A story from Scotland tells of a mother’s dramatic rescue of her child. Workmen were blasting rock in a quarry. One day after they had attached the fuse and retired to a safe place and gave the alarm they saw a three year old child wandering across the open space where danger threatened. Every passing second meant death was closing …
YOU KNOW YOU’RE REALLY A MOM WHEN…
One day, a girl walk to her mother and look at her mother’s hair and sadly said: “Why are some of your hair white mom?”
The mother replied, “Well, every time that you do something wrong and make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white.
The girl thought about this revelation a while, and then said, “Momma, …
Hymn: “Rescue the Perishing” by Fanny Crosby
“I remember writing the hymn in 1869. It was written following a personal experience at the New York City Bowery Mission. I usually tried to get to the mission at least one night a week to talk to ‘my boys.’ I was addressing a large company of working men one hot summer evening, …
“There were two warring tribes in the Andes, one that lived in the lowlands and the other high in the mountains. The mountain people invaded the lowlanders one day, and as part of their plundering of the people, they kidnapped a baby of one of the lowlander families and took the infant with them back up into the mountains.
The …
When I was a little boy, my mother used to embroider a great deal. I would sit at her knee and look up from the floor and ask what she was doing. She informed me that she was embroidering. I told her that it looked like a mess from where I was. As from the underside I watched her work …
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Description
In this Icebreaker game for your Valentine’s Day Party, youth will move forward or backwards when they meet the Valentine’s day criteria that is called out.
Resources
Preparation
Introduction
This is a high energy elimination game for Valentine’s Day where one couple is eliminated from play each round until there is only one couple left.
Game Description
Every time the Valentine’s day music stops, participant must pair up with their designated partner.
Game Materials
Description
Can you separate the Valentine’s Day related facts from the fiction?
Resources
Valentine Heart shaped pieces of paper or Index cards and pens (or pencils)
Preparation
None
What to Do