The first Christmas ornaments were fruits and nuts that were placed on Christmas trees and later eaten from the branches as part of the Christmas feasting. Over time other ornaments were added that brightened up the tree and added additional meaning and significance such as a star or an angel.
The document provides instructions and ideas for games and activities involving Christmas bows that can be used for youth groups and Christmas events. It suggests that while decorations and wrappings are enjoyed at Christmas, many people forget the true meaning and gift - the birth of Jesus. The bows in the games represent the decorations, while the underlying message is that Christmas is ultimately about the spiritual gift of God's son.
Candy Canes are everywhere. They are used as decorations on Christmas trees and are one of the most popular of all Christmas treats. I have heard several stories about the history and meaning of the candy cane. I don't know if they are true, but I do think that the candy cane can teach us a few things about the true meaning of Christmas. And while we are at it, I've added a lot of Christmas Party game ideas you can play with Candy Canes as well.
The document contains descriptions of various Christmas-themed mobile games. They include games where the player helps Santa deliver presents, completes puzzles to prepare for Christmas, guides rabbits to commit suicide, controls an excreting superhero, and races as Santa on a sled or train delivering gifts. Some games involve avoiding obstacles, enemies or traps while collecting items within a time limit. The games cover a wide range of themes from helping Santa to disturbing content.
Santas Puzzle Huzzle is a puzzle game where the player pushes rows of Christmas items to make combinations of three or more to clear the board. It includes different game modes like Time Attack. Santa's Sleigh Ride has the player help Santa deliver presents while avoiding naughty houses and hazards. Santa's Puzzle Party involves interchanging ornaments on a board to make combinations of three that disappear.
The document describes a Christmas bingo game that can be played with youth. It includes instructions for making bingo cards with Christmas-related items, materials needed like coins to cover squares, and how to play. The game is played like standard bingo but players yell "fear not" instead of "bingo" when they win. The document provides two lists of potential items for the cards: ones related to the biblical Christmas account and ones not related. It advertises a Christmas Collection ebook with over 200 party ideas and activities.
Toyastic is a young company passionate about toys that help children learn through play. They carry toys from brands like Melissa & Doug and ThinkFun that are wooden, safe, and encourage skills like thinking, sensory development, and memory through play. Indian mothers want toys that can help their children develop intellectually. The toys Toyastic offers are effective for teaching children patterns, skills, and speech through play.
The document describes a Valentine's Day party game where guests guess the number of candy hearts in a jar. Players write their name and guess, and the closest guess wins a prize. The document also advertises a holiday idea collection with over 300 pages of activity ideas for celebrations.
Christmas ornaments are decorations used to festoon Christmas trees and homes during the Christmas season. They come in a wide variety of materials, colors, and designs ranging from glass bulbs to wooden figurines. Many families enjoy selecting ornaments each year that represent their traditions or commemorate past holidays.
The document provides instructions and ideas for games and activities involving Christmas bows that can be used for youth groups and Christmas events. It suggests that while decorations and wrappings are enjoyed at Christmas, many people forget the true meaning and gift - the birth of Jesus. The bows in the games represent the decorations, while the underlying message is that Christmas is ultimately about the spiritual gift of God's son.
Candy Canes are everywhere. They are used as decorations on Christmas trees and are one of the most popular of all Christmas treats. I have heard several stories about the history and meaning of the candy cane. I don't know if they are true, but I do think that the candy cane can teach us a few things about the true meaning of Christmas. And while we are at it, I've added a lot of Christmas Party game ideas you can play with Candy Canes as well.
The document contains descriptions of various Christmas-themed mobile games. They include games where the player helps Santa deliver presents, completes puzzles to prepare for Christmas, guides rabbits to commit suicide, controls an excreting superhero, and races as Santa on a sled or train delivering gifts. Some games involve avoiding obstacles, enemies or traps while collecting items within a time limit. The games cover a wide range of themes from helping Santa to disturbing content.
Santas Puzzle Huzzle is a puzzle game where the player pushes rows of Christmas items to make combinations of three or more to clear the board. It includes different game modes like Time Attack. Santa's Sleigh Ride has the player help Santa deliver presents while avoiding naughty houses and hazards. Santa's Puzzle Party involves interchanging ornaments on a board to make combinations of three that disappear.
The document describes a Christmas bingo game that can be played with youth. It includes instructions for making bingo cards with Christmas-related items, materials needed like coins to cover squares, and how to play. The game is played like standard bingo but players yell "fear not" instead of "bingo" when they win. The document provides two lists of potential items for the cards: ones related to the biblical Christmas account and ones not related. It advertises a Christmas Collection ebook with over 200 party ideas and activities.
Toyastic is a young company passionate about toys that help children learn through play. They carry toys from brands like Melissa & Doug and ThinkFun that are wooden, safe, and encourage skills like thinking, sensory development, and memory through play. Indian mothers want toys that can help their children develop intellectually. The toys Toyastic offers are effective for teaching children patterns, skills, and speech through play.
