The Life of Paul 5 - The Good News is For Everyone
Acts 13 Bible Lesson with crafts, games, and activities about Paul and Barnabas sharing the Good News about Jesus with both Jews and Gentiles.
Follow Paul and Barnabas as they travel from Cyprus to Perga, Antioch in Pisidia, and Iconium, sharing the Good News about Jesus with Jews and Gentiles alike! Through this exciting Bible lesson from Acts 13–14, children discover that God's gift of salvation is for everyone, no matter who they are or where they come from.
Bring the story to life with engaging Bible activities, an illustrated map of Paul's journey, a printable Roman Road board game, hands-on activities, and creative game pieces. These teaching resources help children follow Paul's travels, understand the message of salvation, and remember that the Good News of Jesus is meant to be shared with everyone!
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Map of Paul and Barnabus' Journey to Antioch
Bring Paul and Barnabas’ exciting missionary journey to life with this interactive Bible map activity! Children color their own maps and follow along as Paul and Barnabas travel from Cyprus to Perga and on to Antioch in Pisidia. As the Bible story unfolds, children trace their route, discovering where the missionaries traveled to share the Good News about Jesus.
A colorful, illustrated version of the map is also included for teachers to use as a visual aid, making it easy for children to follow the journey and connect the Bible story to real places!
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Road to Salvation Activity Sheet
Make learning about salvation fun and memorable with this interactive “Roman Road to Salvation” Cut-and-Paste Activity Sheet! After learning how Paul and Barnabas shared the Good News with Jews and Gentiles, children review Paul's message of salvation by matching colorful road signs and gluing them in the correct places along the road. Each sign helps children remember an important Bible verse from Romans about God's wonderful gift of salvation. To finish their activity sheets, children choose from an assortment of Bible-time pictures to cut out and glue along the road, creating their own unique scenes!
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Road to Salvation Printable Bible Game
Bring the Roman roads to life with “The Road to Salvation” Printable Bible Board Game! Children discover how the Roman road system helped Paul and Barnabas travel from town to town, spreading the Good News about Jesus. After learning how the Romans built their roads, children play this exciting game and experience some of the adventures and challenges the missionaries might have encountered along the way! They may meet Roman soldiers, receive an invitation to stay in someone's home, stop for the night at an inn, or trip over a stone on the road. You never know what might happen next!
For even more fun, children can make their own wooden peg doll playing pieces, decorating them to look like Paul, Barnabas, Roman soldiers, or other Bible-time travelers. These homemade game pieces add a creative, hands-on element to the activity and can be used again and again!
Buy Wooden Peg Doll Pieces from Amazon. Children can use colored pencils, magic markers, or paint markers to create their game pieces.
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Turn Your Classroom into a Roman Road!
For an exciting, larger-than-life version of “The Road to Salvation” Bible Board Game, cut out large stone shapes from construction paper and arrange them on the floor to create a winding Roman road. Instead of using game pieces, children become the travelers themselves!
How to Play:
- Cut out large stone shapes from construction paper and number them to match the spaces on the printable board game.
- Arrange the stones on the floor in a winding path, similar to the printable game, leaving enough room for children to step safely from one stone to the next.
- Have children take turns rolling a die. To keep the die from rolling across the floor, place it inside a plastic cup. Children shake the cup and turn it upside down to reveal their roll.
- Children move forward the number of stones shown on the die.
- When a child lands on a stone, the teacher reads the corresponding directions from the game. Children may have to move backward, miss a turn, or move ahead.
- The first child to reach the end of the Roman road wins!
Another Way to Play – Watch Your Step!
Turn the Roman Road into a memory and strategy game!
- Cut out extra construction paper stones and arrange them on the floor to create several possible paths. On the back of some stones, write the situation and directions such as "Go Back 3 Stones," "Lose a Turn," or "Move Ahead 2 Stones." Leave some stones blank.
- Children roll the die and choose which stone to step on next. When a child lands on a stone, the teacher turns it over and reads the directions, then returns it to its original position.
- As the game continues, children must remember which stones caused problems and which ones helped them move ahead. They can use what they have learned from previous turns to choose a better path, avoiding stones that sent them backward or made them lose a turn.
Will they remember the safest route, or will they make the same mistake twice?
This variation adds an exciting memory challenge while helping children imagine some of the unexpected obstacles and experiences travelers might have encountered on the ancient Roman roads!
