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Herman and Rusty Act 2

H&R Big Do Slide

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Big Story Video

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H&R 5 Min Countdown with Rules

Slater goes on a power trip when he wins a raffle to become "officer for the day"!

Large Group Full Program

Question of the Day: What candy bar is the hardest for you not to eat?

Countdown / Rules

**Co-Host** grabs the **Host**’s hand and shakes it as hard as he/she can. This should be really exaggerated and over the top.





**Co-Host**

Thanks, pal! Wow, this is a real treat to be here with a friend.



**Host**

Can you give me my arm back while it’s still usable?



**Co-Host**

Sorry, ol’ buddy, ol’ pal.





**Co-Host** slaps the **Host** on the back nearly knocking him/her over.





**Host**

Your friendship hurts.



**Co-Host**

Just using the Fruit of the Spirit. That’s right; I am a living example of gentleness. Come here, you big goof.





**Co-Host** gives the **Host** a big side hug.





**Host**

I would hate to see how you’d act if you didn’t like me. I think you might need to rethink your gentleness. Why don’t we play a game that requires these kids to gently, but quickly, perform a relay race.



**Co-Host**

This is the classic egg and spoon relay race. You will race from one line to the next and back to the start, then repeat two more times. The goal is not to drop your egg, or else the game is over. Whoever makes the most laps without dropping their egg or whichever contestant completes all three trips first wins.







Play the game. You can play with real eggs, hard boiled eggs, or plastic eggs. If using real eggs, be sure to race over a tarp. Instead of making this a relay race, this version just has two competitors racing against each other. It can also be done as a relay.







**Host**

Let’s give our winner a big hand. Today is all about gentleness. We need to check in at the lab, but first stand up and give someone a gentle handshake.



Welcome

Worship

**Co-Host**

I think I may have gone a little overboard with the friendliness.



**Host**

That’s okay. At least you were giving it your best shot. Let’s choose a Lab Assistant to come up and help us reveal the Big Point, so we can understand gentleness better.





**Host** and **Co-Host** choose a kid to volunteer.





**Co-Host**

After we count down from three, read the Big Point. 





**Co-Host**

Let’s all say it together, **Use Your Power To Help!** Power? I think this Big Point was meant for someone like a mayor or president. What kind of power do I have?



**Host**

We all have power. It doesn’t matter whether you are a kid or an adult. What kind of power do kids have? 





Interview a few kids. Give them suggestions such as how we influence friends, our interactions at school (being a bully or tattletale versus a helper), our words, etc.

**Co-Host**

I never thought about me having power. So the Bible wants us to use that power in a gentle, helpful way?



**Host**

That’s right, because power used the wrong way can hurt, but used the right way, it can change someone’s life. Let me show you guys what I mean. Who loves S’mores?





Choose a few kids to come up on stage.





**Host**

I’ll give each of you a skewer and giant marshmallow. Now use this electric s’more maker to roast your marshmallow.





Allow each kid to roast a marshmallow. Consider having an adult volunteer onstage to help them. You can also use the S’more Maker Jr. that uses a special S’more Sterno to heat the marshmallow.





**Co-Host**

When you roast marshmallows, you need power. Watch this.





**Co-Host** roasts a marshmallow over a metal pan using a butane torch. Roast it until it lights on fire.





**Co-Host**

I think I had too much power.



**Host**

That’s what happens when you use your power the wrong way. You damage other people. Let’s check the other marshmallows.





Show the perfectly roasted marshmallows.





**Co-Host**

Those look much better.



**Host**

Gentleness is using the power God has given you to bless others. It’s using what you have to help but doing it in a way that won’t hurt or damage someone. I think you guys can use these graham crackers and chocolate to finish your S’more and enjoy a snack.



**Co-Host**

I wonder if Slater will use his new power to help. Let’s see.



Engage 1

**Co-Host**

I can understand why Slater is upset with Skip, but I don’t think he’s handling it the right way.



**Host**

No, he’s kind of showing the opposite of what we’ve learned about the Fruit of the Spirit in the Big Point, 

**Host**

**Use Your Power To Help!**



**Co-Host**

We should choose a Lab Assistant to help us reveal the Big Verse. 



**Host**

It’s a great reminder of how to live the Big Point.





**Co-Host**

After we count down from three, we need you to read the verse. 



**Host**

Philippians 4:5 (NIrV), “Let everyone know how gentle you are.” Some people don’t think gentleness is a good thing, but God does.



**Co-Host**

I would rather go with what God says than what people say. Why do you think it’s important to be gentle?





**Host**

It is good to let people see you producing the Fruit of the Spirit. Let’s see if we can spot how gentle you guys are in this next game.





Choose two teams of kids and have them remove their shoes and socks before coming on stage. Lay a plastic tarp on the stage, spanning the distance between the buckets.





**Co-Host**

In this game, you will put a water balloon between your knees and walk from the start line to a bucket on the other end. Once you get to the end, drop the balloon in the bucket. Be gentle, so it doesn’t break. The team who gets the most balloons in the bucket wins.



**Host**

Go! 

Optional, play game music.

