Bible Builders Peter Freed from Prison July 2007 Games
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1 Scripture: Acts 12:1-19 Bible Builders Peter Freed from Prison July 2007 Games Memory Verse: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. Philippians 4:6 Concepts: 1. God wants us to pray, and when we do God answers us. 2. God provides help to those who serve and love God. 3. Peter, who once denied knowing Jesus, went on to become an important preacher of the Gospel and an important follower of Christ. 4. The church community prays for and takes care of its members. Objectives: 1. Older children will locate the story of Peter s prison escape in their Bibles. Younger children will learn that the story is in Acts. 2. The children will hear the story, and then play a game to review the details of the story. 3. The class will discuss the story with emphasis on the concepts above. 4. The children will think about their own prayer concerns, choose someone or something to pray for and make prayer ribbons. Procedure: Welcome and Introductions: Greet the children and introduce yourself. Remember you are interacting with a different group of students each week who may not know you. Take attendance by marking in the folders. Check off if they brought their bibles or not. 2. Open with a brief prayer. 3. Explain the purpose of this workshop. Today we re going to hear the story of Peter s escape from prison and then we re going to play Freedom Bingo.
2 Scripture/Bible Story: 4 and 5 s will not use Bibles, but do open yours to show them where the story is. For grades 1-3 and 4-6, make sure everybody has a Bible. Help the students to find the book of Acts. 1. If necessary, review the organization of the Bible: The Bible is divided into two big parts, the Old and New Testaments. Each part is made up of books, which are divided into chapters and verses. Have them figure out whether Acts is in the Old or New Testament (it s about events after Jesus life so it s in the NEW Testament). Show them that if they open their Bible in the middle, they ll usually land in the book of Psalms in the OT. Point out that the book name is at the top of each page. After finding Psalms, if they then take the pages on the right side and divide them in half, they ll land somewhere near the beginning of the New Testament. Remind them that Acts is the fifth book of the NT, after Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. After they ve found Acts, help them find chapter 12, then verses Some of the children will confuse chapters and verses. Show them that chapter numbers are the big ones, and also are at top of every page. 3. Read the story from the Bible or review it using the summary below as a guide. Either way, be dramatic! Unless this is the first Sunday of the rotation, let the children help you tell the story. This will give you an idea of how much they already know. Other ideas for reviewing the story in later weeks: Begin the story and let each person in the circle add one line to the story until it is complete. Variation for older kids: Use a timer (or just a watch with a second hand). First child starts telling the story. After 15 seconds, second student picks up the tale, even if in mid-sentence. Keep going around circle until complete story is told. Tell the story back to them with inaccuracies and let them correct you. (Especially fun for the younger ones -- but don t do this until the later part of the rotation). Older kids: Photocopy the passage (remove verse numbers), cut it up and see if they can put it back together correctly. a good place to print out verses. Story Summary Herod Causes Trouble for the Church Several years after Jesus death, Jesus followers were spreading the good news and bringing people into the church. At that time King Herod caused terrible suffering for some members of the church. (This was a different King Herod from the one we know about who reigned during the birth of Jesus.) Herod ordered soldiers to cut off the head of Jesus disciple James, the brother of John.
3 Then, while the Jews were celebrating the Festival of Passover, Herod had Peter arrested. He put Peter in jail and ordered four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to put Peter on trial in public after the festival. While Peter was being kept in jail, the church never stopped praying for him. Peter Is Rescued The night before Peter s trial, he was asleep and bound by two chains. A soldier was guarding him on each side, and two other soldiers were guarding the entrance to the jail. Suddenly an angel from the Lord appeared, and light flashed around in the cell. (An angel is a messenger from God. We picture a winged human-like figure in a robe, but we don t know what the angel looked like.) The angel poked Peter in the side and woke him up. Then the angel said, "Quick! Get up!" The chains fell off Peter s hands, and the angel said, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." Peter did what he was told. Then the angel said, "Now put on your coat and follow me." Peter left with the angel, but he thought everything was only a dream. They went past the two groups of soldiers, and when they came to the iron gate to the city, it opened by itself. They went out and were going along the street, when