Labyrinth

A labyrinth would be an excellent exercise for forgiveness. It's not a game but a time for kids to seriously think about their sins and repent.

Go to http://www.lessons4living.com/color_the_labyrinth.htm to find an example of a labyrinth. Just use a painters drop cloth available at home depot and use some colored tape to show the direction and stations the kids need to use in the labyrinth.

Also check out https://www.rotation.org/topic/praying-the-labyrinth

Check out 'Easter Through the Eyes of Peter Labyrinth Workshop" by First United Methodist Church here at rotation.org.

Drama Idea - Interactive Story Stations

Neil MacQueen
Posted September 20

A Drama? or what? ...a concept that worked for us

The following CONCEPT could easily be adapted for a PETER Rotation.

This past year we did an interesting "March through drama" marching our kids to three different locations on the Exodus TREK between the Red Sea and Mt. Sinai as one of our workshops. We had previously studied the stories of Manna/Quail, Bitter Water, Water from the Rock and knew that all had the same theological issue: YOU complain -and inspiteof the complaints GOD helps. (the lesson outline is in the Lesson Exchange). So for one of the workshops we put all three together and did them in sequence in a wild form of interactive drama our kids will never forget. The super-soaker "inside" the rock of Horeb, the mysterious way we turned the bitter water sweet. The tone was F-U-N and the events memorable. One of my favorite lessons from last year.

For one workshop, create different Peter Bible scenes for the kids to run through. The story is told by a storyteller and kids all pretend to be Peter. They leave the room between each scene while the room is transformed into the next scene.

1. Peter fretting about leaving his boat OR going back fishing again after an all-nighter at Jesus' request
2. Peter sinking in the water
3. Peter being rebuked by Jesus
4. Peter denying he knows Jesus
5. Jesus telling Peter to feed sheep
6. Peter at Pentecost sticking up for the Gospel
7. Peter having a vision of the animals/food in the blanket coming down from heaven.

The KEY is to present each VIGNETTE with FUN PROPS and fun action acted TOWARD the kids. Have some teens help. For example, all the kids acting as Peter at the same time would have to get wet when they sank in the waves (squirt guns). A giant HAND could represent Jesus. Large blanket filled with stuffed animals could rain down on the kids for that part of the story. Flying gold fish crackers the kids had to catch with a net (not a precise activity that matches the story to be sure, but a fun memorable "approximate" one), a rowboat in the room, hair gel to make every kids' hair stand up when Jesus rebukes them, make "drunk on the Holy Spirit bottles" with labels to that effect (hey it's in the Bible gang)...

I'm THINKING....

<>< Neil "not afraid to lesson plan up to the edge of chaos" MacQueen

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Luanne Payne adds:  Peter's Denial Station - could use a rooster puppet
These freeze pictures are from our Overall Story of Easter "Freeze" Drama Workshop.
Maybe the Rooster could interact with the students?

Author Jill Kemp has a number of FREE printable one-page Bible storybooks for younger children and preschoolers which use Richard Gunther kid-friendly illustrations.

NEW Testament storybooks:  http://www.lambsongs.co.nz/One...0Bible%20Stories.htm

OLD Testament storybooks: http://www.lambsongs.co.nz/one..._old%20testament.htm

These include both color and black & white story pages.

Free one-page printable storybook: http://www.lambsongs.co.nz/One...ge%20story%20col.pdf

You can find more free Bible illustrations by Richard Gunther at freeBibleimages.org and licensed for non-commercial teaching use. Illustrations by themselves are good for teaching non-readers and for using as "charade" or Pictionary clues, and for story-ordering games.

To see all of Gunther's other illustrated stories organized by Bible story go to https://www.freebibleimages.or...tors/richardgunther/

Peter's Denial is one of the terrific presentations found in the SunScool Bible App for Kids.

Look for it in the submenu of Peter stories:

• A4-2 : He denied his Lord (Levels 1, 2, 3), Lessons in Loyalty (Level 4) Peter in the courtyard
  Luke 22:37-34, 39-62;John 18:10-11; 1 Corinthians 10:11-13
• A4-3 : Lessons in Sorrow and Joy, "Peter denies, lies about Jesus" (Level 4 only)
  Luke 24:1-12, 33-49; John 16:20-22; Acts 13:38-39; 1 Peter 2:21-25, 3:18, 5:1;

The App is free, ecumenical, and can be downloaded for use on tablets, smartphones, Windows, and Mac!    Get the download link and look up the story you need in our Outline of all 170+ stories in SunScool. That page also includes app helps.