Children's
Activities
Obviously families will
want to provide both group activity time and personal
time for each family member over the time period of the
24 hour Sabbath. This will be even more important to
consider if the family has no regular place to go for
community worship on the Sabbath. Parents may want an
extended time of personal Bible study, and that means
that children need to be presented with many options for
how they can profitably and enjoyably spend their own
time on the Sabbath. A few suggestions:
- Have a collection of
toys purchased especially for the Sabbath, and bring
them out only on the Sabbath so that they stay
"special."
- Check local or
online Christian book stores for suitable story
books, coloring books, and activity books.
- Invest in some
children's videotapes such as the popular Veggie
Tales series, that are both fun and
inspirational.
- Check into the
growing collection of Bible-based video and computer
games.
- Have your children
go with you to a local Bible book store and choose
their own books from some of the excellent series
available for various ages.
- Encourage your
children to invite friends over occasionally, to
take part in both your family's Sabbath activities
and their own play time.
Devotionals
A weekly Sabbath
Devotional is currently being produced for this Times
of Refreshing website. When completed, you will be
able to come to the site each Sabbath evening and
download an appropriate devotional worksheet to aid and
inspire you in your own family and individual Bible
study and worship time.
If you would like to be notified
by email when this feature is added to the site, write
to the email address at the bottom of this webpage and
ask to be added to the email mailing list.
Rejoicing
The
Rejoicing section of each article in this series
emphasizes the importance of including larger group
worship and fellowship experiences whenever possible in
your observances. It is important for individuals and
families to spend part of their celebration times with
others—as many others as possible—to maximize the impact
of feeling part of something greater than yourself. This
may mean one or two other families, a small
congregation, or a big crowd.
Among
those Christians or Messianics who observe the weekly
Sabbath, there
are several distinct styles of observance. Below are
three typical ways that Christian or Messianic
congregations choose to celebrate. See the
Introductory article to this 3 Rs
series for an overview of each of these three types.
Varieties of Contemporary Observances
Traditional Jewish Celebrations
Some
groups, particularly among those which label themselves as
Messianic or Hebrew Roots congregations, model their
Sabbath (Hebrew: Shabbat) celebrations closely
on the traditional modern Orthodox or Conservative
Jewish customs for this day. They will, however, often
interpret these customs in ways that emphasize Jesus
(whom they may refer to by a Hebrew version of His name
such as Yashua or Y'shua) and the Gospel
of salvation.
Preparations will be made Friday afternoon to make sure
all work necessary for resting on the Sabbath is taken
care of ahead of time. Such groups vary in how
stringently they adhere to the Jewish traditions about
what is considered "work" on the Sabbath, but at minimum
it usually refers to at least one's regular paid or
unpaid occupation, including standard housework like
cooking and cleaning. Preparations would include making
the twisted loaves of traditional Sabbath challah
bread The family observance would begin just
before sundown, with the lighting of the Sabbath candles
by the mother or another woman in the household.
The Friday evening meal is typically served with the
best table setting owned by the family, and accompanied
by long, leisurely conversation. Some groups may imitate
standard synagogue practice, and have a short Friday
evening worship service.
More
typical is a Saturday morning worship service, complete
in many cases with a Jewish-style prescribed Torah
scroll reading, and commentary on the material covered.
Traditional prayers and other Jewish liturgy may be
included, with elements mentioning the role of Yashua.
Music would tend to be primarily with a "Jewish" flavor,
perhaps even sung in Hebrew, and including standard
Jewish traditional songs.
After
the service, families typically have a restful, quiet
afternoon, with a simple luncheon and perhaps a family
walk. The Sabbath ends with a havdalah ceremony, which
involves more candle-lighting, prayers, and the use of a
box of spices.
(For a
description and details about these and related Jewish
customs, see Jewish Feast and Holy Day Customs:
Shabbat.)
Non-Jewish Celebrations
Some
Christian groups which observe the Sabbath pay little
attention to Jewish customs and instead create their own
style of gathering for this day.
Preparations are still made for avoiding unnecessary
work on the Sabbath, although the prohibitions for what
"work" means are almost always much simpler and less
stringent than in Jewish circles. In most cases this
means that those with jobs outside the home will take
the day off work, and the kind of daily home maintenance
that is referred to as "housework," including laundry
and cleaning, will be put off until Sunday. As with the
Messianic groups, the Sabbath typically begins at the
going down of the sun, and ends 24 hours later as
the sun goes down again.
