Interactive Group Activities by Carol Williams & Charles Kirkpatrick Sermon Title: Scripture Reading: Mark 8:34-37 RED LIGHT/GREEN LIGHT GAME: Have all of the children stand on the starting line. One child is chosen to be 'it' and will stand at the finish line. When 'It' says, 'Green Light' the children may move towards the finish line. When 'It' says, 'Red Light' everyone must immediately stop. Any players who are still moving after 'It' calls 'Red Light' must go back to the starting line. The first child to reach the finish line and tag 'It' is the winner and becomes the new 'It'.
Continue to play the game as time permits. JUMP ROPE RHYMING: Let the children write a rhyme and take turns jumping rope together while reciting the rhymes. The rhymes should be about today's lesson and choices made in the Game of Life. The rhymes can be short and repeated to the rhythm of the one jumping. The teacher may choose to divide the class into teams with each team writing a rhyme and JUMPING ROPE to their rhyme about today's lesson.
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If the children cannot make rhymes, the teacher can make suggestions to help them. EXAMPLES: Jesus calls to you and me, 'Take your cross and follow me.' If you follow, you will see Just how happy you will be. Jesus seeing a big crowd, Called out in a voice quite loud, 'Forsake all, come follow me, Then you will quite happy be.' KNOCK, KNOCK GAME: The teacher will make up many slips of paper with choices, both good and bad, that people make in their life written on them.
(Suggestions: take up my cross, follow Jesus, attend Sunday School, seek great wealth, gain the whole world, give to the poor, etc.) Place the strips of paper in a bag or small box that the children will draw from. The teacher will stand at the front of the class and the children will line up in front of the teacher. The game begins with the first person in line saying, 'Knock, knock'.
The teacher responds, 'What's your choice?' The child will draw a strip of paper out of the bag or box and read what is on the slip. If the choice is a good choice, the teacher will say, 'Come in' and the child will take a seat beside the teacher. If the choice is a bad choice, the teacher will say, 'Go to the back of the line. Dracula X English Patch. ' Then the next child will say to the teacher, 'Knock, knock.' Continue the game until all of the children have made good choices and have been invited to come in. After the game is over, discuss how the life choices we make affect us.
JOY BOX: Give each child a small can or box to decorate on the outside and then draw or glue large letters for J.O.Y. On the container. Write Jesus by the J, Others by the O and You by the Y = Jesus, Others, You. Then give the children slips of paper that have choices we can make on each slip and have children read the choice and put it into their container. Encourage children to take out one choice from their JOY box each day and try to make that choice that day!
(Suggested choices: Pick up my toys, read a Bible verse, prayer when I go to bed, help my mom or dad, dust a bookshelf) GAME OF LIFE SMILES POSTER: Give the children supplies to make a large poster. Give children happy face stickers to stick on the poster to form the word - LIFE. Write GAME OF. Above the stickers word of LIFE. Beneath the heading, let children write GOOD choices in colorful markers and write BAD choices in black markers. MEMORY VERSE BAG: Supply each child with a paper lunch bag and markers to decorate the bag with today's Bible verse or choices we can make or to write GAME OF LIFE on the bag.