The document describes a Valentine's Day party game where guests guess the number of candy hearts in a jar. Players write their name and guess, and the closest guess wins a prize. The document also advertises a holiday idea collection with over 300 pages of activity ideas for celebrations.
Christmas ornaments are decorations used to festoon Christmas trees and homes during the Christmas season. They come in a wide variety of materials, colors, and designs ranging from glass bulbs to wooden figurines. Many families enjoy selecting ornaments each year that represent their traditions or commemorate past holidays.
Object Lesson - Chopsticks Christian LivingKen Sapp
This document provides instructions and descriptions for several games that can be played using chopsticks to teach lessons about cooperation and the Holy Spirit. It notes that chopsticks always come in pairs and work together, like the Holy Spirit works alongside believers. The document then describes over a dozen different games that can be played with chopsticks, including relay races, dexterity games, and stacking or transferring small objects. It concludes by discussing spiritual lessons that can be learned from chopsticks, such as patience, focusing on one task at a time, and allowing God to use people despite their failures.
We often use the term "spoon fed" to refer to babies. It is also used for people who have been given so much by others that they never learn how to think for themselves or take care of themselves. Scripture uses a similar term to describe some Christians. Like a spoon fed baby, some Christians have never grown up in their faith.
This document describes how to play a game of horseshoes using candy canes called Candy Cane Horseshoes. Players take turns throwing candy canes at an upright stick or nail trying to land them closest. Points are scored based on proximity to the stake, with a "ringer" throwing the candy cane around the stake scoring 3 points. The game is played in rounds and scoring rules are provided. Additional information is given on materials needed and a link provided to learn about the significance of the candy cane to Christmas.
This document describes an Easter-themed variation of the game Twister. Players touch Easter symbols on the floor with different body parts as directed by spinners. Symbols represent Biblical Easter story elements or other Easter items. The game gets challenging as players contort their bodies to touch symbols without falling. Variations include team play where the last team standing wins. The document promotes an Easter collection ebook with over 80 youth Easter party ideas and games.
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.
It's back to school time. Time to get all your school supplies and meet new friends. These games all have a ruler as the central prop and serve as a discussion start for measuring up to God's standards. I remember the days of using a ruler to create a growth chart on the door frame. But how do we measure our growth as Christians?
Object Lesson - Grasping at Straws or Doing the Impossible?Ken Sapp
This week's idea of the week centers around the drinking straw. The main lesson reminds youth that what sometimes what we see as impossible is not always as impossible as it seems.
This document provides instructions and ideas for using rubber bands in youth group games and as an object lesson on being stretched by God. It describes several rubber band games involving faces, warfare, targets, passing bands down a line, and more. It then explains how stretching a rubber band is like how God stretches believers to make them more useful. Being stretched means trusting God during difficult times of pressure and change. When stretched spiritually, Christians become more flexible, strong, and able to fulfill God's purposes.
This document provides instructions and ideas for homemade Christmas decorations and gifts, including:
- Decorating place settings with ribbon for a holiday meal.
- Making cornucopia vessels from paper to hold holly and berries for the Christmas tree.
- Decorating foil-covered chocolate coins with thread or ribbon to make homemade ornaments.
- Constructing a snowman figure out of oven-bake clay, yarn, and decorations.
- Crafting a Styrofoam pinecone Christmas tree by attaching leaves with pins in overlapping rows.
Twister is a very simple game that can become very complicated as the players can easily get tied up in knots. Play a classic game of twister replacing the colored dots with symbols commonly associated with Easter.
Object Lesson - Turkey Feathers of ThanksgivingKen Sapp
Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated in the American Plymouth colony in 1621, when Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Before that, a Native American named Squanto taught the pilgrims how to plant corn and how to survive in the new land. When the harvest came, it was celebrated by all the colonists and neighboring Native Americans who had helped them. Gradually it became a common annual custom to celebrate thanksgiving after the harvest. While turkeys were known to the colonists and Indians, we don't have any proof they were served at the first thanksgiving. But they were added later as part of the celebration that continues until today. Long before that, the Isrealites has a similar feast day to Thank God for what he had done for them. It was called the Feast of Tabernacles and can be found in Leviticus 23:33-44; Numbers 29:12-39; Deuteronomy 16:13. The games in this lesson use feathers, not only because they are associated with Thanksgiving, but also because there are places in the Bible where God is compared to a protective bird who covers us with his wings.
This document provides instructions and rules for several math games that can be played using Cuisenaire rods. The games are designed for preschool-aged children and focus on basic math concepts like number recognition, addition, subtraction and spatial reasoning. A brief introduction explains that the games were created by the author for her daughter and are based on a teaching philosophy similar to the Miquon math program. Detailed instructions and illustrations are provided for games like Sums, Differences, Gridlock, Squeeze Play and Chutes and Ladders adapted to use Cuisenaire rods instead of dice. The goal is to help prepare children for more structured math programs in a play-based way.
