Sunday 31st May

9 Jun

Written By Luke Porter

Acts 2:1-21 | Pentecost

Just for fun

Step One: You’ll need some Maltesers, some straws and two bowls

Step Two: Place the Maltesers in one bowl and place the other bowl at the other end of a table or room

Step Three: Use the straw to suck up and hold the Malteser, and place it in the empty bowl

Step Four: See how many each person can move over in 60 seconds

Craft

Step One: You’ll need yellow, red and orange paint, foil (for easy clean-up afterwards), plastic forks, and card or paper (could use black paper for a great effect)

Step Two: Use a fork to put some paint onto the paper and add swirls. Pull or brush with the fork to create a picture of fire

Step Three: While creating your paintings for fire you could talk about; What is fire like? What can it do? What do you know about the power of fire? What about the Holy Spirit?

Step Four: Let your creation dry!

An activity for the whole family

Build a tent/den/fort; at Pentecost the disciples gathered in an upper room, huddled away. Build or put up a tent or make a fort with your sofa! Fill it with blankets, cushions and tell stories together. Put some worship music on. Huddle up and take time to listen to God. Share what you think God is saying with each other.

Questions to talk through together

How do you think the disciples felt when they saw/heard the wind and fire?
Can you remember who the Holy Spirit is?
Why did God give us the Holy Spirit?
How does it make you feel to know that the same Holy Spirit is with us today?
How would you react if people started talking in lots of different languages?
Who should we tell about Jesus?

A short prayer

Dear God, as we remember when the first believers in Jesus were given the courage to tell others about Him, we believe you give us that same courage to tell others about Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit. Help us to live in a way that means others see your love. Help us have the courage to tell others about your love and care. Amen.