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Splinks for June 15th - June 21st
Play “Who Am I?”
While driving in the car, choose one person to be “it.” Tell “it” to think of a person who is a:
- famous person in history –George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, etc.
- family member – Aunt Susan, Grandma Jane, etc
- cartoon character
- Bible character
The other people in the car must ask “it” questions that can only be answered with a yes or no. The first one to figure out the identity of the person gets to be the next “it.” Some good questions: Is this person alive now? Did this person live during Bible times? Is this person a man?
For younger kids: pick a person and give them clues about the person (making the first clues more general and getting more specific as you go). Give them time after each clue to guess the person. I lived in Old Testament times. I am a man. I had three boys. I built a big boat/ark. You can guess a person’s identity by the things you know about them.
Ask: What do you know about Jesus?
What’s Behind Your Name?
Discuss the meaning of each child’s name. Tell your children if you named them after a specific person or had a special reason to give them the name you did. Look up the meaning of each child’s name. ( behindthename.com is a good site to find the history of a name).
Ask: How does this name fit your personality? (Are you a strong leader (Richard) or a helper (Sandy)?
In Bible times, a person’s name told a lot about them. Before Jesus was born, the angel gave Joseph special instructions on naming Jesus. Look in Matthew 1:21 to find out why He was to be named Jesus. (Jesus’ name told what He came to earth to do— “to save His people from their sins.”) His name told who He was!
Who’s in that Picture?
Look through an old photo album and try to identify the people in the pictures (especially pictures of grandparents, aunts, uncles when they were younger). Talk about family resemblance. (Do you think Aunt Mabel looks like Grandma?) Talk about character trait resemblance (Aunt Mabel is kind just like Grandma is).
When Jesus came to earth, He looked like His Father. In fact, Jesus said, “If you have seen me, you have seen the Father” (John 14:9).
Ask: How many character traits of Jesus can you list?(kind, loving, joyful, strong, wise, obedient, etc.) You can tell that Jesus was God by the things He did and what He said.
Can people tell that you are a Christian by the thing you do and say?
