Materials
A list of animals that are easily characterised by their sounds.
Crowdbreaker Description
Youth make the sounds of animals and follow the sounds to find the rest of their teammates
Preparation
Make a list of animals that are easily characterised by their sounds. Some Possibilities are:
Cows or Bulls, Tigers or Lions, Pigs, Chickens or Roosters, Donkeys, Sheep, Dogs …
If you want to identify me, ask me not where I live,
or what I like to eat, or how I comb my hair;
but ask me what I am living for, in detail,
and ask me, what I think is keeping me from living fully for the thing I want to live for.
–Thomas Merton
[Caution: This is a somewhat graphic look at abortion through the eyes of the aborted child]
Dear Mommy,
I am in Heaven now, sitting on God’s lap. He loves me and cries with me; for my heart has been broken.
I so wanted to be your little girl. I don’t quite understand what has happened. I was so excited when
Description
Spruce up your next scavenger hunt or photo scavenger hunt by adding some of the items in the form of riddles. Riddles may rhyme or simply present a conundrum.
Example Riddles for your Scavenger Hunt
* Come up and let us go; go down and here we stay. [Anchor]
* You use it between your head and your toes, …
“Being thankful is not telling God you appreciate the fact that your life is not in shambles. If that is the basis of your gratitude, you are on slippery ground. Every day of your life you face the possibility that a blessing in your life may be taken away. But blessings are only signs of God’s love. The real blessing,
In an issue of “Meat & Poultry” magazine, editors quoted from “Feathers,” the publication of the California Poultry Industry Federation, telling the following story:
It seems the US Federal Aviation Administration has a unique device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. The device is a gun that launches a dead chicken at a plane’s windshield at approximately the …
“An offender can be punished. But to punish and not restore – that is the greatest of all offenses… If a man takes unto himself God’s right to punish, then he must also take upon himself God’s promise to restore.”
-Alan Paton
10 little Christians standing in line.
1 disliked the preacher, then there were 9.
9 little Christians stayed up very late.
1 overslept Sunday, then there were 8.
8 little Christians on their way to Heaven.
1 took the low road and then there were 7.
7 little Christians chirping like chicks.
1 disliked music, then there were 6.
6 …
Materials
Soft ball that will not cause injury if thrown at someone.
Description
Use this game / object lesson / creative learning activity to teach youth that when we seem to have been hit and removed from the game of life, God is there to pick us up.
Learning Activity
1.Get the softest ball you can find – something that …
Materials
None
Preparation
Make a list of items, street signs, and other information that can be found while travelling to a destination.
Scavenger Hunt Desription
Next time the youth go on a road trip to summer camp or to any other destination, have a Travel Scavenger Hunt also sometimes known as a Car Rally Scavenger Hunt or Road Rally Scavenger …