Most
groups have no specific "Sabbath customs" that families
adhere to in their homes. And Sabbath day worship
services seldom have a complex liturgy and symbolism.
Most frequently the meetings will consist of an opening
prayer, a few hymns, perhaps a piece of special music
performed by a soloist or group, and a sermon by a group
pastor or elder, followed by a closing hymn and prayer.
Sometimes a shorter preliminary message by another
speaker, often termed a "sermonette," may be inserted
between the beginning of the service and the main
sermon.
Another
type of Sabbath service that is common in some
non-Jewish groups may replace the sermonette with a
sharing time for prayer requests or praise reports from
members. And the sermon may be replaced with a guided
group Bible study and open discussion session. This
might be followed by a simple group potluck meal, either
every week or periodically, such as once a month. There
are typically no specific Sabbath customs that would be
observed at such group gatherings, such as would be seen
at Messianic meetings. And families that belong to such
groups typically have no specific home family customs
for ending the Sabbath. Naps or personal Bible study for
adults, reading or quiet games for children would be
typical ways the rest of the Sabbath would be spent, and
the family members would just go back to their regular
activities after the sun sets.
Hybrid Celebrations
Some
groups, while borrowing some of the customs, rituals,
and symbolism of Judaism, are more experimental in their
inclusion of these. Rather than try to imitate the whole
package of the standard Jewish Sabbath
celebration, they will pick and choose those aspects
which appeal to them, perhaps sometimes for spiritual
reasons because they seem to be deeply meaningful, and
at other times just because they are aesthetically
attractive or seem fun.
As with
both of the observance styles mentioned above, most
people in the hybrid types of groups plan ahead to not
have to do any common work on the Sabbath, and begin
their observance as the sun goes down on Friday. Many
such families develop their own Friday evening rituals,
such as allowing each child in the family to take turns
planning a special Sabbath meal for each week. Church
services would be typically held Saturday morning or
early afternoon. The schedule of the meetings would tend
to be less liturgical than the Messianic groups, and
less formal than the non-Jewish groups. More
participation by everyone in the group, including
children and teens, may be encouraged. Music may be more
varied than either of the other groups, with more
contemporary music included than in the typical
non-Jewish group. It might well include some type of
"worship dance," typically referred to as "Davidic
Dancing." And it typically includes a more varied
musical accompaniment, with tambourines, guitars,
perhaps even drums.
Gatherings in these groups may be a standard length,
such as two hours. But it is not unusual to find groups
that spend most of the Sabbath together, clear up almost
until sunset, with a variety of activities. Although
there may be no prescribed Sabbath
ending-traditions among such groups, congregations or
families typically develop their own traditions for
this, perhaps adapting the Jewish Havdalah ritual with
their own wording and customs.
Toward
a New Celebration Paradigm
One of the goals of
this Times of Refreshing website is to
encourage individuals and groups to fashion a
celebration style that is uniquely their own.
The Bible truly gives us no "worship formula"
for the weekly Sabbath and annual Feasts and
Holy Days, beyond a very few basic guidelines.
Thus God has granted us the freedom to adapt
these few guidelines to the age and culture in
which we live, and to the 'group personality" of
those with whom we meet. Some will feel most
comfortable and joyful with a certain amount of
formality, old-fashioned majestic music, and
orderly activities. Others can best rejoice with
considerable informality, contemporary lively
music, and boisterously extemporaneous
activities. And quite a few may feel most
refreshed by a combination of elements of all of
the above. The following ideas and tips are not
offered as a blue-print that must be slavishly
followed. They are instead a potpourri of
possibilities to pick and choose from to use as
parts for you, and those with whom you worship,
to craft your own very special Times of
Refreshing.
"Setting
the Stage" for Celebration
The following
general comments about creating a celebration
environment are equally applicable to the weekly
Sabbath and any of the annual Holy Days and Feasts.
They are therefore repeated in each installment of the
3Rs section of the Times of Refreshing website. If
you have already read this material in another
installment, use this link to
jump directly to specific
suggestions for the weekly Sabbath.
