Youth will take part in a learning simulation experiencing what it is like when gifts are not appropriately utilized as a blessing to all members of the body of Christ. Makes a great activity for a Halloween Alternative or for a creative Bible Study lesson.

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Candy Round 1

2. Game Description
Youth will take part in a learning simulation experiencing
what it is like when gifts are not appropriately utilized as a
blessing to all members of the body of Christ. Makes a
great activity for a Halloween Alternative or for a creative
Bible Study lesson.
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3. Game Materials
ROUND 1: You’ll need a Bible and several large bags of
individually wrapped candy. There should be 10 different
types of candy. Depending on the size of your group, you
might have more than 1 bag of some of the 10 types of
candy. Since in the second part of this activity people will
be trading candy, individually wrapped candy that is not
chocolate and does not easily melt is preferable.
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4. • For one of the 10 types of candy, only allow enough of
that candy in circulation for 10% of the total group to be
able to have some.
• Set aside an extra bag of candy to be available for
anyone who finishes ROUND 1 without candy.
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5. ROUND 1
Game Preparation
Select one of the 10 types of candy to represent
salvation. Only allow enough of this candy in
circulation for 10% of the entire group to have
some.
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6. Game Play
1. Take an equal number of students away from the rest of the
group as you have bags of candy and explain to them how the
game works. Be sure that the other youth cannot hear your
instructions. Tell each of the those you have chosen that you
are going to give them bags of candy to share with the other
students.
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7. There’s only one catch: They can give candy only to the guys, or only to
the gals, only to those with spectacles, only those in youth choir, those
with a “d” in their name, those with 4 letters in their surname, only to
kids with black tennis shoes, those with buttons on their shirts, those
without socks, those who frown, etc. (The idea is to pick something that
will eliminate at least half of the kids – these are only suggestions – be
creative. Also remember you want the criteria to be difficult to discover.)
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8. 2. Remind kids not to tell the others why some youth are getting,
candy and others aren’t. Warn kids to only give candy to those in
the designated group, even if the other kids beg.
3. After giving the these designated ones their instructions, tell the
rest of the group that the game will be played in 2 ROUNDS. For
ROUND 1, I’m going to let the youth I took aside back into the
room. When they come in, they’ll have some candy to share.
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9. You can ask, bribe, and beg them for it, but do not take it from
them. You may or may not get some candy. If you figure out
what the criteria is for getting candy, you’ll be entitled to an
extra portion. Do NOT eat your candy yet. You will need it later
for ROUND 2
4. Call those with the candy back into the room. Allow them
time to circulate through the group handing out candy
according to their criteria to the chosen few.
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10. Discussion
• Once you have completed this phase of the game, ask:
• What was it like to be one who received the gifts?
• What was it like to be left out or passed over?
• Did anyone figure out why he or she did not get gifts? (Give
extra candy to the first person who identified any of the
criteria.)
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11. • Are you willing to share your gifts with some
people because of the way they look, or do you
ignore others because they appear to be different?
• What makes you treat some people differently
than others?
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12. Application
Near the end of the discussion, say: The Bible instructs us to
treat each other fairly and equally, and to place what we have
into His hands to bless others. God wants to bless others
through us, but we often limit those he can touch through us by
personal prejudice, misconceptions, jealousy, greed, personal
ambition, bitterness, or even laziness.
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