Leader Guide
Review Game
- Paul and Barnabas True and False Review questions list
- Paul and Barnabas True and False Signs
- Paul and Barnabas Share Signs
- Four newspapers—see note below
- Cardstock—four sheets
- Two rubber bands or masking tape
- Whiteboard and marker, or chalkboard and chalk to keep score
- Painter's tape or masking tape
- Three containers: boxes, buckets, or small, clean trash cans
- Pre-moistened wipes to wash newspaper print from hands
Note: You may substitute rolled paper for newspapers or place a blank sheet of paper over each newspaper roll and tape it in place. This reduces the chance for ink transferring to hands and clothes.
Make two copies each of the True and False Signs on cardstock in color or black and white.
Make a copy of the Review Questions List.
Make one copy each of the three Share Signs in color or black and white. Tape one Share Sign on each container.
Roll each newspaper; place a rubber band or tape around each roll to secure it.
Place the three containers on the floor, leaving some space between them, and label each one with a Share Sign where they're visible to children.
Place containers against a wall for bank shots if desired.
Tape a True and False sign set on the floor for Team 1 and Team 2 several feet from the containers—see drawing. For larger classes, create more teams and add signs and containers.
Special Delivery: Play a true and false game to review the Bible lesson.
This is the final lesson about Paul and Barnabas, so we are going to play a review game and deliver the Good News at the same time. Before television and the internet, newspapers were a very important way to receive the news each day. Boys and girls who were often your age would ride bicycles and deliver the news by tossing a rolled-up newspaper onto people’s porches.
Divide the class into two teams. Hold up a rolled newspaper. Step back and forth on the floor signs and toss the newspaper as you describe the game.
In this game, you will deliver the Good News represented by the rolled newspapers. This is a True and False question game where you will have two chances to score points for your team! You will receive one point for a correct answer and one point for each newspaper delivered to the proper place or person represented by the three containers.
I will ask the same question to a player for each team. You will answer by standing on a True or False Sign. When both players are standing on a sign, I will reveal the answer. Then, players have two chances to toss their papers into the container I call out. You score a point for each newspaper tossed into the correct container. Are you ready to deliver for your teams?
The team with the most points after all the children have taken a turn 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
- The apostles performed many miracles among the people. (True)
- Sick people were brought into the streets so Peter could fall on them to be healed. (False—So his shadow could fall on them to be healed)
- The religious leaders supported the apostles. (False—They were filled with jealousy)
- The religious leaders had the apostles arrested and thrown into the river. (False—Into jail)
- An angel of the Lord came one night and rescued the apostles from jail. (True)
- The angel told the apostles to preach the Gospel in the courthouse. (False—In the Temple)
- The religious leaders gave the apostles strict orders to never teach about Jesus again. (True)
- Peter and the other apostles said they would obey the priests instead of God. (False—They must obey God rather than any human authority)
- Paul and Barnabas went to the island of Cyprus, and the Roman governor became a believer. (True) Bonus point, what was the governor’s name? (Sergius-Paulus)
- Paul made a sorcerer deaf for interfering with his Gospel message. (False—Blind)
- Barnabas’s name means Son of Discouragement. (False—Son of encouragement)
- Paul and Barnabas traveled in a ship with a man named Luke Matthew. (False—John Mark)
- A Gentile is anyone who is not Jewish (True)
- Some apostles were stoned by angry mobs. (True)
- Before Paul became a believer, his name was Sean. (False—Saul)
- Barnabas went with Paul to the apostles and convinced them to accept him. (True)
- John Mark left Paul and Barnabas and did not go on another journey with both of them. (True)
- Paul refused to return to any of the churches where they had preached the Gospel. (False—He returned to many of them to see how they were doing)
- Paul and Barnabas separated because of a disagreement over who should pay for their ship ticket. (False—because of their disagreement about John Mark)
- Barnabas traveled with John Mark to preach the Gospel after his disagreement with Paul. (True)
Conclusion: Remember, the Holy Spirit will direct us to people whose hearts He has prepared to receive the Good News.