Lesson continued...

• Nineveh's sin was idolatry and pride, which we have seen in many nations before this. The Old Testament was written for our learning (Romans 15:4), we need to be certain that we are not guilty of the same sins. Idolatry is putting ANYTHING before God. Many put fun and recreation before God. Some put their families before God. We need to always put God first above everything! (Matthew 6:33).

"Older Student" Tips:

• Discuss how God can be good, yet severe at the same time.

• We can remember that Nahum preached to Nineveh by thinking of the first letter of their first names--"N."

Directions

1. Have children work on their own or together to use icing and cheerios to create a “stronghold!” Try to create the most sturdy tower you can!

Directions

1. All you need to make this super cute hat craft for kids is a paper or foam plate and a paper bowl. Using your bowl as a guide draw a line around the hat on the bottom of the plate. Carefully cut out the circle just a little smaller than your circle and press the bowl into the hole. Affix the bowl to the hat with tape or masking tape.
2. Now you can add ribbon around the bowl and down the sides to decorate your hat.

Note: If you are using the hat to go along a Sunday School lesson on Nahum 1-3 covering Nahum,

Prophet to Nineveh, write the words “God protects us!” on the top. This will remind the Preschool-3rd graders that just like a hat protects us from the sun, wind, and rain, God protects his us too.

Directions

1. The leader starts the music and everyone dances.

2. When the music stops, everyone stops moving and become statues.

3. The leader goes around trying to make the “statues” laugh. (No touching!)

4. Anyone who laughs or moves is eliminated and joins the leader in trying to make the other statues laugh.

5. The last remaining statue wins that round, gets a prize and becomes the leader for the next round.

Tip

If you are playing in a large group, instead of having one single winner for each round, you may speed up the game by making the last 3-5 statues remaining the joint winners for that round and co-leaders for the next round.

The Back-To-Back Get Up

Game Description

The game begins with two players sitting back-to-back with their arms hooked together, with their feet flat on the floor in front of them; and knees are up towards their chest. The goal of this youth ministry game is for the players to stand up without using any hands.

As soon as this is accomplished, add another player to hook arms with the other two players and to go from sitting to standing. Keep adding a new person each time the group successfully stands up.

Materials needed

None, just space enough to keep adding new players to the group

Follow-up lesson

Remind the group that doing this activity, (with your feet in front of you flat on the floor and knees bent and up towards the person’s chest), is close to impossible to do by yourself. Things always seem to work better with teamwork and a positive attitude.

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Buddy, Can You Share A Chair?

Game Description

Chairs will be set up just like regular Musical Chairs, with one less chair than the number of people. As the music starts, players walk around the chairs, and when the music stops, the players try to sit on a chair.

The person who does not have a chair is not out. Ask if there is anyone willing to share their chair with that person. As soon as every player is somehow seated with the new configuration, play begins again. When the music stops, now there will be two players without chairs. Hopefully, the players will scoot over and share their chair or their lap.

As more and more chairs are taken out, the players begin to sit on laps, and it gets pretty crowded, but no one is ever out of the game. As the last chair is sat on when the music stops, all of the players sit on each other’s laps, so that each person feels a part of the group.

This is one of my favorite games, because it takes caring, sharing, getting squished, and working as a team to find a place for everyone to sit on another person’s leg or lap. There will be a lot of smiles and laughter during this game!

Materials needed

Chairs for all of the players, and some type of boom box or MP3 players that can be played and paused many times.

Follow-up lesson

Ask the players what they learned by playing this game. The lessons taught in this game are powerful! Remind the youth ministry players, that God cares about everyone of them. He doesn’t want any of His children to feel like they don’t belong, or that anyone feels like a loser. When any of us take time to include other people, that leads us to a stronger relationship with Jesus Christ.

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Tangled Up

Game Description

Divide players into small groups of 8-10 people. Everyone grabs the hand of someone not standing right next to them. Players cannot let go of the other person’s hand, or they have immediately lost the game. In order to untangle, some players might go under some arms, some might go over, etc. The first team to get back into a circle wins.

Materials needed: None

Follow-up lesson

Being a part of a group is a team effort, with everyone giving their best. If one or two people don’t try, the team cannot succeed.