Gadgets and Gizmos

Virtue: Uniqueness: Discovering who God made you to be so you can make a difference.
Main Point: God made you to do good.
Bible Story: The Good Samaritan
Bible Passage: Luke 10:25-37
Memory Verse: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 NIV

Engage

LEGO CREATIONS

WHAT YOU NEED: Legos (1 bag)

WHAT YOU DO:
Start by introducing yourself and welcoming kids to your eGroup. Ask them about their week and interests. Use the following questions to generate discussion:
What’s something cool that happened this week?
What was the best part of your week?
Have you ________ (seen/eaten/listened to/read) any good _________ (movies/TV shows/food/music/books) lately?
What are you looking forward to next week?

Once you have five to six kids begin “Lego Creations.”
Place the Legos in the center of the eGroup where all kids can reach the pieces.
Encourage children to build a Lego creation that represents one of the scenarios listed below and then share the story behind their creation with the eGroup.
Create something that represents either the best or worst part of your week.
Create something that represents the nicest thing someone has ever done for you.
Create something that represents how you served during Love Week.
After kids have completed the task, allow kids to continue creating whatever they choose with the Legos.
Before transitioning to the Bible Story Activity, be sure all Legos have been collected and returned to the Lego bag.

Bible Story Activity

STORY CREATIONS

WHAT YOU NEED: Bible, creation cards (10), scratch art paper, scratch art sticks

WHAT YOU SAY:
“Welcome to eGroup! My name is _______ and I’m your eGroup leader! As an eGroup we will hang out together during Motion, hear stories from the Bible, learn what it means to live for Jesus, and play games!
This month in our Gadgets and Gizmos series, we’ve been focusing on making a difference by embracing the unique traits and characteristics God has placed in each of us. Let’s dig into God’s Word together now and learn more about some people in the Bible who embraced their uniqueness to do great things for God!”

WHAT YOU DO:
Have kids sit in a circle with their Bibles and instruct kids to turn to Luke 10. NOTE: This may take time, but it helps kids learn skills for reading the Bible on their own. If needed, encourage kids to use the table of contents in their Bible and then decide if the book is in the Old or New Testament.
Give each kid one creation card, one piece of scratch art paper, and one scratch art stick.
Tell kids they have about two minutes to create a scratch-art picture of the item listed on their creation card.
After kids have had a couple of minutes to create their scratch-art pictures, explain that kids will listen for the word on their creation card as you read the Bible story. When they hear the word, they should hold up their picture for everyone to see.
Read Luke 10:25-37 aloud and encourage kids to hold up their scratch-art pictures as their words are read.
After the activity, allow kids to keep or discard their scratch art papers, but save the scratch art sticks for the remaining experiences.

WHAT YOU SAY:
“The Samaritan who stopped to help the hurt man used what he had to do a good thing for someone else. He loaded the man on his donkey, took him to an inn, used his own money to pay for a room, and used the resources he had to clean the man’s wounds and care for him. God has given us what we need to help others, too. Whether He has given you things you can share with someone who needs it or the ability to say exactly the kind words someone needs to hear in a tough situation, God has uniquely equipped you to do good things for other people.”

Grow

GOOD GIFTS

WHAT YOU NEED: gifts list, Personal Gifts cards, pens (or other writing utensils)

WHAT YOU DO:
Place the gifts list in the center of the group. Give each kid a Personal Gifts card and a pen.
Tell kids to write their first and last name on the back of their Personal Gifts card.
Using the gifts list, read the gifts and the explanation for each gift aloud. Encourage each kid to use the gifts on the list to choose three gifts God has given them and write those three gifts on their Personal Gifts card. (They do not need to include the explanation; they can just write the gift.)
Read the scenarios below and encourage kids to share how their personal gifts could help them do good things for someone in that scenario.
A kid in your class broke his leg.
Your mom has had a stressful week.
Your little sister can’t sleep because she’s scared of the dark.
Your best friend’s grandpa is very sick.
A dog got into your neighbor’s trash and made a big mess.
Your team lost the soccer game and a kid on your team is really upset about it.

WHAT YOU SAY:
“There are opportunities every day for us to do good things for others, and God has given each of us unique gifts to help us do these good things. When you notice someone around you is hurting or in need, stop to think about the special gifts God has given you and then choose to make time to do something good for them!”

