wife or
children.)
This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and was
on his way home. He was sitting in his chariot reading from the scroll, the
writings of Isaiah the prophet, which was the passage we read at the start of
the class.
The Holy Spirit told Philip to run up to the chariot
and Philip did so. Philip heard the man reading and he asked, “Do you
understand what you are reading?”
The
man didn’t understand, so Philip began explaining that passage of Scripture and
told him the good news about Jesus — Jesus was like a sheep being led to its
slaughter and a silent lamb before its shearer. He allowed himself to be
caught, beaten and killed because he took the punishment for our sins so that
we can have eternal life.
Philip told the eunuch that if he believed in Jesus,
he too would have eternal life. He told him to get baptized if he believed. The
eunuch believed.
As they travelled along the road, they came to some
water and the eunuch wanted to be baptized. So Philip baptized him. When they
came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and
the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.
Philip, however, appeared at another town and
traveled about, sharing with people about Jesus in all the towns until he
reached Caesarea.
Pix illustrations can be
found here:
LESSON
Even when it looked bad, God
made good come out of it
Satan
tried to get rid of the church. Stephen was killed. Saul tried to destroy the
church. Believers were put in jail. All the remaining believers, except the
apostles, ran away to different places in Judea and Samaria. They lost their
homes.
But
everywhere the believers went, they told people about Jesus. More and more
people got to hear the good news and believed in Jesus.
Even
when things look bad — like the believers facing persecution and death — God
was able to work things out for good. (Romans 8:28)
When things look bad, eg you got scolded by the
teacher, your brother/sister broke your favorite toy, your grandparent is sick
etc, let’s remind ourselves of what God’s word says — He works things out for
our good — and trust that He will do what he said.
God puts us where he wants
us to be
When Philip ran away from Jerusalem, he went to
Samaria and the people in Samaria got to hear the good news. God sent his angel
to tell Philip where to go to meet the Ethiopian and because Philip did what
the angel told him, he met the man, told him about Jesus and the man believed.
There
are times when God may put us in a place which is new to us, maybe a new
class/school/ neighbourhood/town/city/country. Don’t be afraid. God is with
you. He may have someone special he wants you to meet, to encourage, to help or
to share the good news.
Let’s not stop talking about
Jesus
Many
believers ran away to different places in Judea and Samaria. They lost their
homes.
But
everywhere the believers went, they told people about Jesus. Even though they
facing persecution and death, they kept telling others about Jesus everywhere
they went.
Let’s
continue to keep our eyes on Jesus and tell our friends and family and
neighbours about how much Jesus loves them and what He has done for them on the
cross.
Ask
the children if they have received Jesus as their Savior. If not, pray with
them to receive Jesus.
HUDDLE TIME
Get the kids into small groups to pray for who they
want to share Jesus with.
SONG: No
other Name (with actions)
DANCE:
Salvation is here
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