![]() ![]() Write these words out on pieces of card first and hide them around the room. Play a game of linking up three words with a 4th word that connects them all. The statue should be all joined-up but there should only be one foot, one hand and one bottom touching the ground (and no other support) The statue should be all joined-up but there should only be three hands on the ground (and no other support) The statue should be all joined-up but there should only be three feet on the ground (and no other support) In teams of three challenge the group to create self-supporting statues with the following definitions: They must move as a single unit and try to include as many different types of movements as possible. In teams of three, work out some synchronised movements that the group will do together (moving as one) to go from one side of a room to the other. Or a three on its side might be a bird in the sky etc Perhaps the children could do this as two teams with large sheets of paper.įor example, two threes together and a one could become a tree. Using only the number three 3and the number one 1create a drawing which contains as many objects or people as possible. I am X’s son, Y’s husband and Z’s father etc Now challenge each of the children sitting down to describe who they are in relation to the others in at east three different ways. Use string to link these up to create a network of three generations: parents, grandparents, children, cousins, aunts and uncles. Create some other children from others who ‘marry’. Now link up one child from each family group to another as ‘husband-and-wife’ and give them three children. Now, using a piece of string link each set of grandparents to two or three ‘children’. Firstly, four should sit on the ground in two pairs to represent two sets of grandparents. Objects could include:Ī cardboard tube a piece of hose a plain piece of cloth a coloured square of plastic a twig from a bush a juggling ball a ball of cotton wool a jam-jar a piece a bamboo cane a free CD discĭepending on the size of the group create a human family tree. Encourage them to use their imagination as vividly as possible. As individuals or as teams, they should try and come up with three different ways the same object could be used. ![]() Pass around various items among your group. Rains/Reins/Reigns =water from the sky straps on a horse what a king or queen does Praise/Preys/Prays =saying something is great what a lion does how we talk to God Vain/Vein/Vane = full of oneself something that carries blood part of a windmill Road/Rode/Rowed= something to travel on what you did on a horse what you did in a boat Roll/Role = a type of bread the movement of a die a part in a play Rock = a sweet you can eat a stone you can touch a movement you can make For example:īank = a place to store money the edge of the river the turning of a plane in the sky Words for this game are all ones that have three possible meanings but which look or sound the same. Play a game of ” taboo ” where one person has to try and give clues to a particular word without mentioning that word, while the others guess the word. How many ways can each team think up of wearing the three items as one set of clothes? However, with each new turn, each person in the team must wear the items in a different way. At a given signal one member of the team each time must put on these three items of clothing as quickly as possible. Provide each team with the same set of three items of clothing – soft hat, a jacket and a wrap. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you allĭivide the group into three teams. These will hopefully provide a helpful context for your children to come close to the mystery of the Trinity as expressed in a prayer such as that found in Corinthians 13:14 ![]() ![]() What follows is a collection of suggestions for activities and games that play on the themes of three-in-one and one-in-three. It is probably best with your children’s group simply to “enjoy the mystery ” and accept that there are some things – indeed many things – about our faith that are more than our human minds can take in. Indeed it is certainly a stumbling-block for those of other monotheistic faiths who quite understandably claim that Christians believe in three gods and not one. How one can be three and three can be one has puzzled the minds of some of the greatest saints. The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the mysteries of the Christian Faith that no amount of clever analogies or explanations can quite unravel. ![]()
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