Before the Session

Facilitator: In advance of the session

• Review today’s scripture text and the session activities to help better facilitate the discussion.
• Have the Bible Background Video ready to view.
• Provide a stuffed animal (but a rubber chicken is better). (See Context)
• Listen to the FaithElement podcast for this session.
• Use the social media prompts on this session’s web page to help youth begin engaging the session them ahead of their gathering.

Context

Place a chair on each side of your meeting area and show the group a stuffed animal (this activity was originally designed for a rubber chicken). Form two teams and assign each one to a different side of the room before telling the group that you want them to compete to be the first team to score five points. A point is scored when a team can get the stuffed animal to stay in the chair on the opposite side of the room. There are some limitations to each team’s actions in achieving this, as follows: