Leader Guide

Drawing Activity

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    Make one copy of the Paul and Barnabas Witness Post Page for each child, plus extras. If using volunteers to read, give each one a Bible if needed, and assign them the passages to look up and read at the proper time.

Can I Get a Witness? Quickly draw and share Bible Story scenes.

The religious leaders threatened the apostles and told them to stop talking about Jesus. They boldly replied that they could not stop sharing everything they had seen and heard (Acts 4:20). This is what witnessing is all about; telling others what we have seen, heard, and experienced in our relationship with Jesus!

Give each child a copy of the Witness Post Page and a pencil.

Think back to what it was like to live back in Bible times. Did people have televisions or cell phones? No.

Name some ways the apostles could tell others about Jesus. Preaching, teaching, conversations, writing letters or Bible books, by their godly actions, by working miracles.

What are some ways we have to communicate today that the disciples didn’t have? Phones, television, radio, computers, apps such as Facebook, etc.

Some apps make it possible to share messages, pictures, and videos with others—instantly!

In this activity, we’ll read an event from the Bible that you watched in the Superbook video today. Listen carefully; imagine you are there as the event takes place. Then, draw two pictures of what happened on your Witness Post Page. Your drawings represent a photo or video you took of the event that you want to share with others. As an option, post a short message underneath your pictures. The message can add details to the pictures or say something like, “Wish you were here…amazing!”

Read or have a volunteer read one passage. Then, briefly ask children to name important events to help them decide what to draw. Important: Children should be creative and draw what they feel is important—not necessarily what others choose. Children can draw two progressive pictures in the two blocks to represent a video or two separate pictures of two different scenes. Give them a couple of minutes to draw, then have several share their “posts.”

1. Acts 5:12–16 (NLT):

12The apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomon’s Colonnade. 13But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them. 14Yet more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord—crowds of both men and women. 15As a result of the apostles’ work, sick people were brought out into the streets on beds and mats so that Peter’s shadow might fall across some of them as he went by. 16Crowds came from the villages around Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those possessed by evil spirits, and they were all healed.

2. Acts 5:17–21a (NLT):

17The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. 18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. 19But an angel of the Lord came at night, opened the gates of the jail, and brought them out. Then he told them, 20“Go to the Temple and give the people this message of life!” 21So at daybreak the apostles entered the Temple, as they were told, and immediately began teaching.

3. Acts 15:36–41 (NLT):

36After some time Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit each city where we previously preached the word of the Lord, to see how the new believers are doing.” 37Barnabas agreed and wanted to take along John Mark. 38But Paul disagreed strongly, since John Mark had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in their work. 39Their disagreement was so sharp that they separated. Barnabas took John Mark with him and sailed for Cyprus. 40Paul chose Silas, and as he left, the believers entrusted him to the Lord’s gracious care. 41Then he traveled throughout Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches there.

Conclusion: Today, there are many ways we can witness about Jesus! Let’s fulfill the mission God gives us, to share our experience with Christ so others can also believe.

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