If you’re looking for [tag]childrens activities for Bible study[/tag] to use with your older [tag]Sunday school[/tag] students, try the Bible game below. This Bible study activity uses the story of [tag]Elijah[/tag] to teach about peer pressure.
Bible Study Activity: “Break Away”
(Teacher words in bold.)
Have all the children form a circle.
Let’s talk for a few minutes about some things you could be tempted to do if the crowd of kids you were with was doing them.
Allow them to think of things. As each child says one thing, have him turn away so that his back is to the circle.
Prompts:
– Cheat on tests
– Take drugs or smoke
– Laugh at somebody’s hard luck (spilling something all over himself)
– Gossip
– Take something not belonging to you
– Bully
– Lie to your parents
– Cover up for a friend who did something wrong
Once all children are facing away from the circle, pick one child to be Elijah, and bring that child to the center. Have all other children be Prophets of Baal. They should lock arms and align feet so that the outsides of their feet are touching the outsides of the people on either side.
Have all children shut their eyes except Elijah. Have all of them at once shout the example they used to face out of the circle. With shut eyes and distractions of each others shouting, they must try to keep Elijah inside their circle. They may not break their arm lock or move their feet.
Elijah’s job is to look for holes or unsuspecting people, and try to dive or sneak out. Others can try to block him with their hips and bodies if they don’t break their holds or move their feet to do it. If Elijah gets his body through to the outside, he wins.
Take turns until everyone has been Elijah.
How were the Prophets of Baal sort of like bad influences among the people we know? They can make you feel “locked in” to something you don’t want to do.
There’s an old Biblical expression to describe people involved in wrong things and leading others to do them, too. It’s called “the blind leading the blind.” That’s why, in the game, the Prophets of Baal’s eyes were shut. How did the shut eyes help you?
Let them answer, but you are working toward them understanding the following:
Because the prophets of Baal couldn’t see, they couldn’t see the “holes” in their “power.” It’s sort of like when people are acting blind to what’s right, they can’t see the bad things that can happen. But you saw the holes and managed to get out.
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