Dear St Peter’s parents,  

Attached is an outline of the Kids Church lesson – Acts 3 & 4 ‘Jesus is powerful to save’ ‐ to use with your 

children this Sunday 21st June.   

We are continuing to explore the book of Acts in Kids Church, using material from Quiz Worx Home 

Delivery. This material has been produced by Quiz Worx, for use with individuals, families and churches. 

For more information please go to www.quizworx.com/HomeDelivery.  

The teaching of the book of Acts is that through his death and resurrection, God has appointed Jesus as 

king of his kingdom. Jesus is the Risen King! And Jesus has a mission; that people from all around the world 

would hear that Jesus is the king, and accept Jesus as their king.   

Please see below for suggestions of how to use the material with your children.  

With love in Christ,  

St Peter’s Kids Church Co‐ordinators 

 

 

Quiz Worx Home Delivery – The book of Acts 

Lesson 3 ‘Jesus is powerful to save’ – Acts 3&4 

St Peter’s Kids Church lesson – Sunday 21st June 2020  

This is the third week of our series on the Book of Acts. The Book of Acts tells us that Jesus 

is STILL powerful and that trusting Jesus is the only way to be saved. In this Kids’ Talk video, 

we see the power of the Holy Spirit as he helps Peter & John heal a lame man and speak to 

a huge crowd of people about Jesus. The mission of the Risen King Jesus is spreading! 

Included in this week’s talk is a fun music video featuring Scruff the Dog, some of his puppet 

and human friends and our special guest Colin Buchanan!  

Suggested Program: 

1. Kids’ Talk – View ‘Jesus is powerful to save’ Kids’ talk for this lesson at 

https://youtu.be/haQzAJottXw 

2. Discussion questions for Acts 3 & 4 – use the questions on page 2 of this document 

to discuss the kid’s talk with your children. Then pray with your children. 

3. Digging Deeper – pages 3 & 4 includes family devotions to use with your children if 

you would like to explore Acts 3 & 4 in more detail together during the week. 

4. Memory verse – Acts 2:38 is the memory verse for the Acts series. View the memory 

verse on page 5 of this document and at: https://youtu.be/gYpwISi1qN0 

5. Craft and Game ideas – pages 6‐9 include some craft and games related to today’s 

lesson ‘Jesus is powerful to save’. 

6. Activity sheets ‐ Colouring in sheet ‘Trust Jesus to be friends with God’ ‐ page 10 

     ‐ ‘Jesus is powerful to save’ activity sheets ‐ pages 11‐14. 

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Acts Chapters 3 & 4

In today’s video we see again that the mission of the Risen King Jesus cannot be stopped. Do you remember what the mission of the Risen King Jesus is? (That people from all around the world would hear that Jesus is the King. And that people from all around the world would accept Jesus as their King).

However, we saw in the video and the song that some people tried to stop this mission. After Peter and John healed the lame man, the temple leaders told Peter and John to stop telling others about Jesus!

1. How did the lame man respond to being healed?

2. What did Peter & John do when the leaders told them to stop speaking about ......Jesus?

3. Why is it important to keep telling others about Jesus?

PrayPraise God and give thanks that Jesus’ mission cannot be stopped.

Thank God that we can be friends with God by trusting the Risen King Jesus.

Pray that we can tell our friends and the people we meet about the Risen King Jesus.

Discussion Questions after Acts 3 & 4 Video

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Digging DeeperFamily Devotions

How to use ‘Digging Deeper’ for the Book of Acts. To help you in your journey through Acts, each week we will provide three devotions. We encourage you to read these passages with those in your household at a time that suits, and use the questions to guide you as you talk and reflect on Jesus’ unstoppable mission in the Book of Acts.

We looked at a number of different Bible translations when creating these questions. So feel free to use any version as you work through them with your family.

Memory Verse Challenge The memory verse for our series on Acts is from Acts 2:38. Larissa and some of her Quiz Worx human and puppet friends have created a fun music video to help you learn it! You can find the Memory Verse video in the Google Drive Folder, or you can view it on YouTube at https://youtu.be/gYpwISi1qN0

Something to rememberAs we journey through the Book of Acts, we will continue to see that the mission of the Risen King Jesus cannot be stopped.

As you look at each passage, keep asking:a) What could stop Jesus’ mission?b) How do we see these obstacles overcome?c) How can I be part of Jesus’ unstoppable mission?

Devotion 1 - Acts 3:1-26 (if you have younger children, just read v1-10) Chapter 3 records the account of Peter and John healing the crippled beggar with Jesus’ power at one of the Temple Gates. Just like in Jesus’ own ministry, this miracle attracted a lot of attention from on-lookers. Peter uses this opportunity to speak to the crowd about the Risen King Jesus!

1. Imagine you were there and saw a man whose legs had never worked, suddenly ......jump up and walk! How would you feel?2. Peter and John healed this man “in the name of Jesus Christ”. Why do you think ......they said this? What does it tell us about Jesus?3. Read the first half of verse 19 again. Peter is saying that Jesus has the power to ......forgive sin when people turn away from sin and back to God. Do you believe this? ......Have you done this?

