OBJECTIVE: Kids will be encouraged to bring their friends to church to hear the good news of Jesus.

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1 Large Group Game OBJECTIVE: Kids will be encouraged bring ir friends church hear good news of Jesus. Name of Game: CORNHOLE Luke 5:1-11. Jesus Calls First Disciples. What say: It doesn t matter what position you have in God s family. What matters say: is you love and serve ors as Jesus did. The fall is an exciting time of year for many reasons. Fall is time of year when baseball gets exciting as we head in World Series. Fall is also when football, basketball, and hockey seasons begin. It s time of year when we go back school and start Directions: a new year. It s time of year when temperatures drop, when leaves change Directions colors, and we start anticipate three very exciting holidays: Halloween, 1. Choose two players for this game. Fall is traditionally time when we celebrate harvest, end of growing season. 2. Have m play a good old-fashioned game of cornhole! As we move in fall season, we re going enjoy a fall festival of our own. We re going take a stroll down midway, and we re going sp play a few games along way. If you haven t guessed, day s game is one of easiest play: The fishing game is one of easiest games play. In fact re s not really any skill needed. You pay your ticket or your dollar, you cast your line over curtain, and you Real fishing isn t nearly as easy as fishing game, and neir is kind of fishing Jesus talks about in day s scripture. Real fishing takes time and patience. But real fishing is rewarding when it pays off, and kind of fishing Jesus wants us do is

2 Intro Bible Sry: At fall festival time we play a lot of games with years and years of tradition. Games like Tin Can Alley OBJECTIVE: and shing game go back when your parents were kids, and even your grandparents. Kids will be encouraged But not every bring game ir is an friends old classic. church In recent hear years good a new news game of has Jesus. taken country by srm. It s a fun outdoor game with minimal set up. You can play it in backyard, at a Luke tailgate 5:1-11. party, Jesus or even Calls at First fall festival. Disciples. The game is called corn hole. Corn hole is simple game learn and play. Players take turns ssing colored bean- bags at a tilted The fall board is an with exciting a hole time in it. of Players year for score many points reasons. based Fall on is how time close of y year can when get baseball gets board. exciting Get your as we bean head bag in closest, World Series. or get it Fall through is also when hole, football, and you basket- can easily come that hole in out ball, on and p. hockey seasons begin. It s time of year when we go back school and start a new year. It s time of year when temperatures drop, when leaves Corn change hole colors, has some and we strategy start anticipate it. Just like three winter very exciting sport of holidays: curling, Halloween, second per- son, not Thanksgiving, first, is one and with Christmas! advantage because he gets last shot. That last shot can not only put him in a position win, but knock his opponent out of position. Kind of puts a new spin on Fall is traditionally time when we celebrate harvest, end of growing season. scripture In many where places Jesus harvest says, is The a time last of shall celebration, be first, marked doesn t by it? harvest festivals and Jesus said those words teach his disciples, and us, that we should not seek be first in his kingdom. As we move Jesus in doesn t fall want season, us fighting we re going over who en oy gets a fall be festival leader of our or own. who We re gets sit at best going seat take at a table. stroll down Jesus wanted midway, his disciples and we re going be servants, sp people play a who few put games ors, instead of along mselves, way. first. If you It seems haven t like guessed, he was day s constantly game teaching is one of m easiest and even play: one of ir mor s, in this instance - this important lesson. The fishing game is one of easiest games play. In fact re s not really any skill needed. You pay your ticket or your dollar, you cast your line over curtain, and you READ- Matw 20:20-28 eal fishing isn t nearly as easy as fishing game, and neir is kind of fishing Jesus talks about in day s scripture. eal fishing takes time and patience. But real fishing is rewarding when it pays off, and kind of fishing Jesus wants us do is

