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Day 2
Theme: God is Spirit
Bible Verse: God is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth. John 4:24
Bible Story: The Conversion of Saul (Acts 9:1-19)
***** INTRO ******************************************************
***** GREETING ******************************************************
EFX - KNOCK AT DOOR
Spunky says something like: “Oh! Say... what was that? Did you kids hear something?”
(Kids will respond.)
EFX - KNOCK AT DOOR
“There it is again. What do you suppose that is?”
(Kids will respond again)
“What do you mean ‘There‘s somebody at the DRAWER?’”
(Kids will respond again)
“Oh. The DOOR , not the DRAWER. I think you may be right.”
EFX - KNOCK AT DOOR
“Well then, let‘s find out who it is, shall we?”
(Go to answer door)
EFX - Professor Science music begins
“Oh! Hey, everybody. It’s Professor Science. Hi professor. What‘s going on?
***** OBJECT LESSON ******************************************************
Professor Science enters, walks in a circle saying, “Wow wow wow wow wow” and exits.
Spunky pauses and looks at door then says “That’s a lot of wow, huh, kids?”
Professor Science enters again, walks in a circle saying, “Wow wow wow wow wow” and exits.
Spunky says “Seems like Professor Science is kind of excited about something.”
Professor Science enters again, walks in a circle saying, “Wow wow wow wow wow” and begins to exit but is stopped by Spunky
Spunky says “We can see you’re a busy man, Professor, but would you take a minute to tell us what has you all worked up?
Prof Science says “Would I? Would I?”
Spunky says “Plastic hair. Plastic hair.”
Prof Science says “Spunky, you’ll never guess what I brought with me to show you today.”
Spunky says “Ok... ok... wait. Lemme try. Is it a rock with a piece of string wrapped around it?”
Prof Science says “No.”
Spunky says “Ok... don‘t tell me... Is it a... dried cow plop?”
Prof Science says, “Ewwww. No.”
Spunky says “Give us one more guess. Hey kids, what do you think Professor Science might have brought to show us today?”
(Kids respond)
Prof Science says “My goodness! No.”
Spunky says “Well, ok. We give up. What did YOU bring to show us today?”
Prof. Science says “Oh! It’s very exciting. Let me show you.”
Professor Science demonstrates object lesson:
††Dry Ice in Water
(see footnote below)
Spunky walks in a circle (like Prof Science did previously) saying “Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.”
Prof Science says, “You said it, Spunky.”
***** SEGUE TO SQUIRT ******************************************************
EFX - KNOCK AT DOOR
Spunky says “There’s that funny noise again.”
(Kids will respond)
“You know what I think?”
EFX - KNOCK AT DOOR
“I think there might be somebody at the door. Would you mind answering the door, Professor Science”
Prof Science says “Not at all. Be right back.”
(He goes to door and returns)
Prof Science says “It’s for you.”
Spunky says “Oh. Then I’d better see who it is”
(He goes to door and opens it)
***** SQUIRT ******************************************************
(Spunky is squirted in the face with a large volume of water by an unseen assailant)
(He closes the door)
Prof Science says “Spunky. You’re all wet.”
(Spunky looks at Professor Science and then at audience)
Spunky says “Thanks for noticing, Prof.”
Prof Science says “If you had a towel, you could dry your face on it. That’s what towels are for.
Spunky says “Don’t worry about me, I’ll just dry myself off on one of these kids here.”
(Spunky runs toward audience. Kids will react.)
Prof Science says “Well, I must be going, Mr. McLoon. I’ll see you again tomorrow. Bye kids!”
(Prof Science exits)
***** GAME ******************************************************
Spunky says "Okay, then. Are you ready to play a game? I'll need another contestant... hmmm... someone who'd like to win a prize...hmmm..."
(children will begin making enormous amounts of noise trying to gain Spunky's attention and be selected)
"... and today, I found a better way to pick our player ..."
(dig in a box or bag and hold up a bat and a blindfold)
".. I‘ll just put this on... "
(Puts on blindfold)
“... and then start swinging this bat. Whoever gets hit first -- and can still stand up -- can be our player!”
(pause for reaction)
"Naw...I'm just kidding."
(Replace bat and blindfold in box or bag then randomly select 5-10 kids and have them come to the front. [Try to pick different children each night until everyone has had a chance to try])
(Line them up, ask their names and then have each roll the GIGANTO -DICE)
"Okay, let‘s roll the Giganto-Dice. Whoever gets the lowest number will get to play the game for a great prize."
(Each child rolls dice. Identify winner. Give others small prizes and send them back to their seats.)
"Okay, here's our contestant for today's game. It’s a game I like to call -- *Ring Around the Square Peg (see game rules below).
(Explain how to play the game while setting it up. Encourage audience to cheer for the player)
***Play game***
(Award Prize [if won] and send child back to seat.)
***** SEGUE TO MADAM POOPAY ******************************************************
Madam Poopay says (musically), “Oh, Spunky. Oh, Spunky Lunky”
Spunky says (excitedly) “Oh boy! It’s Madam Poopay!”
EFX - Madam Poopay theme music plays
(He hurries over to where Madam Poopay is)
(She is wearing a blindfold)
Spunky says “Hiya Madam Poopay!
Madam Poopay says, “Bonjour, Monsieur (miss-yoor) Spunky. Bonjour Enfants (en-fahns).“
Spunky says “Hey, you shouldn‘t call them that. They‘re my friends”
Madam Poopay says, “You silly. I just said ‘hello kids’ in French.”
Spunky says, “Oh, yeah, yeah right. I knew that. Tell me, Madam Poopay, why are you dressed like Zorro?”
Madam Poopay says, “I’m not dressed like Zorro. I’m just wearing a blindfold.”
