Jeremiah 33:22a: "As the hosts of heaven cannot be numbered..." Job 28:25a: "To make the weight for the winds..." Ecclesiastes 1:6b: "... and the wind returns again according to his circuits." Leviticus 15:13b: "... and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water..." Creation Match Game- Answer Key Scientists Used to Believe But Now Science Shows The Bible Always Said Only between one thousand and twelve hundred stars are in the whole universe. Trillions upon trillions of stars; they cannot be counted by man! E. Jer 33:22 The Earth is flat. The Earth is round. A. Isa 40: 22a Light does not move; it is just there. Light moves - and has properties; "light waves" or photons. B. Job 38:19 Bad blood should be bled out to make a person well. Blood is vital to life, a transfusion is needed to add blood. D. Lev 17:11 Air has no weight, it is just there. Oxygen, nitrogen, carbon have respective atomic weights that can be F. Job 28:25 Winds blow straight across the Earth. Air currents move in large circular patterns. G. Eccl 1:6 times
Materials: 4 large tablespoons or slotted spoons Aluminum foil Small prizes like stickers or candies Before Class Prep: Create 2 baseball-sized balls out of aluminum foil Clear a large open play space or play outside How to Play: Have the children form two relay teams at one end of the room. If there is an odd number, the first child on the team with less people can go twice. Give the first two children on each team a large tablespoon or slotted spoon (that’s four big spoons in all). Put a piece of aluminum foil, crumbled into a tight sphere like a baseball, into one of the spoons on each team (that’s two aluminum baseballs). The goal is to get to the other side of the room, but it’s not as easy as just walking or running. Show the players how to toss the “ball” back and forth to each other, catching it on the spoon. To earn a step, one child must toss the ball to the other with their spoon, and the other must catch it in their spoon without dropping it. Once they do this, both team members may take a single step. If the ball is dropped, they just have to try again until they earn another step. Once a team reaches the far wall, they can run back with the spoons and ball and deliver them to the next set of players. Whichever team finishes first wins. Great job everyone! Who should get the prize? (They should answer that the winning team should.) However remind them: God is not as interested in how fast or how slow we are. He is interested in those who show persistence. Therefore, everyone gets a prize! Pass out stickers or candies as prizes to the whole class.
The child running can go around one side of the bullies or the other, or she can try to run between them. She can run like mad or she can tiptoe. Choose an assistant to collect the balls each time and return them to the blindfolded children. Any child who gets hit by a ball has to walk over to the left side of the room. Any child who doesn’t get hit gets to walk over to the right. Let’s look at the circumstances. Why are the two kids in the center blindfolded? What does that symbolize? Bullies are “blind.” Bullies do not have the light of God, at least while they’re bullying. They can stop us temporarily. How did you feel was the best way to get past a bully- to run like mad and not care how much noise you made or to tread quietly? Let them talk about what was right for them. The right answer depends a lot on each child’s temperament. Those who got caught represent the way our fears can sometimes really stop us. What do we have to do next if that happens? Call upon God to help us! Take the bags of balls away from the bullies. Take all the children who got tagged with a ball and lead them across the passage where they could have been tagged. And what do we do with bullies? Do we forgive them? Yes! (Bring the bullies along to the winner’s wall too) Everyone wins who finds God! Discussion Questions: Have you ever seen someone getting bullied? Did anyone step in to help? What can you do if you see someone getting bullied? Why do you think some people become bullies? Related Bible Verse: Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6-7)