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Storehouse of Ideas
Tips and activities to enhance your club meetings
Rock-Solid Heroes
We had our Trailblazer Club decorate "pet rocks”
in costumes of Bible heroes, such as Moses. You might wonder how
they decorated a rock to have a robe, head covering, and so on--but
they did! They used:
• liquid nail
• wiggle eyes
• small pompons
• yarn (for hair)
• colored tissue paper (for head coverings/robes)
It was so great to see the children get really involved in identifying
Christ, the solid rock! They know that the Lord Jesus Christ is
the rock of our salvation.
–Kelly Collins, Hillcrest Baptist Church, Kemp, Texas
Matched Friends
When one of our club members brings a friend for three weeks, they
get to design a T-shirt together. Then we have one printed for each
of them to wear in club.
—Ralph Nagle, First Baptist Church, Allentown, Pennsylvania
Unusual Twists
Add something unusual to regular club meetings simply by announcing
a theme ahead of time. No need to plan any extra activities.
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- Popsicle Day. Have club
members come dressed in the color of their favorite Popsicle flavor.
Serve Popsicles for Snack.
- Stuffed Animals. Bring your favorite stuffed
animal.
- Inside Out Meeting. Everyone wears clothes inside
out.
- Backward Meeting. Wear clothes backward, say
“Goodbye” at the beginning and “Hello” at
the end, begin with Closing, end with Opening, and so on.
- Funny Hats. Let kids borrow or make these.
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- Crazy Hair. Use wigs, wild hairstyles,
temporary hair color.
- Pajama Meeting. Wear pajamas, and bring stuffed
animals and pillows.
- Valentines Day. See how many hearts everyone
can wear.
- Color Day. Choose a color and see how much
of it each person can wear.
Forming Teams...Without Tears
To avoid hurt feelings when dividing into groups or teams, use a
fun, random method.
- As each club member arrives, use a colorful marker to write
a big number on his or her hand to correspond to the team he or
she will be on later. Remember to keep alternating numbers!
- First have players get in groups by shirt color, birth month,
last digit of phone number, number of siblings, or whatever. Then
combine groups to form even teams.
- Number off, but get creative. Instead of “1, 2, 3,
1, 2, 3,” try “pizza, taco, burger, pizza,
taco, burger.”
The Lord’s Prayer
Help club members learn the Lord’s Prayer.
- Sing it to music
- Learn sign language signs
- Make up a hand or body motion for each phrase. Ideas:
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- Our Father—point up
- Heaven—look
up and sweep arm above head
- Hallowed/holy—clasp
hands as if in prayer
- Kingdom—make crown over head
with hands
- Will be done—point away from self as
if directing someone
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Earth...heaven—stamp foot; then look up and sweep
arm above head
Give us—point to self
Bread—put
hand to mouth and “chew”
Forgive—bow
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As we forgive—shake hands with someone
Temptation—hold
palms straight ahead as if to say no
Deliver us—put
hands on heart; then raise arms up and out as in triumph
Kingdom...power...glory—make
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All-Club Awards
We bring all our club age-groups together after each unit of meetings
for an “award assembly.” All the children receive their
awards in front of the whole group. They gain a sense of unity with
the larger group and receive greater recognition. This has worked
well for our club.
—Jeannie Pearson, Church of the Living Water, Deer Park,
Texas
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