Jesus Without Language

 

As always, there is no replacement for getting the older kids to read the Damascus road biblical text. This worksheet is more of a discussion sheet, but you can get the kids to fill in the top labels and picture boxes.
 
It is designed for an A4 sheet, but could be used as A5 if you wish to print 2 on a page if you are short on resources.
 
The PDF can be downloaded by clicking on the image.

 
Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Damascus road (Acts 9:1-17).
 
The images are displayed small here, right click and select save – you will then have larger images.
 

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I have made this card for Saul not Paul. Paul is a separate card.

 

The Saul / Paul story can be tough if it’s not placed in context, so this story does a recap before it begins… Older children can read the bible for the full version as this is quite simplified. The teachers page to the left can be saved as image and it will be the size of an A4 sheet for printing.
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So lets work out the story so far….

The bible tells the story of God’s people. It started with one man but soon there were thousands, the problem was they just didn’t listen to what God was saying very well. They stopped asking his advice, they gave God a big building and then ignored him when they were not there.

God wanted to talk with them so badly he decided he would send a messenger. He had sent messengers before, some had been listened to a little, some had been ignored completely. So this time he would send his son, they had to listen to him, because he was God.

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I have been making these for some time, they are quite simple, but they do take some preparation time and you need to make sure you have prepared for more children than will turn up, because whipping up another at the last minute isn’t straightforward. Before we start, I must mention it couldn’t have been completed without the artwork of Martin Young at bible cartoons.
 

Here is the full how to for ‘Damascus Lanterns’
 

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This passage is all about light and darkness, the light that blinds, the light that changes, the light of God. At a juxtaposition with the darkness of our own logic, our own self formed conclusions, the darkness of blindness, the darkness of being without God. The games therefore link into this idea of light and dark, it’s something more tangible to a child’s mind.

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Find the light– take a glow-stick and hide it in a room, turn off bight lights and let the children find it. As a minute game it works well, but if you want a longer version then use two sets and give each child a glow stick and ask them to find its matching pair. The darker the spot it is hidden in the easier it is to find. Talk to the children about how sometimes it’s when things are dark that we see the light of God most clearly.

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