Remember: The Bible tells us Dorcas was always helping the poor, and her friends never forgot her.
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Dorcas of JoppaIn the town of Joppa lived a woman named Dorcas. Her first name was Tabitha. Dorcas spent her days doing good. She sewed robes and coats for widows, women whose husbands had died. She carried bread to hungry families too. One day Dorcas became ill, and she died, and the whole town felt sad. Her friends laid her in a room upstairs. They sent two men to Lydda to ask Peter, a friend of Jesus, to come. Peter came at once. The widows stood around him and held up the coats Dorcas had made. Peter asked everyone to go outside. He knelt down and prayed. Then he told her to get up, and Dorcas opened her eyes and sat up! Peter gave her back to her friends, alive.
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Where did Dorcas live?
🏘️In Lydda, inland🌊In Joppa, by the sea⛵On a boat
2
What did Dorcas make for the poor?
🏺Pots🎩Hats🧥Robes and coats
3
🧥Dorcas sold her coats at the market.
TrueFalse
4
Dorcas also helped hungry families. Which thing in the picture did she carry to them?
🧵The needle and thread🍞The bread🧥The coat
5
The friends sent two men to , a town close to Joppa, to ask Peter to come.
JoppaLyddaSimon
Order, match and fix
6
Number the story in order.
Dorcas becomes ill, and her friends are sad
Peter kneels and prays
Dorcas sews for the poor
Dorcas opens her eyes and sits up
Two men go to Lydda for Peter
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Join each one to what they did.
1Dorcas
2Peter
3The widows
4The two men
Awent to Lydda
Bsewed coats for the poor
Cheld up the coats
Dknelt and prayed
8
Circle everything that is true about Dorcas.
🧥She sewed robes and coats🏜️She lived in a desert🍞She carried bread to hungry families🏷️She was also called Tabitha
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Leo wrote: The friends sent two men to find Simon the tanner. What should he fix?
🔟Two should be ten🙏Simon the tanner should be Peter🚶Men should be women
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🏺Peter stayed in Joppa for many days at the house of Simon, a tanner.
TrueFalse
11
Draw the coat Dorcas made for her neighbor.
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Write one small thing you could do to help a neighbor this week.
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Answer key · Set A
Dorcas the helper
1In Joppa, by the sea Dorcas lived in Joppa, a port town beside the sea. Lydda was a different town, close by.
2Robes and coats Dorcas sewed robes and coats for people who had very little.
3False Dorcas gave her coats away to people in need. She never wanted a reward.
4The bread She carried fresh bread to hungry families too.
5lydda Peter was staying in Lydda, which was near enough to reach on foot.
62, 4, 1, 5, 3 She sewed first, then she was ill, then the men went for Peter, and last he prayed and she sat up.
71-B, 2-D, 3-C, 4-A
8She sewed robes and coats, She carried bread to hungry families, She was also called Tabitha Joppa was a busy port by the sea, not a desert. The other three are in the story.
9Simon the tanner should be Peter They sent for Peter. Peter stayed at the house of Simon the tanner afterward.
10True Yes. A tanner is a worker who turns animal skins into leather.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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