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Game
Icebreaker Game – Piggy in the middle!
kids in a circle, just have to throw a ball over somebody in the middle….
kids in a circle, just have to throw a ball over somebody in the middle….
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What is church?
Start the session by asking the group what a church
is.
Invite everyone to contribute their ideas but don't
challenge them on them (yet!).
What churches do they know of in their area?
As a group, look at the power point presentation
containing images of church buildings and church families.
Use the presentation to explain to the group that
church really means the people, Christians, who meet together to worship God.
Look at the pictures of the groups of people and
explain that they are the church.
Tell your group that some churches have their
meetings in school, homes, cinemas etc.
Discuss how this challenges what they thought.
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Video – what is the church
Show video and
discuss
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Discussion ONE CHURCH - MANY PARTS!
Begin the session by setting various challenges to
members of your group such as
1. Tie
this piece of string with no hands
2. Get
to the other side of the room without using your feet
3. Eat
chocolate without using your mouth
4. Open
this bottle without using your hands
Use this game to begin to talk about the many parts
of our bodies and how each part does a different thing. Without one part some
things can't be done or are harder to get done.
Ask the group "Which body part is the most
important?" There may be various suggestions but actually, get the group
to think about each body part being equally important.
Read 1 Corinthians 12:14-17.
Yes,
the body has many different parts, not just one part. If the foot says, "I
am not a part of the body because I am not a hand," that does not make it
any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, "I am not part of the body because I am not an
eye," would that make it any less a part of the body? If the whole body
were an eye, how would you hear? Or if your whole body were an ear, how would
you smell anything?
Have a laugh about the last verse. Wouldn't it be
strange if the whole body was one big ear!
Explain that God sees the church as a body, with many
parts but that all important. Read verse 1 Corinthians 12:27:
All
of you together are Christ's body, and each of you is a part of it.
Discuss that everyone is needed in the church and is
important to it, even if you're young.
Look at the power point presentation (outlined in
first 'getting started' session)
Look at a picture of lots of people (a church) and
ask the group:
What differences are there in this picture?
(Different ages, men and women, boys and girls, married and single, old and
young, short and tall)
Explain that they are all the church, one body with
many part and all of them are important.
Each of them has their own
gifts/skills/characters/personalities that are needed. Be careful not to
suggest that you don't have to DO anything in church to be included. That you
going to church bring something to it because everyone is unique.
The
Point: To get the
group thinking about a church being the people in it and that everyone is
important and has different roles.
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Video – what is church
We all make up the
church, each of us is important..
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CHURCH WALL
Duration:
10 mins
Needed:
Cut out bricks & blue tack
Description:
Ask the group to think of words to describe church?
(Family, God, Worship Pray, together, Sunday meet, happy, support)
Write these on a brick
Build a wall up
Use these to
pray for our church, i.e the people in it
& then we ran out of time....
