Elementary Week 1 June 3/4, 2017 Bttm Line Keep Ging Even When it Gets Hard! Staging: Purple Generic CF Kids Backdrp 24x36 Bttm Line Signs Fun Lighting Giant Fam Bard Maze (Optinal) Game Materials Needed Painters tape Bxes (ptinal) 3 Identical Prizes (Candy, etc.) Prep: Using the painter s tape, tape ut a small bstacle curse n the flr (see picture/ Yu can als add bxes t make it mre difficult). Chse 6 cntestants (3 bys and 3 girls) and split them int 2 teams f 3. Hw t play: Each team will have 90 secnds t cmplete the taped ut bstacle curse. But here s the catch, yu have t wait fr yur team member t finish the curse befre yu g thrugh the curse. The team t finish the bstacle curse in the shrtest amunt f time will be the champins and receive a prize!
PROGRAM Maze_Pre-Service Maze_Mve_Vide Maze_Intr_Vide Maze_Lg_Slide As kids get settled in their seats, Hst makes his/her way frm the back f the rm t the stage. They are jgging and ver-exaggerating their mtins t seem like it is difficult. Hst culd lift their knees really high while running OR kick their legs behind them. When the hst finally gets t the stage, they shuld check his pulse, wipe their brw, act exhausted, etc. Hst (Out f breath) Whew! That was a gd wrkut! I never realized hw far it was frm the back f the rm t the stage. I think I need a break! Maybe a drink f water... maybe a nap. (Begin t stretch.) But n time fr that! We re here t have fun and learn a little smething abut ur new series The Amazing Maze! What is this series abut? It s all abut determinatin! What d YOU think determinatin means? (Wait fr respnse) Maze_Determinatin_Slide Determinatin is making up yur mind t finish what yu ve started! In ther wrds, it means t keep ging until yu re dne, even if yu re t tired and want t give up! I fllw sme fun Yutubers wh d all kinds f fun challenges with their friends. But ne guy just desn t seem t ever win. But this time he s determined t succeed! Check it ut! Maze_Dude Perfect_Vide Maze_Lg_Slide Kby was s determined nt t lse that he finally wn a challenge! T help us fcus n determinatin, I thught we d play a little game. But befre we get started with ur game, it s imprtant we stretch. Yu knw, just t get us warmed up. Perfrm easy stretches with kids: te tuches, arm stretches, deep knee bends, jumping jacks, etc. Be silly during this t get the kids int it! Nw, here s tday s game. I m ging t need 6 cntestants (3 bys and 3 girls). Yu ll be split up int 2 teams f 3! Yu ve prbably nticed the tape n the flr. Each team will have a turn with 90 secnds t cmplete the taped ut bstacle
curse. But here s the catch, yu have t wait fr ne team member t g thrugh the curse befre the next may g thrugh the curse. The team that has all team members g thrugh the curse in the shrtest amunt f time will be ur champins and receive a prize! Audience, dn t frget yu play a part in this t! Rt really ludly fr the team yu want t win! Determine players and get them set up. Nw, wh s ready t race thrugh this bstacle curse? On yur mark, get set, g! Hst leads the Game Maze_90 Sec Timer_Vide Maze_Lg_Slide Ww! Thse were sme fast times! (Award winning team a prize) Let s give a rund f applause t ALL f ur cntestants fr participating! When we play fun games like this, and there is a prize, I m sure everyne is determined t win. But whether r nt yu are the winner, the pint is being determined t wrk tgether as a team and nt give up! I have a questin fr yu guys: Are yu ready t wrship? (Pause.) Then stand up! Maze_Wrship Maze_Yu Make Me Brave_Wrship Vide Maze_Eyes n Yu_Wrship Vide Maze_Lg_Slide Man, can yu believe schl is ending already? That means summer is just arund the crner! Yu made it thrugh anther schl year. WAY TO GO! Give yurself a rund f applause! (Pause fr applause.) Yu have a lt t lk frward t at the end f a schl year: class parties, field days, awards days, and mre! All f these fun events are yur reward fr putting in the effrt t learn ver the schl year. I knw this year hasn t always been easy. Sme f yu may have struggled with learning hw t multiply with triple digits r diagram cmplex sentences, but yu made it! Yu didn t give up. Yu didn t quit. There s a wrd we use t shw when we haven t quit, especially during the difficult r hard times f ur lives. What wrd is that again? (Wait fr respnse) Yup, That wrd is determinatin.