Discussion Questions:
“Which one of your gifts do you use the most to do good things for others?”
“What might keep you from doing good things for other people?”
“Why is it important to focus on doing good things for others?”

JOURNAL AND PRAYER

WHAT YOU NEED: eKidz Prayer Journal (or eKidz Prayer Journal page), pen

WHAT YOU SAY:
“Today we learned God made you to do good. When you choose to do good things for others, you can see God do great things through you!
I want you to share one way you’ll use one of your unique gifts to do something good this week. I’ll write your name and what you share in our Prayer Journal, and then when we pray I’ll ask God to help you as you do good things this week.”

WHAT YOU DO:
Write down what kids share in your eKidz Prayer Journal. Take your eKidz Prayer Journal home with you and pray for your kids throughout the week.
SUGGESTED PRAYER:
“God, we love You. Thank You for giving us unique gifts that we can use to do good things for others. Help us see all the opportunities you give us to do good things, and help us use our gifts to show Your love to everyone around us. We love You. In Jesus’ name, amen.”

Memory Verse

WHAT YOU NEED: Bibles, Bible tool kits, circuit boards (4), verse cards (4 sets: blue, red, orange, and green)

WHAT YOU SAY:
“Our Bible verse, Ephesians 2:10, tells us God created each of us with a unique purpose and unique abilities to help us fulfill that purpose!”

WHAT YOU DO:
Read the verse out loud: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
Help kids look up the memory verse in their Bibles. Encourage children to use tools from the Bible tool kit to mark the verse in their Bible. Tell kids who didn’t bring a Bible they will receive a memory verse card at the end of the worship experience so they can remember to practice it at home.
Ask kids if there are any words or phrases they don’t understand and explain them as needed.
Choose one of the memory verse activities: “Verse Circuit” or “Verse Practice.”
VERSE CIRCUIT
Split kids into four teams. Give each team a circuit board and a set of verse cards.
Explain kids will race to put the verse cards in order. Once the cards are in order, they’ll have to arrange the cards to form a path across their circuit board from one of the batteries to one of the lightbulb ports.
The verse cards must stay in the correct order, but kids can rotate and arrange the pieces as needed to create a continuous path.
eTL NOTE: Each set of cards has a different path, so teams can’t look at each other’s boards for clues as they try to figure out the correct path.
The first team to form a continuous path from a battery to a lightbulb port wins!
VERSE PRACTICE
Use the following methods to help kids practice the memory verse:
REPEAT AFTER ME: Have kids repeat each phrase of the verse after you.
PAIR UP: Have kids pair up to practice the verse together.
MOTIONS: Come up with motions to represent phrases in the verse. Practice it together.

 Gadgets and Gizmos

Virtue: Uniqueness: Discovering who God made you to be so you can make a difference.
Main Point: God made you to do good.
Bible Story: The Good Samaritan
Bible Passage: Luke 10:25-37
Memory Verse: “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 NIV

Countdown

Welcome / Video Intro

“Welcome to Motion and welcome to back to Gadgets and Gizmos! Now as I’m looking around, I see a lot of you wearing your Love Week shirt! That means you served during Love Week and earned signatures for our Serve and Sign event. If you received signatures on your shirt, make sure you head to the prize area outside (SEE NOTE) after Motion to receive your awesome prizes!

Throughout Gadgets and Gizmos we’ve been learning that God made us unique. But what does it mean to be unique? Let’s take a look at the screen and you can say this with me:

Uniqueness: Discovering who God made you to be so you can make a difference.

In today’s Bible story we’re learning about a very unique man who helped someone in need, especially in a time where it was NOT expected. Take a look at the screen!”

252 Story

Connect Questions

“This man from Samaria had a choice to make – he could have either walked past the person in need or he could have made the unique decision to help him. He chose to help the person, even when others didn’t because he knew that God made him to do good!

Now, let’s answer a few questions about today’s Bibles story. Circle around your eGroup leaders now!”

(give kids time to circle around eGroup leaders)

First question: Why was it so unique for the Samaritan man to help the Jewish man that had gotten hurt? Discuss that now.

(give kids two minutes to answer the question)

Second question: When has someone helped you that you didn’t expect? Discuss that now.

