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Continue reading →: Satan’s Tactics (GAME)
Time 15 minutes Description Satan has many different ways to attack us. This game will help children to understand that they can attack back with prayer. The game is a tossing game in which children will try to knock out targets with beanbags or something else that they can throw.…
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Continue reading →: God’s Recipe (OBJ LESSON)
Time 10 minutes Description This object lesson shows how God uses both good and bad things in our life to make us into the person we are. It uses the analogy of baking a cake with all its ingredients. Scriptures Romans 8:28 Materials Flour (about half a cup) Baking…
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Continue reading →: God’s Covering (OBJ LESSON)
Time 20 minutes Description This object lesson shows how God can protect us during times of suffering and temptation. It uses some science and some surprising ways to keep balloons from popping even when pierced or put over a flame. Scriptures Psalm 32:7 Materials Balloons (3 per child…
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Continue reading →: Gates of Jerusalem (GAME)
Time 20 minutes Description This game teaches about the gates of Jerusalem during Nehemiah’s time and uses them as a metaphor for how we should conduct our Christian Walk. Participants will play a dice and memory game to familiarize themselves with the gates and the lessons that they teach. Materials…
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Continue reading →: Action Plan BINGO (ACTION PLAN)
Time Varies – to be used throughout a workshop or other learning event and then debriefed at the end. The debrief should last approximately 30 minutes. Purpose This activity helps participants to create an action plan of things they want to do as a result of their learning. It…
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Continue reading →: Lectio Divina (DEVOTION)
Time 25-40 minutes Description This method of studying Scripture was originally established by St. Benedict in the 6th Century. Lectio Divina means “divine reading.” It focuses on Scripture as the Living Word and engages us holistically: heart, mind, spirit and body. Use this method when you want participants to go…
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Continue reading →: Building Our Walls (CLOSER)
Time 30-45 minutes Description This closer is best used at the end of an event where you have been studying Nehemiah. It asks participants to make a commitment to their team, a major initiative, a mission, a goal, etc. by writing it on a “brick” and sticking it to a…
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Continue reading →: Learning Links (OBJ LESSON)
Time 15 minutes Description This object lesson teaches that we learn by linking new ideas to old ones and demonstrates that this is the method Jesus used to teach about the Kingdom of God. Scriptures Mark 4:26-32 (man who throw seeds; mustard seed) Luke 13:20-21 (yeast) Materials Large paperclips, carabineers…

