Object Lesson - Ping Pong Christians

Object Lesson
- Ping Pong
Christians
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This lesson uses ping pong
balls to remind us that as
Christians we can be easily
tossed around, unstable,
blown off course if we lack
faith. But through prayer and
belief we can be strong
enough to face and stand
strong in any difficulties and
circumstances we might face
as Christians.

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Games using Ping Pong Balls
Balance – Who can balance a ping
pong ball on a book (through an
obstacle course?) without the ball
falling off?
Bounce off – From a designated
distance, bounce a ping pong ball at
another ping pong ball to knock it
off an open soda bottle. First to do
so wins.
Double shot – Using 1 hand, toss 2
Ping balls at the same time so that
they land in 2 separate glasses.

Fan Propulsion – Using a paper
plate, be the first to fan a ping pong
ball across a goal line.
Ping Pong Ball Catch – Holding a cup
on top of your head, you try to be
the first to catch a ping pong ball in
the cup on top of your head as the
ball is bounced off the floor and into
the air. Harder than it seems.
Ping Pong in a cup – players stand at
10 – 20 feet apart in a room with a
tile or concrete floor. One player
bounces the ball toward the other
who must catch the ball in a cup
before it stops bouncing. The ball can
only be touched with the cup.

Bridge Run – Be the first to roll three
ping pong balls into three different
glasses set at varying distances, using
a tape measure as a bridge. When
the game begins, grab the tape
measure and extend it towards the
nearest glass. Pick up a ping pong
ball and try to roll it across the tape
measure and into the glass. Once
you’ve found success with the first
glass, move on to the next one. In
order to win this game, all three
glasses must contain ping pong balls
and the tape measure must be
retracted. The trick is getting the
right angle – if the angle is too steep
the ball will roll too quickly and right
across the glass.

Ping Pong Knock Out – everyone
holds a plastic spoon in their mouth
with a ping pong ball balanced on it.
Using only blasts of air, each youth
must blow the ping pong balls off
the spoons of other youth. Last one
with left with his or her ping pong
ball on the spoon is the winner. (The
difficult is sudden movements can
drop the ball as quickly as a gust of
air. And those gusts of air just might
blow your own ping pong ball off
the spoon) No physical contact is
allowed.

Ping-Pong Ball Flick – Place a
ping pong ball on top of an open
soda bottle. Youth must quickly
walk past with their arm straight
out and try to flick the ball off
without touching the bottle. Its
more difficult than it seems.
Ropeway – Two team members
hold a long loop of string taught
with their hands and try to be
the first to roll a ping pong ball to
one end and back without
dropping it.

Shake a box – Place 6 to 10 ping
pong balls in an empty tissue box.
(If needed, enlarge the hole in the
top of the tissue box so it is big
enough but not too big for a ping
pong ball to fit through. Fill the
box with 6 to 10 ping pong balls
and attach it to the back of a
youth using a piece of string or
duct tape so that the bottom of
the box is against the person’s
waist / backside. Youth must
dance around to shake the balls
out of the box. First to do so wins.

Spoon & Ping Pong Ball Relay – A
youth holds a spoon in his mouth
and carries the ball through an
obstacle course. Fast team to do so
wins. (Variation – do it blindfolded
with verbal instructions from your
team)
Spoon Transport – A ping pong ball is
passed player to player on a spoon. If
the ball falls, the team must start
over again at the beginning.
(Variation – spoons are held in the
mouth)
Straw Propulsion – Use a straw to
blow a ping pong ball through an
obstacle course on a table or the
floor to a goal.

String Transport – Be the first to
transport a ping pong ball sitting
on top of an open soda bottle to
another soda bottle that is
several feet away using only a
loop of string. (Use 36 inches / 1
meter of string with the ends
tied together to create a loop.
With your fingers inside of each
end of the loop of string you can
stretch it out to a long oval that
can hold the ping pong ball in
balance.) You cannot touch it
with your hands. You drop it
then you must start over.

Table Tennis Ball Goal Shoot –
Set up goal markers on opposite
sides of a table with team
members alternating around it.
Using only gusts of air, which
team can shoot the ping pong
ball into the most goals in a
designated time limit.
Tic Tac Toe – Arrange 9 paper
cups in a 3×3 grid for each
team. The first team to bounce
ping pong balls into the cups to
get 3 in a row wins.

Wasted – Who can be the first
to toss a ping pong ball against
the wall so that it then
bounces into a waste paper
basket?
William Tell – From a
designated distance, use a
rubber band to shoot the ping
pong ball off of an open soda
bottle. First to do so wins.

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
• What were some of the
difficulties that you faced in
these games?
• What were some of the
strategies used to overcome
the difficulties?
• What are some of the
characteristics of a ping pong
ball that had an effect on
these games?

The difficulty with Ping Pong
Balls is that they bounce back
and forth easily – Ping – Pong –
Ping – Pong and they are easily
blown off course.
The Bible describes a man who
has these same qualities in
James 1:5-8

“If any of you lacks wisdom, you
should ask God, who gives
generously to all without finding
fault, and it will be given to you.
But when you ask, you must
believe and not doubt, because
the one who doubts is like a wave
of the sea, blown and tossed by
the wind. That person should not
expect to receive anything from
the Lord. Such a person is double-
minded and unstable in all they
do.”

When you don’t have faith in
God, you’ll be double minded.
That means, like a ping-pong
ball, you’ll bounce back and
forth. You won’t be strong in
your faith. You’ll be tossed
about by doubts and
difficulties.

MAKE IT PRACTICAL
• What are some of the
difficulties we face as
Christians? In school? In our
homes? In life? In general?
• What are some ways we can
overcome the various
difficulties?
• How is faith and prayer an
answer to facing life’s
difficulties?
• scripture give us?

• How do doubts affect a
person’s prayer life? Our
actions?
• Are you easily influenced by
circumstances and thing
around you? Why or why not?
• Are you able to stand strong in
life’s difficulties? Why or why
Not?
• What solutions does this
scripture give us?

MAKE IT PERSONAL
• In what areas do you need
God’s wisdom this week?
• In what areas do you need
to be more consistent,
more stable?
• How can faith and prayer
help you in these things?

SCRIPTURE VERSES on Doubts
/ Lack of Faith
• Matthew 14:31 – Peter
walks on water and doubts
• Mark 4:40 – Jesus calms
the storm

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