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» The Mission of the Church
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Are You Willing to Accept the Mission?
Write out a mission (instructions) on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope. (Ideas: Make a batch of cookies, including clean up. Plan a family fun night with games and food. Plan a sleepover in the living room; build a tent, plan and make food, and think of activities.)
Give the envelope to the kids at breakfast and read it aloud. Ask if they are willing to accept this "mission" and set a time for it to be accomplished.
After the family has enjoyed the "mission," ask:
What did you like about working together to create something good?
Would it have been harder or easier to accomplish this alone?
How did working together make it better?
When Jesus went back to Heaven, He gave His disciples a mission.
Read His mission in Acts 1:8: But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Ask:
How can we share in His mission? (By telling others here and around the world about Jesus)
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The Body of Christ
Write the different parts of the body on slips of paper (leg, arm, head, eye, nose, ear, mouth, toe). Make several of each so each person will have at least five to make a person.
Put all the slips in a bag and let each person choose five slips and draw a person using the parts they have chosen. (For example, if they have drawn two slips that say "head," their person will have two heads.) They must use all their slips of paper.
Let each person show his or her drawing.
Ask:
How would your "person" function with the parts you have chosen?
Would it be difficult to run with only one leg, see with no eyes, or eat without a head?
Students using the D6 curriculum are memorizing Romans 12:5: So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Say it together. Post it (and the pictures) on the fridge and say it every day.
We are all part of God's body (one body), even though we are all different. We need each part to accomplish God's mission.
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Connected
Items Needed:
Paper
Scissors
Markers or colored pencils
Teach your kids to make paper doll chains to illustrate the idea of the church being connected to each other to do its mission.
Instructions:
- Evenly fold a piece of paper accordion style (with the width of each rectangle about 3-4 inches)
- On the top rectangle, draw the figure of a person standing with arms and legs spread with the head at the top of the rectangle and the feet touching the bottom. Make sure the arms reach each side of the rectangle, so the hands will be connected.
- Cut around the figure, making sure you don’t cut along the folds where the parts of the body touch.
- Pull the paper dolls apart and you should have a connected chain.
- Decorate each one with markers or colored pencils.
Ask:
How are we connected to other Christians? (We are all part of God's body and can do more when we work together than we can apart.)
How can we accomplish more of what God wants us to do if we join together with other Christians? (We can help one another, we can work together, we can put our money together to support the church, etc.)
