Sunday Club 2007 – 2008

In the Autumn Term we found out about Paul. The question we asked was:
Who exactly was Paul and what did he do?

And we found out that:
He was a tent making by trade (Acts 18:3)
That he was a Pharisee – teacher of the law
And that he was a witness to the death of Stephen – the first martyr. (Acts 6: 8-15, 7: 54 – 8:3)

And we had a go at:
Making a tent
Making up a 3D scene where Stephen is stoned
Made a ‘Paul’ look - alike with the appropriate costume of a Pharisee

But how did it all begin:
We found about that blinding light on the road to Damascus –
Acts 9: 1-19

And we tried working in pairs: blindfold one and the other has to act as Ananias helping them not to trip over.
And we acted out the story

So where did all this new found faith get him?
a) Into Jail! Escape Artist? From where and with whom?
Escaped from Damascus Acts 9:19b – 23
And from prison in Philippi: Acts 16: 16-40
We acted out one of the stories of escape.
We made a basket with a small character to fit inside….(even a pulley system from lego or duplo?)
We used cereal boxes to make a jail scene with people inside….
And if there was time we could use the colouring in sheets

b) Shipwrecked - Acts 27: 27 – 44
So we made a boat with sails etc.
And we colouring in sheets with word search
Some people made a map of Paul’s journeys (around the Mediterranean) and where they got shipwrecked

And finally we found out about his letter writing

Paul the Pen-pal….
Romans, Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians & Thessalonians
Timothy, Titus and Philemon
The older ones used the wallpaper and feathers to write a letter (parchment – style)
Some people made a map and plot all the places that he wrote to
Others made up a word search with all the letters to places and people (Timothy, Titus and Philemon)

This Spring term we are thinking about Donkeys.

Pin the tail on the ?
Saul loses his father’s donkeys and Samuel finds a king for the people.
Our ideas were to:
Think about Saul’s response:
a) my tribe is the smallest
b) my family the least important
How often do we think we need to be ‘big’ for God to use us?
We made a brilliant donkey……and then a man to sit on it….

A donkey hears God speak... pardon?
Balaam and his donkey
We hope to make the man and the donkey
Think about Balaam’s response:
a) anger at the donkey
b) God’s angel intervenes and Balaam asks forgiveness.
c) think about how God speaks to us – in prayers, through people, nature, miracles, surprises, bible,

A friend in need is a friend in deed.
- the story of the Good Samaritan

We hope to
Act out the story of the Good Samaritan
Think and make some of the food – something the man will need in the inn.
Think about the three people who could have helped the injured man.
a) was it significant that the first two were ‘important people?
b) Why was is significant that Jesus chose to tell them that it was a Samaritan who was the one who responded?

'I carried a king' - Palm Sunday
We’re going to
1. Think about:
a) Why was it a donkey? (humility/kingship)
b) How Jesus had to come into Jerusalem and why
2. Food – donkey biscuits
3. Make some palm branches