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A Boy Helps PaulBible StoryActs 23:12-35

Teacher ChallengeIt’s a delight to hear the story or observe the action ofsomeone making a right choice. A person who doeswhat is right creates a spiritual emboldening in others:If he can do it, I can too!

Whether Paul’s nephew was a small child or almost anadult, God had put him in the right place at the right time to findout all about the plot against Paul. More than that, he didn’t shrug it off, keep it to himself or even tryto become a one-man army. He thoughtfully brought the information to Paul, then to those in author-ity. Paul’s life was protected because of his nephew’s right action.

� Who is someone whose courage and integrity you admire? Why?

� What is the biggest obstacle to you being more courageous?

It’s easier to rationalize a wrong action than it is to do a right one. Because young children absorb ourattitudes very quickly, doing what is right with the right attitude powerfully encourages them to doright as well!

Teacher’s Planning1. Choose which centers you

will provide and the order in which children will par-ticipate in them. For tips on schedule planning, see page 9.

2. Plan who will lead each cen-ter, making sure to have oneadult for approximately everysix children. For staffing tipsand ideas, see page 12.

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God’s Word“Do good to all people.” Galatians 6:10

God’s Word and MeI can help and do good things for others.

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Play to LearnActive Game Center: Helping Out

CollectBible, Preschool Music #2 CD and player, trash items(crumpled paper, packing peanuts, etc.), dustpan,brush or whisk broom, trash can, masking tape.

PreparePlace trash items on floor on one side of playing area, and placebroom, dustpan and trash can close by. Place masking-tape line on floor on other side of playing area.

Do1. Children line up behind masking-tape line. When you start playing “Cleanup Party!” (track 16 on

CD) the first child runs to trash area, sweeps up trash and places in trash can. When you stop themusic, the child lays brush and dustpan down and returns to the back of the line.

2. Repeat until each child has had a turn, or as time and interest allow.

Talk About� The Bible says, “Do good to all people.” A good

thing to do is to help clean up. Let’s play a gamewhere we see how much trash we can help pick up.

� Amy, how can you help your mom and dad in thehouse? You can pack away your toys when yourmom tells you to.

� Luis, how can you help your mom and dad in thegarden? Watering flowers is a way to do good.

� Helping others is a good thing to do. We can askGod to help us do good things. Pray briefly, DearGod, please help us to do good things for others.

For Younger ChildrenPlay a game with blocks. Place blocks in a pile in the center of the activity area. Children carry blocks to the block storage area and place blocks where they belong.

For Older ChildrenChildren have a hard time waiting their turn, so bring a broom, dustpan and trash can for every fourchildren.

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Play to LearnArt Center: Do-Good Bugs

CollectBible, Lesson 38 Do-Good Bugs Poster from Grow-ing with God CD-ROM, white card stock, blackcrayons, watercolor paint and paintbrushes orwater-based markers, shallow containers.

PreparePrint Do-Good Bugs Poster onto white card stock for each child. Fill shallow containers with water.

DoChildren use black crayons to color spots on ladybugs. Children use watercolor paints or water-basedmarkers to color ladybugs.

Talk About� The Bible says, “Do good to all people.” We

can help other people and do good things.Let’s make a ladybug poster to remind us to do good things at our homes.

� Jocelyn, who are the people at your home?What is a good thing you can do for yourmom? For your brother?

� Thomas, where can you hang your poster?When you see your poster on the refrigeratoryou can remember to help other people. Howcould you help your grandma when she iscooking dinner?

� Pray briefly, Dear God, thank You for the peo-ple at our homes. Please show us ways thatwe can help them.

For Younger ChildrenInstead of using watercolor paints, children color poster with crayons.

For Older ChildrenChildren write on posters names of people they can do good things to at home. If children ask for helpwith spelling, write names on Post-it Notes and give to children to copy onto poster.


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Lesson 38Play to LearnConstruction Center: Helping Places

CollectBible, manipulative building toys (Legos, Duplos,Lincoln Logs), toy people, toy cars.

Do1. Children build places where people help others

(hospital, restaurant, police station, fire station,school, church, etc.).

2. Children use toy people and toy cars to act out ways to help others in the places they build.

Talk About� In today’s Bible story, some angry men

planned to hurt Paul! But a young boy,Paul’s nephew, heard about the plan.The boy told some people about it sothey could help Paul stay safe. Thereare many places in our town wherepeople help others. Let’s build some of those places.

� Where are some of the places you cango if you need help? (School, church, etc.)Where would you go if you were hurt?(Hospital, doctor’s office, etc.) If therewere a fire? (Fire station, police station,etc.) Who are some of the people whohelp you in those places? (Nurses. Doc-tors. Firefighters. Police officers. Teachers.)

� Who are some of the people who help others in the place you are building? What are someof the ways they help others?

� Pray briefly, Dear God, thank You for loving us. Please show us ways to help others and dogood things.

For Younger ChildrenInstead of building with manipulative building toys, children use blocks.

For Older ChildrenOn a large sheet of butcher paper or on light-colored heavy fabric, draw several streets and intersections,creating a pretend town. Children build fire stations, libraries, stores, schools, homes, etc. along the streetsof the town. Or provide a transportation mat on which children can build.




