Disciple Tag

Material

• None

 
Steps

• Choose one student to be It. 
• When they tag someone, that person links hands with them and joins their team. 
• They continue adding people to their team, linking hands with each one until all but one student is part of their chain. 
• That remaining student becomes It for the next round.

Lesson
Play two or three rounds and then, explain that when we tell people about Jesus, we want them to believe in Jesus too. If they do, they become a Christian and join our team. Then, they help us tell more people about Jesus.Reflect on the importance of Esther revealing her identity at the right time.

Valley of Dry Bones

Material

• Q-Tips
• Popsicle sticks
• Construction paper or cardboard
• Dry pasta noodles
• Markers or crayons
• Tape or glue
• Scissors

 
Steps

• Choose items for “bones” (popsicles, toothpicks, dry pasta or Q-Tips)
• On a dark construction paper or cardboard, draw the outline of a skeleton.
• Glue or tape the long stick-like pieces to cover the outline as bones.
• Ezekiel 37:7, So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

Dry bones come to life… God gives hope to the hopeless. He brings new life.

Material

• Blindfold

 
Steps

• Divide children into two teams.
• The first team spreads out on one side of your play area and closes their eyes.
• Choose one of the child on that team to be the Watchman.
• Explain that a watchman is a lookout to see if another army is coming to attack. In the game, the Watchman won’t use their eyes though. They’ll use their ears.
• The second team then tries to sneak up and tag members of the first. If the Watchman hears them sneaking up, he or she call out, and the first team chases the second until they tag everyone.
• The teams then switch roles.

Royal Banquet Relay

Material

• Head and eyes : 
  • 1 small round bowl of ranch or yogurt dip (for the head)
  • A few lettuce leaves (hair)
  • 2 black olives or blueberries (eyes)
• Arms and hands
  • 2 celery sticks (upper arms)
  • 2 carrot sticks (forearms)
  • Small cauliflower florets (hands)
• Ribs and spine
  • 1 red bell pepper, sliced into long strips (ribs)
  • 1 cucumber, sliced into rounds (spine)
• Hips and legs
  • 2–3 white mushroom caps, sliced (hips/pelvis)
  • 2 celery or cucumber sticks (upper legs)
  • 2 carrot sticks (lower legs)
• Feet
  • 2 small broccoli florets (feet)
• Optional
  • Extra veggies to fill gaps (more peppers, cucumbers, or cherry tomatoes)

Steps

• Place a small round bowl of dip near the top center of a large wooden board or platter.
• Tuck lettuce leaves around the bowl’s top and sides to make the skeleton’s “hair.”
• Add two small circles of black olive or blueberries on top of the dip for eyes.
• Build the shoulders and arms: place two celery sticks coming out from each side of the bowl, then add carrot sticks angled downward for forearms, and finish the ends with cauliflower florets as hands.
• Create the spine by arranging cucumber slices in a vertical line under the bowl, down the center of the board.
• Form the ribs by laying red bell pepper strips horizontally on each side of the cucumber spine, stacking several pairs downward to look like a ribcage.
• Make the hip area by placing mushroom slices in a small cluster at the bottom of the ribcage.
• Add legs: place two long sticks of celery or cucumber angled down from the mushroom “hips” for upper legs, then carrot sticks below them for lower legs.
• Finish with broccoli florets at the end of each leg to look like feet.
• Adjust pieces so the skeleton shape looks clear, then serve immediately or chill briefly until ready to present.

Material

• Puzzle (if possible a skeleton) piece reassembly

Steps

• Give children a pile of scattered puzzle pieces.
• Have them try to assemble the picture.
• The puzzle represents the scattered, lifeless bones.
• It illustrates how God brings order and life out of chaos and destruction.

Lesson
In Ezekiel’s dream, there were a lot of bones and they were dry like they had been sitting there for a while. In the dream God asked Ezekiel, “Do you think these bones live?” Not knowing how to answer that question, Ezekiel stated, “You know.”

What does this strange dream have to do with us? First, it is important for us to understand that if God says He is going to do something, then we can trust His word. God is incapable of lying and this makes Him trustworthy.