all at once the angel disappeared. Peter now realized what had happened, and he said, "I am sure that the Lord sent his angel to rescue me." Then Peter went to the house of a woman named Mary. Many of Jesus followers had gathered there and were praying. Peter knocked on the gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. When Rhoda heard Peter's voice, she was too excited to open the gate. She ran back into the house and told everyone that Peter was standing there. "You are crazy!" the others told her. But she kept saying that it was Peter. Then they said, "It must be his angel." But Peter kept on knocking, until finally they opened the gate. They saw him and were completely amazed. Peter motioned for them to keep quiet. Then he told how the Lord had led him out of jail. He also said, "Tell the others what has happened." After that, he left and went somewhere else. The next morning the soldiers who had been on guard were terribly worried and wondered what had happened to Peter. Herod ordered his own soldiers to search for Peter, but they could not find him. Then he questioned the guards and had them put to death. After this, Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while. Application: (10:10) 1. Have the shepherd pass out the bingo cards and counters. Every card has a Get Out of Jail square this is a free space, so the kids can cover that one at the start. Then call each question and let the kids call out the answer, then cover the answer on their cards. As in regular bingo, the object is to cover five spaces in a row, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
4 2. When a player covers a row, he shouts I m Free! Don t stop the game; keep playing until you ve used all the questions or everyone has covered a row (or you run out of time. Remember you need a bit of extra time at the end of the workshop for hanging prayer ribbons.) Younger Children: Call out the questions in the order given, unless it s a later rotation and you are sure they know the sequence of events in the story. Have the shepherd write each answer on the white board, as some of the kids may not be able to read all the words on the card. Older children: Mix up the questions, especially in later rotations. OR, instead of playing bingo, put the questions on slips of paper inside balloons. Divide the class into pairs. Let each pair pop a balloon (stomp on it). Retrieve the question, read it out loud and let them answer. (Do in pairs so if one player is afraid of popping the balloon, the other can handle it. Also less chance of child not knowing the answer and being put on the spot. If neither player knows, let the class answer. ) Reflection Time: Gather the class in a circle and discuss: I wonder why Herod chose Peter to put in prison. Herod was persecuting the leaders of the church remember he had already had Jesus disciple James killed and Peter was an important preacher and leader of the early church. Who remembers any other stories about Peter? After Jesus was arrested, Peter lost his courage and denied that he knew Jesus. Even though Peter failed Jesus that time, he learned from his mistake and went on to become one of the most important leaders of the early church, telling people about Christ and bringing new believers into the church. While Peter was in prison, what were the people of the church doing? Praying. The early church community prayed for and took care of its members, and today in our church community, we still pray for and take care of each other. I wonder what they were saying in their prayers. Accept all reasonable answers, but note that they were likely praying for Peter s life to be saved. If they were praying for Peter to be saved from execution, I wonder why they didn t believe Rhoda when she told them Peter was at the door? Accept all reasonable answers. Encourage the kids to speculate about why they might be surprised to have their prayer answered so dramatically. Emphasize: God wants us to pray, and when we pray, God answers us. We won t always get an answer as spectacular as they did, and sometimes we don t get the answer we want or expect at all, but we can trust that God will be with us and help us no matter what happens. Recite the Bible memory verse.
5 Extra Activity if Time Allows: Grades 3-5: Have the books of the New Testament posted on the wall. After reviewing the story, play a few rounds of "who can find the passage first." Call out verses for the students to search and read when they find them -- do this in pairs if you wish. Use these passages that refer to prayer: Ephesians 6:18 Colossians 4:2 I Thessalonians 5:16-18 Philippians 4:6 (this is the memory verse for this rotation) James 5:13 Teacher preparation in advance: 1. Read the scripture passages and attend the Faith Quest Leaders Bible Study. 2. Prepare opening and closing prayers. 3. Choose a prayer tree outside of the classroom to hang the prayer ribbons. 4. Optional: Bring a CD or taped music for background music while you are gathering, meditative music for Reflection time. A boom box is located in the Puppet workshop cabinet. 5. Display the memory verse in the room. 6. Practice telling the story and become very familiar with it.. Supply List Extra Bibles Bingo cards Dried beans or other items to use as bingo counters Pencils Dry-erase References Jan Marshall, Lord s Prayer lesson set, Rotation.org Ideas and Lesson Exchange. Storytelling ideas:
