Materials
Obtain several finished products and the raw materials they are made of. Use your imagination. In place of some objects you may wish to use a photo of the object.
Examples
* an apple seed grows into a tree which produces an apple
* clay can be shaped and fired into a ceramic cup bowl or saucer
* cloth…
This guy is walking through Chinatown and sees a building with a sign “Hans Olaffsen’s Laundry.”
“Hans Olaffsen?”, he thinks. “How in the world does that fit in Chinatown?”
So, he walks into the shop and sees an old Chinese gentleman sitting in the corner. The visitor asks, “How in the world did this place get a name like Hans …
Once there was this very wealthy young man. He lived in a great, elaborate house with dozens of rooms. Each room was more comfortable and more beautiful than the one before it. There were paintings and sculptures. Crystal chandeliers, golden, ornate railings on the stairs. More beauty that most have ever seen.
One day he decided to invite the Lord …
A youth goes into a store and sees a shiny object. She asks the clerk, “What is that shiny object?” The clerk replies, “That is a thermos.” The youth then asks, “What does it do?” The clerk responds,?”It keeps hot things hot and it keeps cold things cold.”
The youth says, “I’ll take it!”
The next day, she walks into …
J. Arthur Rank, an English executive, decided to do all his worrying on one day each week. He chose Wednesdays. When anything happened that gave him anxiety and annoyed his ulcer, he would write it down and put it in his worry box and forget about it until next Wednesday. The interesting thing was that on the following Wednesday when …
Materials
a piece of paper and scissors
Description
(drama/object lesson, visual – Use caution when discussing Hell with young kids)
Preparation
Fold the top right corner to left side of paper, forming a triangle, then the point at the top left over to the right side of the paper. Now it looks like a house with a pitched roof. Now …
When people dedicate themselves to Christ their love for one another certainly does not diminish; rather it becomes more fervent. It also makes a man so humble that he believes that even yesterday’s beginner can teach him something
today.
Niklaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf
“The strength of those who wait with hope in the Lord will be renewed. They will soar on wings like eagles.” — Isaiah 40:31a
“Our souls were made to ‘mount up with wings’ and can never be satisfied with anything short of flying. Like the captive-born eagle that feels the instinct of flight, and chafes and frets at its imprisonment, …
Materials
soccerball, colored strips of cloth
Game description
Just as a spider has eight legs, so does this soccer player.
Game Play
1. Form two teams.
2. Within each team, have kids form groups of four. Give each group of four a supply of colored cloth to tie their ankles together so they form a square facing outward. They must …
Materials
List of Onomatopoeia
Preparation
Make a list of words that represent sounds – onomatopoeia
Scavenger Hunt Desription
Onomatopoeia are words that represent sounds. Use this for a photo scavenger hunt. Youth must photograph the object or creature that makes the corresponding sound. For example: if the clue is “meow” then the youth must take a photo together with a …