Connecting with Friends

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Obtain a ball of string or yarn.

Description
In this creative learning activity, the string or yarn serves as an object lesson illustrating the relationships and friendships we have with each other.

Activity

  1. Sit the group on the floor in a circle.
  2. Holding firmly to the string, toss it to a person in the circle.
  3. The person receiving the

A Happy Heart

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The Bible says,
“A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.” -Proverbs 15:13

A cheerful heart is good medicine. Laughter, as an expression of joy, is essential to our physical and emotional well-being. Dr. Hendrie Weisinger’s manual on anger management, “Dr. Weisinger’s Anger Work-Out Book”, warns that if our daily total is less than fifteen laughs, …

Honey from a Thorn

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Bernard Malamud wrote “Life is a tragedy full of joy.” Later, Josh Billing agreed and wrote, “Life is a grindstone. Whether it grinds you down or polishes you up depends upon what you are made of.” Then, Louis Ginsberg wrote: “Life is ever since man was born – Licking honey from a thorn.”

How do we make a life worth

A Mentor is like a Conductor

conductor.jpgA mentor helps the protégé to find his own unique voice, and freedom to sing that melody in his heart. He sees each life as an instrument and within each heart a potential melody. Each life “is rich with its own musical notes, rhythms and themes.” The mentor helps the protégé to discover the sweet harmonies and to discard the …

Are you a vessel?

If you were describe yourself as a vessel what would it be? Why?
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  • A vase
  • A bowl
  • A cup
  • A jug
  • A glass
  • A can
  • A plastic bag
  • A jar
  • A wok
  • A pot
  • A pan

A Vessel
All can be found in the kitchen. Some are new, some are well used. Some have chips and dents and others are …

Seasoned with Salt

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If you were to describe your life as a spice or seasoning, what would it be?
What seasoning does your life bring to the world? Why?

Read Mathew 5:13; I Peter 3:15-16; 2 Tim 4:2
We often use salt as a pinch of zest for our food. Salt adds flavor and it also creates thirst. In the days before modern

Placing Lights

If you were to describe your life as a light, which might you choose and why?

  • A lighthouse
  • A floodlight
  • 100 watt light bulb
  • A flashlight
  • A flashlight with dead batteries’
  • A penlight
  • A bonfire
  • A campfire
  • A candle
  • A spark
  • Other?

“Where do you place lights?”

A young lady working in a factory became frustrated with the immorality around …