Grace

Materials
Make a list of impossible tasks.

Potential tasks
* Youth must form pairs and toss a tennis ball back and forth (from a distance of at least 10 feet) 10 times in a row without dropping it.
* Every youth must balance three books on his or her head and walk across the room without dropping the books.
* Youth must stand on one leg for two minutes without any support from other object in the room or other people.
* Youth must form a line lying on their backs and use only their feet to pass the ball down the line without dropping it once. (Avoid this one if girls are wearing shorts or skirts)
* Youth must chew 3 crackers then chew a piece of gum and blow a bubble.
* Youth must cross the room by inflating a balloon and then releasing it and letting it go until it touches the opposite wall. The may only inflate the balloon by standing where it lands.
* Youth must spin in a circle 10 times then walk a straight line without stepping of the line.
* Everyone must do 66 jumping jacks while saying the books of the Bible in reverse backward.
* Walk across a room with a ping-pong ball in a spoon without dropping it
* Put a rubber dishwashing glove over your head and blow it up using air from your nose
ADD ANY OTHER GREAT IDEAS FOR VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TASKS

Activity
When youth arrive tell them that if they can complete the task you will give them, they will win a wonderful prize. (Your prize could be an ice-cream Sunday, a pizza dinner, a trip to the movies, a chance to cream your face with a pie, almost anything. Choose something you would like to do with the youth.) Explain that the way to win the prize is to complete ALL the tasks you give them, and they must be done perfectly and within 10 minutes (or another short time frame).

Application
When time is up gather the youth into a circle:
1. Youth will realize there is no way they can complete all the tasks in the designated time and didn't measure up to your challenge.
2. Read 1 Timothy 1:12-17.
3. Then reward the youth with the party/ event / reward you promised.

This experience is like the mercy God showed Paul and that God shows us each day.