A
Sabbath, Feast, or Holy Day church service that resembles a college
class--with a few perfunctory songs thrown in--hardly
qualifies as a time of celebration and rejoicing! Many
groups have found that it is possible to maintain a
format for their gatherings that has sound teaching, but
add elements that make the gathering more than a passive
audience listening to a lecture.
One of
the most important elements in this transformation is
music. If the same group has been singing the same fifty
or so songs for the past two decades, and most still
find it necessary to bury their heads in the hymnbook
while singing, something is wrong. If most of these same
people sing along enthusiastically to their car radio
playing contemporary secular music, it is obvious that
the problem isn't that they can't immerse themselves in
music. It is more likely that they have separated
"religious music" into a class all by itself, as
something that is sung out of duty, rather than from the
heart. And the words have long since stopped
communicating thoughts and have become merely syllables
to be mouthed.
For
some people, the reason for this is that traditional
church hymns--most written a century or two or more
ago--seem like they are almost in a foreign
language. The historic culture that they came from can
seem unconnected to the thoughts, feelings, and emotions
of modern Christians. There are many ways that this
situation can be remedied. And in most cases the best
answer is to find creative ways to incorporate many
aspects of possible solutions.
One
thing that can help is for song leaders and/or other
speakers to actually spend some time talking about the
content of the hymns once in a while. There are books
and websites that provide a fascinating glimpse of the
history of many hymns, describing the authors, the
situations that prompted them to write a certain set of
lyrics, and some background of the cultural context in
which they were written. This can make the words come
alive in a way that they haven't before. Two samples:
Website
with hymn stories
Two Hundred Amazing Hymn Stories
Link to
Amazon.com info on two books of hymn stories
Osbeck's 101 Hymn Stories, volumes one and two
A
congregation that is made up of people of all age groups
will also find that it is usually beneficial to consider
incorporating newer hymns and other religious music in
some way into your group gatherings, so that everyone
can express themselves musically in ways that are most
meaningful to them. This can mean varying the music for
the usual worship service every week with a variety of
styles, featuring the newer music on certain weeks
during the month, or perhaps establishing a regular or
occasional alternative worship service, perhaps in the
evening, featuring newer music. This issue of
introducing variety into music has been a source of
conflict in many churches in recent decades, but with a
calm approach of creatively searching for satisfactory
compromises between people who hate change and people
who crave change, conflict can be minimized and all
needs met.
See the
section below on Meaningful Music
for more suggestions on music for congregational
worship.
Other
"celebratory" aspects to the activities for the day can
include feasting together (see Festive
Food below), and special presentations by
children and youth, including choirs, plays, pageantry,
artwork displays, and even parades on appropriate
occasions (See Children's Activities
below).
The
most important consideration when "setting the stage"
for celebration is to involve everyone,
of every age, in contributing to the time together. In
other words ... the stage that is set isn't one that
most people sit in the audience and passively "view" ...
it's a stage where everyone joins the "performance"!
Meaningful Music
General Information
Hymns and group songs
Some hymns and other
types of religious songs may have a line or two
with which some people will take exception as not
reflecting totally sound biblical doctrine. Inclusion of
links to hymns or collections of hymns here is not an endorsement of every minor point
within the hymns at that link. If there is something that bothers
you in any given piece of music, you can either not use
it, or make a minor
adjustment to the wording to reflect your own doctrinal
perspective.
If your fellowship
group does not have music to sing from, local
and online Christian bookstores stock a wide
collection of basic hymnals in hardbound and
paperback formats, with everything from
classical church music of the 1700s and earlier
to the latest Praise and Worship choruses.
There are many
online sources of public domain congregational
music. Some may include sound files of
accompaniment music, lyrics, sheet music, and
perhaps even chord sheets for piano and/or
guitar. If you are looking for a specific hymn
or song, just type the name or a line of the
lyrics into a Google search box. Below are links
to some broad collections from which to choose.
http://www.cyberhymnal.org
Over 6,100
Christian hymns and Gospel songs. Includes
lyrics, scores, MIDI files, pictures,
history, choices to match specific
scriptural references, and more.
It is increasingly
popular in many religious settings to use lyrics
projected on a screen for congregational
singing, with still photos or video clips of
inspirational scenes of nature and so on in the
background. There are commercial packages of
such set-ups, sometimes including even audio
files of the music for those groups that don't
have musicians to provide accompaniment. Check
online Christian book stores such as
CBD-Christian Book
Distributors for a selection of such items.
