A Sunday school teacher asked her students to draw a picture of the “Holy Family.” After the pictures were brought to her, she saw that some of the youngsters had drawn the conventional pictures….the Holy Family and the manger, the Holy Family riding on the mule, etc.
But she called up one little boy to ask him to explain his …
Scripture
2 Kings 1:1-4:44
Summary
Elijah mentored Elisha as both were used by God to carry his words to the Israelites.
Questions
1. Who are the mentors in your life? Who are your role models, the people you look up to? Do you have spiritual mentors? If so, who? Are you a mentor to other youth?
2. Some of you …
Materials
1. Choose a variety of items representing the obstacles Elisha faced. You might use an empty box of cereal, a tombstone, a glass of water, an empty coin purse, a crown (you can make one from yellow paper, etc.
2. Place two tables side by side with a gap between the two tables big enough for a person’s head.…
Materials
Cardboard or newsprint, or paper large enough to block the door of the room.
What to do
Materials
Variety of obstacles
Activity
1. Set up chairs and tables and other things as obstacles for when youth / children enter the room. You can also design an obstacle course for them.
2. Ask two volunteers to go through the course blindfolded.
3. While they are outside the room being blindfolded, remove all of the obstacles. Choose a guide …
Materials
Prepare a list of actions of Elijah and Elisha.
Possibilities for statements
* Fed by ravens
* Increased a widow’s supplies
* rebuked kings
* Challenged the prophets of Baal
* Didn’t die.
* Wore a mantle as a symbol of his office as a prophet
* Raised a woman’s dead son
* Parted the Jordan River
* Slain …
Materials
None
Activity
Ask Youth or Children,
“If you could ask God one question, what would you ask?”
Questions are positives, not negatives.
If a child / teen is not asking spiritual questions he / she is not growing spiritually. In “Experiencing God” by Henry Blackaby this is referred to as a “crisis of belief.”
Honest doubts and questions are …
Description
A communicative exercize in which individuals or groups must present a specific view of an issue and argue against other views presented by other groups.
Example
Jesus violated the Sabbath to heal the sick.
Group 1: Take the position of the Pharisees in keeping the Sabbath
Group 2: Take the position of Jesus in healing the sick
Key Actions…
Materials
None
Preparation
Make a list of professions. Some possibilities might include:
a lawyer
a dentist
an astronaut
a baker
a policeman
a mechanic
an engineer
a pilot
a doctor
a fireman
an architect
a counselor
Activity
You can play charades with your list, pin the names on the back and ask kids to discover their occupation, or make a …
Materials
None
Activity
Divide the group into two or more teams. As a series of characteristics are called out, you must carry the team member with those characteristics to the front. First team to do so gets a point. If the person being carried touches the ground he / she must return to the start. In the event that more …