Leader Guide
Review Game
- Philip True and False Review Questions
- Philip True and False Signs
- One large, clean trash can—32 gallon if possible
- Four tennis balls or rubber balls that bounce
- Two sheets of cardstock
- Optional: painter's tape or masking tape
- Whiteboard and marker or chalkboard and chalk to keep score
Make a copy of the Review Questions List.
Make two double-sided copies of the TRUE/FALSE SIGN on cardstock.
Mark or tape a throwing line on the floor.
Place the large trash can against a wall and about 8–10 feet from the line.
“Acts-ion” Review: Play a game to recall important facts in the Bible story.
This is the last lesson about Philip. We are going to play a fun review game to recall some important things that happened in the story. This is a True and False question review. Hold up the TRUE/FALSE Sign.
To answer a question, you will hold up the sign, choosing either true or false. The side that you show will be your answer. Five points are scored for a correct answer. You will also have two more chances to score points for your team. Each player will be given two balls to try to bounce into the trash can. You receive one point for each ball that lands in the can.
Divide the children into two teams—they do not need to be even. Have each team line up a few feet behind the mark. A player from each team steps up to the mark. Give each of these players a True/False Sign. They will answer the same question by choosing which side of the sign to show you. Next, the players will have a chance to bounce two balls into the trash can. The players will retrieve the balls for the next players after the score is tallied. The team with the most points wins.
Optional: when the answer is “false,” ask teams for the true answer and award a bonus point if it’s correct. You may also ask additional bonus questions related to the original one.
True or False Review Questions
1. The Apostle Paul is the same man as Saul, who persecuted the church. (True.)
2. The persecution of the church kept all the believers in Jerusalem. (False—they scattered from Jerusalem.)
3. The believers who scattered preached the Good News wherever they went. (True.)
4. Crowds listened to Philip because of his words and miracles. (True.)
5. There was much sadness in the city where Philip preached. (False—joy.)
6. Simon was a great prophet of God. (False—he was a sorcerer and magician.)
7. Simon also believed Philip’s message and was baptized. (True.)
8. Peter and John came to Samaria to lay hands on people to receive the Holy Spirit. (True.)
9. Simon offered Peter and John a camel to buy the power of the Holy Spirit. (False—money.)
10. Peter told Simon that his heart was not right with God. (True.)
11. When Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, they stopped in many Samaritan villages to share the bad news. (False—the Good News.)
12. A priest told Philip to go down a desert road. (False—the angel of the Lord.)
13. In the desert, Philip saw a man from Ethiopia riding a donkey. (False—riding in a carriage.)
14. The Ethiopian man was reading aloud from the prophet Jeremiah. (False—the prophet Isaiah.)
15. The Holy Spirit told Philip to walk beside the carriage. (True.)
16. The Ethiopian man ordered Philip to step away from his carriage. (False—he asked him to come into the carriage and sit with him.)
17. In the carriage, Philip told the man the Good News about Jesus. (True.)
18. The Ethiopian man asked Philip to baptize him in Jerusalem. (False—in some water in the desert.)
19. When they came out of the water, Philip got back into the carriage. (False—the Spirit snatched or took him away.)
20. The Ethiopian man went away sadly. (False—he went on his way rejoicing.)