Play the game and count the balloons.









**Co-Host**

Great job to our winners. You were definitely gentle.



**Host**

I hope you guys will put your gentleness on display for everyone. Let’s take a moment to stand and worship God.

Engage 2

Let’s bow our heads and stay quiet at our seats for just a moment. You may have never tried this, but you can actually pray the Bible. That means you can use scriptures in the Bible as part of your prayer. When you pray them over and over, it’s called meditating on God’s Word. It’s a great way to help you get the Bible into your heart. I’m going to bring up our Big Verse again, (VFX: Big Verse Slide) and for the next few moments, let’s quietly use this verse as our prayer to God. Everyone, repeat the verse with me. “Let everyone know how gentle you are,” Philippians 4:5 (NIrV). Now turn it in to a prayer. Say, “God, help me show everyone how gentle I am.” (Repeat the verse several times) That’s something you can do at home. You can pray this week’s Big Verse and believe that God will help you be gentle. Let’s stand and take a moment to praise God.





Big Story

**Host**

Paul used his influence to help Onesimus. Onesimus was a slave. He couldn’t do a lot for Paul in return, but that was okay because Paul wanted to help.



**Co-Host**

I think Philemon used his power to receive Onesimus back into his house and probably forgave him. I’m sure everyone was amazed when Philemon followed the Big Point, 

**Co-Host**

**Use Your Power To Help!**



**Host**

We should check out this week’s Big Do. 





**Co-Host**

The Big Do is blow up a balloon. See how big you or your family member can blow it up without making it pop. Use your breath to make the balloon into a fun toy, but be gentle.





**Host**

Let’s think about some times when kids have the opportunity to be gentle. We have some potential scenarios that kids might face. We’d like to know what you think. 





**Co-Host**

Great ideas. You guys are ready to do the Big Point, 



**Co-Host**

**Use Your Power To Help!**



**Host**

Let’s gather in our Small Groups and discuss what we’ve learned.





Engage 3

Gather the kids into small groups and discuss the following. 





 - Who is someone you know who is bigger, stronger, or more powerful than you, but is still kind and gentle?

 - How is Jesus gentle towards us? **He is all powerful, yet he chose to love us and die on the cross for our sins**

 - How can you be gentle towards others in that same way? **You can choose to treat your younger siblings with love and kindness, you can forgive people who have mistreated you, etc.**



Small Group

Choose two kids from the audience to come on stage and answer the question.

 - Our Big Point says, Use Your _______ To Help!

    - **Power**

    - Money



 - What was the name of the slave in the Big Story?

    - Philemon

    - **Onesimus**



 - Onesimus chose to run away from his owner.

    - **True**

    - False



 - Philippians 4:5 (NIrV), “Let everyone know how ______ you are.”

    - Awesome

    - **Gentle**



 - Paul thought that Philemon should punish Onesimus.

    - True

    - **False**



 - Name one way that Jesus shows gentleness.



 - What is one way you could show gentleness this week?



 - Gentleness equals weakness.

    - True

    - **False**



 - Walking in step with the Holy Spirit will help you produce gentleness.

    - **True**

    - False





 - What is this week’s Big Do? 

**Blow up a balloon. See how big you can blow it up without making it pop.**

Big Review

Large Group Abbreviated

**Host**

I would hate to see how you’d act if you didn’t like me. I think you might need to rethink your gentleness. 

**Co-Host** 

I will work on that.



**Host**

Today is all about gentleness. We need to check in at the lab, but first stand up and give someone a gentle handshake.

Interview a few kids. Give them suggestions such as how we influence friends, our interactions at school (being a bully or tattletale versus a helper), our words, etc.





**Co-Host**

I never thought about me having power. So the Bible wants us to use that power in a gentle, helpful way?

**Host**

That’s right, because power used the wrong way can hurt, but used the right way, it can change someone’s life. 

**Co-Host**

So gentleness is using power the right way.

**Host**

Gentleness is using the power God has given you to bless others. It’s using what you have to help but doing it in a way that won’t hurt or damage someone. 

**Co-Host**

I wonder if Slater will use his new power to help. Let’s see.

**Host**

**Use Your Power To Help!**

**Co-Host**

We should choose a Lab Assistant to help us reveal the Big Verse.

**Host**

The Big Verse is always a great reminder of how to live the Big Point.

**Host**

It is good to let people see you producing the Fruit of the Spirit. 

**Co-Host**

I hope you guys will put your gentleness on display for everyone.

**Co-Host**

Let’s take a moment to stand and worship God.

**Co-Host**

The Big Do is blow up a balloon. See how big you or your family member can blow it up without making it pop. Use your breath to make the balloon into a fun toy, but be gentle.



Midweek / Classroom

Question of the Day: Who is the strongest person you know? 

Welcome to the Lab! We are so glad you are here! Go ahead and turn to your Small Group Leaders now to talk about the Big Question of the Day. 



Optional, play game music.

Small Group Leader

Use this time to introduce yourself to your kids, talk about the Big Question, and go over the rules. Use the ball to signify whose turn it is to talk. If someone wants to answer the question, they raise their hand, and the small group leader throws them the ball. When they are finished, they throw the ball back to the small group leader who then chooses the next person to answer.





