All-age introduction: Instructions
A way to begin worship when all ages are present.
You will need: a Lego™ set in its box, with instructions. Who likes Lego™?
Can you make this (show the box)? Do you need the instructions? Invite one or two volunteers to make the model. Continue with this introduction while the volunteers make the model. What kinds of things do we do that need instructions (e.g. Ikea furniture, knitted jumpers, recipes)? Have you ever looked at a picture of a lovely cake, or a beautifully made item, or even a fiddley shelf unit – and decided to have a go yourself? I’m sure you always look at the instructions (pattern, recipe)!! Or perhaps you turn to YouTube for help. Why are instructions important? Instructions help us to achieve something we see and admire, or we think it would be good to have. Ask how the Lego™ model is coming along. Does it look like the picture on the box? In our worship today, listen for anything else that is being built, and for the instructions we might find to help us.
Gathered groups: the leader could demonstrate this; or have members of one household making the model, with the kit prepared 72 hrs in advance, or ask a household/family to bring something relevant from home that has instructions.