Activity
Designate one child as the shepherd. Blindfold him/her. The rest of the children are assigned the roll of lost sheep. They go hide somewhere in the room. Once they have selected a spot they cannot move. The blindfolded shepherd calls, “Lost sheep”. All the lost sheep have to answer, “baa”. When a shepherd finds one of the lost sheep the shepherd responds with “Jesus loves you and wants to find you.” The sheep stays with him as he goes looking for the rest of the sheep. He cannot help the shepherd find the other sheep. When the shepherd has collected all the missing sheep he removes his blindfold and leads them all back to “the fold” which can be their chairs.
Application
Make sure and discuss how people can be like lost sheep. They can say or do or feel things that separate them from God. God always plans ways to keep us close to Him. Even by placing himself in our place.
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