My youth asked for ways they could be Jonah, so for three weeks we are making Jonah’s story come to life.
Week 1 was chapter 1 (except the last verse). We left Jonah floating in the water with a to be continued and come back next week.
So for chapter 1, my friend and I built a boat.
We used cardboard and paper and tape from church. We used empty boxes from church as the cargo to be thrown overboard.
And then I rewrote the chapter into a youth friendly play. One of their favorite things they took from the lesson was that casting lots was something like rock, paper, scissors. We are doing more rock, paper, scissors now since they see the connection to the Bible.
We had a great time enacting the story and learning more about God through Jonah’s story.
I love this. My kind of activity.
For sure, the message has made meaning to me as well especially the creativity involved.
Thank you for the contextualizing it.
I have something to borrow from this to utilize next time I have the opportunity on the book of Jonah.
Regards.