3 Main Point You have feel sorry for mor in this sry. No doubt it was her boys who put her up this. OBJECTIVE: They pulled her aside one day and said, Ma, we want you do us a favor. Go and ask Jesus if Kids he will make be encouraged us his number bring one ir and friends number two church guys, ahead hear of all good news or of disciples. Jesus. She could have ld m no, but Mama Zebedee clearly loved her boys and thought she would help m out. Luke 5:1-11. Jesus Calls First Disciples. Jesus response is surprising her and two disciples because y do not under- stand it. To m, being by Jesus side means y will be important leaders in his king- dom. But Jesus The fall is an exciting time of year for many reasons. Fall is time of year when baseball gets that exciting following as we his head footsteps in means World suffering. Series. All Fall eleven is also disciples when football, who lived basket- see knows resurrection ball, and hockey would seasons suffer greatly begin. for It s him. time Ten of year eleven when would we go be back killed school for ir and faith, and eleventh start a new - Zebedee s year. It s son time John of - would year suffer when great temperatures pain by being drop, boiled when in oil before leaves being exiled change colors, an island. and we start anticipate three very exciting holidays: Halloween, When or disciples get angry at John and his bror James, Jesus tells m all once more what Fall is it traditionally means follow time him. when We are we not celebrate called exalt harvest, ourselves, end but of humble growing ourselves. season. We are called love ors and serve ors. Like Jesus, we need make ourselves servant of all so that ors can see love of Jesus in us. As we move in fall season, we re going en oy a fall festival of our own. We re Relate going take a Back stroll down Kids midway, and we re going sp play a few games along way. If you haven t guessed, day s game is one of easiest play: Jesus fishing ld game. his disciples that no servant is greater than his master. If our master Jesus left his throne in Heaven become a servant, how much more should we strive be servants of all? The fishing game is one of easiest games play. In fact re s not really any skill It s needed. true that You we pay need your leaders ticket or in your God s dollar, family, you and cast God your chooses line over certain curtain, people and be you in those leadership reel in a prize. roles Everyone as he sees gets t. There s a prize, nothing and everyone wrong with is a aspiring winner. be one of those leaders, especially if God has placed it on your heart. But if you don t get lead, that doesn t mean you can t eal serve fishing Jesus. isn t nearly God needs as easy workers. as He fishing needs game, people and neir be his hands is kind and of feet. fishing He needs people Jesus talks lead about by following, in day s scripture. serve eal poor, fishing sick, takes time homeless, and patience. needy. But real He needs fishing is rewarding when it pays off, and kind of fishing Jesus wants us do is people scrub ilets, sweep floors, clean up pews after church. He needs people willing do dirty work so that Jesus can be glorified here at church and in our community.

4 BOTTOM One day we LINE: will see Jesus in his Heaven, and Jesus will offer each of us a seat at his table. God Until wants that day, us we invite need our friends work as he church. worked, serving ors with love of Christ. Don t seek be first just be first. Be first by being worker, servant, least of all OBJECTIVE: Kids God s will people. be encouraged Love ors bring and serve ir friends ors just church as Jesus hear did when good he news left his of throne Jesus. in Heaven. Luke 5:1-11. Jesus Calls First Disciples. The fall is an exciting time of year for many reasons. Fall is time of year when baseball gets exciting as we head in World Series. Fall is also when football, basketball, and hockey seasons begin. It s time of year when we go back school and start a new year. It s time of year when temperatures drop, when leaves change colors, and we start anticipate three very exciting holidays: Halloween, Fall is traditionally time when we celebrate harvest, end of growing season. As we move in fall season, we re going en oy a fall festival of our own. We re going take a stroll down midway, and we re going sp play a few games along way. If you haven t guessed, day s game is one of easiest play: The fishing game is one of easiest games play. In fact re s not really any skill needed. You pay your ticket or your dollar, you cast your line over curtain, and you eal fishing isn t nearly as easy as fishing game, and neir is kind of fishing Jesus talks about in day s scripture. eal fishing takes time and patience. But real fishing is rewarding when it pays off, and kind of fishing Jesus wants us do is

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