Active Game

Let’s say our SuperTruth together. “Salvation is for everyone.”  

For this game we added “I believe” to the beginning of the SuperTruth. Let’s look at the board and say it together: “I believe salvation is for everyone.”

Where did the messengers go to deliver Cornelius’s message to Peter? Joppa, Simon’s house.

What city did Peter travel to so he could bring the message of salvation to Cornelius? Caesarea.

How did God show that Cornelius and his family believed in Jesus and received salvation? The Holy Spirit fell on them. He gave the same gift to them as He gave to the Jews. 

Both Peter and Cornelius needed to trust and obey. Jesus died to save everyone, and He broke down the wall that separated the Jews and Gentiles. In this game, we will work together in different groups. You will need to leave your own group, travel to other groups, and then interact with them to build the SuperTruth. You can’t accomplish the goal by staying in your own group and talking with your own members. Remember that at first, the Jewish believers thought that only they were chosen by God to receive salvation, so they didn’t share the Gospel with Gentiles. The vision Peter received from God changed everything. Peter went outside the Jewish group to obey God and share the Gospel with the Gentiles. 

We added “I believe” to the beginning of the SuperTruth for this activity. If we really do believe the SuperTruth and take action as Peter did to share the Gospel, we will expand God’s kingdom and be part of accomplishing His purpose to bring the Good News to all people.    

Divide the children into six teams of 2–5 children. Teams do not need to be equal. 

Assign each team a number from 1–6. It is important for each player to know their team number! Be prepared to help children with special needs. 

Have each team sit in their own circle in the four corners of the room, in the middle, etc.  

The game is played like “Go Fish.”

Shuffle all the sets of cards together, then give each team six random cards.

Each team places any cards with their own team number face-up near the middle of their circle. Cards with other numbers are turned over and placed in a pile near the center of the circle. (For example, if Team 1 has two cards with the number 1, the team places those two cards face-up, in the order they would be spoken in the SuperTruth; then they turn all the extra cards with different numbers face-down in a pile.)

The goal is for each team to build the complete SuperTruth using only cards that have their team’s number. 

Start the game. One player from each team will go to a different team and ask, “Do you have any team number __ cards?”

That team checks their extra cards without revealing the card numbers. If they have a card with the requested number, they must give it to the asking player. If they have more than one card with that number, they should not say so, and they should only give one card to the asking player.

The asking player then returns with the card to their team and the next player goes to ask for a card from another team—either the same team as before or a different team.

Once a team has finished, they stand up and shout the expanded SuperTruth together. 

Continue until all teams have finished and shouted.         

Conclusion: In this game you couldn’t complete the task within your team. You needed to go outside your circle not only to the close teams, but also those further away. Jesus said to go into all the world to share the Gospel.