Preparation
Find a suitable location, ideally with some obstacles for the players to avoid, go over or under.
Alternatively, you can create an obstacle course with tables and chairs.
Ensure that these obstacles are safe and age-appropriate for your participants.
How to Play
Pair everyone up. If there is an odd number of players, one person can partner the game leader.
One person in each pair will be blind-folded, and the other person will lead him/her through the obstacle course. Depending on the ages of your participants and how easy/safe your obstacle course is, you may allow each pair to hold hands, or rely purely on verbal communications.
If you are playing this game with children and youths, ensure that there are leaders and helpers to watch over the participants.
After successful completion of the obstacle course, switch roles and repeat.
Bible Lesson – Better Together / Body of Christ
Discuss
1. Did you enjoy this activity? Why or why not?
2. How did you feel when you had to walk guide your blindfolded partner through the obstacle course?
3. How did you feel when you had to walk through the obstacle course blindfolded?
How helpful was your partner in guiding you through the course?
4. How important are your eyes?
5. Is there any part of your body that you think is unimportant?
Read
1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27
Discuss
6. In this passage, what analogy did the apostle Paul use to represent the Christian community?
Read
1 Corinthians 12:15-20,26
Discuss
7. Does every part of the body have the same function?
8. Does everyone in the Christian community have the same capabilities?
9. What do you think of this analogy, that we Christians are the body of Christ and Christ is the head?
How does being one part of the body make you feel about yourself?
How does it help you in your relationship with to other Christians?
10. Why is it important for each member of the Christian community to care for and support one another?
Read
1 Corinthians 12:21-25
Discuss
11. As one body of Christ, how does God want us to treat one another?
Read
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12
Discuss
12. According to this passage, why is two better than one?
13. Can you share some of your own personal experiences where two is better than one?
Read
Hebrews 10:24-25
Discuss
14. According to this passage, why is it good for us to meet together?
15. Can you share some of your own personal experiences where you were encouraged by someone?
Conclude
The Bible uses various analogies to emphasize that we are not alone, and that God does not want us to live as individuals. We, as fellow believers in Christ Jesus, are all part of his body, with Christ as the head. We must learn to work as one united body and support one another. We must learn to rely on one another for support, so that we can collectively do more for God.
Bible Lesson – Holy Spirit
Discuss
1. Did you enjoy this activity? Why or why not?
2. How did you feel when you had to walk through the obstacle course blindfolded?
Did you feel like you could trust your partner?
How helpful was your partner in guiding you through the course?
Did you partner let you down?
3. How did you feel when you had to walk guide your partner through the obstacle course?
Did you feel like your partner trusted you and followed your instructions?
Did you encounter any difficulties along the way?
4. In what way does this activity remind us about our walk with God?
Read
John 14:16,26; John 16:13
Discuss
5. Who is the Holy Spirit?
6. Where is the Holy Spirit?
7. Why did God give us the Holy Spirit?
8. How does knowing that you have the Holy Spirit living inside you make you feel?
9. Are you always aware of the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life? Why or why not?
10. How often do you rely on the guidance of the Holy Spirit?
Read
Galatians 5:16-26
Discuss
11. What does God want us to do? Why?
12. What does the Holy Spirit produce in our lives when we walk closely with him?
13. How can we learn to be more aware of the Holy Spirit, and to follow his guidance more closely?
Conclude
God has given us the Holy Spirit to be our guide and helper. The Holy Spirit lives inside us and helps us obey God. If we walk by the Spirit, he will produce good fruit in our lives – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.
