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How to Observe Thanksgiving

bible.jpgCount your blessings instead of your crosses;

Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on Jesus instead of yourself.
Glory to His Wonderful Name!

“Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known among the nations what He has done.” – 1 Chronicles 16:8

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Pass the Brains

Materials
1. Pumpkin
2. Cold -cooked spaghetti
3. Candy

Preparation
1. Cut a circle in the top of the pumpkin and remove the stem and set it aside.
2. Scoop out the pumpkin and set the seeds aside. (They can be roasted for a great snack)
3. Draw a face on the pumpkin with a black marker pen.
4. Boil the spaghetti and let it cool.
5. Fill the pumpkin with the cold, cooked spaghetti and candy. There should be one peice of candy hidden amongst the spaghetti for each kid playing.

Activity
Play some music as the pumpkin head is passed around. When the music stops, (like pass the parcel) the youth holding the head feels through its ‘brains to find some candy.”

Possible Application
1. Finding God’s treasures amongst life’s trials (James 1)
2. Instead of candy use coins and discuss the Parable of the lost coin
3. Discuss the things people search for in life and the garbage they sift through in order to find it. Discuss the search for God.

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Pumpkin Seed Toss

pumpkin.jpgMaterials
1. Several Carved pumpkins with different size mouths or with different size holes in the top.
As an alternative, have a watermelon seed toss on a hot summer afternoon. Cut off the ends of the watermelon. Hollow it out and then pit it back together with toothpicks. Carve funny faces in the watermelons as you would a pumpkin.
2. Small Bean Bags (Referred to as Pumpkin seeds / or watermelon seeds)
3. Place the pumpkins on a bale of hay or cloth covered table some distance from the participants.
4. Choose one of the discussion ideas below… Choosing only one will keep everyone focused and create a more powerful object lesson.

Activity
Each Youth / Child is given 5 chances to try to toss the pumpkin seeds into the pumpkin. Each pumpkin, depending on the size of the hole is worth different points.

Discussion Idea #1: Targets
1. Why did you choose your pumpkin target?
Some people chose the smaller pumpkins because they were worth more. Others chose the pumpkins with the larger mouth because they were an easier target.
2. When it comes down to real life, do you choose your targets based on value or upon which is easier?
3. What are your targets in the Christian life? Are they easy? Why do you value these targets?

Discussion Idea #2: Your Mouth
1. In this game you were judged by your ability to toss an object into a mouth. But in God’s kingdom we are not judged by what goes into our mouths, but by what comes out of our mouths.
2. What do your words reveal about you?
3. When is it more valuable to be a “big mouth”? To keep your mouth closed?
4. What does the Bible say about our words?

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Like A Halloween Pumpkin

pumpkin3.jpgIn Athens, Paul was disturbed by the culture around him. (Acts 17:16). But instead of coming against it, he used things from that culture to present the gospel. (Acts 17:22-31).

Materials
1. A pumpkin (instructions for preparing it are below)
2. A candle or flashlight to go inside the pumpkin
3. Lighter or matches if you are using a candle
4. A large knife (not sharp, it is for effect).
5. Some mud or clay dirt
6. A damp cloth
7. A cloth large enough to cover the pumpkin

Preparation
1. Cutting carefully so that you can set it back in place, cut the top from the pumpkin.
2. Scoop out the seeds and inner membrane. Rinse, dry and save it. You may want to soak them in coffee or something similar to turn them dark. We will be returning them to the pumpkin.
3. Making sure to keep the cuttings on one side of the pumpkin only, cut a design into the pumpkin. You can use a traditional jack-o-lantern or some other design. Carving ‘JESUS’ into the pumpkin or carving a candle is effective. Be careful not to carry the design to the sides or back of the pumpkin as you do not want to show the cuts at the beginning of the lesson.
4. Put the seeds and membrane back into the pumpkin. If it is going to be over a few hours before the lesson, it would be better to put the seeds and membrane in the refrigerator until closer time.