Learn the basics of rubber stamping with this free class from Stampendous and Paper Craft Planet. More lessons like this one can be found at www.PaperCraftPlanet.com
Lesson 12: This week we're learning how to specialty inks like Staz On to stamp on non porous surfaces. This week, we'll walk you step by step through making an ornament and a coordinating holiday card.
These crafts include instructions for making various creatures and objects out of shells, beans, rocks, and other natural materials:
1) Shell creatures are created by gluing shells, beads and clay into animal shapes like koalas, rabbits, and other sea creatures.
2) A magical bean mosaic involves gluing colored beans onto a canvas board in a drawn design or pattern.
3) Rock frogs are made by gluing rocks together and adding small stone features like eyes and feet before painting them.
This document provides instructions for several indoor and outdoor games that can be played with kids. For outdoor games, it describes tug of war, treasure hunt, pick-pocket tag, find your friend, monkey in the middle, jump rope, musical chairs, pass the ball, hanky game, sack race, passing the baton, spoon race, and the mine field. For indoor games, it lists balance beam, musical chairs, keep the balloon up, puzzles, animal charades, two truths and a lie, alphabet game, balloon volleyball, various balloon games, bowling, and marble solitaire.
In this relay, participants will try to replace the missing pieces that have been removed from their team’s pumpkin. It can be used as party game for your October 31st Halloween alternative, for a harvest festival, or a Halloween carnival.
Halloween Party Ideas - Pumpkin Patch RelayKen Sapp
In this relay, participants will try to replace the missing pieces that have been removed from their team’s pumpkin. It can be used as party game for your October 31st Halloween alternative, for a harvest festival, or a Halloween carnival.
Gary Vaynerchuk talks about Content & Social MediaKen Sapp
Great talk and Q&A from Gary Vaynerchuk at National Achiever's Congress 2019 in Singapore... Lots of takeaways but these are powerful: "Eliminate friction between your message and your customer" and "The INTENT of content is the VARIABLE of Success." So does your message create friction? What is the intent of your content? Are you real and adding value or is your content just an "ask" wrapped in content?
Object Lesson - Chopsticks Christian LivingKen Sapp
This document provides instructions and descriptions for several games that can be played using chopsticks to teach lessons about cooperation and the Holy Spirit. It notes that chopsticks always come in pairs and work together, like the Holy Spirit works alongside believers. The document then describes over a dozen different games that can be played with chopsticks, including relay races, dexterity games, and stacking or transferring small objects. It concludes by discussing spiritual lessons that can be learned from chopsticks, such as patience, focusing on one task at a time, and allowing God to use people despite their failures.
We often use the term "spoon fed" to refer to babies. It is also used for people who have been given so much by others that they never learn how to think for themselves or take care of themselves. Scripture uses a similar term to describe some Christians. Like a spoon fed baby, some Christians have never grown up in their faith.
This document describes how to play a game of horseshoes using candy canes called Candy Cane Horseshoes. Players take turns throwing candy canes at an upright stick or nail trying to land them closest. Points are scored based on proximity to the stake, with a "ringer" throwing the candy cane around the stake scoring 3 points. The game is played in rounds and scoring rules are provided. Additional information is given on materials needed and a link provided to learn about the significance of the candy cane to Christmas.
This document describes an Easter-themed variation of the game Twister. Players touch Easter symbols on the floor with different body parts as directed by spinners. Symbols represent Biblical Easter story elements or other Easter items. The game gets challenging as players contort their bodies to touch symbols without falling. Variations include team play where the last team standing wins. The document promotes an Easter collection ebook with over 80 youth Easter party ideas and games.
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.
It's back to school time. Time to get all your school supplies and meet new friends. These games all have a ruler as the central prop and serve as a discussion start for measuring up to God's standards. I remember the days of using a ruler to create a growth chart on the door frame. But how do we measure our growth as Christians?
Object Lesson - Grasping at Straws or Doing the Impossible?Ken Sapp
This week's idea of the week centers around the drinking straw. The main lesson reminds youth that what sometimes what we see as impossible is not always as impossible as it seems.
This document provides instructions and ideas for using rubber bands in youth group games and as an object lesson on being stretched by God. It describes several rubber band games involving faces, warfare, targets, passing bands down a line, and more. It then explains how stretching a rubber band is like how God stretches believers to make them more useful. Being stretched means trusting God during difficult times of pressure and change. When stretched spiritually, Christians become more flexible, strong, and able to fulfill God's purposes.
This document provides instructions and ideas for homemade Christmas decorations and gifts, including:
- Decorating place settings with ribbon for a holiday meal.
- Making cornucopia vessels from paper to hold holly and berries for the Christmas tree.
- Decorating foil-covered chocolate coins with thread or ribbon to make homemade ornaments.
- Constructing a snowman figure out of oven-bake clay, yarn, and decorations.
- Crafting a Styrofoam pinecone Christmas tree by attaching leaves with pins in overlapping rows.
Twister is a very simple game that can become very complicated as the players can easily get tied up in knots. Play a classic game of twister replacing the colored dots with symbols commonly associated with Easter.
