Priscilla and Aquila Sunday School Lesson for Kids

This free Priscilla and Aquila Sunday school lesson teaches kids to serve God together. Paul found Aquila and his wife Priscilla in Corinth, "for by their occupation they were tentmakers" (Acts 18:3). Later, in Ephesus, they heard Apollos and "expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly" (18:26). It comes in four age levels, each a separate printable teacher lesson, plus one take-home sheet for families. Pick the one that fits your class. Everything is in the order you teach it.

Choose your age level

• Preschool (ages 3–5), 20–30 minutes, 2 pages: a short story with hand motions and repeat-after-me lines, a make-a-tent game, three simple questions, a shortened memory verse ("they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly") with a motion, and a helpers-together activity with a drawing.
• Kindergarten to 2nd grade, 45 minutes, 3 pages: the story in simple words, five recall questions with answers, the Tent Peg Path verse game with six cards, and Two Helping Hands.
• 3rd to 5th grade, 45–60 minutes, 4 pages: kids look up verses in their own Bibles during a fuller story (Corinth, the tentmakers, Ephesus, Apollos and what came next in Acts 19), five thinking questions and three recall questions, and a Bible look-up race.
• Preteens (ages 11–12), 45–60 minutes, 3 pages: students read Acts 18 and 19:1–6 out loud themselves, then discuss serving God in ordinary work, helping with kindness, and staying humble. Six discussion questions, a journal page, and two memory verses (Acts 18:26 and Ecclesiastes 4:9).

Lesson at a glance

• Bible passage: Acts 18:1–4, 18:18–19 and 18:24–26
• Main point: Priscilla and Aquila served God together, and we can too.
• Memory verse: Acts 18:26 (KJV), with Ecclesiastes 4:9 added for preteens
• Ages: preschool to preteen, in four versions

Lesson outline (the same in every version)

1. Opening game: a short game about building a tent together, jobs that are better together, or the people who taught us.
2. Bible story: Paul works with the tentmakers Aquila and Priscilla in Corinth, they sail to Ephesus, and they take Apollos unto them and expound the way of God more perfectly. Every fact has its verse reference so you can check it.
3. Questions to ask: with answers, at the right level for each age.
4. Memory verse: a game or motion to help kids learn Acts 18:26.
5. What this means for us: serving God together, the gospel (Acts 2:38), and a challenge for the week.
6. Activity: the Priscilla and Aquila word search, Two Helping Hands, a drawing, a Bible look-up race or a journal page, depending on the age.
7. Prayer.

Tips for teaching Priscilla and Aquila

• The Bible says they were tentmakers (Acts 18:3) but doesn't say how they made tents. Let kids imagine, but teach what the passage says.
• Apollos knew "only the baptism of John" (Acts 18:25). Older levels look ahead to Acts 19:1–6, where disciples who knew only John's baptism were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus and received the Holy Ghost.
• Short on time? Do the story, three questions and the memory verse. That is a solid 25-minute lesson.