11 Children (only 1 girl!) aged 8-11
What we did:
1)
Word Search
To give them something to concentrate on at the start
2)
Quiz – Proverbs
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A number of “sayings” were displayed on the
screen, the kids had to decide whether they are from the bible or made up.
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Examples include:
(a)
Always
shut the door (False)
(b)
When you're kind to others, you help yourself;
when you're cruel to others, you hurt yourself. (True. Proverbs 11:17)
(c)
Wise children listen to their parents. (True.
Proverbs 13:1)
(d)
Those who control their tongues will have a long
life.(True. Proverbs 13:3)
(e)
Always buy your youth leader chocolate. (False L)
(f)
Yanking a dog’s ear is as foolish as interfering
in someone else’s argument. (True. Proverbs 26:17)
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For some of them we discussed what they meant
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Next time
- use less proverbs (I used 17), took a fair while.
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This aimed to show that the bible is full of
lots of practical advice
3)
Video – Observation test
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State “2000+ years ago, they didn’t have TVs, so
all the rules and knowledge were distributed audibly or written down. Even with
TVs we can mis-remember things, “
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Many kids thought this was like “Britain’s
Brightest” (TV show that I’m afraid I haven’t watched.. note to self, they like
to compare activities with TV programs)
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Showed the video below, and asked questions.
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Example questions were:
(a)
What was the cheese doing on the mouse trap
(crying)
(b)
What did the 1st strawberry walk in front of
(teapot and cup)
(c)
what year was this made (2009)
Most of the kids got most of the questions
right (although one only guessed the
year after a lot of other wrong guesses J)
4)
Mirror
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Gave an example of looking in a mirror, walking
off and forgetting what I looked like, and doing it a few times.
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Kids Read James 1v22-24 & were asked the relevance
of the mirror task
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Some kids cottoned on to the fact that reading
the bible and not acting on it is as stupid as looking in a mirror and
forgetting what you look like straight away
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Kids read James 3v2-12 and discussed what
good/bad things we can say to build people up / knock them down.
5) Puppet Video
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So we have lots of info in the bible about how
to live, "
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Showed this video to explain that the Bible is a
bit like an Instruction Manual, you need to read it for best results.
6)
What/When/How/Where
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We discussed how we could read the bible more,
and act on it. The kids each had a small
piece of paper with this image on it, and during some music spent time
reflecting on what changes they could do to help them read the bible, (What
would help them, When they would do it, How they could do it, Where they could
do it).
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We spoke about the use of Bible Reading notes,
one child mentioned “Topz” which I know some children of this age use / used.
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They seemed positive about having a look at
bible reading notes, so this is something I’ll pick up with them next time
(after seeking if I can “find” a friendly supplier )
7) Final prayer & end
Lessons Learnt:
I had a couple more things to do that didn’t happen due to
time, including Craft and Memory Verse.
Overall the kids were well behaved (compared to previous
weeks), had to be told to be quiet a few times, but did so.
