Leader Guide
Tossing Game
- Sheet of gray paper
- Three squares of cardboard or construction paper, about 12" x 12"
- Scissors
- Optional: masking or painter’s tape
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
Cut five vertical strips from gray paper.
Crumple each strip to make pebbles.
Lay the three cardboard squares in a horizontal row on the floor, with about 3 feet between each. You may tape them to the floor.
Mark a spot or tape a line on the floor about 10–12 feet from the cardboard squares.
Divide the class into two teams, which will alternate turns. Team 1 sends a champion, David, to stand behind the line. Team 2 sends three giants to each stand on a square on the floor. David gets 5 underhand tosses to try and hit any of the three giants with the paper pebbles. One point is scored for each hit. To make things interesting, the giants must keep at least one foot on the cardboard at all times and try to avoid the paper pebbles. If one steps off, the other team scores one hit. After the five paper pebbles are tossed, Team 1 sends three giants to stand on the squares and Team 2 sends a champion to toss the paper pebbles. Play the game until all children have had a chance to be the champion, David. The team with the most points wins.
You all did really well! Did you like being David or a giant?
We had three giants in this game, not just one. The fact is, we all have many giants or problems that we face each day. The good news is that God can easily handle not just one giant, but all of them, at the same time!
Goliath was a huge, strong man. He had faith in his own strength and laughed at David because of his size and faith in God. Goliath was defeated and fell to the ground with just one stone from David’s sling. Proverbs 16:18 says,
Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.
The word haughty means arrogant or feeling superior to someone else.
Do you think this verse describes what happened in the Bible story; if so, how?
Yes, God wants us to trust in His strength and power, not our own!
Let’s shout our SuperTruth for today: “God will help me when I face giant problems.”