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| "BRINGING LIFE TO SOMETHING THAT SEEMS DEAD" by Lara Hochstetler | ||||||||||||
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YOUTH GROUP LESSON 100
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| SESSION OUTLINE FOCUS Welcome students as they arrive. Instead of having the overhead lights on, use a number of lamps to light the room. If you usually sit on chairs, use floor pillows instead. To begin your time together, do the trust fall exercise. This is a group activity in which one by one your kids will get up on a chair or a table and then fall backwards into the human brace that is made by the rest of the group. You make this brace by making two lines across from each other, 3 persons on each side, and holding the hands of the person across from you. After you are done with the exercise, have your students have a seat and say: Today we’re going to talk about a guy in the Bible—he could have been about your age or a little older—who had a “fall experience.” Anybody know who it might be and what happened? EXPLORE THE BIBLE STORY Say: The context for our story today is when Paul is on his way to Jerusalem for the celebration of Pentecost. Before going, he stops at most of the churches in Asia Minor. This story takes place in Troas and is a farewell for Paul before he goes back. It was important to Paul to be able to have time to teach before he left. This gathering happened in an upper room that was lit with lamps. Have a volunteer read the passage out loud. Say: • How many of you have ever fallen asleep—or almost—during a church service? • Why do you think Eutychus was sitting in the window? Continued... |
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