Object Lesson - Turkey Feathers of ThanksgivingKen Sapp
Thanksgiving Day was first celebrated in the American Plymouth colony in 1621, when Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Before that, a Native American named Squanto taught the pilgrims how to plant corn and how to survive in the new land. When the harvest came, it was celebrated by all the colonists and neighboring Native Americans who had helped them. Gradually it became a common annual custom to celebrate thanksgiving after the harvest. While turkeys were known to the colonists and Indians, we don't have any proof they were served at the first thanksgiving. But they were added later as part of the celebration that continues until today. Long before that, the Isrealites has a similar feast day to Thank God for what he had done for them. It was called the Feast of Tabernacles and can be found in Leviticus 23:33-44; Numbers 29:12-39; Deuteronomy 16:13. The games in this lesson use feathers, not only because they are associated with Thanksgiving, but also because there are places in the Bible where God is compared to a protective bird who covers us with his wings.
This document provides instructions and rules for several math games that can be played using Cuisenaire rods. The games are designed for preschool-aged children and focus on basic math concepts like number recognition, addition, subtraction and spatial reasoning. A brief introduction explains that the games were created by the author for her daughter and are based on a teaching philosophy similar to the Miquon math program. Detailed instructions and illustrations are provided for games like Sums, Differences, Gridlock, Squeeze Play and Chutes and Ladders adapted to use Cuisenaire rods instead of dice. The goal is to help prepare children for more structured math programs in a play-based way.
Learn the basics of rubber stamping with this free class from Stampendous and Paper Craft Planet. More lessons like this one can be found at www.PaperCraftPlanet.com
Lesson 12: This week we're learning how to specialty inks like Staz On to stamp on non porous surfaces. This week, we'll walk you step by step through making an ornament and a coordinating holiday card.
These crafts include instructions for making various creatures and objects out of shells, beans, rocks, and other natural materials:
1) Shell creatures are created by gluing shells, beads and clay into animal shapes like koalas, rabbits, and other sea creatures.
2) A magical bean mosaic involves gluing colored beans onto a canvas board in a drawn design or pattern.
3) Rock frogs are made by gluing rocks together and adding small stone features like eyes and feet before painting them.
This document provides instructions for several indoor and outdoor games that can be played with kids. For outdoor games, it describes tug of war, treasure hunt, pick-pocket tag, find your friend, monkey in the middle, jump rope, musical chairs, pass the ball, hanky game, sack race, passing the baton, spoon race, and the mine field. For indoor games, it lists balance beam, musical chairs, keep the balloon up, puzzles, animal charades, two truths and a lie, alphabet game, balloon volleyball, various balloon games, bowling, and marble solitaire.
In this relay, participants will try to replace the missing pieces that have been removed from their team’s pumpkin. It can be used as party game for your October 31st Halloween alternative, for a harvest festival, or a Halloween carnival.
Halloween Party Ideas - Pumpkin Patch RelayKen Sapp
In this relay, participants will try to replace the missing pieces that have been removed from their team’s pumpkin. It can be used as party game for your October 31st Halloween alternative, for a harvest festival, or a Halloween carnival.
Gary Vaynerchuk talks about Content & Social MediaKen Sapp
Great talk and Q&A from Gary Vaynerchuk at National Achiever's Congress 2019 in Singapore... Lots of takeaways but these are powerful: "Eliminate friction between your message and your customer" and "The INTENT of content is the VARIABLE of Success." So does your message create friction? What is the intent of your content? Are you real and adding value or is your content just an "ask" wrapped in content?
Thanksgiving Party Activity - Songs of Thanksgiving - Give ThanksKen Sapp
The document provides lyrics and description for the song "Give Thanks", a well-known song of thanksgiving that expresses gratitude to God for what he has done. It encourages giving thanks through a chorus and verse that are repeated. Additionally, it advertises the Holiday Collection from Creative Holiday Ideas, which contains over 300 pages of ideas and activities to help plan celebrations for various holidays throughout the year.
Thanksgiving Party Activity - Everyday ThanksgivingKen Sapp
The document describes an activity called "Everyday Thanksgiving" where participants reflect on things they are thankful for in their everyday lives. It lists examples of small blessings like being able to hear, see, get out of bed, and have a family and food. While daily routines can seem monotonous, it encourages being grateful for the ability to work and live. The document also advertises a "Holiday Collection" resource with over 300 pages of ideas for celebrating various holidays through games and activities.
Thanksgiving Party Activity - Looking BackKen Sapp
Thanksgiving is an American Holiday where people set aside a day to remember what God has done for them over the past one year and praise Him and give Him thanks for the works He has done in their lives. This game plays on the idea of looking forward yet being able to recognize and picture what is behind. It serves as a metaphor for us, also looking forward to the future, but taking some time to picture and recognize what God has done in the past."
Thanksgiving Party Activity - King David's Psalm of ThanksgivingKen Sapp
The document provides a summary of King David's Psalm of Thanksgiving, including several quotes from 1 Chronicles 29:10-13 praising God for his greatness, power, glory, majesty, splendor, kingdom, and for providing wealth, honor, strength and power to all. It then advertises a Holiday Collection resource with over 300 pages of ideas for celebrations and events for various holidays including New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and more.