PLEASE NOTE: If
you are considering going this route, be sure to
check into the issues of copyright, by looking
over the material on the CCLI (Christian
Copyright Licensing International) website.
CCLI information
And while you're
there, be sure to look into the issue of a
copyright license to use commercial video clips
in sermons and studies, and even for playing
whole movies for your congregation, through the
related CLVI (Christian Video Licensing
International.)
CVLI information
The annual fees for
both of these services are very reasonable.
Special Music
There are many
inspirational video collections that don't have
the lyrics on the screen, but rather provide
choral and/or instrumental performances of
standard hymns and other music backed by
beautiful photography. These would be suitable
for "special music" presentations for worship
services and other gatherings. Below are links
to a sample of such products.
33 "Best loved hymns" with
backgrounds of Thomas Kinkaide paintings
"The Joslin
Grove Choral Society presents musical
accompaniment to one hundred beautiful
images of Thomas Kinkade. Among the 70
minutes of hymns sung are: Amazing Grace,
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God and
The Old Rugged Cross. "
Hymns across the Holy Land
"... featuring the
sites of the Holy Land set to hymns performed by
David and the High Spirit. Songs include Amazing
Grace, Love Lifted Me, Just As I Am,
and more."
Suggestions for appropriate specific hymns, group songs, and
special music for the Sabbath, as well as the annual
Biblical Feasts and Holy Days, are gratefully
accepted for inclusion in this and related Times
of Refreshing web pages! Send your
recommendations to the email address at the end of
this page.
Decorations
Many
modern Christians reject the idea of some of the
traditional worship environments of the past ... cold
formal buildings with pews and stained glass, hushed
rooms with people talking to one another in hoarse
whispers if at all. A backlash against this type of
setting has sometimes led on the other extreme to drab
rooms full of metal chairs, bare walls, and constant
chaos. Or, on the other hand, some mega-churches have
huge meeting halls and stages more resembling a Las
Vegas show club than a place for families to meet
together and rejoice--as a spiritual family.
Most
people would not want to live in a house in which every
room looks like little more than a drab motel conference
room. We intuitively realize that "decor" can help us
enjoy our environment and our experiences in it, whether
it is wanting a peaceful "study," a lively "family
room," or a refreshing screened in porch with plants
that gets us more in touch with nature. We want our
homes to reflect our personalities and our interests.
The
same principle applies to church fellowship groups. It
would be good for all involved to sit down and discuss
just what it is in an environment that would enhance
what they expect to experience in that environment, and
what elements hinder it or distract from it. Most groups
seem to intuitively know that adding flowers at the
front of the meeting room improves the "feel" of a drab
room. But many seldom go beyond that.
So why
not discuss what could make the room--or whole
building--a home? And think about what would make it
particularly "spruced up" for the weekly Sabbath and
annual Holy Days.
The
basics to discuss can include choice of wall, floor, and
window treatment colors; decorative items on the walls;
furniture that is both functional and attractive; plants
and maybe even an aquarium or terrarium to bring some of
God's creation indoors; fountains or small waterfalls to
add to that effect; table settings and centerpieces for
festive occasions; attractive themed bulletin boards,
where youth projects can be displayed for special
occasions; perhaps even inspirational seasonal "banners"
to hang from the ceilings or as wall hangings.
Options may be limited if a group must rent a meeting
room, but even then there are "movable" items that can
be temporarily added to make the environment "homier."
Most buildings renting regularly to a group will provide
at least a small amount of storage space for their
regular equipment and supplies. A bulletin board on a
tripod can be used for those youth projects. Plant pots
with attractive artificial plants on coasters can be
rolled out to place around the room. Try brainstorming
and seeing what other options you can think of.
When
considering themed additions to your worship
environment, why not also brainstorm on what symbols and
scenes might be useful for banners, posters, centerpieces
and so on for the weekly Sabbath and each of the annual
feasts and Holy Days.
Some
suggestion-starters for decorations for the weekly Sabbath:
Sunsets
Peaceful scenes: waterfalls, tropical isles, meadows
Ten Commandment banners
Festive Food
Many church groups have
learned the importance of "breaking bread together" for
building warm relationships within fellowship groups.
Rather than just sitting in a perfunctory church service
on the Sabbath, then grabbing a cup of coffee and a
cookie before heading out the door for home, it is
becoming more common for groups to stay together on the
Sabbath for an extended period and build a communal meal
into their time together.