Play to LearnDramatic Play Center: Grocery Help

CollectBible, grocery items (canned food, empty cerealboxes, empty milk cartons, etc.), large box, gro-cery bags (brown paper bags or canvas bags).

PreparePlace grocery items in large box several feet from yourkitchen area.

DoChildren pack groceries from box into grocery bags. Children then carry grocery bags to kitchen areaand unpack.

Talk About� The Bible says, “Do good to all people.” We

can help at home by helping to put awaygroceries. Let’s unpack these groceries!

� Isabel, thank you for handing Aiden a canto put in the cupboard. You know how tohelp others!

� Charles, who are the people at your home?How can you help your sister? Playing withyour sister while mom cooks dinner is agreat way to help.

For Younger ChildrenGive a bag to each child. Children play with bags, filling bags and then emptying items into large box.

For Older ChildrenChildren set up a store on one side of the playing area. Some children pack grocery items into bags.Other children carry bags to kitchen area and unpack grocery items.


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Listen to LearnActs 23:12-35

CollectBible, Bible Story 51 picture from God’s Story for MePoster Pack #2, Preschool Music #2 DVD or CD andplayer, Places I Go Pictures 1-8 from Growing withGod CD-ROM, strips of colored paper, paper bag,beanbag.

PreparePlace one of every color strip into paper bag (atleast four colors).

Greet Each OtherChildren sit in a circle. Give each child a strip of colored paper, repeating colors as necessary. Pull astrip of paper from the paper bag. All children holding that color paper strip stand up. Say, I can dogood to (name all children standing). Children sit down. Repeat with other colors until all childrenhave stood.

Tell the StoryOpen your Bible to Acts 23. Tell the story using the pictured motions (keywords in bold) or show BibleStory 51 picture.

Who reads you Bible stories about Jesus? We learn about Jesus from Bible stories. In Bible times, people learned about Jesus from what other people told them. Let’s hear a story about what some people did when Paul told them about Jesus.

Everywhere Paul went, he told people about Jesus. But some people did not loveJesus. They did not like Paul talking about Jesus. They got very angry. And Paulwas put in jail again!

Forty of these people made a plan. They were going to kill Paul! They had a plan tohave Paul come out of the jail. Then these 40 men were going to kill him!

But God had a plan, too! Paul had a nephew. His nephew heard about the plan to kill Paul. He went straight to his uncle Paul! He told Paul what he had heard.

Paul told a guard, “Take this young man to the commander. He has something to tell him.”

Paul’s nephew went to the commander and told him everything. The nephew said,“Don’t let Paul leave the jail. That’s when the 40 men plan to kill him!”

The commander said, “Don’t tell anyone what you told me.” Then the commandercalled for many soldiers. He called for men on horses and men with spears.

The commander wrote to the governor. He gave the letter to his helpers. During thenight his helpers and all those many, many men and their horses started walkingand riding out of the city. They left during the night! And Paul was somewhere inthe middle of all those soldiers! The 40 men waiting to hurt Paul never saw himleave. Paul had escaped!

The next day Paul came to the governor’s palace. The governor gave Paul a room tostay in. Now Paul was safe! Now there were more people for Paul to tell about Jesus!


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Talk About the StoryWhat did Paul’s nephew do to help him? (Told the commander that 40 men wanted to hurt Paul.)Paul’s nephew did a good thing and helped Paul stay safe. We can help and do good things forothers, too. What is a good thing you can do at your home today?

Sing to GodLet’s sing a song about Jesus. Lead children in singing “Go and Tell” (on DVD or track 11 on CD).Telling others about Jesus is a way to help them. It is a good thing to do.

Hear and Say God’s WordHolding your Bible open to Galatians 6:10, sayverse aloud. We can help and do good thingsfor others. Lead children in repeating verse sev-eral times and doing motions for the verse: “Dogood” (thumbs up) “to all” (arms open wide)“people” (point to other children).

Pray to GodLead children in prayer, asking for God’s help in helping others and doing good things.

Praise to GodLay Places I Go Pictures in a grid pattern on the floor. Children stand a few feet away from pictures and take turns tossing beanbag onto pictures. Child who tossed beanbag identifies picture on whichtheir beanbag landed and says a way they can help and do good things for others pictured there.


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Option: Children name people they knowor categories of people (firefighter, storeclerk, baseball players, etc.) and insert inplace of the words “all people.”


Talk to LearnBible Story Activity Pages CenterCollectA copy of Activity 51 from The Big Book of Bible Story ActivityPages #2 for yourself and each child, crayons or markers, scis-sors; optional—star stickers.

DoLead children to complete pages following the instructions. (Op-tional: Children add star stickers to nighttime sky.) Use the con-versation suggestions as children complete their pages and retellthe story.

Preschool Puzzle CenterCollectCopies of Bible Story Puzzle 38, Bible VersePuzzle 38 and/or Challenge Puzzle 38 fromThe Big Book of Preschool Puzzles #2 for eachchild; pencils, crayons or markers.

DoChildren complete the puzzles and color pages. Use the conversation suggestions on the pages.

Read-Aloud Story CenterCollectA copy of Story Picture 38 from The Big Book of Read-Aloud Stories #2 for yourself and each child, crayonsor markers.

DoRead the story and distribute pictures. Use the conversation suggestions as children complete their pages.


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