MEMBERS OF THE BODY (crossword puzzle)
GAME 1
*MATERIALS (for the whole class):
– 1 crossword puzzle
– Crossword questions
[The questions also include the number of letters, but since this is a translation, they won’t match and so aren’t included. This is for reference only]
Across:
1. What is the first thing we do when we wake up?
2. How many teeth do adults have?
3. What is the largest organ you have?
4. What happens if you eat too many sweets?
5. What is black, yellow, brown, or red when you’re young, but white when you’re old?
6. What is something your left hand can hold that your right hand can’t?
7. What smiles sweetly and gives out greetings and other kind things?
8. What connects bones together?
9. What is something that, when it moves, its back goes first with its stomach following behind?
10. What part of your body doesn’t have any bones?
11. This is part of your stomach, in between your chest and throat.
12. What’s always in front of you, but you can’t always see it?
13. How many lungs do people have?
14. This is something so cool! It helps your mom sweep and clean, it can do homework, and it can draw!
15. This is part of your foot.
Vertical key word: A HEALTHY BODY
*HOW TO PLAY:
– Split the class into an appropriate number of teams.
– Have each team choose whichever number crossword they want.
– Any team can start, and they take turns until the crossword is finished.
– Each question answered correctly is worth 20 points to the guessing team.
– If a team can’t figure it out after a certain amount of time, it goes to the next team. If that team can guess the answer, they only receive 10 points.
– Once half of the questions are filled in, any team can guess the key word and get 50 points. If they guess incorrectly, they lose 30 points.
– The game continues even after the word in the middle has been guessed.
MEMBERS OF MY BODY (using dice to move across spaces on a tarp)
GAME 2
*MATERIALS (for each team or for the class)
– A MEMBERS OF MY BODY tarp
– A box of large dice
*HOW TO PLAY:
Welcome to this tournament where we will be getting a better understanding of how the different members of the Body work. Try your best to roll the dice and start off with a 1 or 6. There are three interesting things that you will discover on your journey to the end:
1) If you land on a space that has a part of the body, you have to answer one question about that part of the body.
2) If you land on a space that has you move extra, go back, or stop, you have to move in whatever way that space tells you to.
3) Others will serve you, or you will have to help other people, throughout this game.
– You can divide the class into different groups of teams, or have the whole class play in teams together. If the whole class is playing together, have each team choose one person to play for them.
– Find a fun way to choose which team goes first. That team rolls the dice and then goes the number of spaces they rolled. The player chosen by each team is the “pawn” who moves around on the game board.
– The winner is whichever team reaches the end first.
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Ever since we believed in Jesus, we have belonged to a greater family, that is the Body of Christ. This is also the community of those who will be with us in heaven. God wants us to serve others. He wants to teach us to love, support, need, and have each other throughout the different journeys we take in our lives. There are times you’ll be happy, but there will also be times where outside circumstances will make you sad. And in those moments, the incredible thing is that you aren’t alone. The journey back to God’s house is one where you will become better alongside your brothers and sisters.
1. You can get going now! Remember to be happy and don’t get grumpy!
5. Try your best and count from 1 to 30 with one breath.
10. Give two other people a shoulder massage!
14. Find a song to sing and dance to!
17. Your feet must be so tired. Stay and rest a while. Leave the journey ahead for the next person.
21. Achoo! A runny nose… gotta go back and deal with it!
24. Fix up your hair a little!
26. Smile without showing any of your teeth.
28. REST STOP
Get a shoulder massage from two people next to you
30. My stomach hurts! I guess I have to go back home…
32. Your head is so smart! Take an extra 5 steps.
37. See how long you can hold your breath for!
39. Everything sounds so stressful! Let’s go back to the rest stop for a little.
41. I’m so sleepy…. I’ll nap for a turn.
EVERYONE WORKING – A SUCCESSFUL TEAM! (charades)
GAME 3
*MATERIALS (For each team):
– Stickers
– The names of different ministries and work found in churches.
*HOW TO PLAY
– Divide the class into an appropriate number of teams.
– When you give the signal, each team will organize themselves into the appropriate responsibilities and positions that match that team. For example: A worship team will have people acting out different actions, like leading worship, playing the piano, playing the drums, working at the sound booth, putting up the slides, etc.
– Suggestions for teams:
+ Cooking: someone going to the market, preparing vegetables, cooking, cleaning up, washing dishes, etc.
+ Medical: security guard, accepting patients, collecting payment, doctors, nurses, etc.
+ Decorating: someone designing, hanging things, cutting things, drawing, etc.
+ Greeters: someone shaking hands and greeting others, taking down information from guests, cleaning up the sanctuary, helping the elderly up and down the stairs, etc.
*PURPOSE/CONCLUSION:
God gave everyone in His Church different spiritual gifts so that all can contribute to building up the Body of Christ and strengthening His Church. What spiritual gift do you think you have? And what team in your church do you want to contribute to?
Help your children write down their names onto stickers, and then stick them to the church activities they want to contribute to.
Many members make up one Body
Each one, weak or strong, builds together
Many members in one Body
Though weak, though strong, all need each other.