Just before the session
1. Set the pumpkin in front of you so that the carved part is toward your body. You do not want the audience to see that it has been carved.
2. If the seeds were refrigerated, return them to the pumpkin.
3. Put the top on the pumpkin matching it as good as possible so that the cut is not too obvious.
4. Smear a little clay or mud on the front of the pumpkin so that the audience can easily see it.
5. Set the other supplies (knife, light, damp cloth) where you can reach them.
6. Cover the pumpkin with a cloth so that it is not visible from any side when your group comes in.
7. PRAY

The Lesson
Sometimes people ask what it is like being a Christian.
I’d like to tell you that it is all fun and easy.

But I’m a Christian.
I’m supposed to tell the whole truth.
And here it is.

It is fun to be a Christian because I am God’s child and God loves me. And it is never too hard for me because God helps me.

But sometimes it is pretty hard to be a Christian.
(Lift the cloth off of the pumpkin)
I think I can use this pumpkin to help explain.

We all start out like pumpkins.
We’re out in the garden along with all the others.
God is always walking through that garden asking if any of us what to belong to Him.

When we say ‘yes’ to God, he picks us up out of the garden.
(Use damp cloth to clean the dirt off the pumpkin.)
And he gently washes away the dirt.

That feels really, really nice.
(Pick up the knife)
But there is more to be done.

You see, dirt was not the only thing we brought with us from the garden.
(Pretend to cut around the top of the pumpkin)
Some of what we brought back requires surgery and that can hurt.

(Lift off the top.)
While we were out there in the garden, some things grew inside us.
(Take out a few seeds and hold them out to be seen.)

Sometimes the others were not fair to us.
(Take out more of the seeds)
We became angry and the seed of bitterness started to grow inside.

(Continue to take out seeds as you talk)
Sometimes others let us down or hurt our feelings.
We began to feel sorry for ourselves.
And the seeds of rejection started to grow.

We try to get even with those who hurt us.
The seeds of unforgiveness and violence begin to grow inside.

(Remove the last of the seeds)
Yes, all of this cleaning up hurts a bit.
But if we won’t let God clean all of this out, it gets infected.
And then we really have problems.

Christians who won’t let God clean out all the junk from the pumpkin patch are really miserable.
They have spiritual infections and they can spread them to others.
(Wipe the inside with the cloth)

(Pretend to make a few cuts with the knife on your side of the pumpkin)
I’m learning to hold really still and let God take care of anything that needs cleaning!
Sure it hurts sometimes.
Put the light inside the pumpkin and light it
And sometimes I wonder what God is trying to do!

(Turn the pumpkin around for the group to see)
Then God reminds me that He has a wonderful plan for my life.
He wants the beauty of Jesus to shine through me so others can see the way to Jesus.

That’s what we are, you know.
We are not really better than those poor pumpkins who are still in the garden.
We are just a whole lot better off because Jesus has taken us out of the darkness and into His wonderful light.

(Lights off)
Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.
A city on a hill can’t be hidden.
Also, people do not light a lamp and put it under a bowl.
Instead, they put it on its stand.
Then it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine in front of others.
Then they will see the good things you do.
And they will praise your Father who is in heaven.*

Please pray with me.
Father God, thank You for asking us to be Your children.
Father, we want to be more like Jesus.
We want others to see Your light shining in our lives.
Help us to open our hearts to You.
Take away all our bad attitudes.
Give us Your light and love inside.
We’re asking this in Jesus’ Name. Amen

Source: http://www.beau.org/~vickir/halloween/

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Masks


Materials

Variety of masks

Icebreaker Activity
On adhesive name tags or white printer labels write the names of famous masked characters. Write a name on each nametag. As people enter the room, put the nametag in the middle of their back (without showing them what is on it). Their goal is to figure out who they are by asking a series of yes/no questions. Each question must be asked of a different person.

Superheroes
Batgirl
Batman
Captain America
Cyclops
Darkman
Dash
Donatello (Ninja Turtles)
Dread Pirate Roberts
Flash
Green Hornet
Green Lantern
Iron Man
Jack-Jack
Kato
Leonardo (Ninja Turtles)
Lone Ranger
Michelangelo (Ninja Turtles)
Mr. Incredible
Mrs. Incredible
Phantom of the Opera
Rafael (Ninja Turtles)
Robin
Spiderman
The Mask
Ultraman
Violet
Wolverine
Zorro
Others
Catwoman
Darth Vader
Doctor Doom
Green Goblin
Jason (Friday the 13th)
Juggernaut
Riddler
Stormtrooper
The Joker
The Penguin
The Riddler

Discussion
1. If you could be any superhero who would you be?
2. What is it about this character that attracts you?
3. Why do most of the superheroes wear masks?
The reason all the superheroes wear masks is to hide who they are…

Introduction
Its not just Halloween that people wear masks. If we are honest with ourselves, most of us put on masks from time to time.

