Category: Games and Activities
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Same Game – Different Name
I thought I’d finish off 2014 by posting a simple game to use as a review in Bible Class. Well, at least I assumed it would be simple! A woman named Debbie (Arizona, USA) emailed me awhile back with the suggestion of adapting an “X and O” game into a review activity for Bible Class.…
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Searching the Scriptures for the Answer
Is it possible to teach a Bible class without opening a Bible? The surprising answer is that many people do just that. When we use curriculum (or even this website) we might find so much information already prepared for us that we forget that we are teaching from God’s Word. We may use great…
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Hunting for Treasure
Children love the idea of finding hidden treasures. Honestly, don’t we ALL enjoy the thought of finding hidden treasures? Jesus must have known this when he used treasure and a valuable pearl to describe the Kingdom of Heaven. “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it,…
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
During a planning meeting for a holiday program I challenged the group to define the word “respect”. At first it seemed like it would be a simple thing to do. We seemed to have no problem coming up with scenarios where respect was shown but we found it hard to actually put a meaning into…
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Captives in Babylon
I just finished participating in a 3 day holiday programme where we had 3 different lessons from the book of Daniel. In the first day we studied Daniel chapter 1 and talked about how Daniel and his friends were taken into captivity by the Babylonians. Then we covered the story of Daniel and the King’s…