PrayGive thanks and praise Jesus that he has the power to heal and to forgive.Pray for people who are sick. Pray that they will put their trust in the Risen King Jesus.Pray that you can turn away from your sin and turn to God so that you may be his friend forever.

Digging DeeperFamily Devotions

Devotion 2 - Acts 4:1-31 (if you have younger children, just read v8-12 and 18-20)In the last section (Acts 3:1-10) we saw that a lot of people were amazed at the lame man being healed by the power of Jesus. However, not everyone was happy. Here we read that the temple leaders tried to stop Peter and John from telling others about Jesus. But can the mission of the Risen King Jesus be stopped?

1. In verse 3 we read that the leaders seized Peter and John and put them in jail! ......But did this stop the mission of the Risen King Jesus? What happened? (Hint: see ......verse 4).2. In verse 18 Peter and John were called before the temple leaders and they were ......told to stop telling others about Jesus. Why did Peter and John keep telling ......others about Jesus anyway? (Hint: see verses 19-20).3. Re-read verse 12. Why do you think it is important for us to keep telling people ......everywhere about Jesus?

PrayThank God for the powerful message of the Risen King Jesus that saves us forever.Choose a country in the world, and pray that many people there will call on the name of Jesus and be saved.Ask God to please help us and give us the courage (like they prayed in verse 29) to keep telling others about Jesus.

Devotion 3 - Acts 4:32-5:16 (if you have younger children, just read 4:32-35 and 5:12-14)So far in Acts, we’ve been reading that the mission of the Risen King Jesus cannot be stopped. In this section we read about how the mission continued as the believers shared their possessions, kept meeting together and telling people about Jesus.

1. From verses 32-37, who did the believers share their things with? And how did ......that help the mission of the Risen King Jesus?2. In 5:1-11, we read about a husband and wife who decide to lie to the other ......believers and to God by pretending to give all their money to the mission. They ......wanted people to think they were being generous, but they were really being ......selfish and deceitful. How might this kind of behaviour affect Jesus’ mission?3. God used people meeting together and sharing their things to help the mission of ......Jesus spread. How can we keep ‘meeting together’ and sharing our things now? ......(You might have to think of some creative ways during COVID-19).

PrayThank God for the things he has given each one of us.Pray that we may be generous in helping the mission of the Risen King Jesus to continue.Pray for people from your Mission Diary to be able to ‘meet’ and share Jesus.For further reading – Acts 5:17-42

Memory VerseThe Book of Acts

Repent and be baptised

Every one of you

In the name of Jesus Christ

For the forgiveness of your sins.

And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

That is from Acts 2:38

Craft & Game Ideas

Craft ideas1. Action Cube

Create a die with the pictures from the story on it! • Print the image of the net of the die (next page).• Colour the images in.• Cut out the die as one complete shape - just cut on the solid black lines. Don’t cut ....the dotted lines. Ask a grown up if you need help with this and be careful ....because scissors are “sharp” pointy!• Fold on the dotted lines so the pictures show on the outside.• Glue the trapezoid tabs inside the cube or put sticky tape on the edges of the ....cube to hold it together.

Nice work! Can you roll the cube and get the story pictures to show up in the right order?

2. Lame man healed paper craftCreate the man from the story who was miraculously healed by the Risen King Jesus!

• Print the image of the man and his legs (on third page).• Cut the man and his two long rectangle legs out - Ask a grown up if you need ....help with this and be careful because scissors are “sharp” pointy!• Colour the man in. Colour his legs if you like as well.• Concentina fold the legs - see the image below for help with this. You fold a little ....of the paper forward, hold it in place and then (while you are still holding the first ....fold) fold a little of the paper backwards. Keep holding the folded paper and ....repeat this process until the long rectangles are all folded up - this makes them ....springy!

Concentina fold example:

• Glue or staple the mans’ leg to the base of his body.

Now you can tell the story yourself and have the man go walking and leaping and praising God when he is healed!

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Craft & Game Ideas

Game Ideas1. Action Cube

Roll the action cube (from Craft Idea 1.) and do the action shown.

2. Jail Bust (needs at least three people)

Instructions:1. Have everyone stand in a circle.2. Put your hands in the middle of the circle and grab hold of two other hands ......(belonging to two different people).3. Your arms should now be tangled together. You now have to become ......untangled, without letting go of anyone’s hands.

2. What’s Missing?

Instructions:1. Have everyone in the house choose a couple of small items (eg, lego, matchbox ......car, small doll) to make up twelve items in total. 2. Place these items in the centre of a table. 3. Choose someone to remove item(s) from the table.4. Everyone else closes their eyes and the chosen person removes an item (or ......items) from the table.5. Everyone then opens their eyes and will guess which item(s) was removed. 6. Return the item(s), choose a new person to remove item(s) and repeat.

To vary the game (and make it harder) have the chosen person move an item on the table instead of removing it. See if everyone can guess which item was moved.

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