I have loved our series about the Fruit of the Spirit. We’ve talked about love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, and goodness. Today we will hear about gentleness. Sometimes people think that gentleness equals weakness. That’s not true! It actually takes a lot of strength to be gentle. It’s time for Lab Wars! I need you to send up someone super strong from each group!





One representative from each group goes to the stage.





Wow! You guys all look really strong. Here’s what we’ll do. I have a fruit for each of you to hold. The object of the game is to see who can squeeze the most juice out of their fruit into the cup. Whoever has done the most in 30 seconds wins! Are you ready? Go! 







Optional, play game music. Kids squeeze their fruit and collect the juice in the cup. 





Great job to our winning group! You definitely had to use a lot of strength for that game. Let’s check in at the Lab to see what those guys are up to.

Lab Wars

It looks like Slater’s new position gives him a lot of power, but I wonder if he’s using it the right way. That reminds me of our Big Point. I need a Small Group to help me count it down and reveal what it is. 





Let’s all say it together, **Use Your Power To Help!** Power used the wrong way can hurt, but used the right way it can change someone’s life. Let’s turn to our Small Groups to do an activity. 

**Small Group Leader**

We get to play a game, and your challenge is to keep this ball in the air. Now, when I  hit this ball to someone else in my group, how should I hit it? **Gently, lightly** 



We all are pretty strong. And I’m sure if we wanted to, we could send this ball all the way across the room. But would that be the best thing? What would happen if I hit it too hard? **My group couldn’t get it, the ball would touch the floor, we wouldn’t win the game**



As we play this game, we need to practice gentleness.





Play the game a few rounds, reminding the kids to hit it gently.







**Leader**

You definitely had to practice gentleness with that game. You could have totally hit that ball clear across the room, but that would be using your power to hurt your team rather than to help your team. You needed to remember to 

**Use Your Power To Help!** I wonder if Slater will use his new power to help. Let’s see.

I can understand why Slater is upset with Skip, but I don’t think he’s handling it the right way. He’s actually showing the opposite of what we’ve learned about the Fruit of the Spirit in our Big Point, 



**Use Your Power To Help!** Let’s see what the Bible says about this in our Big Verse. I’d like a Small Group to help me reveal what it is. 

Choose a Small Group to help you count down from three 

Philippians 4:5 (NIrV), “Let everyone know how gentle you are.” Some people don’t think gentleness is a good thing, but God does. Let’s turn to our Small Groups and do an activity together. 

Optional, play game music.

Small Group Leader



Pass out a weight to each kid.  

**Small Group Leader**

Take a look at your weight. Hold it. Does it look like it will make a big difference? Not really. It’s pretty small. 



That’s sometimes how we think of gentleness. Some people think that if they are gentle, then that means they’re weak. But is that right? 



I want everyone to think of a way that you could respond with gentleness. Maybe towards a friend at school, your brother or sister, your parents. Give me some ideas of what you could do. 

Allow kids to share. As they share their idea, have them put their weight onto the fishing line





**Small Group Leader**

Look at what happened. Gentleness might seem like it makes you weak, but it is actually what makes you strong! When we all added our weights onto this line, it made really changed things. Let this weight be a reminder to show gentleness towards other people.

		



**Leader**

What a cool way to show how gentleness is actually strength! Everybody can keep their weight. Let it be a reminder to show gentleness this week as you 



**Use Your Power To Help!** Let’s check out a true story from the Bible about a guy who had to make a difficult decision to show gentleness.



We have the power to affect how we treat other people. We can use our power to help others rather than tear them down. God promises to help us live this out. Let’s turn to our Small Groups to ask God to help us use our power to help. 





**Small Group Leader**

Did you know you can actually pray the Bible? That means you can use verses from the Bible as part of your prayer. When you pray them over and over, it’s called meditating on God’s Word. It’s a great way to help you get the Bible into your heart. For the next few moments, let’s quietly repeat our Big Verse over and over as our prayer to God. Repeat after me, “Let everyone know how gentle you are.” (Repeat the verse several times) End by praying for your group.



**Leader**

What a great way to pray! You can do this same thing at home with your family. Let’s say our Big Point again, 

**Use Your Power To Help!** I hope Slater was able to learn this. Let’s see what happened there.



Paul used his influence to help Onesimus. Onesimus was a slave. He couldn’t do a lot for Paul in return, but that was okay because Paul wanted to help. I think Philemon used his power to receive Onesimus back into his house and probably forgave him. I’m sure everyone was amazed when Philemon followed the Big Point, 

**Use Your Power To Help!** We can all live the Big Point when we do this week’s Big Do. 

The Big Do is to blow up a balloon with your family. See how big you can blow it up without making it pop. Use your breath to make the balloon into a fun toy, but be gentle. Let’s turn to our Small Groups to finish up tonight’s service. 





Small Group Leader,

Wrap up your Small Group by passing out positive reinforcement, praying for your group, and doing a team cheer!

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