Thanksgiving Party Activity - Give Thanks to the LordKen Sapp
The document provides verses from the Bible about giving thanks to God, along with discussion questions. It encourages giving thanks to God for his goodness, love, righteousness, and wonderful deeds. It suggests expressing thanks through words, song, and other ways, and reminds readers to give God thanks not just for good things but in all things.
Thanksgiving Party Activity - ABC’s of ThanksgivingKen Sapp
The document provides an "ABC's of Thanksgiving" activity that expresses gratitude through poems for each letter of the alphabet. It encourages maintaining an attitude of thankfulness even during hard times by focusing on God's blessings. The activity is intended for a Thanksgiving party and is part of a larger Holiday Collection resource with over 300 pages of ideas for celebrating various holidays.
Although gummy bears were invented by German Candy maker Hans Reigel in 1922, the gummy worm is a relatively recent concept. The Gummy bear wasn’t shipped to America until around 1981 and then an American candy company extended the idea to gummy worms to give kids something fun to eat and to shock their parents. Gummy worms are one of the most popular gummy candies around. Use these games with gummy worms as an object lesson to talk about Jesus’ call to his disciples to become fishers of men.
This document describes a Halloween activity called "Peter Pumpkin" that uses a carved pumpkin to teach children about sin and forgiveness through Jesus. It involves carving a face on the pumpkin and telling a story where pieces of the pumpkin's face are removed to represent sins committed by the character Peter during his day. The pieces are put back in when the children are taught that Jesus forgives sins. A cross is then carved into the pumpkin to represent that with Jesus, the light will not go out.
Halloween Party Activity - Perky the Orange PumpkinKen Sapp
The document describes a children's story about a pumpkin named Perky who wants to change colors but learns he is happiest being his natural orange color. It tells of Perky trying different colors like green, blue, yellow, and red through using his magic, but having issues with each that make him unhappy. Eventually, Perky realizes he is best off staying his original orange color and gets chosen by a family to take home, making him very happy. The story teaches about self-identity and acceptance.
Halloween Party Activity - Pass the BrainsKen Sapp
This document describes a Halloween party activity called "Pass the Brains" which involves passing around a pumpkin filled with cooked spaghetti and candy. Players feel through the "brains" when the music stops to find candy. The document provides materials needed, preparation instructions for filling the pumpkin, and notes the activity can tie into religious lessons about finding treasures or searching for God despite life's difficulties. It also advertises a Holiday Collection book with over 300 pages of holiday event ideas.
This document provides ideas for a Halloween party activity where guests try to guess which famous masked character their name tag identifies by asking yes or no questions of others. It includes lists of superhero and other character masks that could be used. The bulk of the document discusses how people often wear masks to hide their true selves and provides a Bible study on Jesus' parable of the Pharisee and tax collector, encouraging attendees to be honest with God and remove any masks.
Even if you don’t want to be involved with Halloween, you’ll want to grab at least one of those plastic or paper Halloween skeletons for this object lesson / game.
A mother has scarred arms from rescuing her daughter from a nursery fire when she was a baby. Each night, the daughter tells her mother she doesn't love her "ugly arms." The mother finally explains how she got the scars saving the daughter from the fire. That night, the daughter tells her mother she loves her arms the most for protecting her. The document compares the mother's scars to Jesus' scarred arms from rescuing humanity from sin and death.
Halloween Party Activity - Pumpkin Seed TossKen Sapp
This document describes a pumpkin seed toss game that can be used to facilitate discussions about choosing goals and the power of words. Participants try to toss small bean bags into carved pumpkins worth different point values based on the size of the mouth. This activity can then spur discussions about whether people choose easier or more valuable targets, as well as discussions about controlling what comes out of one's mouth and the importance of words.
The document describes an object lesson on prayer using a pumpkin. It involves carving a pumpkin and relating each cut or action to a line of prayer, such as cutting out the top to ask God to open one's mind, removing the innards to remove things that don't please God, and lighting a candle to help show God's light to others. The document also advertises a Holiday Collection resource with over 300 pages of ideas for holiday events and activities.
Halloween Party Activity - Pumpkin PicassoKen Sapp
How well can you draw the Halloween Jack-o-Lantern? Here is a great youth game idea for the Halloween season. You can use it to bring a fresh spiritual meaning to the holiday and allow your youth to apply it to seeking God’s plan and direction for their lives. You could even relate it to a talk about not conforming to the patterns of the world. Be creative and have a great week! And for those completely adverse to anything associated with Halloween, see the alternative variation under the “preparation” section.
Halloween Party Activity - Like a Halloween PumpkinKen Sapp
This document provides instructions for an activity using a pumpkin to share the gospel message at a Halloween party. The presenter will carve a design into a pumpkin without showing it, cover it, and use it in an object lesson comparing becoming a Christian to being cleaned out from sin like seeds and dirt are removed from a pumpkin. They will tell how God wants to shine His light through Christians to help others find Jesus, then light the pumpkin to reveal the carved design and message as they pray.
