Materials
Bag of Jelly Beans
Game Objective
Use Jelly Beans to separate your group into teams.
Game Preparation
David McCullough in his book Mornings on Horseback tells this story about young Teddy Roosevelt:
“Mittie (his mother) had found he was so afraid of the Madison Square Church that he refused to set foot inside if alone. He was terrified, she discovered, of something called the ‘zeal.’ It was crouched in the dark corners of the church ready to …
“Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in …
Materials
A variety of simple Easter images as designs to be copied. (You can also use simple Easter cards for the design.)
Some secular examples can be found here:
http://www.preschoolcoloringbook.com/color/cpeaster.shtml
Some Christian examples can be found here:
http://www.teacherhelp.org/easter.htm#coloring
Activity
1. Form teams of six or more people.
2. Instruct each team to sit in a line, one person behind another.…
Materials
Jelly Beans of each color below: Yellow, Black, Red, White, Green. You can choose to place all of one color together inside a plastic Easter egg, or place one of each color inside an egg.
Gospel According to Jelly Beans: The meaning and explanation for each color is as follows:
Yellow Jelly Bean
The yellow Jelly bean reminds us …
Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the command is given.
Author: G. Campbell Morgan
…
I establish myself today in:
The power of God to guide me,
The might of God to uphold me,
The wisdom of God to teach me,
The eye of God to watch over me,
The ear of God to hear me,
The word of God to speak to me,
The hand of God to protect me,
The way of God …
Materials
1. Bingo cards for each participant. Make Bingo cards using a grid of squares (5X5) and placing Easter related items in each square. Make each card different in the choice of items on it and the placement of the items. (Bingo cards are typically unique for each individual. There are also usually more items than spaces on the bingo …
Two small boys walked into the dentist’s office. One of them said bravely, “I want a tooth taken out and I don’t want any gas, and I don’t want it deadened . . . because we’re in a hurry!” The dentist said, “You’re quite a brave young man. Which tooth is it?”
The boy turned to his smaller friend and
Materials
1. Eight (8) glasses of the same shape and size to be placed on a large table. Glass dinner glasses or wine glasses work best.
2. Source of water. (Can be a bucket or large jug)
3. Bowl with small peices of shredded paper
4. Pencil
5. towel
6. Permanent Marker or marker that can write on glass (for …