Our Services last at least two hours. You should be able to stretch or shrink this to whatever length you need. We also use a couple of life sized puppets during worship and offering time.
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Crazy Love Week Two
Order of Service
I. Registration
As parents drop off the kids, each child is given a name tag and a ticket to use during offering.
II. Welcome & Rules
III. Praise & Worship (2 Songs)
IV. Offering/Tickets
We love using this video for offering. It's just goofy enough to play while the kids are bringing their dollars. After offering we draw tickets for prizes (Candy, small toys, glow sticks).
V. The Alphabet Game
This is a game I learned through Power Up (a bullying prevention program from the Girl Scouts of Colorado). Each child thinks of an adjective that describes him/her, and a motion/action to go with it. The first kid says his name and does the action (Tall Trent, Sporty Sarah). Then the whole group copies. The game continues with each child telling their adjective, name and action. After each child is added, start back at the beginning and repeat everyone's. This activity was SO needed for me, because I couldn't remember anyone's name.
VI. Video
Hoops & Yoyo. I Love You. (The kids loved this one.) Go over last week's memory verse (1 Cor. 13:4)
VII. Lesson Part 1
Supplies needed: Two mirrors. Before service cover one with soap or dirt. Make sure the other one is sparkling clean.
Tell the kids they got a little messy during worship, and you want them to come make sure they are still looking pretty/handsome. Have each kid look into the mirror. (Some will look confused. Others will check out their blurry reflection and smile.) Then pull out the clean mirror, and let them all take a second look. Compare the world's love to the blurry mirror. Compare God's love to the clean mirror. We have to look at people through God's love filter in order to really see them.
VIII. Memory Verse
It does not dishonor others. It is not self-seeking. It is not easily angered. It keeps no records of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NIV)
IX. Lesson Part 2
Go over each sentence of verse. Give definitions of words. Use examples of each that can relate to the kids.
Dishonor Others: Making fun of people
Self-seeking: Being selfish. GAME: We added a little game of tug-of-war between the girls and guys, and then made them think. What would happen if we thought of the other team? It doesn't make much sense, but that's what Jesus wanted us to do.
Easily Angered: Clip Time...
Record of Wrongs: We need to forgive. (We had a great little moment with this one. One of our life-sized puppets "cheated" during offering and gave the girls more points than the boys. A cutie-patootie 6-year-old kept bringing it up all during service, we were able to discuss forgiveness as a group.)
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