Elementary Week 5-Christmas in July July 29/30, 2017 Bttm Line Gd made yu t d gd! Staging: Gadgets and Gizms Backdrp Large Inflatable Paintbrushes Tl bxes Stry Pster Giant Gadgets and Gizms Standee (Optinal) Ladder (Optinal) Fun decrating ptins: White ballns with snwflakes at the bttm Elementary Game: Trim the Tree Materials needed: Green streamers (6 rlls) Gift bws Fun Christmas prps Candy Prize fr winners Hw t Play: Pick 6 teams f 2 (12 kids ttal) One kid n each team will be the tree and the ther will be the decratr As sn as the timer starts, the tree stands still as the decratr uses the green streamer t cver the tree frm head t te and decrate with bws and prps. They decrate until the 3 minute timer runs ut. Then the audience will chse which team decrated the best tree and they will receive a prize.
PROGRAM Gizms_Pre-Service Gizms_Interactive Christmas Cuntdwn_Vide Gizms_Intr_Vide Gizms_Lg_Slide Hst Enters Hst Hey gang, welcme t the Way Statin! My name is [Hst s name] and yu came at just the right time. The weather utside might be frightfully ht, but here in CF Kids, we re as cl as can be and celebrating Christmas in July! That s right! I said Christmas! Why are we ding this? Uh, wh really needs a reasn t celebrate Christmas all year rund? Christmas is a time f giving and when we remember the GREATEST gift that Gd has ever given us. Des anyne knw what that gift was? (Wait fr respnse) That s right, Christmas is a time when we remember that Gd gave us the gift f a Savir, Jesus! S Christmas desn t just have t happen in December, because we can celebrate ur Savir everyday! And that s why we are celebrating tday. Let s start ff by talking t Gd thrugh prayer! Lead Kids in Prayer Because Christmas is typically celebrated in December, yu can say that celebrating Christmas in July is pretty unique. Which is what we ve been talking abut all series lng: Uniqueness! Nw everyne has smething pretty unique abut them. Des anyne have a unique talent that they d like t share? (Wait fr respnse) That is very unique. I have a very unique friend wh likes t well just fllw alng with the Christmas game n the screen and yu ll find ut! Gizms_Christmas Cncentratin_Game Vide Gizms_Lg_Slide Lks like yu met my unique friend Daryl the distracting llama. Speaking f unique, we ve been fllwing Pastr Steve s Mad Art Skillz Yutube page. Let s just say that sme f his prjects have been... interesting. What will he d tday? Let s check it ut! Gizms_Mad Art Skillz_Finger Painting_Vide Gizms_Lg_Slide Gd equipped yu fr smething special and wants yu t use yur gifts and talents t d gd. Which leads us t ur TRUE stry frm the Bible. Check it ut!
Gizms_Lessn Gizms_Wk 5_Bible Stry_Vide Gizms_Lg_Slide Althugh everyne in the wrld is made unique, the Bible teaches thse wh believe Jesus is the Sn f Gd are prvided with gifts that cme frm His Hly Spirit. These are like gifts wrapped up fr Christmas; they are gift given by the Hly Spirit t Christians. The Hly Spirit prvides a number f gifts t Gd s peple such as serving, teaching, encuraging, giving, and a whle hst f thers. I find this s encuraging because it means I have been given a gift frm Gd t be used fr the gd f thers. What are sme gifts that Gd had given yu that yu can use t help thers? (Wait fr respnse) Great answers. That s what we want yu t remember tday! Gizms_Wk 5_Bttm Line_Slide Say it with me Gd Made Yu t d Gd! If yu have accepted Jesus frgiveness fr yur sins and have decided t fllw Jesus with yur whle life, take sme time t discver yur spiritual gifts. Maybe yu have n prblem generusly giving t thse arund yu. That s the gift f genersity. Sme f yu may have the ability t teach yur peers frm the Bible in a way they can understand. That s the gift f teaching. Whether yu knw r dn t knw yur gift, Gd prmises t give ne t everyne wh fllws Jesus, and He expects us t use it fr the gd f thers. In fact, 1 Crinthians 12:7 says (pen Bible and read 1 Crinthians 12:7): The Hly Spirit is given t each f us in a special way. That is fr the gd f all. Let s pray. Lead kids in Prayer Prayer: Dear Gd, thanks fr making us all unique. Nbdy n earth is the exact same. Please help us t use the spiritual gifts Yu have given us fr the gd f thers. Please help ur actins t pint thers t Yu. We lve Yu and we pray all these things in Jesus name, amen. All right, nw n t sme mre Christmas in July fun! Gizms_Game Gizms_Christmas in July_Slide I dn t knw abut yu, but my family and I just LOVE decrating the Christmas tree tgether. And I figured, hey, why wait until Christmas t decrate a tree? Which leads us t ur game! Fr this game I m ging t need 12 vlunteers! (Once yu have the vlunteers, split them up int teams f tw)
One team member will be the tree and the ther is the decratr. Give each team a rll f green streamer, bws, and any ther Christmas decratins yu have. As sn as the timer starts, the tree stands still as the decratr uses the rll f green streamer t cver the tree frm head t te and decrate with bws and prps. Each team has 3 minutes t decrate! (T audience) Then, I ll need yur help! Yu guys will chse which team decrated the best tree with a rund f applause! That team will receive a prize. Let s play Trim the Tree! Hst leads game Gizms_3 Minute Timer_Vide Gizms_Christmas in July_Slide Great jb decratrs! Nw it s time t chse which tree is decrated the best! Hst encurages audience t clap fr their favrite tree design as yu pint t each ne by ne. Award prize t winning team! That was s much fun! If yu haven t already, I m ging t need yu t stay standing. Yu are uniquely created by a Gd wh lves yu mre than yu ll ever knw! Let s hnr Him as we sing and we wrship tday! Gizms_Wrship Gizms_In Yu I m Fund_Wrship Vide Gizms_Lg_Slide Gizms_Annuncements Gizms_Offering_Animated Slide w/music We hnr Gd thrugh ur wrship! We can d that when we sing His praises, but we can als wrship Him thrugh ur ffering! We give t shw we re thankful fr all Gd has blessed us with. If anyne has ffering, please place it in (indicate area). Gizms_July Family Missin_Slide This is ur very last weekend cllecting schl supplies! Remember, if yu brught anything in, let ne f the leaders in the Way Statin knw and yu ll receive a pin! Gizms_Drumline_Intr Vide Every persn in the wrld is imprtant fr tw reasns: Gd made them in His image and Jesus died fr them. Jin us next week fr ur new series... Drumline. This series we'll be learning that RESPECT is a respnse t the character f Gd. Gizms_Baptism Class_Slide Baptism class is cming up! If yu have made the decisin t fllw
Jesus and yu want thers t knw yu re part f His team, sign up tday! Befre we head ut, let s play a final rund f water balln pp! Fllw alng n the screen and pick a balln. Chse the right balln t stay in the game and hpe it desn t pp! Gizms_Water Balln_V4_Vide Gizms_Lg_Slide w/music That s all the time we have tday, but this week, keep yur eyes pen fr yur unique gifts and talents that Gd has given yu. And when yu realize it, dn t keep it t yurself. Let it shine s thers can see Gd thrugh yur actins. See ya next week! Gizms_Everything I Need_Wrship Vide Gizms_Open the Cluds_Music Vide