JANUARY – FEBRUARY WATCHWORD: STROKE

ACTIVE GAME BLOW BALOON

DAY, DATE TIME

LOCATION Indoor or Outdoor NUMBER OF PAX Small or Large Group

LEADER(S)
OBJECTIVES At the end of the activity, the members will be able to:
1. Learn how to have initiative;
2. Know how to be a disciple of Christ.
METHODS Active
SECURITY
MATERIALS Balloons WHO 1 Leader who will facilitate the
WHAT game.
WHEN Another Leader who will assist
the facilitator.
POINTING SYSTEM The first group who finishes first will get 5 points = first round, 10 points = second round,
15 points = third round and 20 points = last round.

TOTAL TIME 45 minutes TIME RESERVED EFFECTIVE TIME 40 minutes

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ORDER OF PROGRAM
TIME, REMARKS DESCRIPTION:
A group activity that can be done with balloons. Promotes gentle, fun physical
movement, trust, initiative and working together.

5 minutes BEGINNING:
 It is a relay game.
 The objective of the game is to bring the balloon/s to the other side of their
base using their breath.

30 minutes MAIN PART:

 Divide the members equally (2, 3 or 4 life groups).
 There should be 5 balloons per life group and they must blow the balloons in the
air simultaneously.

First round:
 There are 5 balloons on each life group.
 They must bring each balloon to the other side of their base by blowing it.
 After bringing the first balloon, they must go back to their main base to get
another balloon and so on until they bring all the balloons to the other side of
their base.
 The group who finishes first will get 5 points.

Second round:
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 There are 5 balloons on each life group.

 They must bring 1 balloon first to the other side of their base by blowing it.
 After bringing the first balloon, they must go back to their main base and they
must bring two balloons to the other side of their base and so on until they
bring all the balloons to the other side of their base.
 The group who finishes first will get 10 points.

Third round:
 There are 5 balloons on each life group.
 They must bring 2 balloons first to the other side of their base by blowing it.
 After bringing the first two balloons, they must go back to their main base and
they must bring the remaining three balloons to the other side of their base.
 The group who finishes first will get 15 points.

Last round:
 There are 5 balloons on each life group.
 They must bring all of the balloons to the other side of their base by blowing it.
 The group who finishes first will get 20 points.

Leader may ask:

 How was the activity?
 How do they feel?
 Does everyone blow the balloons?

Leader may say:

 We are all Disciples of Christ here in Chiro because we must bring all of the
learning that we acquire every Sunday.
 We must all share the word and doings of the Lord to others and we must
follow what leaders thought us.

10 minutes ENDING:
The balloons are the other children outside the group and we as a Chiro member must
bring them to the right path by bringing them to Chiro because we bring the youth and
children closer to Christ.

On a deeper learning, here are some steps on how are we going to be disciples of Christ.

The first step on the path of discipleship begins in the exact place where we stand. We
do not have to prequalify to take that first step. It doesn’t matter if we are rich or poor.
There is no requirement to be educated, eloquent, or intellectual. We do not have to be
perfect or well-spoken or even well-mannered. You and I can walk in the path of
discipleship today.

 Let us be humble; let us pray to our Father in Heaven with all our heart and
express our desire to draw close to Him and learn of Him.
 Have faith.
 Seek and you will find. Knock and the door will be opened. (See Matthew
7:7.)
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 Serve the Lord by serving others.

 Become an active participant in your ward or branch.
 Strengthen your family by committing to live the principles of the gospel. Be
of one heart and of one mind in your family.
 Adjust your lives to be able to have a temple recommend and use it.
 Have meaningful family home evenings, read the word of God, and speak to
our Heavenly Father in earnest prayer.
 Fill our hearts with gratitude for the Restoration of His Church that blesses
our lives.
 Embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ, become His disciples, and walk in His
way.

Scripture:
“Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which
you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if
you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For
what I received I passed on to you as of first importance that Christ died for our sins
according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day
according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.
After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the
same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he
appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to
one abnormally born. For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be
called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am
what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of
them — yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. Whether, then, it is I or they,
this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.” - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

SOURCE:
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PREPARED BY Committee On Ideas