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Wacky Warning Labels: Computers and Electronics

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SGI computer
Do not dangle the mouse by its cable or throw the mouse at co-workers.

Laser Printer Cartridge
Do not eat toner.

Television Owner’s Manual
Do not pour liquids into your television set.

Cordless Phone
Do not put lit candles on phone.

Battery
Do not recharge, put in backwards, or use.

Electronic Thermometer
Do not use orally after using rectally.

Ray-O-Vac Renewal AA Batteries
If swallowed or lodged in ear or nose see doctor.

VCR
Instructional video on hooking up your VCR included.

12-inch rack for storing compact disks
Do not use as a ladder.

A CD player
Do not use the Ultradisc2000 as a projectile in a catapult.

TV Remote Control
Not dishwasher safe.

Laser Pointer
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.

Camera
This camera only works when there is film inside.

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Bump, Bump, Bump

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A man was walking home alone one night when he hears a “BUMP…BUMP…BUMP…” behind him. Walking faster, he looks back, making out an image of an upright coffin banging its way down the middle of the street towards him… “BUMP…BUMP…BUMP…” The man begins to run towards his home, and the coffin bounces after him faster…faster… BUMP…BUMP…BUMP. He runs up to his door, fumbles with his keys, opens the door, rushes in, and locks it behind him. The coffin crashes through his door, with the lid of the coffin clapping BUMP …BUMP …BUMP on the heels of the terrified man. The man rushes upstairs to the bathroom and locks himself in, heart pounding. With a CRASH, the coffin breaks down the door, coming slowly towards him, the man screaming, reaches for something, anything…all he can find is a box of cough drops which he throws at the coffin…and the coffin stops!!!

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Wacky Warning Labels: Transportation

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Windshield Wash Fluid
Cannot be made non-poisonous.

Automobile Windshield cover
Caution: Never drive with the cover on your windshield

Car Jack
For lifting purposes only

Cayman Airlines safety booklet
If you are seated in an exit aisle and are unable to read this, please ask a stewardess to reseat you.

Bike Helmet Mirror
Remember: Objects in mirror are actually behind you.

A 13-inch wheel on a wheelbarrow
Not intended for highway use.

A can of windscreen de-icing spray
Spray works in sub-zero temperatures.

jet ski
Warning! Riders of personal watercraft may suffer injury due to the forceful injection of water into body cavities either by falling into the water or while mounting the craft.

A snow sled
Beware: sled may develop high speed under certain snow conditions.

On a car lock which loops around both the clutch pedal and the steering wheel:
Warning – Remove lock before driving.

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Game Ideas

Pumpkin Puzzles

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pumpkin.jpgWARNING: There is some risk of injury with this activity and as such it is only suitable for older youth. NOTE: For a safer variation, cut a pumpkin yourself for each team. Try to cut them in the same pattern, Then simply allow the kids to put them together.

Game Description
Youth will cut up pumpkins and then try to put a cut up pumpkin back together again. (This game can get a little messy with the slimy pumpkin innards.)

Game Materials

  • Sharp knife for each team
  • Pumpkin for each team
  • Toothpicks for each team
  • Wet towels for cleanup

Game Preparation

  1. Prepare a table for each team by covering it with newspaper so soak up an debris from the pumpkins.
  2. Place a pumpkin, a knife, and toothpicks at each table

Game Play

  1. Divide the group into teams
  2. Give the teams one minute to cut up the pumpkin into at least 10 pieces.
  3. Teams move to a different table.
  4. Teams have 2 minutes to put the pumkin at their table back together using the toothpicks to hold it together
  5. The team with the most complete pumpkin at the end of 2 minutes is the winner.

Application
Use this as an object lesson on how sin destroys the wholeness in our lives. Things can become quite a mess. Yet Christ restored us with his sacrifice on the cross. Its not toothpicks that hold us together but his forgiveness and the nails in his hands.

Use this game along with Pumpkin Prayer and other games for an evangelistic alternative to halloween.
Pumpkin Prayer
Peter Pumpkin
Jack O Lantern
Pumpkin Seed Toss
Pass the Brains
Like a Halloween Pumpkin
Pumpkin Bowling
The Pumpkin

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Food for Thought

A Christian Response to Halloween?