Barbie Movie Review - The Astras.pdffffftheastras43
Barbie Movie Review has gotten brilliant surveys for its fun and creative story. Coordinated by Greta Gerwig, it stars Margot Robbie as Barbie and Ryan Gosling as Insight. Critics adore its perky humor, dynamic visuals, and intelligent take on the notorious doll's world. It's lauded for being engaging for both kids and grown-ups. The Astras profoundly prescribes observing the Barbie Review for a delightful and colorful cinematic involvement.https://theastras.com/hca-member-gradebooks/hca-gradebook-barbie/
Everything You Need to Know About IPTV Ireland.pdfXtreame HDTV
The way we consume television has evolved dramatically over the past decade. Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has emerged as a popular alternative to traditional cable and satellite TV, offering a wide range of channels and on-demand content via the internet. In Ireland, IPTV is rapidly gaining traction, with Xtreame HDTV being one of the prominent providers in the market. This comprehensive guide will delve into everything you need to know about IPTV Ireland, focusing on Xtreame HDTV, its features, benefits, and how it is revolutionizing TV viewing for Irish audiences.
Leonardo DiCaprio House: A Journey Through His Extravagant Real Estate Portfoliogreendigital
Introduction
Leonardo DiCaprio, A name synonymous with Hollywood excellence. is not only known for his stellar acting career but also for his impressive real estate investments. The "Leonardo DiCaprio house" is a topic that piques the interest of many. as the Oscar-winning actor has amassed a diverse portfolio of luxurious properties. DiCaprio's homes reflect his varied tastes and commitment to sustainability. from retreats to historic mansions. This article will delve into the fascinating world of Leonardo DiCaprio's real estate. Exploring the details of his most notable residences. and the unique aspects that make them stand out.
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Leonardo DiCaprio House: Malibu Beachfront Retreat
A Prime Location
His Malibu beachfront house is one of the most famous properties in Leonardo DiCaprio's real estate portfolio. Situated in the exclusive Carbon Beach. also known as "Billionaire's Beach," this property boasts stunning ocean views and private beach access. The "Leonardo DiCaprio house" in Malibu is a testament to the actor's love for the sea and his penchant for luxurious living.
Architectural Highlights
The Malibu house features a modern design with clean lines, large windows. and open spaces blending indoor and outdoor living. The expansive deck and patio areas provide ample space for entertaining guests or enjoying a quiet sunset. The house has state-of-the-art amenities. including a gourmet kitchen, a home theatre, and many guest suites.
Sustainable Features
Leonardo DiCaprio is a well-known environmental activist. whose Malibu house reflects his commitment to sustainability. The property incorporates solar panels, energy-efficient appliances, and sustainable building materials. The landscaping around the house is also designed to be water-efficient. featuring drought-resistant plants and intelligent irrigation systems.
Leonardo DiCaprio House: Hollywood Hills Hideaway
Privacy and Seclusion
Another remarkable property in Leonardo DiCaprio's collection is his Hollywood Hills house. This secluded retreat offers privacy and tranquility. making it an ideal escape from the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles. The "Leonardo DiCaprio house" in Hollywood Hills nestled among lush greenery. and offers panoramic views of the city and surrounding landscapes.
Design and Amenities
The Hollywood Hills house is a mid-century modern gem characterized by its sleek design and floor-to-ceiling windows. The open-concept living space is perfect for entertaining. while the cozy bedrooms provide a comfortable retreat. The property also features a swimming pool, and outdoor dining area. and a spacious deck that overlooks the cityscape.
Environmental Initiatives
The Hollywood Hills house incorporates several green features that are in line with DiCaprio's environmental values. The home has solar panels, energy-efficient lighting, and a rainwater harvesting system. Additionally, the landscaping designed to support local wildlife and promote
Unveiling Paul Haggis Shaping Cinema Through Diversity. .pdfkenid14983
Paul Haggis is undoubtedly a visionary filmmaker whose work has not only shaped cinema but has also pushed boundaries when it comes to diversity and representation within the industry. From his thought-provoking scripts to his engaging directorial style, Haggis has become a prominent figure in the world of film.
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Orpah Winfrey Dwayne Johnson: Titans of Influence and Inspirationgreendigital
Introduction
In the realm of entertainment, few names resonate as Orpah Winfrey Dwayne Johnson. Both figures have carved unique paths in the industry. achieving unparalleled success and becoming iconic symbols of perseverance, resilience, and inspiration. This article delves into the lives, careers. and enduring legacies of Orpah Winfrey Dwayne Johnson. exploring how their journeys intersect and what we can learn from their remarkable stories.
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Orpah Winfrey: From Humble Beginnings to Media Mogul
Orpah Winfrey, often known as Oprah due to a misspelling on her birth certificate. was born on January 29, 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Raised in poverty by her grandmother, Winfrey's early life was marked by hardship and adversity. Despite these challenges. she demonstrated a keen intellect and an early talent for public speaking.
