Resurrection Roll (GAME)

Time
10-15 minutes (or more, depending upon how many times you play)

Audience
Children & Youth
Description
This game is a fun and high-energy way to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.  It’s played in rounds, and an individual round takes only a few minutes to play.
Scriptures

Matthew 28:1-10

Materials

10-20 feet of rope
“Friday-Sunday” dice cube pattern (You can find this on [...]

Kingdom Tag (GAME)

Time
15 minutes (or more, depending upon how many rounds of tag you play)
Description
This game illustrates evangelism in a high-energy, fun way through a game of tag.  It’s a very quick game, so you will probably want to play it several times.  The game works best with larger groups of kids, but it can still be [...]

F.E.A.R. (Obj Lesson)

Time
15 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches about fear and how to deal with it.
Audience
Children, youth, adults
Materials
o    F.E.A.R. Acronym Cards (You can find these on the Lesson and Material Downloads page at www.teachthem.wordpress.com in the file named F-E-A-R – Acronym Cards.ppt)
o    Flipchart or whiteboard (or you could project the Scriptures with an LCD projector)
o    Marker
Preparation
o    Print the [...]

Heart Garden (Obj Lesson)

Time
15-20 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches about our hearts and how God works in them to produce something beautiful.  It’s preferable to do it outside.
Audience
Children, youth, adults
Materials
o    Landscaping edging (I used 20 ft, but that is quite big.)
o    Stakes for the edging (8-10 should do if you create the 20 ft heart.)
o    Hammer
o    Potting soil
o    Spade [...]

Knocking Down Giants (Obj Lesson)

Time
15 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches about our how to knock down the “giants” in our lives.  “Giants” represent the things we fear – the things that keep us from living fully for God.
Audience
Children, youth, adults
Materials
o    “Giant” silhouettes (6-8 – you can make these with plywood and a jigsaw)
o    Plywood – 4’ x 4’ sheet
o    ¾ [...]

Facing Your Giants (Quick Drama)

Time
10 minutes
Description
This Quick Drama teaches that we shouldn’t fear the giants in our lives but that we shouldn’t try to take them on alone, either.  (I’ve chosen giants who represent fears children might have, but feel free to change the type of giants to match your audience.)
Audience
Children, youth, adults
Materials
o    Life-size drawings of different giants (4 [...]

Capture Every Thought (GAME)

Time
30-45 minutes
Description
This game helps participants understand how important it is to capture every thought and take it captive before Christ.  It is loosely based on the game of Othello ® (Gabriel Industries, Inc.) or Reversi.
Audience
Children, youth
Materials
•    Gameboard (can be printed from the file “Capture Every Thought – Game Board and Pieces.ppt” located on the Lesson [...]

Catch! (Obj Lesson)

Time
10-15 minutes
Description
This object lesson illustrates how Satan tries to fill our minds with worries, fears, doubts and many other things so that there is no room for God’s truth, peace and joy.
Audience
Children, youth and adults
Materials
•    Tennis balls (9-12)
•    Permanent marker
•    Posterboard (1 sheet should do)
•    Scissors or some other cutting device
•    Block pattern (You can [...]

God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense (GAME)

Time
30 minutes
Description
This game teaches that we have God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense (G.R.A.C.E.), but we have to keep returning to God every time we sin in order to keep the relationship strong.  If we don’t, we wander further and further from God.
Audience
Children, youth
Materials
•    Copies of the Grace or Guilt Gameboard (See the file, “God’s Riches [...]

Connect Four Sin Solution (Obj Lesson)

Time
15 minutes
Description
This object lesson demonstrates that the blood of Jesus paid for our sins – those we have done and those we have yet to do. It uses the Connect Four ® game by Milton Bradley.
Audience
Children, youth, adults
Materials
• Connect Four game
• Two sets of black checkers (Note: you may want to avoid the use of [...]