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February 16, 2009

Fruit of the Spirit Jenga

Time 15-20 minutes Description This object lesson teaches how important it is to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit. It uses the popular Jenga ® game from Hasbro. Materials Jenga ® game (or a similar game that is played … Continue reading →

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Filed under Authenticity, Character, Christianity, Daily walk, Game, Games that Teach, Hands-on, Jesus, Kindness, Love, Object Lesson, Spiritual Health

Tagged as adults, appearances, block tower, Character, children, closeness to God, Daily walk, faithfulness, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, Game, gentleness, godliness, goodness, Hands-on, Holiness, Jenga, Jesus at center, joy, kids, Kindness, Love, Object Lesson, patience, peace, self-control, spiritual fruit, Spiritual Health, walk with God, youth

January 23, 2009

Peter – The Rock

Time 20 minutes (for the lesson – if you do the part about hardening the goo, you will need to bring the “Peter rocks” back to the kids during the next lesson) Description This object lesson teaches about Peter both … Continue reading →

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Filed under Character, Christianity, Daily walk, God's Will, Hands-on, Listening to God, Obedience, Object Lesson, Peter, Science experiment, Simon-Peter, Transformation

Tagged as Acts 2, children, cornstarch, following God, goo, Hands-on, in God's hands, Jesus, kids, listens and obeys, messy, name change, Obedience, Object Lesson, paste, Pentecost, Peter, rock, Science experiment, servant, slave, steward, used by God, used of God, water

January 6, 2009

Garbage In – Garbage Out

Time 20-25 minutes Description This object lesson helps children understand how they can pollute their hearts and minds by allowing things in that don’t glorify God. It’s a messy lesson that the kids will enjoy, and the clean-up is kept … Continue reading →

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Filed under Brain, Character, Hands-on, heart, Object Lesson, spiritual disciplines

Tagged as children, Christianity, computer programming, ear gate, eye gate, Garbage In - Garbage Out, GIGO, gross, Guard your gates, Hands-on, hearts, influences, kids, messy, minds, mouth gate, Object Lesson, programmers, programming, sponges, squeeze, stress, under pressure, What goes in comes out, youth

January 3, 2009

Light of the World

Time 10-15 minutes Description This object lesson teaches about our role as light of the world until Jesus returns. In it, you will be giving birthday candles to children and lighting them, so you may need to consider the age-appropriateness … Continue reading →

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Filed under Challenges, Christianity, Evangelism, Hands-on, light, Light of the world, Object Lesson, Witness

Tagged as candles, chant, cheer, children, Christianity, darkness, devil, difficulties, Enemy, Evangelism, God, Hands-on, helping, Jesus, kids, Light of the world, lights out, Love, loving, Matthew 5:14-16, ministry, Object Lesson, pass it on, push it back, reflect, Satan, service, shine before men, waaaaay back, way back

November 17, 2008

Joseph Over Easy

Time 30 minutes (15 minutes for decorating the eggs and 15 for telling the story) Description This object lesson tells the story of Joseph in an unusual way – with eggs. It helps the kids to learn about using puns … Continue reading →

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Filed under Belief, Challenges, Christianity, faith, God's Will, Hands-on, Joseph, Object Lesson, struggles, test, Trust

Tagged as Asher, Belief, Benjamin, boiled eggs, children, Christianity, Dan, double meanings, dye, dying eggs, Easter, faith, favorite son, funny, Gad, Hands-on, humorous, Issachar, Jacob, jokes, Joseph, Judah, just for grins, kids, Levi, Midianites, Naphtali, Object Lesson, Potiphar, puns, purpose of suffering, Reuben, Romans 8:28, Simeon, slavery, trust God in difficult circumstances, Why does God let bad things happen to good people?, Zebulun

October 27, 2008

Heavenly Bodies

Time 20-30 minutes Description This object lesson teaches about our new, resurrection bodies by using a simple science experiment. You will demonstrate how ultraviolet rays change the color of UV-sensitive beads and how medicine bottles block UV rays. The beads … Continue reading →

