Materials
Arrange a deck of playing cards with the four aces on top, followed by the four 2’s, then the four 3’s, and so on.
Activity
At the start of the meeting, count the number of youth and remove that many cards from the top of the deck. Shuffle these cards and give a card to each participant. (If people …
Materials
paper and pencil for each person
Activity
Asked each child/ youth to draw a picture of ‘The tree outside my window’.
Debrief
Though the same instruction is given to everyone, the pictures they drew will be different – some will draw a view from a window, others will draw mountains or birds or animals along with the tree, etc.…
Materials
Bring in kaliedescopes, magic viewers where you look through a keyhole to see a picture, a keyhole viewer from a door, water globes that have a scene inside the water and glitter which you shake up and view, sunglasses, and anything else you look at or through.
Activity
Pass around the various objects and then ask kids to determine …
Object Lesson
Diet coke will float but regular coke will sink. (Technically this is because the sugar substitute used in diet coke is not as dense as real sugar)
Application
How many of us live on LITE or Diet Christianity… We want the grace but not the cross, we want forgiveness without obedience, we want blessing without the trials, we …
Activity
Try this one in pairs first, then groups of three, then fours and work up to the entire group. Sit on the ground, back-to-back, knees bent and elbows locked. Try to stand up without falling down. For the large group, sit as tightly packed as possible and work in unison!…
Materials
On 3×5 index cards write a scripture verse. Arrange the words on the cards so that each word of the scripture verse is represented. Depending on the size of the expected group you can place one or more words on each card. Include all capitalization and punctuation as this will help the group in reconstructing the scripture verse.
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Materials
Each person receives an index card with the title of a well known song printed on it. You may want to use both sides of the card for two rounds of this game, but be sure to delineate the sides so on each round every one is on the same page.
Activity
Everyone begins to hum or sing the …
Materials
None
Activity
Before you begin this game, have everyone introduce themselves to the group by name. After everyone has been introduced, have the participants arrange themselves alphabetically by first name, WITHOUT TALKING! When they think they are correct, they must check their group by calling out their names. They must then give a big cheer when they have gotten …
Objective
Draw a grid representing floor tiles on a piece of paper. You may choose to have a 15 by 15 square grid or larger. Mark a path through the grid of squares with each successive step touching the one before it either adjacent or diagonally. Count the number of squares for the correct path and make a piece of …
Materials
Can of spray paint, mothballs, and a ziplock bag, and separately, some molded bread, some rotten fruit, a rusted peice of metal, and a cloth rag that has a hole worn in it. (You can grind the cloth on a piece of concrete using your foot to make a hole.)
Activity
Show the Can anyone tell me what I …