The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. It is like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books…a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects.
Albert Einstein
Group Size: any number
Time: 5 minutes.
Applications: Vision, Goals, Objectives.
Materials
Pencil or Pen and sheet of paper for each participant
Activity
Say “You are going to now be given a test. Your performance on this test will determine your future in this organisation. I am going to give you a pair of words or phrases and you are to choose the correct answer from each pair and write it down.”
Read each set of choices a couple of times.
Answer any questions by simply saying “Write down the correct answer.”
After you have finished reading the various choices, select a couple of participants and ask them read their answers out. Let them know how many they have gotten correct.
Debrief
(The correct answers will relate to the American Flag – Change the choices based on your own national flag)
Invite the participants to imagine the national flag.
Quickly run through the choices again – with the whole group responding out loud.
DEBRIEF
What does this activity mean to you?
KEY CONCEPT: A SHARED VISION
Business Application:
Personal Application:
Spiritual Application:
Relationships Application:
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ACTUAL PARENTAL EXCUSES received by schools
These are actual excuse notes from parents (including original spelling):
My son is under a doctor’s care and should not take P.E. today. Please execute him.
Please excuse Lisa for being absent. She was sick and I had her shot.
Dear School: Please ekscuse John being absent on Jan. 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and also 33.
Please excuse Roland from P.E. for a few days. Yesterday he fell out of a tree and misplaced his hip.
John has been absent because he had two teeth taken out of his face.
Megan could not come to school today because she has been bothered by very close veins.
Chris will not be in school cus he has an acre in his side.
Please excuse Ray Friday from school. He has very loose vowels.
Please excuse Tommy for being absent yesterday. He had diarrhea and his boots leak.
Irving was absent yesterday because he missed his bust.
Please excuse Jimmy for being. It was his father’s fault.
I kept Billie home because she had to go Christmas shopping because I don’t know what size she wear.
Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday.
Sally won’t be in school a week from Friday. We have to attend her funeral.
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Old Testament Men Trivia – ©2002 – Ken Sapp
1.a Who is the oldest person in the Bible?
(Methuselah). Genesis 5:27
1.b For extra points, how old was he?
( 969)
2. Who was one of the fattest men in the Old Testament?
(Eglon, King of Moab). Judges 3:17-23
3. Who put on a goatskin disguise?
This smooth-skinned man tricked his father into giving him the blessing that had been saved for his hairy elder brother Esau by putting goatskins on his hands and part of his neck.
(Jacob) Genesis 27:1-40
4. This was one of the most talented men in the Bible. He was a super strong shepherd. He killed a lion with his bare hands. He composed music and wrote poems. He killed a giant. He was Israel’s most successful king.
(King David) 1 Samuel 17
5. One of the Old Testament judges wanted God to tell him that he would save Israel. To find out, he put a fleece outside overnight. If there was dew on the fleece but not on the ground, the answer was yes. He got his answer but he still was not sure. He then asked for dew to be on the ground but not on the fleece. This happened to whom?
(Gideon) Judges 6:36-40.
6. What father almost sacrificed his own son: Abraham, David, Lot, Aaron?
(Abraham)
7. I was very old when I became a Dad, But God had promised I’d have a son, I was the Father of Many Nations, Beginning with the Jewish one, Who am I?
(Abraham)
8. I was such a little man, That I could hardly see, And so I climbed a tree that day, To see Jesus but he saw me. Who am I?
(Zacchaeus)
9. I was the first but not the last -Many have walked this earth, But I didn’t begin the same as you –
To me no one gave birth. Who am I?
(Adam)
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Game Description
Students must find the tie that has been hidden in the room.
Game Materials
a necktie. You can also cut out a small necktie and color it.
Optimal Group Size
Any size group.
Game Venue
Anyplace
Game Preparation
None
Game Play
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Variation
“My Father is the best Because… ”
Each student is given one minute to give as many reasons as possible why his or her father is the best father in the world.
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When the good Lord was creating fathers, He started with a tall frame. And a female angel nearby said, “What kind of father is that? If you’re going to make children so close to the ground, why have you put fathers up so high? He won’t be able to shoot marbles without kneeling, tuck a child in bed without bending, or even kiss a child without a lot of stooping.”
And God smiled and said, “Yes, but if I make him child size, who would children have to look up to?”
And when God made a father’s hands, they were large and sinewy.
And the angel shook her head sadly and said, “Do You know what You’re doing? Large hands are clumsy. They can’t manage diaper pins, small buttons, rubber bands on pony tails or even remove splinters caused by baseball bats.”
God smiled and said, “I know, but they’re large enough to hold everything a small boy empties from his pockets at the end of a day…yet small enough to cup a child’s face.”
Then God molded long, slim legs and broad shoulders.
The angel nearly had a heart attack. “Boy, this is the end of the week, all right,” she clucked. “Do You realize You just made a father without a lap? How is he going to pull a child close to him without the kid falling between his legs?”
God smiled and said, “A mother needs a lap. A father needs strong shoulders to pull a sled, balance a boy on a bicycle or hold a sleepy head on the way home from the circus.”
God was in the middle of creating two of the largest feet anyone had ever seen when the angel could contain herself no longer. “That’s not fair. Do You honestly think those large boats are going to dig out of bed early in the morning when the baby cries? Or walk through a small birthday party without crushing at least three of the guests?”
And God smiled and said, “They’ll work. You’ll see. They’ll support a small child who wants to “ride a horse to Banbury Cross” or scare off mice at the summer cabin, or display shoes that will be a challenge to fill.”
God worked throughout the night, giving the father few words, but a firm authoritative voice; eyes that see everything, but remain calm and tolerant.
Finally, almost as an afterthought, He added tears. Then He turned to the angel and said, “Now are you satisfied that he can love as much as a mother?”
And the angel shutteth up!
Author: By Erma Bombeck
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Game Description
In this game, children must remember the business trips of father’s going through the alphabet.
Game Materials
None
Optimal Group Size
Any size group.
Game Venue
Anyplace
Game Preparation
None
Game Play
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Game Description
In this variation of “Mother May I?” Children ask Father rather than mother for permission
Game Materials
None
Optimal Group Size
Any size group.
Game Venue
Anyplace
Game Preparation
Establish start line and finish line.
Game Play
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Game Description
Students must describe their Father to others to retrieve a photo of their father.
Game Materials
Photos of all the fathers of students
Optimal Group Size
Any size group.
Game Venue
Anyplace
Game Preparation
Instruct each student to bring a color photograph of his or her father to class. You might enlist the parents of smaller kids to do this.
Game Play
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