We put on a mask any time we are not honest with others, or worse yet, we are not honest with God. Anytime we try to make ourselves come across as something we are not, we are putting on a mask. What masks do you put on? In what situations do you hide behind a mask, afraid to reveal who you really are and what you really feel?

The name for someone like that is a hypocrite. An actor is the same word “hypocrite” in the Greek language. It means ‘the person who wears a mask’ (or cover on his face). In the orginal Greek plays, actors pretended to be someone else by putting on a mask.

Jesus used the same word to describe the Pharisees and in a parable teaches us an important lesson about masks…

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
Luke 18.9-14

Discussion: The Pharisees – Wearers of Masks
1. Why was the Pharisee called a hypocrite – one wearing a mask?
2. For what reasons do you think the Pharisee “acted” this way?
3. Have you met people like the Pharisee? How did they make you feel?
4. In what ways have you been like a Pharisee? What are some of the masks you wear?

Activity: What Masks do I wear?
1. Give each youth a piece of paper cut into a mask shape.
2. On one side, ask them to write or draw characteristics of how they want people to see them.
3. Then, on the other side, ask them to write down some characteristics of who they really are and some of the things about their life that they don’t want other people to see.
4. Is there a difference?
5. What are the risks of revealing what is hidden behind the mask?

Discussion: Why We Wear Masks
1. What are some of the reasons people wear masks as Christians?
– Don’t know how to live the Christian Life so we fake it – Most of us really do want to reflect Christ but the problem is, many of us just don’t know how. We know what we are supposed to do, but we don’t know how to do it.
– Ashamed -Everyone else seems ok and seems to have life together. So we become convinced that we no one else has the problems as us. We seem to be the only ones so we hide our true thoughts and feelings.
– Fear -We hide behind our masks, because we are afraid of how people will react if they see our faults. They might not like the true us.
– Avoidance – It is often easier to put up a mask than to face who we really are. Insecurities and past hurts make us want to avoid dealing with the problem so we hide from ourselves.

Discussion: The Tax Collector – Removing the Masks
1. What if the tax collector had done the same exercize you just did and wrote on a mask how he wanted others to see him vs what he wanted to prevent others from seeing?
2. Why is the Tax-collector unwilling to even look up to heaven?
3. Have you ever been so ashamed that you wanted to hide your face from heaven?
4. How is this similar to wearing a mask?
5. How is it different from the mask of the Pharisee?
6. When we are honest without a “mask” on do we lose face or save face?
7. What is Jesus’ main point in this story?

The Opposite of Hypocricy is Intimacy – Into me see. 
1. what masks are you currently hiding behind?
2. In what areas of your life do you need to be honest with God?
3. In what ways are you living the life of a hypocrite?
4. How would being honest with yourself and God make a difference in your life?

Application
Let youth crumple up their mask and toss it away while having a time of personal reflection and confession to God. They should be honest with God and ask him to make them a new person.

“Don’t be trapped behind a mask, acting out a life you don’t really want. Be honest with God and let him remove your mask and replace it with a new you that doesn’t need to hide from the world!”

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Fear Factors

skeleton.jpgMaterials
A variety of scary Halloween masks

Activity
Put on the various masks and make threatening gestures.
Are you afraid of me?
What about this one?
Why are you afraid / not afraid?

Discussion
At Halloween, children often dress up in scary costumes for fun. Sometimes we hide behind a corner and try to scare a friend. We aren’t afraid when we know something isn’t real. While we may not be afraid of the child in the ghost costume knocking at the door and saying “Trick or Treat” each of us do have real fears. Even though we all know that scary halloween monsters aren t real, sometimes our imaginations make things seem real. What are some things that you are afraid of? What are some of your fears?

