Establish teams

• Introduce yourself

• Pick a team name

• Pick a ninja name

• Decorate your shirt/bandana

God Helps Us Endure

Items needed: Cookies, icing, M&Ms, spoons.

Directions:

• Give each child a plain gingerbread man cookie and a spoon

• Open the icing for them to share and have them spread the icing all over the gingerbread man using their spoon.

• Next let them create eyes, a smile, and a coat of many colors (like what you see in the picture) using the M&Ms.

• ***WHILE THEY WORK*** have them talk about how they may have to experience hard things in life and how if we keep a close relationship with God he can help us through them and create something good from it!

**Journal- What are some difficult things we may have to endure in our lives? (Loosing a loved one? Making a bad grade? Not making a sports team?)

Obstacle Course Team Challenge!

Items needed: hurdles, cones, etc...

Directions:

• Obstacle Course Relay!

• If we need to fill extra time... Go on up to start the activity.

God Gives Strength

Items needed: Construction paper, tape, scissors.

Philippians 4:13

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.

Directions:

• Make super hero cuff links, because with God’s strength we can do anything!

• Cut strips of paper about 1-1/2” wide.

• Decorate the paper (stickers, color, paper hearts/crosses, today’s scripture).

• Wrap the cuffs around your child’s wrist and secure with tape.

**Journal- What are some things you feel like you may need God's help to get through or be strong for? (being kind or the bigger person to someone that is mean at school? Staying positive even when things look bad or you feel sad/mad/etc..?)

Tug of War Challenge!

Items needed: water balloons

Directions:

• Teams take turns facing each other in the tug of war challenge!

• If we need to fill extra time... either have two teams join together for a face off OR have the ninja captains face each other in a 3 vs. 3 match.

Focus on God

Items needed: marshmallows, toothpicks, spaghetti noodles

Directions:

• Play the timer and have kids focus and work to build the tallest tower they can before time runs out!

**Journal- Make a list of ways we can put God first in our lives and focus on Him in good times and in bad. What are some things that are hard to put God over?? (video games? fun time with friends?)

Cone Ring Toss!

Items needed: eggs, spoons

Directions:

• Coin Ring Toss

The Great Commission!

Items needed: Cardboard, number stickers, emoji stickers, markers, glue, scissors, paper, anything else!

Directions:

• Give each child carboard and have them decorate their phone!

**Journal- Talk about all the ways you can be a witness to people in your life.

Water Balloon Teamwork Challenge

Items needed: water balloons

Directions:

• Work together as a team to play water balloon games.

How do we pray?

Items needed: Construction paper, cards, hole puncher, string

Directions:

• Give each child a piece of construction paper and have them cut out their handprint.

• Give each child as many prayer request cards as they need and have them write their needs on each card. They can also share their requests with the group.

• On a string, put one handprint, the prayer requests, and then the last handprint and tie it off as you see in the picture.

• Talk about how we should structure our prayers to God, thanking Him first, telling Him we are sorry for anything we need to, praying for our requests, praying for others, loving on Him, end.

• Pray over the requests.