What:
A "WET" 3 night OUTREACH held in your front yard.
There will be a 10 minute lesson, & memory verse time, plus
a 10 minute Veggie Tales Video, cool Christian surfer music
and water games!
Time:
Thurs. 7 – 8 PM, Fri. 7 – 8 PM, Sat. – your preference.
(mid-morning
would probably be best.)
We
feel 7 PM on Thurs. & Fri. gives families time to eat and
venture outdoors, 8 PM being early enough for them to get home,
get to bed, etc. Saturday is ideal for your last contact, being
the day before church.
Date:
YOU pick the dates, whatever is convenient for you!
WHAT
WE PROVIDE:
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Easy
lesson and memory verse Step by step outline of program
take home color sheets Registration forms. Flyers,
Certificates of completion Sign Extra ideas for decorating,
setup
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Veggie
Tale Video May be able to get helpers if needed
Music
Training meeting on a Sunday
Game
ideas night before church
Puppets (you must make arrangements;
MUST return Sunday am!)
WHAT
YOU PROVIDE:
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- Small kiddy pools (may
be able to borrow from each other)
- Small prizes
like pencils or things you can buy @ $ store
- Frozen flavor
pops - you buy these @ Wal-Mart , 50 or 100 for a few
dollars
- Sprinklers
- TV – VCR – Cassette
player
- Props for games
- ENTHUSIASM!!!!!
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ADDITIONAL TIPS:
Invite
parents to stay and watch. This will give you a chance to meet
them
and gain their trust.
PLEASE ..PLEASE!!! As soon as the meeting
is over drain the kiddy pools
immediately!
LESSON
1 GAMES CHECKLIST:
Needed:
__ __Water filled balloons
__ __Whipped cream
__ __Squirt guns or bottles
__ __Laundry baskets
BALLOON
HOT POTATO:
2 Water filled balloons with a small hole poked in them. Children
in a circle, will pass one balloon clockwise & one counter-clockwise
at the same time as fast as possible. Object: Not to be holding
a balloon when it runs out of water. (Note: if the water drains
too slowly you may have to pierce the balloon several times.
If you have a lot of kids, you may need to make several circles
of children)
SOAK
DOWN:
Whipped cream, squirt guns
or bottles
Each
team uses whipped cream to make a "hat" on one of
its teammates. Players stand around this person with squirt
guns or bottles and on "go" they wash away the cream.
The
team with the first clean player wins.
WATER
BALLOON TOSS:
Water
filled balloons, 2 laundry baskets
2
teams – 1 person from each team holds a laundry basket
on their head. Each team member takes a turn and tosses a water
balloon into the basket. Each person gets one
shot (or more if you don't
have that many kids). Whichever team has the most balloons
in
the basket at the end is the winner.
CHECK-OFF
LIST FOR LESSON 1:
__ __Kiddy pools
__ __Makeshift puppet stage
__ __Sprinklers appliance box, or turned over table
__ __TV
____5 puppets:
__ __VCR Traveler Robber
__ __Cassette player Priest Samaritan
__ __Music Man from same town
__ __Bible
__ __Registration forms/pencils
__ __Prizes
__ __Frozen Flavor-Pops
__ __Video
LESSON 1: ACCEPTING OTHERS
VIDEO:
" The Story of Flibber-o-loo"
You could set up your TV
and VCR perhaps in the garage, or at the edge of the garage
and have kids sit on beach towels on driveway, or under a canopy,
shade tree, etc. DO NOT HAVE IT IN YOUR HOUSE! Be sure the cords
are not in water. Ask the children if you are their neighbor.
A person doesn't have to live on your same block to be your
neighbor. Explain that a neighbor can be someone you know, as
well as people you don't know.
AFTER DISCUSSION SHOW VIDEO
| (for
a reward for answering questions correctly, give kids a
squirt with the water hose or let them take a run through
the sprinkler. Caution: make sure the child likes being
squirted with water first!) |
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Video
Review Questions:
What
happened to Larry the Cucumber? (He went for a walk, had his
milk money stolen, and was put in a hole.)
Who came along and saw Larry? What
did they do? (The mayor and town doctor came by, but they
were too busy to help Larry. Then a friend from an enemy town
(Liberty Lot) came by and helped Larry out of the hole
and back into town.
Why did the friend (Good Samaritan)
from Liberty Lot help Larry? (He knew he would want
Larry to help him if he were stuck! He also knew that God
made all of us special and wants us to help each other.)
What did all the townspeople decide?
(That it’s much better to accept and help one another
by loving your neighbors.)
