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Day of Pentecost
Pentecost ~ Holy Spirit - Verse Translations Relay Game
Scripture:
Acts 2:1-47
Summary of Lesson Activities:
Students will play games to enhance and review the lesson.
Memory Verse: Acts 2:39:
“The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off…”
Objectives:
Students will…
- be able to find the Pentecostal event in Acts.
- understand the definition of “Pentecost”.
- understand that this is the birth of the “church”.
- be able to retell of the event in their own words.
- learn different names and the work of the Holy Spirit.
Supplies:
- Bible
- Memory verse on poster board/White board
- A list of eight Scripture Verses (divided 4/team)
- Equal number of verses printed per team in three translations (I went to www.biblegateway.com)
- Envelopes to hold the verses
Preparations:
- Pray
- Study Bible Background for the Rotation
- Read Scripture Text
- Print out an even number of verses in three different translations. Cut them out removing all references as to book, chapter, and verse. Place them in envelopes marked “Set A” and “Set B”. (Keep a master set of each printed sheet for yourself.)
- Lay out supplies
Lesson Plan
Opening:
Welcome students and introduce yourself and new visitors. Buddy up visitors with regular attendees.
Dig:
Say:
We have been learning this month about the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of what we call the Trinity. “Trinity” means “three” as in the three persons of the Holy Godhead: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.
God the Father is God who told Moses that He was “I AM”. God the Son is whom? Jesus. And, God the Holy Spirit is the Holy Spirit that Jesus said God the Father would send us once Jesus went to heaven.
We are going to play a game to help us learn some of the names of the Holy Spirit, which will help us understand the work of the Holy Spirit.
Activity #1: Verse Translations Relay
Say:
- I have some envelopes here with verses in different translations in them.
- Here is a list of the verses in the envelopes.
- You will have to look the verses up in the Bible, then find all three translations for that verse.
- Once you find the translations, one student will run to the wall and tape them under the correct verse reference posted.
- The first team to get all 4 verses/12 translations posted in the correct order wins.
Reflection:
After the game, take time to point out and discuss the different names used for the Holy Spirit. Write them on a white board or newsprint paper for the students to see.
Clean Up:
Have the students help clean up.
Journal Time:
Have students complete an activity or journal page or send it home if you run out of time.
Resources:
- Scripture taken from Bible Gateway, HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. © 1995-2009, The Zondervan Corporation. All rights reserved.
- New International Reader's Version, Publisher: Biblica
- New Living Traslation, Publisher: Tyndale
<http://www.biblegateway.com/>
A lesson by Lisa Saliga, Life Community Church,
Shippensburg, PA,
A representative of Rotation.org reformatted this post to improve readability and added possible scripture verses below.
Moderator adds: here are 8 possible scriptures, in 3 versions. To get different versions or verses go to biblegateway.com as suggested by author. Attached to this lesson are these same verses with scripture verses removed and spaced so they can be cut and used in game.
1 Corinthians 12:4-11 ~ Gifts of the Holy Spirit
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
4 There are different kinds of gifts. But they are all given to believers by the same Spirit.
5 There are different ways to serve. But they all come from the same Lord.
6 There are different ways the Spirit works. But the same God is working in all these ways and in all people.
7 The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all.
8 To some people the Spirit gives a message of wisdom. To others the same Spirit gives a message of knowledge.
9 To others the same Spirit gives faith. To others that one Spirit gives gifts of healing.
10 To others he gives the power to do miracles. To others he gives the ability to prophesy. To others he gives the ability to tell the spirits apart. To others he gives the ability to speak in different kinds of languages they had not known before. And to still others he gives the ability to explain what was said in those languages.
11 All the gifts are produced by one and the same Spirit. He gives gifts to each person, just as he decides.
4 There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit is the source of them all.
5 There are different kinds of service, but we serve the same Lord.
6 God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.
7 A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other.
8 To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge.
9 The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing.
10 He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages,c]">[c] while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said.
11 It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have.
4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them.
5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,
10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.
