Use this creative teaching idea as an introduction to a lesson on love or for Valentine's Day

1. Valentines
Ideas - Love Is
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Materials
1.A large sheet of poster board or
newsprint (classified ads work best
for newsprint)
2.See variations for other needed
materials.

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Activity
• As people walk in the door direct
them to a large sheet of poster board
or newsprint upon which you have
written the words “Love is….”
• Ask the participants to finish the
sentence and write their answers on
the poster.

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Variation
• Have a competition between teams
of people to name as many things as
possible that are associated with
love.
• Based upon these lists have
participants form a definition of
“true Love.”

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• You could also make a list of things
on your own and play a game of
charades.
Some ideas: Heart, Kiss, Roses, Flirt,
God, Valentine, Red, cupid, Date,
Sacrifice, Marriage, Wedding,
honeymoon, ring, family

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Variation
• Break into small groups around the
room.
• Provide old magazines, newspapers,
and scissors.
• Instruct the groups to search for and
cut out anything that relates to love.

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• Examples might be pictures of
loving parents, friends, hugs,
children, etc.
• After about ten minutes, bring
them back together and let each
group share what they found.

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• Discuss the different examples of
love.
• Ask the participants how they
would define love if all they had
were the clippings to base their
definition upon.

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Discussion Ideas
• Ask how God would define love. Point
out that God’s idea of unconditional
love or sacrificial love is a rare trait
today, but one that is essential to being
a follower of Christ.

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