This document describes an activity for teaching youth about love using a poster board or newsprint. Participants are asked to finish the sentence "Love is..." by writing their answers. Variations include having teams or small groups come up with lists related to love by naming things, finding magazine clippings, or acting out ideas through charades. The activity aims to start a discussion about how to define love from God's perspective of unconditional love.

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Youth Ideas:
Love Is
Use this creative
teaching idea as an
introduction to a
lesson on love or for
Valentine's Day
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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.”
• 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.
• 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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