The top ten fears are:

1. Spiders Arachnophobia
2. People & social situations Anthropophobia or sociophobia
3. Flying Aerophobia or aviatophobia
4. Open spaces Agoraphobia, kenophobia
5. Confined spaces Claustrophobia
6. Vomiting Eemetophobia or emitophobia
7. Heights Acrophobia, altophobia
8. Cancer Carcinomaphobia, carcinophobia
9. Thunderstorms Brontophobia or keraunophobia
lightning astraphobia
cyclones anemophobia
hurricanes and tornadoes lilapsophobia
10. Death Necrophobia or thanatophobia

There are 365 “Fear Nots” in the Bible – one for every day of the year. But how do we deal with the reality of fear in our lives? The cure for our fears is to walk closely with God, who is bigger and more powerful than anything that might scare us.

Scripture
“Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” – Isaiah 41:10

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Noah’s Ark Party

Use this activity as an alternative to Halloween celebrations to redeem the occassion for God!

noah.jpg

Dress Up / Costumes
1. Animals. Assigning animals prevents an abundance of lions or elephants and no giraffes. Each two participants should receive a name of an animal. You might also include simple directions on how to create a costume for each animal that is assigned. Costumes can be simple or elaborate, home-made or store bought or rented. Masks can be created but it’s often easier to paint faces to compliment the animal costume. You can easily make ears, tails, and noses. Paint details, whiskers, spots etc. Each guest assumes the role of the animal assigned, acting and talking like that animal.

2. Noah. Find a few stuffed animals to keep with him. (two of one kind!) Small beanie babies size animals sticking out of his pockets would work. You could also make a big rainbow out of cardboard and paint and make a cutout for a handle for him to carry.

Games
1. Feed the Lion – Draw a Lion on a cardboard box and cut out the mouth of the lion. The mouth should be large enough to easily toss a small beanbag through the opening. Color the Lion. The participants must tossed the bean bags into the mouth of the lion to win a prize. A great source for pictures of a lion is coloring books. If you have an OHP available, copy the cartoon to an OHP cell, project it onto the cardboard, and simply draw the lines that are projected. Tempra Paints are great for coloring it and filling in the details!

2. Pin the tail on the Animals – Choose an animal to draw. As already mentioned, you can use coloring books if you need a something to follow. Use a piece of yarn for a tail and play the same as “Pin the Tail on the Donkey”. (i.e. Put on a blindfold and spin around and around and around. Then take the tail and try to stick it to the animal in the correct position. How close will you come to the correct spot on the donkey?) Another possible variation could be to “pin the nose” on an animal. For variety, have several animals from which children can choose.

3. Animal Tag – Have the group form a circle sitting in chairs. Everyone chooses an animal name for themselves (dog, rhino, hippo, monkey, etc.) Fitting the Noah Theme there should be two of each animal. One person stands in the middle as the “Noah” with a rolled up newspaper. The game begins with one person calling out the one of the animal names in the circle. The two animals must change places before “Noah” can grab a seat. Call out “flood” and everyone must change chairs.

4. Two by Two – All the girls stand in a circle. Then all guys form a circle around them. Make adjustments so that the inner and outer circles contain an equal number of people. Each guy should be facing a girl partner. Each guy / girl couple takes on the name of an animal. They must remember their partner. The girls begin walking clockwise while the guys walk counterclockwise. A leader then interrupts by calling out “two-by-two” At that moment, both circles stop and couples must find their partner. The guy must get down on one knee with the other knee extended so that the girl may sit on his knee. The slowest couple to assume the designated position is eliminated.

5. Monkeys Bowling – Set up 10 pins (You can make them using empty 2 liter plastic soda bottles. Fill with a little water or sand for stability, but don’t make them too heavy) For added fun, put a drawing of a yellow bananan on the pins. Grab a small coconut or simply a small ball for the bowling ball. Children are awarded prizes based on the number of bananas they bowl over.

6. Follow the Leader – For younger kids this is a lot of fun. Play “follow the leader” and go through all types of animal motions and sounds. Award prizes for the best sounds, best portrayal of an animal.

7. Animal Sounds – As everyone arrives, assign the names of animals to various persons in the room making sure that the animals assigned are scattered around the room. Then shut out the lights and have the teens make the animal sound assigned to them. They must then mingle around the room (in the dark) listening for the other animals of their kind. The first group to find each other wins.