BIBLE PRESENTATION: LUKE 10:25-37
(You
can use children to use the puppets to act the story out as
you tell it). Be sure and use your Bible, you can put your lesson
and notes inside your Bible, but it’s important they know
this comes from God’s Word.)
"
ACCEPTING OTHERS : THE GOOD SAMARITAN"
Jesus told a story called The Good
Samaritan. We can read it in our Bible. (Show them where it
is located in your Bible.) A man was traveling from Jerusalem
to Jericho. He has along way to go! They didn't have trains
or cars.
Sometimes they didn't even have a horse
or donkey to ride. The man traveling to Jericho had to walk!
While the man was walking along the road, a terrible thing happened
to him! Someone came along and beat him up and stole all his
money! Then the robber left the man on the side of the road.
After awhile, a priest came down that very same road. The priest
was a leader of worship. He saw the man who had been robbed
and beaten. But he didn't stop to help the man, he just kept
going. He was too busy to help.
After
awhile longer, another person came down the road where the man
was waiting for someone to help him. This person was from the
same town as the hurt man. He was very happy to see him coming
because he thought the man would help him. But he became sad
when saw the man pass him by without stopping to help him.
The
traveler was very sad because no one cared about him or would
help him. He waited and waited. Finally, another man came by.
But this man was from a different town than the traveler. He
was a Samaritan. Some people did not like Samaritans, and said
they were awful people! So the man that was hurt was very disappointed.
But not for long, because the Samaritan did stop to help the
hurt man.
The
Samaritan took care of him, bandaged him up, put him on his
donkey, and took him where he could rest and heal. He knew God
wants us to treat everyone else the way we want to be treated.
So, the Samaritan was happy to help.
Who
do you think was the good neighbor? Was it the priest? (hold
up priest puppet.) Was it the man from the same town? (puppet)
Was it the Samaritan? (puppet) YES! The Samaritan was God’s
helper, because he reached out to his neighbor who needed help.
The Samaritan was acting like Jesus, because he loved his neighbor.
You
could discuss how we must love people regardless of what color
their skin is, whether they talk funny, fat or skinny, in a
wheel chair, etc. Also, ask them to tell you how they can show
love to people at home, school, playground, etc. They must know
how this relates to their life.
MEMORY
VERSE:
"
Love your neighbor as yourself" Luke 10:27
Important:
Be sure and give children the opportunity to ask Jesus into
their lives!
OUTLINE
FOR LESSON 1:
7:00
– 7:05: Registration
7:05
– 7:10: Game 1 – Balloon Hot Potato
7:10
– 7:15: Music – Soul Surfin’
7:15
– 7:25: Video: "The Story of Flibber-o-loo"
7:25
– 7:30: Game 2 - Soak Down
7:30
– 7:40: Bible Presentation & Salvation Invitation
7:40
– 7:45: Teach memory verse
7:45
– 7:55: Game 3 - Water Balloon Toss
7:55
– 8:00: Give each child some type of small prize
and the Frozen Flavor Pop
to take home.
Be sure and let me know if you think you will not have enough
Salvation & Perfect Attendance certificates.
EXTRA IDEAS:
Paint
a palm tree, and some clouds on an old sheet to hang as a backdrop
on your fence or string between 2 trees. Shelly Ludwig painted
a really simple, but cute one last year.
Take
an old sheet spritz with light blue paint to make an underwater
scene, then let dry. Later, spritz with water and have sheet
moist. Then spritz on green paint to make underwater plants,
bright or neon colors for simple fish designs. The colors will
run slightly making an underwater look.
Set
out beach umbrellas, beach towels, old surfboards, etc. for
decorations.
Wear
shorts or covers over swimwear please and be modest.
Wear
sun visors, zinc on your nose, sunglasses, Hawaiian leis to
complete your look.
Try and borrow extra kiddy pools to
all kids have water to sit in during lesson, it gets really
hot. If kids don't like being squirted directly with water,
try squirting water into air, then coming down on children.
They
have really cute sprinklers out now for $10 & less that
look like flowers, etc. Have several!
Post
flyers at your neighborhood clubhouse, newspaper, store, etc.
We
are making some signs to help you out. There needs to be one
at the end of your street with balloons on it to draw attention,
then one in your yard. One big sign also needs to be in front
of your subdivision where there is a lot of traffic.
There
are a lot of cute ocean squirter toys at Dollar Tree with 6
to 8 in each pkg. You could give away prizes from McDonalds,
pencils, etc.
You
& your children or helpers could go door to door for a few
blocks around your house giving out flyers and a personal invitation.
Make
sure your yard looks so fun that kids just can’t resist
coming!
