WELCOME
AND TO KNOW CHRIST’S LOVE THAT SURPASSES KNOWLEDGE, SO THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH ALL THE FULLNESS OF GOD.”—EPHESIANS 3:19
Hey everyone! Today we are going to look at one more part of refueling through Jesus, and that is community. Does anyone know what “community” means? (See if they can answer, then answer if not)
WARM-UP Hype-Man Rock, Paper, Scissors
Today we are going to play Hype Man Rock Paper Scissors, it’s the same rules as normal Rock Paper Scissors, but after you lose you are now following around the person you lost to and cheering them on. If you won your match you and your hype man go find another person to battle that won their match. You keep playing until you lose, whoever you lose to you join in and become a hype man for them. At the end we will have 2 competitors and the rest of you all will be on their teams cheering them on. Play about 2-3 rounds.
Q: Was it fun cheering on your teammate even though you lost to them?
Losing is never fun, but it was more fun to cheer on your teammate than to just sit and wait, right?
A community is a lot like that! It’s not just about winning but having others with you who can help each other and have fun together. The Bible talks about that a lot, and the early Church was a great example of it.
WORK-OUT
BIBLE STORY: Growing Church and Fellowship—Acts 2:42–46
We have already learned about prayer and reading the Bible. The people in the early Church prayed and listened to the Apostles’ teaching. But not just learning and reading and praying, they were sharing and meeting each other’s needs.
A glue for all of this was that they did all of this together.
Thanks to technology, you can talk to your friends without being with them. But it is more fun, and it is better to talk to someone face to face. It helps us to grow closer to them. It is the same with other Christians. The more we are around them, the closer we grow to them.
WRAP-UP
FUEL UP WITH COMMUNITY
“IF WE WALK IN THE LIGHT AS HE HIMSELF IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS HIS SON CLEANSES US FROM ALL SIN.”—1 JOHN 1:7
It is great to have others around us when we need it the most. If we lose a game or if something happens to make us sad, the people around us can make us feel better. That kind of fuel is so important.
As we close today, think about thanking the people around you who love you and always make you feel better when you are down.
(Pray and break the huddle)