Leader Guide

Relay Game

  • Two tennis balls, or any two identical objects
  • Optional: masking tape or painter’s tape

Place a line near one end of the room and another line about 20–25 feet away from the first line.

Let’s say our SuperTruth together: “God has a plan to bring me back to Him.”

Sin took Adam and Eve away from the perfect world God had created for them. God had a plan to bring them back. He has a plan for us, too, to bring us back when we sin! We are going to play a game where we bring an object back that was taken away.

Divide the children into two equal teams and have both teams line up single file at one end of the room—or behind the line. Give the first player of each team a ball. Start the game. Both players run to the other end of the room, place their ball on the floor—or behind the line. The players then run back to the line. The second players run to pick up the balls and bring them back to the next player in their line.

Continue this process—taking the ball away and bringing it back—until all players have taken a turn and the ball is brought back a final time. The first team that does this wins.

For added fun—call out a different way the players take away the ball or return it—walking backward, running, skipping, hopping, or walking.

That was fun. The object of this game was to bring back what was taken away. I am so thankful that God has a plan to bring me back to Him!