Winfrey's journey to success began with a scholarship to Tennessee State University. where she studied communication. Her first job in media was as a co-anchor for the local evening news in Nashville. This role paved the way for her eventual transition to talk show hosting. where she found her true calling.
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The Origins of the Dwayne Johnson Kidnapping Saga
Dwayne Johnson: A Brief Background
Before discussing the specifics of the kidnapping. it is crucial to understand who Dwayne Johnson is and why his kidnapping would be so significant. Born May 2, 1972, Dwayne Douglas Johnson is an American actor, producer, businessman. and former professional wrestler. Known by his ring name, "The Rock," he gained fame in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) before transitioning to a successful career in Hollywood.
Johnson's filmography includes blockbuster hits such as "The Fast and the Furious" series, "Jumanji," "Moana," and "San Andreas." His charismatic personality, impressive physique. and action-star status have made him a beloved figure worldwide. Thus, the news of his kidnapping would send shockwaves across the globe.
Setting the Scene: The Day of the Kidnapping
The incident of Dwayne Johnson's kidnapping began on an ordinary day. Johnson was filming his latest high-octane action film set to break box office records. The location was a remote yet scenic area. chosen for its rugged terrain and breathtaking vistas. perfect for the film's climactic scenes.
But, beneath the veneer of normalcy, a sinister plot was unfolding. Unbeknownst to Johnson and his team, a group of criminals had planned his abduction. hoping to leverage his celebrity status for a hefty ransom. The stage was set for an event that would soon dominate worldwide headlines and social media feeds.
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The Moment of Capture
On the day of the kidnapping, everything seemed to be proceeding as usual on set. Johnson and his co-stars and crew were engrossed in shooting a particularly demanding scene. As the day wore on, the production team took a short break. providing the kidnappers with the perfect opportunity to strike.
The abduction was executed with military precision. A group of masked men, armed and organized, infiltrated the set. They created chaos, taking advantage of the confusion to isolate Johnson. Johnson was outnumbered and caught off guard despite his formidable strength and fighting skills. The kidnappers overpowered him, bundled him into a waiting vehicle. and sped away, leaving everyone on set in a state of shock and disbelief.
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2. The first Christmas ornaments
were fruits and nuts that were
placed on Christmas trees and
later eaten from the branches as
part of the Christmas feasting.
Over time other ornaments
were added that brightened up
the tree and added additional
meaning and significance such
as a star or an angel.
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Chopstick Christmas Tree –
You’ll need ornaments and one
pair of chopsticks per player.
Players must use the chopsticks
to pick up and place as many
ornaments as they can on a tree
in one minute.
Christmas Ornament Count –
Before you place your
ornaments on a Christmas tree,
count them. The person who
correctly guesses the number of
ornaments on the tree wins a
prize.
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Christmas Ball Conveyor –
Each team chooses two people
to compete in this challenge.
They stand, facing each other,
at a distance to be determined
by how difficult you wish the
challenge to be. A ribbon is
wrapped around both players’
waists, creating a loop
surrounding them both.
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The first player has a bowl with
Christmas ornaments on hooks
as well as a small Christmas
tree beside him. To play the
game, the first player hooks an
ornament on the ribbon. The
two players must then spin in
tandem in order to move the
ornament all the way around
the ribbon, ending up back with
the first player, who must then
hang it on the tree.
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Christmas In The Balance –
(Adapted from Minute to Win It)
When the clock starts, two
youth from each team must first
place a yardstick on a vertically
standing wrapping paper tube.
When the yardstick is balanced
on the tube, the youth on each
team may then start hanging 5
ornaments of equal size and
weight, one at a time for each
person, simultaneously on each
end of the yardstick.
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Once a youth has placed the
first ornament onto the
yardstick and released hands
from the ornament, neither
person is allowed to touch the
tube or yardstick or the game
is over. To complete the game,
the yardstick, tube and
ornaments must be
freestanding within the 60-
second time limit and must
remain that way for 3 seconds.
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Deck the Balls – (adapted from
Minute to Win It) Two persons on
each team are given a wrapping
paper tube. When the clock
starts, the first person with the
tube on each team uses his or
her tube to suck the first
ornament from the start bowl
and transfer it to his or her
partner. That person then hangs
it on a tree (or on a string that
has been strung across the room
between two ladders).
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If an ornament falls to the floor
or is touched with anything
other than the tube, that
ornament is out of play. To
complete the game, 3
ornaments must be successfully
transferred and hung on the
tree (or string) within the 60-
second time limit. All 3
ornaments must remain
hanging on the tree (or string)
together for 3 seconds.
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Find the Christmas Ornaments –
Collect a variety of Christmas
Tree ornaments. Before you place
them on the tree, take a photo of
each. Place the photos on
separate cards. Players must
draw a card, and run to the tree
and collect the ornament on the
card. First team to complete a
certain number of cards wins. As
a variation, have the next person
on each team search for the
SAME ornament. First to find it
and retrieve it gets the points.
