I recently read with interest about some recent research by the MacArthur Foundation into the use of the internet involving 800 youth and their parents over a period of three years.
Source: Facebook, MySpace Beneficial To Teens by By Mike Sachoff
While the internet most definitely has lurking dangers hidden behind many of the links, not to mention porn, predators, …
Game Description
Game Teaching Point / Purpose
Game Materials
Game Preparation
Game Play
Introduction to the Thanksgiving themed game
which team can move their Turkey tail the fastest?
Thanksgiving Game Description
Youth will try to blow a turkey tail feather across the finish line in this active Thanksgiving Game.
Game Materials
Feather for each team (You can often get feathers from a craft store)
Game Preparation
Designate a start line and a finish …
Saul of Tarsus
“Few backgrounds could have better prepared Saul to be the chief persecutor of the early church. He was born at Tarsus–“no mean city,’ as he liked to describe it (Acts 21:39)–a major Roman city on the coast of southeast Asia Minor. Tarsus was a center for the tent making industry, and perhaps that influenced Saul to choose …
A little boy was overheard talking to himself as he strutted through the backyard, wearing his baseball cap and toting a ball and bat: “I’m the greatest hitter in the world,” he announced.
Then, he tossed the ball into the air, swung at it, and missed.
“Strike One!” he yelled. Undaunted, he picked up the ball and said again,”I’m the …
Central Teaching Truth
God is generous and treats us all alike
Bible Text
Story of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matthew 20:1-15)
Resources
Obtain M&M (snack) rewards or other rewards like bookmarks etc. for everyone
What to do/ say
“In the rarefied atmosphere of Tibet, at fifteen thousand feet, you see things differently. It seems that you can see forever. The water looks different. The sky looks different. Everything looks different. When we are standing on the mount of God, everything looks different…
God must lift us into the glory realm so that we can see the earth from …
Using Ephesians 6:13-18 give youth a few minutes to list the “six” pieces of spiritual equipment and then rewrite the analogy from a new perspective as below:
Getting Started
“Champions are not those who never fail, they are those who never quit…Men love winners. They want to be identified with winners. Men open a newspaper and turn directly to the sports page because it features winners, while the front page usually features losers…Champions are the right man, in the right place, at the right time. Timing is all important.…
At the Seattle Special Olympics, nine contestants, all physically or mentally disabled, assembled at the starting line for the 100-yard dash.
At the gun, they all started out, not exactly in a dash, but with a relish to run the race to the finish and win.
All, that is, except one little boy who stumbled on the asphalt, tumbled over …