Respond to the Word
Ideas to suit different interests, ages and learning preferences.
The Children’s Sheet offers activities to do in worship & at home.
Change direction
Play dominoes or another game that involves changes of direction. Talk about how you choose which way to go when the opportunity to change presents itself.
Learning to change
Blindfold a willing volunteer and ask them to carry out some ordinary tasks. If they are too good at it, tie one hand behind their back too! When we are disempowered we are obliged to change the way we do things.
Shine the light! Change the way!
Gather two small teams of people (Peter and Paul) at the signpost with its direction pointer ‘Towards Damascus’. Give each team some cut-out footprints or some footprint confetti (see Further resources). Each team faces away from the signpost. Behind the signpost, hidden from their view, display the words of Acts 9.1-3. On the word ‘go’, each team starts to create a road to Damascus by laying down their footsteps, while the congregations follow the words from Acts pointed out by a leader. When the leader reaches the words ‘suddenly a light from heaven ashed around him’, everyone shouts loudly, ‘Shine the light! Change the way!’. At this point the road-layers must change direction. Repeat several times until you have two roads with their changes of direction threading their way through the building.