Monday, October 10, 2005

Proud As A Peacock & Thinking Of Others

For the second week in our Pride/Humility series, we put up two different stations.

The first dealt with ways we are proud. We had a sheet challenging people to think of ways they try to make themselves look better than they really are. They were instructed to write this down & then put it in the shredder.

The second station was based on Philippians 2:3-4 where we are directed to think of others as better than ourselves. We had a sheet with the scripture passage on it & had people write down two people that they should put first & how they could do that. They would then keep the paper with them during the next week as a reminder to look for ways to put others first. You can check our 2up original for these two stations here.

Monday, October 03, 2005

Filled With Pride

This week was the first in a two week series on Pride. We bought a bag cream colored ballons & had them on the countertop along with several rubber stamps, a stamp pad, and a trash can. We included the following instructions for participants.

Stamp a balloon with an image. Now blow up the balloon. This inflated balloon represents being filled with Pride. Notice how the image is distorted and faded. As you let the air out of the balloon, commit to God to release your pride.

Sand in trays

We had a station several weeks ago where we used 5 small black plastic trays about 1/2 inch deep and maybe 6X8 inches. We filled each with some colored sand and had a small (bigger than a toothpick) dowel with each. We included instructions at each directing participants to play with/move the sand & ask God to speak to them. The sermon topic was Mission (Movement, Action, Risk) & they should just work w/ the sand & pray.

What do you KNOW God wants you to do?

For Sept 11th, our sermon topic was 'Truth Demands a response of obedience.' We put out a poster with the question, "What do you KNOW God wants you to do?" along with the passage "James 4:17 - Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it." We had a basket of markers & some scripture references & had folks write down what they know they should do.