6 Clues 1. Bad guy in this story Herod 2. Time of year of this story Passover 3. Disciple whom Herod had killed James 4. Disciple who was arrested Peter 5. Who guarded Peter Soldiers 6. What Herod planned for Peter Trial 7. What fellow Christians did while Peter was in jail Pray 8. What was used to tie Peter up Chains 9. What Peter was doing when angel came Sleeping 10. What was seen when angel appeared Light 11. Where the light flashed Cell 12. Who came to get Peter out of jail Angel 13. Who sent the angel Lord 14. What Peter s chains did Fell off 15. What Peter thought was happening when angel woke him up Dream 16. What the city gate was made of Iron 17. What the city gate did Open 18. What the angel did after leading Peter out of city Disappear 19. Owner of house that Peter went to Mary 20. What Peter did at Mary s house Knock 21. Who answered the door at Mary s house Rhoda 22. What Rhoda did when she heard Peter's voice Tell others 23. What the other Christians thought about Rhoda Crazy 24. How the Christians felt when they saw Peter Amazed
7 Jesus Amazed Lord Church Dream James John Tell others Sleeping Rhoda Soldiers Peter Passover Sleeping Trial Open Crazy Knock Mary Cell Herod Pray Disappear Angel
8 Disappear Crazy Light Sleeping Open Soldiers Cell Knock Church Mary Rhoda Tell others John Peter Pray Jesus Trial James Lord Dream Herod Passover Angel Amazed
9 Jesus Angel James Soldiers Pray Sleeping Mary Disappear Church Herod Amazed Rhoda Knock Tell others Lord Open Dream John Crazy James Cell Peter Iron Sleeping
10 James James Sleeping Open Cell Rhoda Sleeping Pray Trial Crazy Jesus Amazed Disappear Tell others Dream Light Soldiers Church Passover Peter Lord Angel Knock John
11 Open Iron Trial John Light Angel Jesus Tell others Knock Crazy Lord Pray Cell James Amazed Sleeping Disappear Peter Dream Passover James Herod Church Mary
12 Herod Open Trial Knock Mary Passover Church John Peter Crazy James Sleeping Iron Amazed Cell Jesus James Dream Rhoda Angel Pray Soldiers Light Disappear
13 Light Soldiers Amazed Crazy Rhoda Jesus Disappear James Sleeping Peter Angel Tell others Church Open Cell Herod John Dream Lord Knock John James Mary Pray
14 Dream John Sleeping Knock James Soldiers Trial Passover Tell others Cell Lord Pray Jesus Iron Disappear James Church Amazed Rhoda Peter Herod Light Mary Open
15 Herod John Soldiers Peter Iron Jesus Mary Rhoda Crazy Open Cell Tell others James Trial Light Passover Pray Disappear Knock Sleeping Amazed Church James Dream
16 Angel Jesus Sleeping Light Amazed Lord Church Rhoda Trial Mary Pray John Sleeping Knock James Dream Open Iron Passover Soldiers Peter Herod Tell others Crazy
17 Light Cell Mary Rhoda Herod Knock Lord Jesus Disappear Open Soldiers Church Angel Iron Amazed John Sleeping Crazy Pray Sleeping Dream James James Passover
18 Disappear Herod Peter Rhoda Tell others Pray Mary Sleeping Open Soldiers Angel Dream Knock Trial James Church Cell Amazed Light Crazy John Jesus Passover James
19 Sleeping Passover Cell Crazy Soldiers Herod Angel Jesus Peter Knock Sleeping Open John Disappear Lord Dream Tell others Rhoda James Light Church James Trial Iron
20 Church Passover Lord Peter Amazed Angel Tell others Jesus Crazy Soldiers Disappear James Dream Light James Herod Mary John Knock Trial Iron Sleeping Rhoda Sleeping
21 Pray Amazed Light Open Rhoda Cell Church Herod Passover Soldiers Crazy Iron Sleeping James Angel Tell others Disappear Dream Sleeping Mary Jesus Peter James John Knock
22 Light Angel John Sleeping Rhoda Mary Passover James Peter Amazed Iron Church Cell Crazy Pray Tell others Knock Dream Lord Herod Jesus James Disappear Open
23 Iron Pray Crazy Amazed Peter Cell John Lord James Trial Herod Passover Rhoda Disappear Mary Jesus Light Church James Sleeping Soldiers Angel Dream Tell others
24 Rhoda Open Tell others Soldiers Church James Peter Dream Light Cell James Trial John Herod Passover Amazed Crazy Iron Knock Mary Jesus Sleeping Sleeping Pray
25 James Pray Soldiers Mary Iron Dream Angel Church Tell others Disappear Open Sleeping Lord Sleeping Jesus Amazed John Knock Peter Trial Passover Rhoda James Light
26 Cell Crazy Jesus Angel Peter Knock Light Rhoda Soldiers Disappear Trial Sleeping Church James Tell others Iron Open Passover Lord Pray Dream John Mary Amazed
27 Open Sleeping Knock Crazy Lord John James Cell Rhoda Herod Passover James Mary Trial Disappear Church Amazed Iron Dream Jesus Angel Tell others Pray Light
28 Pray Trial Jesus James Sleeping Lord Soldiers Passover Iron Dream John Angel James Open Light Church Crazy Rhoda Tell others Cell Amazed Knock Peter Disappear
29 Amazed Jesus Pray Passover Herod Church Open Mary Light Knock Cell Trial Rhoda Dream Lord Peter Iron James Tell others John Disappear Crazy Sleeping James
30 Open Sleeping Knock Angel Amazed Church Rhoda Lord Pray John Soldiers Mary Trial Sleeping Herod Disappear James Jesus Passover Dream Iron Peter Tell others James
31 Lord Tell others Angel Peter Herod Open Light Crazy Passover Church Knock Mary Sleeping James John Sleeping Pray Trial Amazed James Cell Rhoda Iron Jesus
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