You may not like it that students forgot your talk on temptation, but
remembered your mouse-trap object lesson . . . . . . but the fact
remains that nothing brings a lesson to life more vividly and
concretely--or wakes up a drowsy Sunday school class faster--than a good
object lesson. In Everyday Object Lessons for Youth Groups the authors
(who are youth workers and teachers of youth workers) pool their most
effective 45 object lessons into a collection that's perfect for both
junior and senior high youth groups.Here are no-prep and low-prep object
lessons for devotionals, Sunday school lessons, talks at camps and
retreats--even for sermons. Inside you'll find object lessons
about--Beauty (using a kiwi fruit)Regret (a mirror)Divine protection
(sun block)Anger (Alka-Seltzer and 7-Up)The power of words (Popsicle
sticks)Priorities (manure)Confession (hydrogen peroxide)Temptation (a
mousetrap)The person of Jesus (keys)Conformity (Play-Doh)Endurance
(bricks)--and 34 more quirky and attention-getting object lessons. Use
them to open your lessons . . . to dramatize your talks . . . to close
your Bible studies with a demonstration. However you use them, you have
Bible references and provocative discussion-starting questions with each
object lesson to help you take it in any direction you want. And with
both a topical and a scriptural index, you can find the perfect object
lesson fast.
