Review: Last week Paul
was walking the streets of Athens
and he saw that there were idols. Paul was upset about this, and he talked to
people in the synagogue and in the marketplace. One day, the people took him to
Mars Hill and the men asked Paul "What are you talking about?" Paul
told them about the idol that said TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. That is the God that
created everything, and His Son came and died and rose from the dead. Some
people made fun of him, but others wanted to know more about Jesus. Remember,
there is ONE GOD. And He wants us to teach everyone about Jesus, but not
everyone will believe. 
Lesson: Scripture is Acts 18:1-18; vs. 24-26. Paul left Athens by himself and went 50 miles to
Corinth. As Paul walked the streets of Corinth, he saw how much sin there was
here, too. The Corinthians loved money, drinking, gambling and all kinds of
sin. Paul was really upset by what he saw. He found a Jew there named Aquila. Aquila
had just come from Italy with his wife Priscilla. The ruler had commanded that
the Jews all leave Rome. 
They were tentmakers like
Paul. Paul stayed with them and worked with them, making tents and spreading
the gospel. They used goatskin and made leather tents.
Paul went to the synagogue every week and taught people about Jesus.
Some believed and were baptized. Silas and Timothy came to be with Paul. When
Paul taught the Jews about Jesus, they didn’t believe what he said and became
at Paul. Paul told them that "I have taught you the truth about Jesus, if
you don’t believe, it’s your responsibility."
Paul went to a man's house called Justus. He
was a Christian and his house was next door to the synagogue. Crispus probably heard Paul preaching and he was the ruler of the synagogue, believed what Paul taught about Jesus and his whole
household were baptized. There were many people from Corinth that believed and
were baptized.
The Lord came to Paul one night
(in a vision) and told him not to be afraid and to keep on teaching God's Word. The Lord told Paul that He was with Paul, and he would be safe. There are a lot of God's people in the city. Jesus
told Paul that he would not be physically attacked while he was in the city of
Corinth. Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a
half preaching.
While Aquila and Priscilla were there, they met a man named
Apollos. Luke says he was very educated and had studied the Old Testament
scriptures. He was excited to teach people about Jesus, but he only knew about
John. John is the cousin of Jesus and he baptized Jesus. John taught about Jesus coming
to save people from their sins.
When Aquila and
Priscilla heard Apollos preaching, they wanted to teach him that Jesus had already
come and died on the cross. Apollos wasn't teaching the whole truth. So,
Aquila and Priscilla took Apollos aside and talked to him about God and explained to him the truth.
For our class project today, we
made these banners. I made them, and the students decorated them. I wanted
something to remind them of Aquila and Priscilla sewing and making tents. But
they can't safely sew at their age. So, I have done this craft for a few years,
and they like it!
I have used the precut pieces of
felt for this project, which is a lot easier, since you don't have to cut it.
But I needed quite a few, so I bought the felt by the yard. Depending on your
width of the felt, I would just cut so there isn't any waste. I cut these
9 1/2 inches wide X 11 1/4 inches long. That's an odd size, so I just cut to
get the most out of my felt. Very few of my crafts are a science. I do too many
to waste product, so I cut fabrics to work. And, if you wanted to, you could cut
a triangle off of the center bottom to flow with the banner.
The top has a loop folded to the
back that is 1 inch, and that can vary depending on the size of dowel rod you
use to hang it. I used 3/16" dowel rods for these. I buy the
assorted size dowel rods already cut in the craft dept. at Wal Mart. I cut the
yarn 23 inches.
Once I folded over the top for
the loop, I sewed all the banner loops with red threads. Then, I used
white thread for the top (kept the red for the bottom) and sewed on the printed
paper banners to the felt. If you follow the arrow in the photo, you can see
where I sewed the banner on. It doesn't matter which end you start on, I
just didn't sew the triangle at the bottom. I sewed the 2 sides and the
top only. Remember, you will see needle holes in the paper if you make a
mistake!
You can print it here:
For class,
everything was prepped, and they added the foam stickers.
The occupations do not cover every job people had during the times of the New Testament but is more of a review of people and jobs studied during Jesus and Paul.
This has been updated and includes Anchor Charts with the answers
which can also be used for bulletin boards, etc.
You can find all the Acts worksheets here.
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All visuals for Acts 18 are included and all are not shown.
(These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.)
Used by permission.
This is so creative and fun looking.
ReplyDeleteThank you Crystal! I appreciate the comment!
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