Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Ask the girls who wants this? They’ll all raise their hands. Then wrinkle the bill up, and ask them again “Who wants it now?”. When they all say, “I don’t care, I still want it!”. Throw it on the floor and rub it with your shoe. When they still want it, ask them if they’d want it if you put it in the toilet. Well, you get the idea. I’ve…
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Fill a small jar 1/2 full of water and nother 12 full of clorox bleach. Our attitudes and actions do affect the atmosphere of our homes. Relate the following story while squeezing small drops of food color into the water. Mother didn’t have her normal sunny attitude (drop of yellow coloring) She was upset because morning jobs weren’t getting down. Julie was red with anger (drop of red). because her…
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Pour the salt into the water : that is us, pure and clean. Put the pepper into the water. They will mix: that is sin – we all sin. Talk about the atonement that will seperate and clean us from our sin. Add a drop of liquid soap to the bowl when it hits the water the salt and pepper seperate.
Hand out the objects. Explain that each object can be used to handle stains on clothing. Ask the students how s/he would use her/his object to treat a stain: Spot Treater – apply to stain and wash later. Crayons/Markers – create a decoration around the stain, making it look pretty. Patch – cover stain. Wet Wipes – try to wipe away as much as you can. Explain that sin is…
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Ask: What is the difference between the two kinds of pennies? Is it possible to make the tarnished pennies shine like the new pennies? Put the tarnished pennies in the container with vinegar and stir or shake for several minutes. In the meantime, talk about baptism or repentance. Take the pennies & rub with the cloth until they are clean & shiny.
Lock all YW doors but one, place a piece of paper in the floor with the word obstacle printed on it. Place the bridge through the doorway and over the paper- the YW have to cross the bridge to come into the YW room. Don’t say anything about the bridge yet – after opening exercises starts have the laurel conducting give you a moment to speak- give scriptures on unity…
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Invite the students to deface the picture of the disliked person. (throw darts, cut with a knife, punch nails into, scribble on with marker, etc.) After the students are finished remove the top picture to reveal the defaced picture of Christ or a reflective, mirrored surface (when we treat others unkindly, we destroy ourselves). Scriptures to discuss: Matthew 25:40: “…Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it…
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Pour a small amount of salt on the plate. Talk about the salt being like us–pure. Sprinkle a little pepper in the salt. None of us is perfect; we all sin and become like this salt with pepper in it: impure. Is there anyway for us to clean the salt without destroying it? Bring out the plastic spoon and rub it on your clothes. Talk about the miraculous power of…
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Hold in your hand five or six small balls or other small items, and tell the class that these represent a handful of weaknesses (our leader wrote names of some bad habits on paper and wrapped them around spools of thread like procrastination, lying, profanity, sleeping in, eating unhealthy foods). Select a student and ask him/her to try to overcome these weaknesses by catching them. Then throw the balls to…
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Begin this lesson by giving a brief explanation of what repentance is. Be sure to include the four basic steps: (1) regret for the sin, (2) abandonment of the sin, (3) confession, and (4) restitution. Display the strawberry basket, which is filled with the rocks. Each corner of the strawberry basket should have a helium-filled balloon tied securely to it. Application: Liken the stones to sins because they weigh us…
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Read Pockets full of Rocks from the Friend. In short, a boy named Malcolm collected rocks everytime someone or something made him mad. I brought a bunch of rocks and made a boy stand in front of the room and as I read the story, we loaded him down with rocks, adding suspenders, a coat with many pockets and a backpack. We then discussed at the close of the story,…
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First take the bottle with the lid on it, show it to the class and say: See this bottle is really dirty. Put it in the soapy water and wash it and then rinse it, and wipe it dry. Show it to the class and ask: Why isn’t it clean? (Student choice.) Now show the second bottle, the one without a lid and say: See, it is very dirty, but…
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