First team to certain number of
points wins.
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Holiday Kiss – (Adapted from
Minute to Win It) a string is hung
horizontally across the room on
each end of the room. When the
clock starts, each pair of
contestants must use only their
lips to pick up an ornament from
the start string and transfer it to
the second string. If an ornament
falls, contestants may start with
another from the start string. To
complete the game, contestants
must transfer 3 ornaments, using
only their lips, and have them
hanging together on the end string
for at least 3 seconds. They have
one minute to complete the task.
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Hot Christmas Ornament – With
everyone seated in a circle, pass
around a Christmas ornament.
When the music stops, whoever
holds it is out of the game.
Continue until there is only one
winner.
Ornament Pass – This is a classic
game that has been around for
ages. In the original game,
participants must pass an orange
down a line of participants using
only their chins. In our version
we replace the orange with a
round Christmas Ornament.
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Ornament Catch – You’ll need an
8-foot-high ladder, (next to a
Christmas Tree makes nice photo
opportunities), a Christmas
stocking that has heavy wire in
the top rim to keep it open and
Round Christmas Ornaments
(plastic). Set up the ladder in the
middle of your meeting area and
place the stocking on the floor in
front of it. Line up the round
Christmas ornaments on the top
of the ladder. (Have some
spotters to brace the ladder and
make sure no one falls off.) Split
the youth group into pairs.
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The first pair has one partner
kneel facing the ladder and
holding the stocking in his or her
mouth. The other partner must
climb the ladder so that his or
her face is even with the top of
the ladder where the five
ornaments are lined up. Make
sure they hold on firmly to the
ladder. The person on the ladder
blows the ornaments, one at a
time, off the ladder. The partner
with the stocking may freely
move about to catch the balls but
must remain kneeling and
continue holding the stocking in
his/her mouth.
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The use of hands is NOT allowed.
The partners switch positions
and repeat the process. Keep
score. Give all the pairs a turn.
The winning pair is the one who
gets the most ornaments into the
stocking. If there’s a tie, have
your runners-up repeat the
process.
Ornament Race – Players race on
hands and knees while pushing
ornaments with their noses to
the finish line.
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Ornament Roll – One Contestant
from each team must stand
behind a tree ornament holding a
gift box. When the clock starts,
each contestant may start
fanning the tree ornament with
the gift box. Contestant and gift
box may not touch the tree
ornament at any time or the
game is over. To complete the
game, contestant must get the
tree ornament in the designated
end zone area within the 60-
second time limit. The tree
ornament must come to a
complete stop without exiting
the designated end zone.
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MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
Use this as a presentation of the plan
of salvation for a Christmas
Children’s sermon or as a Christmas
Object Lesson.
For the object lesson portion of this
lesson you will need:
• Christmas Tree
• gold, red, white, and blue bulbs.
• A string of Christmas lights
• A star for the top of the tree
Place the items on the Christmas
tree according to the following order
and give the explanations for each as
you go along.
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Gold Christmas Bulb
The Gold Christmas bulb reminds
us of Heaven which is filled with
the glory of God. The Bible tells us
that in Heaven, the streets of the
city are pure, clear gold-like glass
(Rev.21:21). God wants you to be
with Him in Heaven someday.
Christmas Tree
The green Christmas tree reminds
us of the new life, everlasting life,
we can receive from God. The
Bible tells us to “grow in grace in
the knowledge of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ” (II Peter
3:18).
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Have you ever seen a BLACK
Christmas Bulb?
THERE IS NO Black Christmas
Bulb. Just like there is no black
Christmas bulb, there is one thing
that can never be in Heaven. That
is sin. Doing, or saying, or thinking
bad things is called sin. Sin is
anything that displeases God. Sin
has caused sorrow and sadness in
our world. God tells us in the
Bible that all have sinned (Romans
3:23). But just like there is no
black Christmas bulb, God doesn’t
allow sin in heaven.
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Red Christmas Bulb
The Red Christmas Bulb shows
the way God made for you to
have your sins forgiven-taken
away. God loves you. He sent His
own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ,
from Heaven to take the
punishment for your sin (John
3:16). Jesus came into the world
to save us from punishment for
sin. He is called our Savior! “…the
blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son,
cleanses us from all sin” (I John
1:7).
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White Christmas Bulb
The white Christmas bulb reminds
us that you can be made clean
from sin. When we sin, we can tell
god about our sin, and ask for
forgiveness and when we do his
blood washes away our sin and
makes us white as snow! (I John
1:9).
The Blue Christmas Bulb
The blue bulb is the same color as
water. Jesus, to show he was giving
his life to God was baptized in
water.
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Christmas Lights
Jesus was born as a light of the
world. He came to bring us out of
darkness and into the light. Do
you want to walk in the light of
Jesus this Christmas?
A Silver or Gold Star
You can add a star at the top of
the Christmas tree as a reminder
that the Wisemen followed the
star looking for Jesus. Will you
seek Jesus this Christmas?
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