This can be as simple
most weeks as encouraging everyone to bring a sack lunch
or picnic-style foods for their own family (and a bit
extra to share, to take care of visitors) and plan to
eat together. Everyone picks up after themselves, and
takes their own dirty dishes home, so there is little
effort needed for group preparations and clean-up. This
can be supplemented by simple desserts--and perhaps a
pot of chili or soup, especially on cold winter days.
Most groups still like
the idea of an occasional pot-luck meal too, though,
perhaps once every month or two on the Sabbath, and on
the annual Holy Days and Feasts. To make these even more
special for the Sabbath, a theme can be chosen, and
tables decorated and food chosen to match it. This could
vary from "south of the border" fiestas to Hawaiian
luaus, and from finger foods and cold dishes to crock
pot and hotplate specialties.
Just don't forget the
chocolate! 
Suggestions for special decorations and festive food
particularly appropriate for the weekly Sabbath, as well as the annual
Biblical Feasts and Holy Days, are gratefully
accepted for inclusion in this and related Times
of Refreshing web pages! Send your
recommendations to the email address at the end of
this page.
Special Group Activities, with a focus on youth
If activities for
children are included at all in some group
worship settings, including for both the weekly
Sabbath and for annual Feasts and Holy Days, it
is to send them off to another room separate
from the adults for their own classes and social
gatherings. While this can be a valuable part of
their socialization and education, it is also
important to have times in which they are
involved with the adults in mutually-enjoyable
activities and learning. Below are suggestions
for such cross-generational activities for the
weekly Sabbath.
The following
general material is equally applicable to the weekly
Sabbath and any of the annual Holy Days and Feasts.
It is therefore repeated in each installment of the
3Rs section of the Times of Refreshing website. If
you have already read this material in another
installment, use this link to
jump directly to
specific suggestions for the weekly Sabbath.
Messages and
presentations to
edify all ages
Message
delivery, including sermons, is a very personal matter
to most speakers. It is indeed important for the speaker
to pray for guidance on what to speak about, and how to
present the material so that it is most effective. But
God often answers such prayers through input by others.
Perhaps the following ideas, tips, and suggestions may
include some answers for you.
If you
are responsible for presenting sermons or other kinds of
messages for church gatherings, you likely have a track
record of such presentations that you can examine. If
you have found your audiences continually and uniformly
very inspired, edified, encouraged, and motivated
through the delivery style you have been using, then you
may need no delivery tips. But if the audience rapport
and reaction is less than what you have hoped for,
perhaps incorporating some of the following ideas might
produce more effective results.
Multimedia
As the
old saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words."
If you are a master story teller, and can quickly weave
with just words the illustrations included in your
messages, then you may not need anything else. But for
the rest of the world ... including visuals can really
enhance delivery. It helps the audience focus and
remember points, it saves you time in
descriptive portions that can then be better put to use
drawing the points you want to make, and it can bring
to life what might otherwise seem dry and boring to
a generation weaned on the visual world of movies, TV,
glossy illustrated magazines, and the Internet.
The
most popular and easy-to-use way to incorporate such
visuals these days is to use a computer connected to a
video projector, running the Power Point program.
Power Point is much like a word processing
program, in that it allows you to easily lay words and
pictures out on a page for display. But it goes beyond
that to allow you to include music and video clips where
appropriate.
Educational research shows that the more "senses" you
use to take in a given fact or group of facts, the
better you remember them. For instance, if you hear
someone speak a point, and then or shortly after see it
in written form, your chances of remembering it are
greater. In fact, if you can see, hear, and have music
connected to that point, you may even better remember
it. Remember memorizing the ABCs by singing them to the
tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"? There is a
reason for such ditties ... they really work. And there
are very good reasons that almost all movies and TV
shows these days have a musical sound track. It also
"works" to enhance the emotional impact of the visuals.
This
doesn't mean, of course, that you need to have music
going the whole time you are talking. Or that every
single point you make needs to be in words on the
screen. But if you carefully select points of the
greatest emphasis, and add multi-media supplements to
them, you may find that the effectiveness of your
messages increases.
