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Posted by Connie on March 30, 2004

I am looking for some games that might be geography or map related that would tie in to Paul's letter to the church at Corinth about the Body of Christ - I Corinthians 12.

thanks

Posted by Hilary S. on March 30, 2004

Connie,
A few thoughts for you ...
If you have a large floor game you might use the coloured spaces to denote different kinds of questions about Paul's travels.
You could also cut up a map like a jigsaw puzzle which the kids could reassemble or do a "mix & match" game where they are given a clue/Bible reference on the map and they have to find the place. Using multiple choice questions a la Trivial Pursuit is always a good way to play.
We have used bibleland.com software to explore the Bible geographically. There may be some questions you can use from that ---if you have it.
Blessings,
Hilary

Posted by Connie on May 13, 2004

We have completed our rotation - we enlarged a map of Greece/Turkey/Middle East and cut it into big jigsaw puzzle pieces. The leader hid these around the church school area and the children searched for them. When found, they put the puzzle together. On the back, there were relevant questions about each of the areas and the leader did a Q&A with them. The leader also pointed out that the metaphor of a puzzle is one that we can use for the Body of Christ/the church as well When all the pieces are in place, the puzzle picture is complete. When one is missing, it's incomplete. Same with the church - we need all the gifts and talents of the congregation to complete the work and picture of our church. When someone is missing, the community is incomplete. We found other relevant workshop materials through the Cornerstones curriuclum. [Update 2016: In the past year or so, the founders of Cornerstones retired. Their website and materials are no longer available.]