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Arguments AGAINST Halloween

  1. Halloween originated as a pagan holiday, and it’s still considered the most sacred night for those involved in the occult. Much evil is committed on that night by people who delve into the evil side of the spiritual world.
  2. Halloween customs are derived from pagan practices and carry with them all the symbolism that points to those dangerous practices. Children who carve Jack-o-lanterns, dress up in costumes, go trick or treating and tell ghost stories are unwittingly identifying themselves with the pagan practices from which those customs were derived.
  3. Halloween encourages people’s interest in the occult, promoting its values subtly and not-so-subtly. As Scripture says, everything is permissible, but not necessarily beneficial.

The argument for Halloween ALTERNATIVES
Whether we like it or not- Halloween is happening on the 31st of October. Question is . . . “Can we use it for ministry?” In Acts 17 the Apostle Paul used the culture and foreign gods of the day to introduce his presentation of the Gospel. While we have to be careful of the Halloween practices we participate in, we can also use the occasion to reach out with the Gospel and provide Christian alternatives for our youth to participate in and even invite their friends.

A couple of great articles on the issue of a Christian response to Halloween can be found at:
http://www.probe.org/history/special-days-quizzes/a-probe-mom-looks-at-halloween.html
http://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/OnlineDiscipleship/Halloween/halloween_Watt05.aspx
http://www.spiritwatch.org/occhallow.htm

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Game Ideas

Trick or Treat Relay Game

candy_bar.jpgGame Description
Messy game based upon the common Halloween adage :
“Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat.”

Game Materials

  • Any kind of wrapped candy. Choclates get a little messy, but sometimes that is the intention. Use miniature candy bars if your youths are game for something a little messy and gross.
  • Damp towels for cleaning up

Game Preparation
Break the group into teams. Team members must pair up with a partner for the relay.

Game Play

  1. One person of each pair takes off their shoes.
  2. Give each pair a wrapped candy bar.
  3. The object of the game is for the first person to unwrap the candy with your toes and hands behind your back and then feed it to the next person with your feet.
  4. The person eating the candy bar must chew and swallow it before the next pair on the team can start.
  5. The first team finish all their candy bars wins.

Discussion
As a Halloween alternative, use this game as an introduction to Adam and Eve’s Fall in the garden of Eden. They thought they were getting a treat, but instead they were tricked by Satan. Sin often seems a treat. It may even be pleasurable, but there is always a trick involved.

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Wacky Warning Labels: Food

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warning_coffee_mug.jpgCoffee Cup
Caution: Hot beverages are hot!

Tesco’s Tiramisu dessert
Do not turn upside down. (printed on bottom of the box)

Package of Dice
Not for human consumption.

Breath Savers
Not for weight control.

Japanese food processor
Not to be used for the other use.

Pack of Peanuts
Open packet and eat contents.

Fruit Roll-ups
Peel fruit from cellophane before eating.

Grapes
Please store in the cold section of the refrigerator.

Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding
Product will be hot after heating.

Swann frozen dinners
Serving suggestion: Defrost.

Soft Drink
Twist top off with hands. Throw top away. Do not put top in mouth.

Sainsbury’s Peanuts
Warning: contains nuts

Pop-Tarts
Warning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated.

Fritos
You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.

On a bottle-top of a flavored milk drink
After opening, keep upright.

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Teaching Illustrations

A Matter of Comparison

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The nine foot 400 lb Goliath challenged the children of Israel and blasphemed Almighty God. David, a 17 year old fuzzy-checked lad who came to visit his brothers demanded to know why they weren’t accepting the challenge.

The brothers explained that you could easily get hurt by fighting fellows like Goliath. They felt certain Goliath was just too big to hit. David knew that Goliath was too big to miss with God’s help.

Next David wanted to know where the king was and his brothers explained that the King didn’t feel so good. When David told the brothers he would fight Goliath they figured he was crazy.

Obviously, the brothers were comparing their size to Goliath’s, and that made nine foot Goliath petty big. David was comparing Goliath’s size to God, and that quite obviously made Goliath petty small.

-Zig Ziglar


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Worry

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Death was walking toward a city one morning and a man asked, “What are you going to do?” “I’m going to take 100 people,” Death replied. “That’s horrible!” the man said. “That’s the way it is,” Death said. “That’s what I do. “The man hurried to warn everyone he could about Death’s plan. As evening fell, he met Death again. “You told me you were going to take 100 people, “the man said. “Why did 1,000 die?” “I kept my word,” Death responded. “I only took 100 people. Worry took the others
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