You can
project the scriptures that you are including in your
message on the screen so that the audience can follow
along, without having to rummage through their
Bibles--and bury their heads in them--to keep up. You
can also project any "bullet points" that you want the
audience to remember so that there are both an aural and
a visual emphasis to them--and they are easy for people
to copy down to accurately include in their own
note-taking.
You can
select representative photographs and artwork to aid in
story telling, or in explaining technical details, such
as what a certain object from Bible times looks like.
Actually seeing a model of the Tabernacle is more
effective than trying to describe it.
Of
course you need not include such audio-visual components
to every message you present. Many topics lend
themselves to just straight dissertation. You will find
that it is most useful to adapt the presentation style
to your topics as needed.
Don't
discount the value of the earlier method of including
multi-media either--using actual 3D objects to emphasize
points. A message focusing on Jesus' comment that "my
yoke is easy and my burden is light," or on Paul's
admonition not to be "unequally yoked with unbelievers,"
can become much more memorable if you can actually
borrow a real single ... or better yet, double ... yoke
from a farm to illustrate the point.
These
presentation suggestions can be useful for messages at
any time, including in secular environments. But it is
the specific aim of this website to offer suggestions on
how to enliven all of the content and environment of
special times of worship, including the weekly Sabbath
and annual Feasts and Holy Days. With that in mind, here
are a few suggestions for thematic topics specifically
regarding the weekly Sabbath.
Message ideas for
addressing the theme of the Sabbath
If you
would like to include on occasion a sermon that is
directly aimed at focus on the topic of the Sabbath,
here are a few possible areas of emphasis:
The
Sabbath should be a "Day of Delight" rather than a day
of "what you can't do."
We may
not have miraculous powers to "do good on the Sabbath"
in the exact same way Jesus did when he healed on that
day, but we can still use the Sabbath as a time do good
to those in need.
The
Sabbath is not just a day of physical rest, but of
emotional and spiritual rest too.
Remembering
The
Remembering section of each article in this
series focuses on being sure to include an emphasis on
understanding and remembering the history, meaning, significance, and symbolism of the Sabbath
and annual observances throughout your times of
celebration. This emphasis doesn't need to be be just
"tacked on" to the celebration through some dry,
lifeless, boring lecture before or during the
celebration. It can be built into the very environment
and the activities you engage in. It can be part of the
songs, the prayers, the praise, the formal messages of
vibrant inspiration and exhortation, and even
discussions in informal fellowship around the banquet
table.
Topics and Ideas for Bible Studies and Discussion
Sessions
Adults
What
Bible passages can be used to show the value and
blessing of keeping the Sabbath?
What
personal experiences can you share that provide examples
for the value and blessing of keeping the Sabbath?
How did
the approach to Sabbath observance of the Pharisees
differ from Jesus' approach?
What
kind of things could you change about the way that you
spend your time on the Sabbath that would make it more
of a delight for both you and your family?
Teens
How can
you apply what the Bible has to say about the Sabbath to
your real-world experiences?
How
would you explain to a new friend why you observe the
Sabbath?
How
might you incorporate the idea of "doing good on the
Sabbath" into the way you spend your time on that day?
Children
One or
both of your parents likely have a job that they do to
earn money, and one thing that they do on the Sabbath is
NOT work at that job. You probably don't have a job like
that. What special ways makes YOUR Sabbath day different
from the other days of the week?
What
would you tell a new friend who asked you what the
Sabbath is?
What
would you tell a new friend who asked why you and your
family observe the Sabbath?
Crafts, Games, and Other Special Activities for Children
Crafts
Ten
Commandment statues made from clay
Instead
of inscribing each of the commandments in full, use
just a word or two to represent each one
Posters
"advertising" the blessings of keeping the Sabbath
Pictures or posters illustrating a peaceful Sabbath
Games
- Have older classes make
“board games” for younger classes--or for
themselves--to use for
learning and memorization. Each is to have a
theme, which carries through from the look of
the board, to markers for players, to bonus
cards. These can be based on such popular
commercial games as Bibleopoly or Bible Trivial Pursuit.
For a Sabbath game you could make the theme
memorizing the Ten Commandments.
- Have older classes
make other kinds of games for younger classes--or
for themselves--such as ones based on the idea of
Bible Blurt, Bible Bingo.
- Get ideas for
creating these games from rummaging
at your local Christian book store, or in online
catalogs of Christian supply houses such as
Christian
Book Distributors.
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