Clothes Line Relay

Number of Players: two equal teams of any number
Location: open area able to accommodate the entire group
Materials: clothesline, clothes

The players are divided into 2 teams. Each team is given a sack of clothes. Place an equal number of clothes in each sack and of the same type. You could choose a shirt, a cap, a pair of …

Left Holding the Bag – Game Idea

Game Description
This game is based on the familiar English idiom to be “left holding the bag.” “Left holding the bag” refers to a situation when a person is abandoned by others involved so that they bear the blame or responsibility. Example: Everyone rushed home after the party left the room in a mess so the youth leader was “left …

Gather or Scatter

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Matthew 12:30 “He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

I love playing games, not all the time but sometimes. It’s easy to get burned out playing them too much so I try to only play them once in a while.

One game I never want to play again is

Images of Mother

4 years old: My Mommy can do anything!
8 years old: My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 years old: My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.
14 years old: Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.
16 years old: Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 years old: That old woman? She’s way out of date!
25 years old: Well, …

The Train Of Life

Some folks ride the train of life,
Looking out the rear,
Watching miles of life roll by,
And marking every year.

They sit in sad remembrance,
Of wasted days gone by,
And think the best is what once was,
And hang their heads and cry.

But I don’t concern my self with that,
I take a different vent,
I look …

The “WHY” of It All

He carried His cross despising the shame
To the place of the skull, Golgatha by name
And there with two thieves, His friends’ hopes all lost,
Was man’s greatest error now hung on a cross

He held back His power, His glory was veiled
He silenced His tongue as accusations were railed
He submitted His body to torture and pain…

The Choice

A Good Friday Message

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  • Rembrandt, one of the Netherlands’ most famous artists, drew a representation of the crucifixion scene.
  • In his sketch the individuals are indistinct because the event is most important.
  • At his side, on two separate crosses we find the thieves who were crucified with Christ. One is in the dark while the other is in