Materials
Make a grid of squares on a peice of paper. In each square write a characteristic. Children must then find someone whose dad fulfills that characteristis and have them sign in the square. First person to get all their squares signed wins.
Some possibilities for characteristics are
– Hair color isn’t black
– Wears specs
– travels on business…
Materials
Use three balloons to understand the concept peace during times difficulty and persecution.
Activity
Begin with a deflated balloon in your hand. Tell the group you’re going to use it to help them understand peace. Inflate the balloon about half full. Sometimes troubles come into life and the tension builds as we give over a portion of our time, …
Materials
Several items from the list below. (This activity may also be done by drawing a simple picture of each object or showing a photo.)
Safety Belt – If you knew that you were going to be in a terrible car accident, you would be sure to wear your seat belt and make sure you were safe!
Steel Toed Boots…
Materials
Use a stalk of celery, freshly cut on one end. Place it in a glass half full of grape juice or red-dyed water. Note that the celery will soak up the color through it’s stem, thus changing the color of the celery. You can use several sticks of celery and place them in various colors of dyed water. If …
When Jesus talked with the woman at the well He began with water, compared that water to eternal life, and finally explained about the Messiah (John 4:1-26). He began with people at the level they were at and then stretched them and gently guided them to deeper spiritual truths and action.
Rather than scolding Thomas for his religious questions, Jesus …
“Who do people say that I am?” Jesus Asked — perhaps because people find it easier to begin talking about other people’s opinions. It was an invitation to discussion. Jesus then asked the personal question: “Who do you say I am?” (Matthew 16:15) because he was never content to leave spiritual truth at the level of discussion of what others …
Materials
1 cm diameter and 6+ cm length of copper tubing or copper pipe, a couple sheets of ordinary paper cut to a length slight short than the copper pipe, cigarette lighter, matches, or a lit candle.
Activity
This is a simple demonstration from physics in that some materials conduct heat more efficiently than others. Take a strip of paper …
Fun for Mother’s Day!
Whose Kiss?
Blindfold the mother, then have a couple of the children in attendance kiss her on the cheek. Give each child a number and have the mother guess which number her child is. Give a few Hershey’s Kisses to the mother-child who guesses correctly.
Mother – Child
All mothers stand in a circle. Then all …
Activity
Make a list of famous mothers from the Bible. Eve, Naomi, Hannah, Elizabeth, Mary, Rebecca, Sarah and many others come to mind. You can tell each of the Biblical stories and then discuss how our own mothers are in many ways like the Biblical mothers.
Game Idea
Place the name of a Biblical mother on the back of each …
Preparation
In a grid, write down a statement about each mother in each square. The number of squares should be less than or equal to the number of mothers participating in the game.
For example, you could write: “Mother was Born in a country other than Singapore.”, “Has a pet”, “mother likes chocolate”, “has a dog”, “Mother doesn’t like durian”, …