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GET READY FOR... MINI MINUTE-MISSIONS MISSION 1 LESSON 1: No Mini Minute-Mission. See Lesson Notes. M1 L2: Skittle Sort! The first team to sort their package of Skittles wins. Lesson Tie-in: “I want you to remember these colors.” [For extra effect: Place the Skittles on the outer ridge of a white plate, and carefully pour warm or hot water into the bowl until the water touches the candies. All the colors will “blend together”. Inform the students: “Today, we’re going to see how God has “blended” the events of world history all together to bring about the most epic Rescue Mission of all times. M1 L3: Unlocked! Select one representative from each team.After explaining the challenge, send them to the back of the room with eyes closed and ears plugged.With a toolbox and several keys in front of it, time each representative to see who can find the correct key to unlock the toolbox the fastest. Tie-in: “Today we’ll see that Jesus came to free those who were ‘locked up’ — which reminds me of a story… [leads into the opening story of this lesson].” MISSION 2 LESSON 1: Penny Stack! Set a dollar’s worth of pennies out on a table. See how many pennies each team can stack in one minute. If the tower collapses, they can start over. After you’ve counted the unstacked pennies to determine the number of pennies each team has stacked and declared the winner, bump the table so all the pennies fall. Tie-in: “Today, we’re going to learn about the time Jesus went into the temple and knocked over the tables full of money. What was that all about? Let’s find out…” M2 L2: Message Relay! Have each team select a “Guesser”. The rest of the team lines up. Hold up a word on a piece of paper (like “rocket ship” or “monkey”) for only the last person to see. Make sure the word is different for each group. When you say “Go!”, the last person whispers the message to the person in the front of them, etc., until the first person in line receives the message. They then have to draw that picture on the board. The first “guesser” to correctly identify their picture wins. Tie-in: “Today, we’ll learn about a message that was ‘relayed’ to Jesus. But you may find His response rather surprising!” M2 L3: Bubble Trouble! Select a representative from each team to try to blow the biggest bubble. During the minute countdown, stand beside the student who has blown the biggest bubble thus far. At the end of the minute, the person you’re standing beside is declared the winner. Tie- in: “Some of us have tempers like these bubbles. Our anger grows and grows until we pop! Today we’re going to learn from Jesus’ example how we can respond to pressure in ways that glorify God.” MISSION 3 LESSON 1: Peppermint Pictures! Give each team a paper plate and a little tube of toothpaste. In one minute, the teams are to create a picture as they squeeze the toothpaste out of the tube. At the end, you determine the winner based on how accurately you were able to guess their picture. Then say,“Okay, here’s the real challenge: In less than one minute, how much toothpaste can you get back into the tube?” [Note, the lesson opener has a condensed version of this in case you’re tight for time.] Tie-in: “Awfully tricky to get toothpaste back inside the tube, isn’t it? Today, Jesus tells a man something that sounds a lot more impossible than that. He tells an old man he needs to be born all over again. What?” M3 L2: Guess My Number: Give a student from each team a card with a number from 1 to 50. After they’ve looked at it, take the cards back to avoid any cheating. The challenge: The team must correctly guess that number in less than one minute. The student who knows the number can only respond “higher” or “lower” to each guess. The first team to guess their number correctly wins. Tie-in: “Okay, my turn. I get to guess the number you collectively pick.” [Then see the lesson.] M3 L3: See Opener in the lesson. M3 L4: See Opener in the lesson. M3 L5: Say,“There is no Mini Minute-Mission today because I was too busy picking up this scrumptious donut/cupcake/cookie…” See lesson. MISSION 4 LESSON 1: Filler’ Up! Have a plastic one-liter bottle ready for each team. Inside the empty bottle, drop a ketchup packet (test the packet first. Make sure it barely floats). The challenge: Using paper cups and water in a bucket, see what team can get the ketchup packet up to the opening — right up to the top, without spilling. Tie-in: “Great job! But now it’s my turn to impress you.” [See lesson Opener.] 252

GET READY FOR... MINI MINUTE-MISSIONS M4 L2: Paper Puppet! Give each team a paper bag with some markers. The challenge: Make a puppet that most resembles you (the teacher) in less than two minutes. Each person must contribute something to the puppet. Tie-in: “Now it’s my turn to have some fun with these paper bags. I’ll need a volunteer who likes Kit-Kats, though…” [Go to lesson Opener.] M4 L3: Finish That Quote! Give the teams one minute to try to finish the three quotes in the lesson Opener. You will award 5 points for each accurate answer (or something very close to the original quote), but you’ll also give 3 points for creative answers if they don’t know the correct an- swers. M4 L4: Let’s Cre-8! In one minute, how many pictures can you draw using the number 8? Tie-in: “While we’re at it, let’s ‘draw out’ some lessons about God’s Ten Commandments.” [See lesson Opener.] M4 L5: Draw It! Have a representative from each team come up. Blindfold them, and give them each a piece of chalk (or a marker if using chart paper). Giving simple directions, guide them to draw a picture of a house you’ve previously drawn, e.g. Draw a square. Draw a triangle on top of the square. Draw a rectangle coming out of the triangle. Draw smoke coming out of the triangle… In one minute, declare the picture that looks most like yours. Tie-in: “Can you imagine being blind? We’re going to learn about a man who had been blind since his birth…” MISSION 5 LESSON 1: Meme Patrol! Showing the picture “The Chess Players” (found in the lesson), give each team one minute to write as many clever (and, of course, appropriate and clean) captions as they can. Go through them and award points for funny, interesting, clever, etc. Tie-in: “This is actually a famous painting and has a powerful message connected to it. We’ll come back to it shortly. But first…[to the lesson].” M5 L2: It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane…Yep, It’s Just a Plane. Give each team one piece of paper. Have them make a paper airplane of their own design under two minutes (with potential bonus points if they can decorate it somehow). Perform a test-run. The plane that flies the furthest wins. Tie- in:“I actually want to begin with a real story about an airplane pilot that passed out! What happened next is nothing short of a miracle.” M5 L3: Windstorm! Set up a plastic cup on a long table for each team. Their challenge is to get their cup across a finish line using wind (no blowing air from mouths to avoid germ spreading!). If no one has crossed the finish line at one minute, the winner is the team who is closest to it when the bell goes. Tie-in: Imagine you have to go somewhere and the only way there is by boat…(continue on here in the lesson if you have completed this Mini Minute-Mission. M5 L4: See lesson Opener. Have each gift contain point values which will earn points for that team. When all the unwrapping is complete, tally the points. M5 L5: Gift Wrap! Provide each team with an (inexpensive) gift to wrap and supplies. The team who has the best wrapped gift (determined sub- jectively by you) in two minutes wins. Tie-in: Inform the students that you will be giving these gifts to some people you know who could use some encouragement. Think of the joy a small gift will bring them. We’ve been thinking of the Bible as a gift containing all kinds of discoveries intended to bring us joy. We just need to “unwrap” them by opening up our Bibles. MISSION 6: There are no Mini Minute-Missions for this unit as there are object lessons used in the introductions and time will be spent completing projects independently. MISSION 7 LESSON 1: Inform the students that points will be awarded for creativity in the lesson Opener. M7 L2: Operation Melt! See description in lesson Opener.You may wish to have all the students involved (the one with the smallest ice cube after two minutes wins points for their team), or choose one representative to participate for each team. Tie-in: Lead into the illustration at the beginning of the lesson. M7 L3: Beam X-Treme! If you choose to do this as a Mini Minute-Mission, choose a representative from each team. Time how long it takes them to “hit” all five circles with the reflected beam of light. Tie-in: Go directly to the Transition part of the lesson. 253