What s up, friends? How is everyone doing? (Pause for response.) That s awesome! My name is [Host s name], and I m happy to welcome you to the Way Station, the coolest place on planet earth. And do you know what makes the Way Station the coolest place on the earth? (Point to kids.) You, you, you, and definitely you. In fact, ALL of you make this the coolest place on the earth! You came at just the right time because we re in our series, Use it or Lose It. The earth is the Lord s, and everything in it. So, whatever we have really belongs to God. Because we know everything belongs to God, WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF GOD S STUFF. And one of the best ways to take care of God s stuff is by using it the way God would want it to be used. In fact, there is a word for this, and it s called Stewardship. Let s go over it together! ELEM UseIt WK 2 (1) Stewardship is taking care of what you have because it all belongs to God! Our memory verse for this series talks about that too! Check it out! Say it with me: Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much... Luke 16:10a Did you get that? The Bible uses the word trusted! God trusts us with the things He s given us! What are some things that God has given us? (Wait for response) Yup. And some things we may not have even realized that He s given us are time, love, friendship, and best of all, forgiveness! ELEM UseIt WK 2 (2) Everybody look to the left. (Point to their left.) Now everybody look to the right. (Point to their right.) Everything you saw, and everything you see now all belongs to God. Oh yeah, that s our game-time music! I love a good game, and today s is extra fun! I need two small group leaders to come onstage! (Choose two) And I m going to need 2 kids from each of their small groups (So you ll have 2 teams of 3 people). Here s how we re going to play today. Each small group leader will have a bucket of fun props and costumes a few feet away from them. ELEM UseIt WK 2 (3) (To kids) You have 90 seconds to use your things wisely. And by use your things wisely I mean you have to dress up your small group leader using the costumes and props in the bucket. Think through who you are dressing them to be and what they do. You can use a real job or make one up. Just be able to explain it to the audience. You have to run back and forth from the bucket to your leader as you dress them. Use your time and items wisely! Let s play! Okay, okay. Let s meet our new and improved small group leaders. Who do we have? Allow the kids to introduce their leaders with their new identities. ELEM UseIt WK 2 (4)
Okay, audience, show me by the sound of your applause who used their things best. Let s hear it for group one. (Pause for applause.) Now, let s hear it for group two. (Pause for applause.) Group one. (Pause for applause.) Group two. (Pause for applause.) Both groups used their things well, but [SGL s name] s group is the winner! (Award prize to winning group) You guys can have a seat. UseIt_Worship I sure had fun watching those groups use their things wisely. Let s use our voices wisely and stand up to sing praises to our great God! Now we learned this song last week, but let s go over it with the motions one more time! ELEM UseIt WK 2 (5) UseIt_Journey of a lifetime_instruction Video UseIt_Everything I Need_Worship Video I love how our last song reminds us that God gives us everything we need. That s why we should take care of the gifts God has given us. And one of those gifts is money. Now you may not have a job or an allowance, but God loves a cheerful giver. So whenever you do get a few bucks, you can give back to God through your offering. And offering is part of worship. If anyone has offering, please place it in (Indicate area). UseIt_Lesson All right everyone, let s check in with Justin and the Use it or Lose it game. UseIt_Wk 2_Intro_Video LEM UseIt WK 2 (6) UseIt_Wk 2_Outro_Video The reason Jesus told this story was because He wanted everyone to know including you that anything you re given is from the boss. You know who the boss is? That s right: God. And God wants us to use the things He s given us wisely! All of this brings us to our Bottom Line for today! UseIt_Wk 1_Bottom Line_Slide ELEM UseIt WK 2 (7) LEM UseIt WK 2 (8)
UseIt_Announcements UseIt WK 2 (9) Another way you can use the things God has blessed you with wisely is by sharing with others! Only a couple of weeks remain for our Family Mission Canned Collection! And just to see how much we ve collected, I want anyone who has a can to come up and place it on the stage! (Wait for response) Nice! What do you guys think? Can we collect even more cans by the end of the month? (Wait for response) ELEM UseIt WK 2 (10) I think so! So bring in those cans of CRANBERRIES AND CORN to be distributed to families in need in our community! The food will be added to meal boxes that will be given out during our Thanksgiving food distribution on November 18. You may have noticed our super cool candy collection bin! But what is it for? Check this out! UseIt_Candy/Fall Frenzy_Video UseIt_Fall Frenzy_Slide That s right! We are starting our Candy Collection for FALL FRENZY!!! Guys, it s going to be so much fun! But it will be no fun if we don t start collecting this candy! We are challenged to bring in candy for the next 2 WEEKS! Let s collect loads of candy so we can get loads of candy during Fall Frenzy! ELEM UseIt WK 2 (11) You can drop candy off in the decorated candy collection bins. And you ll even receive an EXCLUSIVE candy collection pin! That means you can earn up to 3 pins this month! Now listen, the candy is not just for you. We want you to invite a friend to get in on the fun, too! (Showing invite cards) So we had these special invites made so you can invite a friend to Fall Frenzy. Yes they ll get candy, but they ll also hear the GREATEST news ever! They ll hear that they are not alone and that Jesus loves them very much. So give out those invites! That s all the time we have today. Thanks for using your time wisely and coming to church today. See ya next week! UseIt_Love So Great_Video ELEM UseIt WK 2 (12)