Warehouse School Age Tie-IN
June 4, 2017
Large Group Leader: Greetings Space Cadets! Are you ready to launch into another week of “3, 2, 1…Blastoff?” (Kids
respond.) Fantastic! During “Blastoff,” we’re training to follow Jesus by taking an out-of-this-world adventure through the
Book of James. We’re not alone, though. Just like last week, CHIP is here to help us. In fact, why don’t we blast off into
our next training mission right now? CHIP—what do you have for us today?
VDO:
PLAY CHIP VDO1
CHIP: Greetings space cadets. I have a question. Why did the computer get glasses? Revealing answer in 3, 2, 1. So
that it could improve its website. Ha ha. Ha ha. I am so funny. Seriously, though, space travel is no laughing matter. If
someone on your crew is injured, you must be prepared to treat their wounds immediately. Your next training mission is to
practice applying bandages to an injured crew mate.
Alright—we have our first training mission of the day. Let’s get started!
Give each small group 2 rolls of toilet paper. (There should be at least 2 groups.) Tell the kids that the
toilet paper will serve as bandages. When you say “go,” give the groups 2 minutes to wrap one kid in the
bandages. Suggest that they wrap the legs individually so the kid can still walk. At the end of 2 minutes,
determine which kid is the most fully wrapped and announce the winner.
Next, have kids take a seat, but invite the bandaged kids to sit or stand near the teaching area.
VDO:
PLAY CHIP VDO2
CHIP: Excellent job. You treated those wounds very well. Your mummy would be proud. Ha ha. Ha ha. Your training is
not complete, though. Injuries are not the only thing you must treat well. For a space mission to be successful, you must
also treat your crew mates well. Your next training mission is to discover the importance of treating everyone with the
same amount of love and kindness. You will find instructions in the ultimate training manual—the Bible. Look up James
2:1, then explore the story of the 10 lepers to complete this mission.
Thanks CHIP! (To kids.) We have our second training mission for the day and it starts in the Book of James. Let’s turn
to James 2:1 and see what it says.
Encourage kids to open their Bibles to James 2:1. Choose a kid to read the verse aloud or read it aloud
yourself as the kids follow along. The verse says: “My brothers and sisters, you are believers in our
glorious Lord Jesus Christ. So treat everyone the same.”
What a cool verse! That’s what CHIP was talking about—treating each of your crew mates with the same amount of love
and kindness. Maybe that’s what the story of the 10 lepers is all about. Let’s check it out.
VDO:
PLAY 10 LEPERS VIDEO
In the story of the 10 lepers, the lepers were being treated differently because they were sick and because some of them
believe different things. Nobody wanted to talk to them or be around them. Does that kind of thing ever happen with
kids? What are some reasons that kids might treat each other differently? How do they treat each other differently?
(Take answers from kids. For younger kids, be prepared to prompt them with examples such as looking different or being
less popular.)
The Book of James talks about another group of people who are treated differently. Let me show you what I’m talking
about.
Riverwood Kids
Adapted from “Billy’s Barnyard Theatre” by Go!
Warehouse School Age Tie-IN
June 4, 2017
During the “GET GO!NG” small group kid connect time, kids will create life size drawings of a poor person
and rich person. (See the “GET GO!NG” activity in the small group lesson for more details.) Invite one
person from each group to the teaching area and have them hold their group’s drawing up for everyone to
see. When the kids are in place, open to James 2:2-4 and read aloud while interacting with the drawings.
(Stand by “rich person.”) James 2:2-4 says, “Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine
clothes.” (Stand by “poor person.”) “And suppose a poor man in dirty clothes also comes in.” (Return to “rich person.”)
“Would you say, ‘Here’s a good seat for you’? (Usher “rich person” to a chair.) “Would you say to the poor man, ‘You
stand there’? Or ‘Sit on the floor by my feet’? (Direct “poor person” to sit on the floor.) “If you would, aren’t you treating
some people better than others?”
Instead, this is what James says to do. (Read verse aloud with the kids.)
Memory verse:
“My brothers and sisters, you are believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. So treat
everyone the same.” James 2:1
(Sit or kneel near kids.) James tells us to treat everyone the same. No matter how rich they are or popular they are, no
matter how they dress or what they believe, no matter the color of their skin or the country they come from, Jesus wants
us to love people the same way we want to be loved. That can be really hard sometimes, so let’s pray and ask Jesus to
help us.
Pray & Dismiss to groups.
Riverwood Kids
Adapted from “Billy’s Barnyard Theatre” by Go!