Maze_Determinatin_Slide Think abut this schl year fr a mment: what was ne thing yu tried t learn r d this year that yu fund was very difficult? (Pause fr a few respnses.) Thse are sme really difficult things t learn and d! I knw ne lessn I fund difficult when I was yunger. [Make It Persnal] Tell ne quick lessn yu fund difficult t learn. Yu knw what I learned thrugh that difficulty? Quitting is never the best answer when life gets hard. A better ptin is t wrk thrugh the difficult situatin, because it s in thse mments that we learn mre abut urselves, and mre imprtantly, we learn mre abut hw Gd helps us during difficult times in ur lives. If yu take a lk in the bk f Acts, yu can discver that Jesus gd friends the disciples faced a difficult situatin. Let s check it ut! Maze_Lessn Maze_Wk 1_Bible Stry_Vide Maze_Lg_Slide Smetimes when we read the stries recrded abut Jesus disciples and hw they lived, we can begin t think, That wuld be s awesme! Wh wuldn t want t fllw Jesus arund? Yu culd hear His vice, see hw He treats peple, watch His miracles, ask Him questins, etc. That list wuld g n and n! But nt everything Jesus and His clsest friends faced were gd situatins. They were chased ut f twns, threatened, yelled at, and hated at times during Jesus ministry. Instead f ur usual Need t Knw, we are ging t start a new segment called Bttm Line! The Bttm Line summarizes the truth we need t knw frm ur lessn. S ur Bttm line fr tday is Maze_Wk 1_Bttm Line_Slide Say it with me Keep Ging Even When it Gets Hard! Did Peter and Jhn d anything wrng t get them arrested? (Wait fr respnse) N! They had nly helped anther persn, but they were punished fr it. This was a very difficult time f their lives! Peter and Jhn culd have given up. They culd have becme angry fr being in jail. They culd have asked Gd Why? But they didn t. Instead, they used their time in jail and n trial t tell the religius leaders abut Jesus. Yu may think that sunds impssible, that yu ll NEVER be able t keep ging and shw determinatin. But that s just ne f the things that is s great abut the Gd we serve.
Just like Gd gave Peter, Jhn, and the rest f Jesus disciples the strength t keep ging, Gd will give US the strength we need t keep ging! Let s pray and ask Gd t help us! Lead Kids in Prayer Maze_Annuncements Guess what? We are ready fr ur new Family Missin! What is it all abut? Check this ut! Maze_June Family Missin_Vide Maze_June Family Missin_Slide As yu heard in the vide, we are cllecting new r gently used schl unifrms. Check ut the flyer t find ut mre details. Yu can drp ff all unifrms at ur Drp Spt by check in. And dn t frget; nce yu ve cmpleted the Family Missin, let ne f us here in the Way Statin knw s yu can receive a pin! Maze_Offering_Slide Mazes can be cnfusing and even difficult t get ut f. But yu knw what s nt cnfusing? Offering! Offering is a time that yu d just that, yu ffer! Yu ffer, r give t Gd, a prtin f what He s blessed yu with. Nt because He s a greedy Gd, but because that s part f hw we shw we re thankful and grateful fr all that Gd has given us! If anyne has ffering, please place it in (indicate area). We have ne mre annuncement befre we end ur time here tday. Maze_Baptism Class Sign Up_Slide We always talk abut signing up fr Baptism class, but what is it really? Baptism class is fr thse wh have already cmmitted t being a fllwer f Jesus. During the class the teacher will g ver a few things t make sure yu knw what being a fully devted fllwer f Christ lks like. Then yu get dunked, but in a gd way! Baptism is a way t let thers knw yu are part f Gd s team! That s all the time we have tday. Dn t frget, Keep ging even when it gets hard. S n matter what yu face, dn t give up! Gd is right here with yu. His Spirit is with yu every step f yur life, prmising t give yu strength when yu feel weak and pwer when yu feel like giving up. See yu next week! Maze_Dude Perfect_Vide 2 Maze_The Happy Sng_Music Vide