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Filed under Christianity, Eternity, Hands-on, Heaven, Object Lesson, Rapture, Resurrection

Tagged as 1 Corinthians 15:42-44, Apostle Paul, change, Christianity, Color-changing UV beads, earthly bodies, Galatians 5:17, Hands-on, Heaven, heavenly bodies, imperishable, Jesus, Jesus Christ, medicine bottles, New body; New bodies, Object Lesson, raised a spiritual body, Raised from the dead, raised in glory, raised in power, Rapture, Resurrection, Science experiment, second coming, seeds, Son-light, Sonlight, sown a natural body, sown in dishonor, sown in weakness, spirit-body, Steve Spangler Science, ultraviolet

October 16, 2008

Big Rocks

Time 15-20 minutes Description This object lesson teaches the kids about spiritual priorities using an object lesson similar to the one FranklinCovey does about managing your time. Materials The sizes of the bucket/heart-shaped container and the cups can vary. You … Continue reading →

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Filed under Christianity, Hands-on, heart, Object Lesson, Priorities

Tagged as 1 Samuel 2:2, 2 Samuel 22:1-3, 2 Samuel 22:32, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Big Rocks demonstration, bucket, children, Christianity, Deuteronomy 32:3-4, Deuteronomy 32:31, faithfulness, First and Foremost, FranklinCovey, Fruit of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23, Genesis 49:24, gentleness, goodness, gravel, Hands-on, heart, Isaiah 26:4, Jesus, Jesus is the Rock, joy, kids, Kindness, Love, most important things, Object Lesson, patience, peace, Priorities, Psalm 18:31, Psalm 18:46, Psalm 19:14, Psalm 78:35, self-control, Seven Habits, Stephen Covey, time, youth

October 15, 2008

Spiritual Cadence

Time 20 minutes Description This object lesson is a fun way to reinforce some truths about Jesus, the Bible and the Gospel message. It’s a cadence much like the ones military groups might use during exercise. You can use it … Continue reading →

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Filed under Adoration, Christianity, Gospel, Hands-on, Object Lesson, Praise

Tagged as children, Christianity, exercise, Giving God glory, Gospel, Hands-on, I don't know but I have heard, I don't know but it's been said, Jesus, kids, military, Object Lesson, physical activity, review activity, rhymes, rhythm, Roman Road, Spiritual cadence, Spiritual Jodie calls, Spiritual Jody calls, Spiritual military cadence, unison, unity, youth group

October 8, 2008

Cord of Three Strands

Time 10-15 minutes Description This object lesson teaches the old maxim that there is safety in numbers. Ecclesiastes 4:12 says that “A cord of three strands is not easily broken.” This lesson will demonstrate that. Materials A skein of yarn … Continue reading →

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Filed under Christianity, Coping skills, Hands-on, Object Lesson, Satan's tactics, Scripture memory, Spiritual Warfare

Tagged as children, Christianity, Cord of three strands, demonic attack, demons, divide and conquer, Ecclesiastes 4:12, family, friends, Hands-on, help, kids, Object Lesson, Satan's tactics, Scripture memorization, Spiritual Warfare, support, temptation, tug-o-war, unity

October 5, 2008

Resurrection Plants

Time 15 minutes (actual teaching time – more time should be allotted for the plants to change.) Description This object lesson helps participants understand that Jesus rose from the dead after three days. It takes at least an hour for … Continue reading →

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Filed under Christianity, Eternity, Hands-on, Object Lesson, Resurrection

Tagged as alive, Christianity, come back to life, dead, Hands-on, Jesus, lessons from nature, Object Lesson, on the third day, resurrection plants, rose from the dead, Rose of Jericho, three days

Tag Archives: Hands-on

Fruit of the Spirit Jenga

Peter – The Rock

Garbage In – Garbage Out

Light of the World

Joseph Over Easy

Heavenly Bodies

Big Rocks

Spiritual Cadence

Cord of Three Strands

Resurrection Plants

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