Lemonade Imperfections
Theme: Purity
Scripture: Romans 12:1-2; Ephesians 5:1-3
Overview: Group members will compare salty lemonade to an impure lifestyle
Preparation: Using water and lemonade mix, make enough lemonade for everyone in your group. Then add approximately one tablespoon of salt per quart of lemonade. You'll also need cups for everyone, three containers of fresh water, and Bibles.
EXPERIENCE
Form three teams and have each team select one person to be its "server." Have servers distribute cups of lemonade to their teammates. Tell kids this is a race to see which team can drink all its lemonade the fastest. On the count of three, have kids down their lemonade and see which team (if any!) finishes first.
RESPONSE
Afterward, have kids guess what was wrong with the lemonade. If no one guesses, reveal that the lemonade was made with one impure ingredient: salt. Then ask: What did you think when you drank the lemonade? What "impure ingredients" leave a "bad taste" in your spiritual life? in your relationships? in your thought life? in your physical well-being?
Have kids join with members of other teams to form trios. Have trios read Romans 12:1-2 and Ephesians 5:1-3 and discuss these questions. Ask: Why is it important for Christians tempted to sacrifice purity? What are results of striving for purity in our personal lives?
LEMONADE IMPERFECTIONS - CLOSING
Have servers pour fresh water for their teammates. Say: Just as fresh water can wash away the bad taste of salty lemonade, God can help us wash away the bad taste of impure living. Let's drink to that now.
Have kids hold up their cups of water as your pray: Lord, help our lifestyles be pure like water instead of impure like salty lemonade. Amen.
On "amen," have kids drink their water to close.
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