8. Animal Relay Races – Have relay races with animal actions and sounds: “walk like a duck”; “hop like a kangaroo”; “laugh like a hyena”; “slither like a snake”, “swim like a fish”, “walk like a crab”, etc.

9. Two-by-two Pair-up – Each person should receive a card with an animal on it, and either a sound (moo, oink, meow) that they have to do, or a motion (laughing for a hyena, hopping for a kangaroo, etc.) and they have to make their sound/motion and find the other person doing the same thing (two by two).

10. Animal Trivia – Make a list of trivia questions about little know facts for various animals.

11. Best Costume – Give prizes for the best costumes. Prizes can be linked with certain animals. Like hairbrushes for a beautiful Lion’s mane, or neckties for giraffes, maybe spot remover for leopards, or luggage straps for elephants. Use your imagination.

Other Activities
1. Origami animals – get a god origami book and teach them how to do a few animals
2. Animal balloons – Tie the long thin balloons into animal shapes
3. Noah’s Ark humor

Snacks
1. Animal crackers
2. Gummy worms (for the birds)
3. Snack mix – Nuts, dried fruits
4. Fruits and vegetables

For prizes
Animal related items such as animal print notepads, a book on the Promises of God, an animal beanie baby or pair of small stuffed animals, a large box of animal crackers.

Application
Tell the story of Noah. Discuss the Promises of God.

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Candy Relay

candycorn.jpgMaterials
Candy in the following colors: Yellow, White, Black, Green, Red

Setup
1. Form two teams and assign each team one or two colors of candy. You can have as many teams as you have colors of candy.
2. On the floor at one end of the room, unroll a several foot long strip of paper towels.
3. Spread the candy randomly over the entire length of paper towels
4. Have the teams line up at the other end of the room.

The objective
To be the first team to remove all the candy of their assigned color.

Activity
One at a time, team members rush to the paper towels, and bend down and use their teeth to pick up one piece of candy (team colors only and no hands allowed). Once they have a peice of candy in thier teeth, they stand back up, run back to their team. They must then show the candy in their mouth to the next person in line, who shouts out the color. If the color’s wrong “Trick”, the person must eat the candy and then go back and get another peice of candy of the correct color. When the color is correct “Treat”, the person eats his/her candy and the next person goes to the paper towels and repeats the process.

Debrief
Use the following link to explain the colors of the candy
Colors of Salvation

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Pumpkin Bowling

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Materials

1. A couple small round pumpkins about the size of a bowling ball
2. Use a knife or cutter for apple cores to cut finger holes in the pumpkins similar to those on a typical bowling ball (A Thumb, index finger and middle finger should fit in the holes.)
3. Empty plastic bottles filled with a little water and the screw top replaced (up to 12 bottles). More water will make them more difficult to knock over. Adjust the difficulty to suit your group.
4. Level outdoor ground surface area about 10 feet long and 3 feet wide.

Activity
1. Place the plastic bottle “pins” at one end of the level area in a triangle formation.
2. Youth take turns bowling with the pumpkins. (Caution: pumpkins have been known to self destruct on occassion so have a few extras)
3. Award 1 point for each pin knocked down. Play one or more rounds. The person with the most points at the end wins.

Application
1. Trials and struggles – Have you ever felt like one of the bowling pins? What things seemed to be focused on knocking you down in life? How can you respond to setbacks / failures? (2 Corinthians 4:8)

Variation
While designed for a fall “Harvest Festival”, this activity can be used at any time of the year. You can also use other seasonal vegetables and fruits. Cucumbers, zucchini or gourds can be used for bowling pins. Simply cut off the bottoms to create a flat surface that can allow them to stand upright. Watermelons, cantaloupe (rock melons) or other melons can be used for the bowling ball. Choose smaller fruits and vegetables for a table top version of bowling.

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The Pumpkin

pumpkin.jpgA woman was asked by a co-worker, “What is it like to be a Christian”?

The co-worker replied, “It is like being a pumpkin.

God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then he cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc., and then! He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.”

– Author Unknown

 

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Games and Activities in Celebration of common Holidays.

Creative Holiday Ideas has over 300 pages of ideas to help you plan your next New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Halloween or Fall Festival, and Thanksgiving event. If you’ve ever wondered what you’re going to do for all these holidays and how you’re going to do it, this resource is for you.

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