Welcome to 12:13!

1. Welcome to12:13!

2. SMALL TALK • In the Book of Acts, Jewish followers of Jesus found it awkward and uncomfortable to relate to Gentiles. Are there any groups of people you feel uncomfortable or awkward with?

3. Our Rules Need to use the bathroom? Ask a parent volunteer Need handouts from last week? Ask a parent volunteer Need to borrow a pen? Loan us a shoe and we will loan you a pen! Need to talk with a friend? Wait for the right time...you will!

4. New City Catechism #11 Q: What does God require in the 6th, 7th, and 8th commandments? • A: Sixth, that we do not hurt, or hate, or be hostile to our neighbor, but be patient and peaceful, pursuing even our enemies with love. Seventh, that we abstain from sexual immorality and live purely and faithfully, whether in marriage or in single life, avoiding all impure actions, looks, words, thoughts, or desires, and whatever might lead to them. Eighth, that we do not take without permission that which belongs to someone else, nor withhold any good from someone we might not benefit.

5. Bible Bowl IIACTS - March 22 • Bibles CLOSED! (ESV) • Level 1 -- Qualifying Round • 20 questions -- 15 seconds each • Teams of three or four (any grade) • Level 2 -- Competition Round • 20 questions -- 20 seconds each • Top 4 teams from each grade • Level 3 -- Championship Round • Top team from each grade + Wild Card team • Prize: Team Trophy and $10 Gift Cards!

6. The Greatest Story Ever Told How To Read And UnderstandNEW TESTAMENT NARRATIVES (Acts, Part 4)

7. God’s Plan IsUNSTOPPABLE “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)

8. JOURNEY #1:A GOD…OR A CRIMINAL? • “Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet.” (Acts 14:8) • Threats in Iconium • Mighty miracle in Lystra • Zeus and Hermes? • Stoned and left for dead • “Through many tribulations wemust enter the kingdom of God” THE GOOD NEWS SPREADS TO THE END OF THE EARTH!

9. JOURNEY #2:PRISONER IN PHILIPPI • “About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God…” (Acts 16:25) • Vision of a Macedonian man • The Lord opens Lydia’s heart • Beaten for casting out a demon • Singing in the pain • “What must I do to be saved?” • Red-faced Romans THE GOOD NEWS SPREADS TO THE END OF THE EARTH!

10. Mad Gab Mania! • Sample: Haul Mull Own • Hit Saw My Fought • Eight Ale Huff Honk Awe • Age Happen He Scar

11. JOURNEY #3:RIOT AT EPHESUS • “About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way.” (Acts 19:23) • Two years of teaching • “All the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord” • Seven sons of Sceva • Slanderous silversmith • “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” THE GOOD NEWS SPREADS TO THE END OF THE EARTH!

12. Show What You Know! After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. (Acts 18:1-3)

13. JOURNEY #4:GOOD NEWS FOR ROME! • Arrested in the Temple • Apostle on trial • Appeal to Caesar • Shipwrecked on Malta • Two years in Rome • “He lived there…proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.” (Acts 28:30-31) THE GOOD NEWS SPREADS TO THE END OF THE EARTH!