(give kids two minutes to answer the question)

Now Motion, it’s time for our final question: Who can you help this week that wouldn’t expect it? What you will you do for them? Discuss that with your eGroup now.”

(give kids two minutes to answer the question)

Worship Intro

“Great job, everybody! I heard some incredible answers coming from your eGroups today. It’s time for us to celebrate God’s love as we stand to our feet and sing songs of thanks and praise. Stand to your feet as we sing, ‘Endless Praise!’”

Worship Song – Endless Praise

Worship Song – Shine A Light

Dismissal To eGroups

“Great job, Motion! Everybody stay standing because it’s time for us to head back to our eGroups. When I call your eGroup leaders’ name, you can follow them back.”

(dismiss kids back to eGroups)

eGroups

VIP Welcome

“Welcome back from your eGroups! Before we continue, I wanted to take a moment and welcome some very special guests who came to visit us for the first time. Motion, help me welcome our VIPs!

(initiate applause)

If it’s your first time here, we consider you a VIP – a very important person! VIPs, turn your attention to the screen because I’ve got some special instructions just for you.

(refer to the screen)

This is a VIP lanyard. If you’re a VIP, you’re wearing this around your neck right now.

[VIP Slide – Lanyard]

When you leave Motion, you need to take that lanyard to the __________ tent called the Welcome Area.

[VIP Slide – Welcome Area]

Once you get to the Welcome Area, show them your lanyard and they will give you a gift!

[VIP Slide – Gift]

Let’s review.

[VIP Slide – All Combined]

VIP Lanyard + Welcome Area = Gift.

If you have any questions about where to go or what to do, just ask someone in a blue eKidz shirt and we’ll be more than happy to help you out!”

Game Setup – Pie in the Face!

“This summer we’ve posted some new Finders videos on our eKidz YouTube channel. If you’ve missed any of them, that’s ok, because we’re going to check out the latest one right now! Take a look at the screen.

(watch the game video)

Motion, that game looked ridiculous! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game where people get pie’d in the face like that except for… DRUMROLL PLEASE!

(initiate drumroll)

TODAY’S GAME!

That’s right, Motion! Today we’ll be playing our own Pie In The Face challenge  and a few lucky, or unlucky, Group leaders will be getting pie’d! Now, the game is pretty simple. I’ll call four Group leaders to the stage who will put on the safety equipment to wear. Then, we’ll divide the room into four teams and each team will receive one of these clickers.

(hold up a clicker)

Each team will form a circle and when I say go, each kid will click it 10 times and then pass it to the person on their right. The first team that is able to pass the clicker all the way around their circle wins that round and will be able to decide which leader on stage gets pie’d.

After we pie our leader, we’ll reform our groups, reset the clickers, and prepare to play again. Now, let me call a few leaders on stage. Motion, why didn’t you help me decide which people we’ll bring on stage?

(Bring Group leaders on stage and have them put on the safety equipment. Help kids divide into teams of four.)

Ok, now that we’re all ready to play, I’ll give each team a clicker and then then on my mark, we’ll start the first round!

On your mark, get set, go!”

Game – Pie in the Face!

Bring It! Challenge Setup

“Now it’s time for us to clean up these game materials and get ready for our Bring It! Challenge.

(collect all game materials and make sure eGroup leaders have supplies to complete the Bring It! Challenge)

During this month’s Bring It! Challenge, you’ll need to do the following three things to receive a prize. Check out the screen.

(watch the Bring It! Challenge video)

That’s right, Motion! To receive your Bring It! Prize, you’ll need to

1. FIND Ephesians 2:10 in your Bible and show it to your eGroup leader

2. RECITE our memory verse for this series, Ephesians 2:10.

3. SAY our virtue for this series. In fact, that’s on the screen now, too!

(say the virtue again with the kids)

Uniqueness: Discovering who God made you to be so you can make a difference.

Ok, so let’s recap. To earn your prize, you’ll need to FIND this month’s verse, RECITE the verse to your eGroup leader, and SAY the virtue for this month. Circle around your eGroup leaders and let’s work on that now!”

Bring It! Challenge

252 Movie Intro

“Before your parents begin to arrive, we’re going to see take on today’s Bible story. Take a look at the screen!”

252 Movie

Dismissal