Time
10 minutes
Audience
Children, youth
Description
This memory activity helps participants memorize Scripture by putting the words on balloons and then regularly eliminating words by bursting the balloons.
Materials
Balloons (light colored, one for every word in the memory verse, one or more for the reference (book, chapter, verse) and maybe a few extras just in case you lose a [...]
Time
20 minutes
Audience
Children, youth, adults
Description
This review activity tests the participants’ creativity while helping them remember 26 things about the learning.
Materials
Sheets of paper (one per participant or team)
Pens (one per participant or team)
Prize(s) for the “winner(s)” (optional)
Preparation
Practice the script.
Procedure
Use the following script and instructions (or modify to suit your needs):
“To review what we’ve [...]
Time
10 minutes
Description
This fun icebreaker can be an energizing way to get participants going, or you can use it to select people for certain activities. It’s the familiar game of Rock, Paper, Scissors with a twist. This game is not played with just the hands – it’s a full-body activity.
Materials
None
Preparation
None
Procedure
Use the following script [...]
Time
25-40 minutes (depending upon group size)
Description
This fun icebreaker can be an energizing way to get participants thinking out of the box.
Materials
o Flipchart paper (several sheets for each group)
o Markers (different colors to allow for creativity)
o Masking tape to hang flipcharts
o Prizes for the winners (optional)
Preparation
None
Procedure
Use the following script (or modify to suit [...]
Scriptures:
Proverbs 16:7
Daniel 1:1-20
Philippians 3:20
1 Peter 2:11-12
Description: Nebuchadnezzar’s armies invade Jerusalem and take away the best and brightest teenagers to Babylon to make them aides in the king’s court. Daniel and his friends choose to honor God by not eating food from the king’s table. Like Daniel and his friends, kids today will often be [...]