Spunky says, “Oh. Hey, you aren‘t going to start swinging a bat around, are you?”
Madam Poopay says, “A bat? No...”
Spunky says, “Good, ‘cuz I‘m no piñata, you know.”
Madam Poopay says “It’s a hint, Spunky.”
Spunky says “A hint? No, I‘m pretty sure it‘s called a piñata”
Madam Poopay says “It’s a hint for you to guess who I’m thinking of.”
Spunky says, “Oh... like a game. You give us a hint and we guess.”
Madam Poopay says “That’s right. You guess the person I’m thinking of. It’s a person from the Bible.”
Spunky says, “Oh. Do any of you kids know a person in the Bible who Madam Poopay might be thinking of? I think it has something to do with wearing a blindfold.”
Madam Poopay says “Well, actually it has to do with what a person wearing a blindfold can’t do.”
(Kids may respond. Give opportunity and take guesses. Acknowledge a correct guess *Saul at his conversion* with a small prize.)
Spunky and Madam Poopay tell story of Saul’s Conversion in a lively and entertaining manner. Spunky can interrupt and be silly while Madam Poopay gets the story told or perhaps Madam Poopay can tell the story while Spunky acts it out in a zany way. If you choose the latter, have several costume and prop piece with which Spunky can work. The important thing is to keep the attention of the kids. They must hear and digest the story)
Madam Poopay says “So you see, Saul believed in God but he wasn‘t serving Him like he thought he was. So, the Holy Spirit showed him that he had actually been blind about God when he could see.
Spunky says “Yeah, but after God made him blind, then he could see how God is really worshipped... in spirit and in truth.”
Madam Poopay says “That‘s right, Spunky.”
Spunky says “Yay! I‘m right!”
Madam Poopay says, “That’s why the Bible says ‘God is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth. John 4:24‘”
Spunky says “I didn’t quite get that. What was that verse again?”
Madam Poopay says “’God is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth. John 4:24‘”
Spunky says “That doesn‘t sound like French to me.”
Madam Poopay says “It isn’t French. It’s English. That way everyone can understand it. ‘God is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit and in truth. John 4:24’”
Spunky says “Oh. Sure. That makes sense. Thanks for stopping by again today Madam Poopay”
Madam Poopay says, “You‘re most welcome, ma petit Garçon (ma peh-teet gar-sown). Au revoire. (ow rev-wah)”
Spunky says “Bye Bye, Madam Poopay. Thanks for the story.”
(Madam Poopay exits)
***** FILL UNTIL END THEME ******************************************************
(Spunky fills for a few minutes with anything silly or a second game of Ring Around the Square Peg until the closing theme music starts)
Spunky says “Well, that’s all the time we have today kids. But I hope you’ll come visit me again tomorrow for another tip top terrific time here at Spunky’s Clubhouse. Bye bye everybody!”
(Dismiss kids and reset clubhouse for next group.)
* Ring Around the Square Peg - GAME
It’s like ring toss, but bigger. The object of the game is to get ONE ring (Hula Hoop) to completely encircle a box in 60 seconds. The box should be of a size which the hula hoop can easily surround. It should not be so small as the make the game ridiculously easy, but neither should it be so large as to make the game practically impossible. The player can release the ring in any manner but must stay behind a line at least 10 feet away for children under 9 and 15 feet away for children 9 and older. You’ll need as many hula hoops as you can get but at least three must be available to play the game. Start the clock. Have an assistant or two fetch the rings that miss the box and return them to the contestant. If after 30 seconds your contestant is struggling to get a ring over the box, move it closer to him/her. Make an effort to help the child be successful.
††Dry Ice in water - OBJECT LESSON
Remember how movie mad doctors always were surrounded by flasks and beakers that bubbled with terrible potions and who knows what else? Well, we ALL know what else, don’t we? It was dry ice. All those bubbles and mists and fogs rolling out of evil concoctions was just DRY ICE doing what it does best. Your Object Lesson today is simply a demonstration of what dry ice does in water. Because the reaction doesn’t take any time at all to get going, you should be very slow and deliberate with the entire demo. Be sure not to handle the dry ice without wearing gloves or using tongs. The extremely low temperature of the ice can cause painful frost bite on bare skin. For best results, have THREE clear containers of water handy. Heavy glass is okay but remember that glass is very susceptible to rapid temperature change and could break. Acrylic or other rigid plastic might be safer. These can be vases, fishbowls or other, but the larger the better. One should have very cold water in it, one should have room temp water in it, and the last should have very hot water in it. Use the room temp water for your initial demo of the dry ice. Show the kids what it does. Explain that Dry Ice is just the invisible gas, CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) in it‘s frozen state. It’s the same stuff we breathe out every time we breathe out. It’s inside us and all around us.
Then say something like, “The Bible says that God is Spirit and must be worshiped in spirit and in truth. Well, of course that means we can’t see Him -- because He is spirit. But it also has to do with how we worship Him. Some people don’t think about God much at all. They don’t care that He loves them. They don’t want to worship Him. That’s why it’s hard to see God working in their lives -- because they are cold to Him and His Spirit.”
(DROP DRY ICE INTO VERY COLD WATER. The coldness of the water will dramatically reduce the reaction of the Dry Ice and create very little mist)
Now say, “But other people love God more than anything else in the world. They think about Him a lot and they want to talk with Him and share things. It’s easy to see God’s spirit working in that kind of person -- because they are very warm toward Him.”
(DROP DRY ICE INTO HOT WATER The heat of the water will increase the violence of the reaction dramatically and create much mist)
“If we want people to see that God is working in our lives, we need to be willing to listen to what He says and do what He wants.”