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Use this drawing game to reinforce the lesson you are teaching. This is a thinking game for kids best used during the lesson time and not before.
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“Please don’t blame God for the harvest when you yourself did the sowing.”
(E. C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes)
As children’s ministers we have the opportunity to sow the word of God into the children. We also need to remind the children that they also are doing sowing into their own hearts. This is something parents and ministers need to constantly remind children that they need to watch what is going into their hearts., because that is what is going to come out. We can’t blame God for the results.
Even things like sitting too long in front of a computer and hunching over and getting sore backs. Children need to be reminded to take responsibility for things in their own lives.
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Props required: Bring a dozen or more pairs of shoes from your home.
Choose 6 or 8 children. Put all the shoes that you brought in a pile in the front centre of the room. Tell the children that are picked to remove their shoes and add their shoes to the pile. Mix up the pile of shoes. Line the children up at the back of the room. Have everyone say the memory verse, then say “1, 2, 3, go!” All the children run to the pile and pull out their shoes. Then they run back to the start line. The last 1 or 2 people are eliminated from the game, but are awarded with a small prize or a ticket for participating. The remaining children go back and throw their shoes on the pile again. Someone scrambles the shoe pile, and the race is run again. Children are eliminated each round until there are only 2 children left. The winner is the last person left in the game.
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This game is best played in a large room or gymnasium.
This large room game will really burn off the excess energy from the kids. Get the wiggles and giggles out of them before you teach them the Word of God.
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Here is a fun icebreaker game.
We did this Sunday and it was a great success. For the older kids we did “faster scripture finding”. For the younger kids we did a contest to see who could find picture of Jesus first, or Moses etc.
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Children’s Church Games
Here is a link to some Children’s Church Games that are faith related. Perhaps one of them will suit your topic this week.
http://childrensministry.com/articles/active-indoor-games-faith
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Good high energy game for all ages. Instead of water, you may find slippery things at a dollar store that make this game a lot of fun to pass from one to another.
http://www.greatgroupgames.com/over-under-game.htm
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This would be a fun game to review biblical statistics. Choose numbers that describe the size of the tribes of Israel or the enemy armies etc.
http://www.greatgroupgames.com/the-number-game.htm
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There is a reason this game is a classic. It is aways fun. Get the wiggles and jiggles out of the kids before you teach them the Word of God.
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Challenge the kids to use their memories. You might want to make a list of words from today’s lesson. Be sure to read the words for the sake of the kids who can’t read yet.
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Kids love messy games. Here is a game with lots of laughs and a little mess to clean up . Get the wiggles and jiggles out before you teach the Word of God.
http://www.greatgroupgames.com/marshmallow-toss.htm
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Here is a good game for a medium sized room. Medium energy game. A moderate amount of energy burned. Burn some of the kids excess energy before you teach.
http://www.greatgroupgames.com/fruit-salad.htm
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